16. January 2020, 02:43:08

#640

ZylonBaneQuote

Reality isn't pixelated. In an immersive sim FPS that's supposed to be putting the player in a (fictional) real-world situation, intentionally pixelating the textures is therefore the opposite of a good idea. It makes a mockery of System Shock, treating it like some quaint "retro" trifle. The original SS wasn't pixelated as some deliberate design decision, it was pixelated because that was as far as they could push the technology of the time.

Acknowledged by 3 members: Chandlermaki, voodoo47, icemann

16. January 2020, 07:59:44

#641

📱 KolyaQuote

A lot of games these days use a filter or some other abstraction layer (eg cartoon style) to hide the fact that they could not invest in photo realistic graphics. Often it's not to their detriment.

Not sure if this is working here, since it's limited to environment textures iirc, I'd have to look at the demo again. Just saying that it's not unusual and often rather helps with immersion, despite reality not being pixelated or cartoony.

16. January 2020, 09:19:13

#642

icemannQuote

I hate the pixelation of the textures. Makes the game look amateur.

16. January 2020, 17:51:35

#643

voodoo47Quote

the part I don't get is that they are apparently doing it in a way that doesn't allow an on/off switch. as I've mentioned on discord (while adding a screenshot of SS2 running in the editor software mode), I don't mind the pixel people, as long as I can have my filtering.

16. January 2020, 18:01:49

#644

ZylonBaneQuote

Yeah, if it was an optional "Retro Mode" that you could toggle, then fine, nice to have options. But forcing it is a real WTF are they thinking.