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I don't think it's just about looks. The advantage of ray tracing is the real time lighting done rather than the static baked maps. One of the features I feel t

I don't think it's just about looks. The advantage of ray tracing is the real time lighting done rather than the static baked maps. One of the features I feel that was lost with modern game lighting is dynamic environments. But as long as the game isn't only ray tracing, these types of interactions will stay disabled for the game. Teardown and The Finals are examples of a dynamic environment game with raytraced lighting. Another example is when was the last time you've seen a game with a mirror that wasn't broken?

gruez 2y ago
Hitman, GTA, both of which use a non-raytraced implementation. More to the point, lack of mirrors doesn't impact the gameplay. It's something that's trotted out as a nice gimmick, 99% of the time it's not there, and you don't really notice that it's missing.
- Clemolomo 2y ago
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- ThatPlayer 2y ago
  GTA V's implementation did not work in their cars. Rear view and side view mirrors in cars are noticeably low quality and missing other cars while driving, which is pretty big for gameplay purposes. Working mirrors are limited to less complex scenes in GTA. Hitman too I believe.
- keyringlight 2y ago
  Hitman is an example that contradicts your point about gameplay, guards will see you in mirrors and act appropriately. They'll be doing that for gameplay with a non-graphical method, but you need to show it to the player graphically for them to appreciate the senses available
  - gruez 2y ago
    >Hitman is an example that contradicts your point about gameplay, guards will see you in mirrors and act appropriately. See: >It's something that's trotted out as a nice gimmick, 99% of the time it's not there, and you don't really notice that it's missing. Yeah, it's a nice detail for the 1% of time that you're in a bathroom or whatever, but it's not like the immersion takes a hit when it's missing. Moreover because the game is third person, you can't even accurately judge whether you'll be spotted through a mirror or not.

gruez 2y ago

Hitman, GTA, both of which use a non-raytraced implementation. More to the point, lack of mirrors doesn't impact the gameplay. It's something that's trotted out as a nice gimmick, 99% of the time it's not there, and you don't really notice that it's missing.

Clemolomo 2y ago
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ThatPlayer 2y ago
GTA V's implementation did not work in their cars. Rear view and side view mirrors in cars are noticeably low quality and missing other cars while driving, which is pretty big for gameplay purposes. Working mirrors are limited to less complex scenes in GTA. Hitman too I believe.
keyringlight 2y ago
Hitman is an example that contradicts your point about gameplay, guards will see you in mirrors and act appropriately. They'll be doing that for gameplay with a non-graphical method, but you need to show it to the player graphically for them to appreciate the senses available
- gruez 2y ago
  >Hitman is an example that contradicts your point about gameplay, guards will see you in mirrors and act appropriately. See: >It's something that's trotted out as a nice gimmick, 99% of the time it's not there, and you don't really notice that it's missing. Yeah, it's a nice detail for the 1% of time that you're in a bathroom or whatever, but it's not like the immersion takes a hit when it's missing. Moreover because the game is third person, you can't even accurately judge whether you'll be spotted through a mirror or not.