r/pcmasterrace • u/Antique_Designer69 • 15h ago

Game Image/Video RDR 2 still looks incredible on pc even without rtx

Doesn't feel 8 years old at all

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u/GreenGoblinNX 9h ago

My hot take: the hyper-fixation on graphics is an albatross around the neck of gaming. Developers seem to care more about pushing graphics to the limit than providing fun gameplay. And you can't really fault them, because overall games seem to share that preference.

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u/Kubotai77 8h ago

It's gotten to the point where I can tell that these games from different studios are using the same game engine due to the same clunkiness/jankiness from the gameplay and movement.

Like they just use a lot of the default settings of the game engine out of the box and don't take the time to customize/optimize things to make it "feel" better.

They're basically just re-skins of the same game and gameplay mechanics sadly even though the graphics look good.

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u/Nicklename 6h ago

I'd say this is definitely a hot take. You like a in world where games like RDR2 and Spider-Man 1/2 and Horizon exist side by side with Balatro, Minecraft, Vampire Survivors, Roblox, Ball x Pit, Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom and more exist. Some games absolutely push graphics, but not necessarily at the cost of gameplay, and some games focus on gameplay, while either leaning into their graphical limitations (Minecraft, BOTW/TOTK), embracing the "outdated" graphics as part of their identity (Balatro, VS, Ball X Pit), or focusing on neither but still being phenomenally successful (Roblox, which has neither good gameplay nor good graphics).

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u/RowingBoats1129 8h ago

This isn’t at all true. Rockstar IS this by definition and intent. But there are hundreds of unique games released every year that do not strive for graphical fidelity. Weird take.