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[.Pennywise]

So I went to cousin's for family hangout of new years eve and he was playing TLOU 2. I've never minded the game at the time and just got there lost in my endless backlog.

So I've started playing some of the game and...
This game has no shadows? Like, really the game has some nice graphics and cool animations but it just looks really really flat. There's literally no shadows, maybe some soft shadows when there's a really hard light in the scene. Even outdoors.

Is this game like this? Or do we have some graphical error preventing from loading the shadows properly?

 

[Deft Beck]

The real shadows are lurking where you least expect it.

 

[TheDraconian]

Oh. Youre back with this shtick again..

 

[.Pennywise]

Oh. Youre back with this shtick again..

? What?

 

[nightmare-slain]

wtf are you on about?

 

[Topher]

Yes it does

 

[SJRB]

Got some screenshots to accompany this claim, friendo?

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Do you even know what shadow is?

 

[Black_Stride]

Mate what have you been smoking?

 

[vivftp]

Oh shit, Ellie must have a ghost following her then!

Random screenshot taken from a random gameplay video. Skip to 4:59:00

 

[nightmare-slain]

 

[TheDraconian]

? What?

Saying something borderline incorrect, expressing it hyperbolically, and then railing on anyone who disagrees with your opinion.

Like, how does TLOU2 not have any shadows?

Seems you're obviously trolling.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[ReBurn]

The game has shadows. Not as many inside as outside, but how they work makes sense due to most indoor spaces only having ambient light due to having no way to power direct light sources.

 

[nightmare-slain]

of all the people who don't know what shadows are i wouldn't expect Pennywise to be one of them

 

[Putonahappyface]

What shadows? I see nothing, nothing I tell you.

 

[SlimySnake]

Should’ve taken a picture if you are going to make a ridiculous claim.

 

[Hendrick's]

It does look flat in general. There are shadows, but not much environmentally.

 

[Topher]

It does look flat in general. There are shadows, but not much environmentally.

Environmentally? Just a few posts above.....

 

[Dick Jones]

Did the OP use speech to text to write that since you must be legally blind?

 

[The Cockatrice]

How OP likes his games

 

[FunkMiller]

What the fuck are you talking about OP? Look!

 

[Fuz]

The shadows are the friends you made along the way.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

So I went to cousin's for family hangout of new years eve and he was playing TLOU 2. I've never minded the game at the time and just got there lost in my endless backlog.

So I've started playing some of the game and...
This game has no shadows? Like, really the game has some nice graphics and cool animations but it just looks really really flat. There's literally no shadows, maybe some soft shadows when there's a really hard light in the scene. Even outdoors.

Is this game like this? Or do we have some graphical error preventing from loading the shadows properly?

 

[Skifi28]

Is this a disguised chatbot thread?

 

[proandrad]

Saying something borderline incorrect, expressing it hyperbolically, and then railing on anyone who disagrees with your opinion.

Sounds like every The Last of Us part 2 thread. Being hyperbolically literally ruins every post on here.

 

[Topher]

Not sure which is the worse thread, this one or assurdum's.....

You can play all the games you want at 60 FPS on Bravia TV if you want

 

[cormack12]

Plot twist: OP was playing in one of the render modes like void mode or pop poster mode.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'll try and defend OP's weird post. Could it be that you cousin had fucked up the brightness or contrast settings either on the TV or the game itself?

 

[GymWolf]

Even the meme has shadows.

 

[TheRedRiders]

The real shadows were the friends we made along the way.

 

[Topher]

I'll try and defend OP's weird post. Could it be that you cousin had fucked up the brightness or contrast settings either on the TV or the game itself?

Follow TintoConCasera 's advice. Blame the cousin. It is the only way.

 

[GymWolf]

The real shadows were the friends we made along the way.

I thought the real shadows were the ones in the inevitable pc version of the game...

 

[LordCBH]

What the fuck did I just read OP lol

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[Represent.]

Probably a glitch

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Hendrick's]

Environmentally? Just a few posts above.....

Well I said there are some shadows, but overall it looks flat, especially outdoors. The game would benefit greatly from some good GI.

 

[winjer]

Did you forget to turn on the TV?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

That title edit by the mods

 

[Iced Arcade]

I must have got the shadow edition and never realized. #winning

 

[Topher]

Well I said there are some shadows, but overall it looks flat, especially outdoors. The game would benefit greatly from some good GI.

Nah....not sure what you and the OP are seeing at all, frankly.

 

[MasterCornholio]

So your finally back and you make this thread.

Wow that's pretty embarrassing OP you should have fact checked first.

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[John Bilbo]

What is a shadow but a miserable pile of pixels

 

[nightmare-slain]

Nah....not sure what you and the OP are seeing at all, frankly.

to be fair i get what Hendrick's is saying, i think...

some parts of the game do look flat. mostly it's during day time scenes. there are shadows of course but it could definitely do with improved Ambient Occlusion or Global Illumination.

it is a PS4 game though so it's to be expected. Maybe if we get a PS5 or PC port then i'd expect better AO and maybe even raytraced shadows/GI etc.

 

[Markio128]

 

[damidu]

im curious now what you actually think a shadow is

 

[Dick Jones]

Not sure which is the worse thread, this one or assurdum's.....

You can play all the games you want at 60 FPS on Bravia TV if you want

Is that Aaron Greenberg's Alt?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Is that Aaron Greenberg's Alt?