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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K

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400 points redbell | 1 comments | 06 Aug 23 15:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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neom ◴[06 Aug 23 17:07 UTC] No.37024152[source]▶
I'm not a gamer but I randomly stumbled across someone playing this on twitch couple days ago, gotta say my mind was pretty blown at how far video game graphics have come (granted the last thing I played was Quake/UT/HL back in the day). Some of the cut scenes are basically just amazing movies, but even the in game graphics are fantastic. Does anyone happen to know what game is considered the gold standard for gfx in vidya games is these days?
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1. trostaft ◴[06 Aug 23 17:18 UTC] No.37024293[source]▶
It's a subjective question. Three that struck me recently were

- Cyberpunk 2077 with its new path traced lighting option

- Plague Tale Requiem (in general)

- The high action sequences and cut-scenes of FFXVI

These games have their flaws in terms of graphics, but they were very striking to me. Note, this is speaking purely graphics, there's more to be said regarding art design as enabled by graphics tech.