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The Last of Us Part 2 has no shadows (Up: OPs eyes need checking)
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lughnasadh123
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.Pennywise
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Happy new year!
On topic: so seeing at your answers the game in fact does look that flat.
To be honest I thought it was some kind of graphical issue. Since this is one of the best looking games ever I wasn't expecting to look so bland lighting wise.
I've might become spoiled by this last years with all the RTX stuff and this being a PS4 game it really shows.
On topic: so seeing at your answers the game in fact does look that flat.
To be honest I thought it was some kind of graphical issue. Since this is one of the best looking games ever I wasn't expecting to look so bland lighting wise.
I've might become spoiled by this last years with all the RTX stuff and this being a PS4 game it really shows.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
The game looks better than a good 95% of games on PC regardless of settings. You are out to lunch.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
I know exactly what he means.
All the grass and filler objects do not have shadows beyond AO sometimes.
Any background object that moves usually doesn’t have a shadow unless it’s near a certain set piece light. Sometimes enemies don’t cast shadows unless near a certain set piece light.
but that’s nearly every game made these days.
All the grass and filler objects do not have shadows beyond AO sometimes.
Any background object that moves usually doesn’t have a shadow unless it’s near a certain set piece light. Sometimes enemies don’t cast shadows unless near a certain set piece light.
but that’s nearly every game made these days.
Putonahappyface
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Perfection would've been a name change from .Pennywise to .Pennyfarthing, just a thought.That title edit by the mods
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
PennydumbPerfection would've been a name change from .Pennywise to .Pennyfarthing, just a thought.
Putonahappyface
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MasterCornholio
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Game should get a discount soon. I'll probably pick it up when it gets low enough for me since I already played it a long time ago.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Delete your account.
Slothbeing1209
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It's 9.99$ now. I think it's lowest price unless you want to wait until it's on ps+
MasterCornholio
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I'll pick it up then after I'm done playing through all the Mass Effects.
Yes even the face is tired and your god damn father one.
Topher
Gold Member
If someone wants to argue the game has last gen lighting.....well......yeah, no kidding. Most last gen games do. If that is what someone is saying is the definition of "flat".....err.....ok, I guess. Sounds like some made-up nonsense like "literally no shadows" to be honest.
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BootsLoader
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Please watch the digital foundry analysis for this game. They talk about and explain shadows.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
OP, where did Druckman touch you?
remember_spinal
Banned
The Last of Us: Shadowfall
The first video shows that the game lacks SSAO. It has baked AO but that's it. That's probably what makes characters look so flat in many areas of the game.
ChorizoPicozo
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What are shadow if not the blocking of light, and light is a word that can be use to imply enlightenment which TLo2 in fact lacks. So, no light, no shadows. OP is right.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Do you have your gamma set to 100% like most disingenuous screenshot harvesters on these boards?
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peronmls
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I think I see what OP is saying. I guess it lacks a bit of ambient occlusion on some environment if that's what you are looking at. Like the grass doesn't seem to make self shadows. You can set the gamma and brightness to help mask the flatness. That's what I do if a games overall image seems a bit washed-out or flat.
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Dick Jones
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Prettydumb
Grildon Tundy
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Are you a being a bit cheeky here? Or do you not realize...
tmlDan
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the most ridiculously stupid take i've ever read lol
Imtjnotu
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diffusionx
Gold Member
why did you save this
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Doubling down I see... I hate this game with a passion, It is for me, by far, the worst sequel to a videogame I liked ever and a case study of how to fuck up your fanbase (and possible sales) as much as famous cases like Last Jedi fucked up... BUT .. even I cant deny the technical marvel that ND studio is and how good this game looks for a PS4 game ... I probably wont play another cuckmans game ever but I sure know whem that game arrives It will be the top cream of graphical achievement
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
what? It doesn't need ssao. The lighting it all baked. It's so high quality, it would be very difficult to do in real time. More samples than metro exodus and so on.
BUT ssao might still be there... just not the shittiest kind that creates halos around objects.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Yeah but imagine if the game had shadows. GOAT territory then
jasondefaoite
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Baked lighting is fine for the environments. The problem is the characters interacting with said environment (and with themselves). They look like they're floating. There's no SSAO of any kind. The lack of ambient occlusion (diffuse and specular) is the most noticeable downgrade after the "gameplay" reveal trailer.
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Pedro Motta
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The game is mostly indirectly lit, unless under direct sunlight or flashlight. So I understand that most of the game the shadows are very soft or mostly contact shadows. But saying it has no shadows is fucking ignorant.
phaedrus
Member
OP, where did Druckman touch you?
And it's precisely the lack of SSAO that makes characters in those environments look so flat, almost unlit in some cases.
MasterCornholio
Member
Congratulations OP.
bitbydeath
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Is
.Pennywise
the alt of that FX PC master race account that once claimed Biomutant to be the best looking game ever, and Horizon:ZD on PC to look better than Horizon 2 on PS5?
.Pennywise
the alt of that FX PC master race account that once claimed Biomutant to be the best looking game ever, and Horizon:ZD on PC to look better than Horizon 2 on PS5?
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