The Fakefactory Cinematic Mod 7 is out, and it delivers something that the original Half-Life 2 is not capable of: HDR-Rendering in the way Valve does it. While this is not comparable to "real" HDR effects, the bloom effects look cool anyway. German website PCGH.de shows a lot of screenshot comparisons, so you can choose whether the hefty 5 Gigabyte download is worth the traffic.
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Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.
Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.
The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.
Half-Life 2 art director and Dishonored designer Viktor Antonov has died aged just 52.
One of my biggest art heroes. His work and vision were truly one of a kind, and he’s been a huge inspiration to my own work. Such a heartbreaking loss.
Remember seeing Dishonored for the first time when it released, fell in love with the art style straight away, so striking! And because of it, still holds up and will for years to come, RIP Viktor
Yep I remember seeing some of the earliest concept art for Dishonored and hearing that the art director of Half-Life 2 was working on it and being excited.
And you are absolutely right, each of those games (HL2 and Dishonored) has a distinct art style that stands the test of time.
So sad to hear this. I absolutely love the Dishonored series and love the world and art style. It looks great and unique. I'm still hoping for a Dishonored 3
After celebrating the 20th anniversary, Half-Life 2 reached top 5 on the Steam Deck Top Played list. It's also on a 90% sale.
ah... I was hoping to see some actual HL2 with HDR shots, instead its just some geeks HL2 photoshopped w*nk bank material. Guess the caption gave it away.
Some of the scenery is nice though.
wait HDR is something all modern games have right, although some X360 games make me wonder, so what's up with Half-Life.
Erm, this is real time rendering, not photoshopped. But you're right, some of the effects look overdone, but the guys who make the mod do constant tweaking.
Is this just an illusion produced soley on having different textures on the models?
Well, not to say that it isn't better, but if they're promoting lighting effects, then it seems like a scam to me. Anybody can swap out textures and say "look how different it looks." Well, no kidding it looks different; we're looking at different things.
The different textures hides the lighting effects that their talking about. Leave the original textures and show the effects ... Then we can see whether it is better or not. Or we need a video comparison. HDR--real or simulated--is about motion. Stills don't show HDR. They show textures.
I like the lighting better, but I hate the new character faces. Why did they change them?