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Another Glimpse at the Future of Video Game Graphics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgN1TKAAaD0

First there was Square’s new next-gen engine. Then Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. Now we’re getting another look at what the graphics of tomorrow may/will look like, thanks to the latest benchmark trailer from the folks at 3DMark.

https://lastchance.cc/next-gen-engine-shows-what-future-final-fantasy-games-c-5916115%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Used to, well, benchmark a system, 3DMark’s clips are always big on effects and fancy visuals, so as to best tax the biggest and most powerful systems out there. This one, their latest, is designed to showcase ā€ the world’s first unified graphics benchmark allowing testing of DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 capable hardware through the DirectX 11 APIā€.

It should look amazing. But it doesn’t. It’s hideous. So hideous it’s almost counter-productive. Square’s trailer showed that good art direction is as important in this trailers as the actual tech on display, but this clip looks like it was designed by a high school kid who though combining Journey and The Matrix would look totally rad

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