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Why do modern games look so "fuzzy"
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Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.
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I don’t know if they’re still doing this, but in the 10s chromatic aberration was popular since it was a low cost (computationally speaking) way to make the game look “futuristic” even though in the end it just made games look blurry
2000s: lens flare
2010s: chromatic aberration
2020: DLSS/TAA
You forgot bloom
How could I forget the key feature of the 2000s? It's almost like I ~~Yellow Filter'd~~ blocked it from my mind!
Bloom
Publishers :mystery-emote: Reviewers
To be fair, that was also my reaction watching Halo 2's opening cutscene in 2004
https://youtu.be/XFKoLeOXEDc?si=BO5rMVPrbfkj3eDS&t=106
So much bloom
Todd Howard saw that and was inspired.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
yes
ngl I love a good lens flare