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Minecraft Ray Tracing Survival is Insanely Realistic | Gamerheadquarters

Minecraft RTX is providing brand new life to the world of survival gameplay, completely changing how one would adventure and explore environments.

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--Onilink--1502d ago

the lightning and shadows definitely is. It probably only takes a second to notice how different underground exploration would change seeing how different the lightning conditions are using RTX

Sono4211502d ago

I'd be interested to hear what rig he's playing on, because he says he has to give up draw distance for ray tracing, and he is giving up a lot of draw distance...

Aenea1502d ago

Ever seen Boundless? A voxel MMORPG with way better textures and graphics, still blocks, and the lighting is fantastic, no RT at all, runs on not all that fast PC's as well....

Of course they can probably improve upon it with RT and am expecting they will in the near future but for now it is already doing things MC is only doing now with RT....

darthv721502d ago

its pretty crazy... right coconuts?

NeoGamer2321502d ago (Edited 1502d ago )

I was thinking the same. Minecraft and its 8 bit graphics are not really considered "realistic"

mixelon1502d ago

Nothing whatsoever about Minecraft’s graphics evokes 8 bit anything.

Neonridr1502d ago

we are talking about lighting here. Not its art design.

rainslacker1502d ago

The lighting is better. Realistic is a stretch.

mixelon1502d ago

Realistic lighting in a boxy environment sounds interesting to me. Minecraft is so freaky in VR I can imagine this being ridiculously immersive.

rainslacker1502d ago

The lighting is good. Gives it more character overall. I'm willing to concede the lighting is more realistic to the point it can be given the style of graphics, but realistic in terms of how I think of realism, not so much. It's not like Pixar, where it can show realism despite the art style, but nothing wrong with what they're doing.

--Onilink--1502d ago

Go watch the DF video they made. Realistic is exactly the way to describe everything that is being done with path tracing in this game, its crazy. They even managed to do a camera obscura

Bladesfist1502d ago

It's path tracing with 8 light bounces, that is surely more realistic lighting than any other realtime game we have seen that fakes the effects that just happen naturally with this lighting simulation.

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Gunstar751502d ago

Are you being deliberately obtuse? The realistic part obviously refers to the way light behaves, not the game world.

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Kabaneri1502d ago

Sucks that the Super Duper Graphics Pack ended up being vaporware. It would have breathed a lot of life into this game. Looking forward to Dungeons though.

CobraKai1502d ago

Now if only someone can make the original Tomb Raider with ray tracing. I’m sure Tomb’s triangle boobs will also look insanely realistic

toyzombie1502d ago

Damn... couldn't watch the whole video. Dudes voice got to me.

ChiefofLoliPolice1502d ago

Lol what are you even talking about

Xan7131502d ago (Edited 1502d ago )

Lmfao it’s not just me then. It’s really irritating it’s as if he’s trying to make his voice sound deeper than it really is but it just grates on your ears and patience. He’s forcing that voice tone, and it’s just going to have him muted or turned off.

He should just speak naturally instead of trying to sound like a 50 year old throat cancer survivor who’s actually 14 and still going through puberty.

Zombieburger6381502d ago

Have had shaders since 2014. Definitely makes the game better.

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The DevGAMM conference is returning to Lisbon (Portugal) on November 14th, 2024

"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.

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The Games Industry Needs A Stronger Games Media

The move away from written coverage of games is a problem for journalists and for the games industry.

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lodossrage2d ago

What we need is a more honest games media. I'm sorry but if you're an outlet in bed with a publisher or getting goodies to attend preview/ review events then you can't be trusted to be objective. Very similar to the need for getting money out of politics.

ApocalypseShadow1d 23h ago

Basically this. We've seen how the game media turned for the worse after the acceptance of advertising dollars during the 360 era from one particular company. How many websites were willing to sell out for Mountain Dew and Doritos. Accepting $800 Halo Swag bags and expensive Windows laptops to do blogging.

Video sites like game trailers that was willing to lie about PS3 graphics and sometimes, still had the wrong controller image at the bottom on the video. And, turned off comments it deleted them to keep the truth from being told.

That same company twisted certain gamers to a new level of fanboyism. This website was full of them when I arrived. Lying through their noses again and again. Then, that very company started lying or withholding information that showed the truth. That their competitors were selling more worldwide and had better graphics overall. But the damage to the media and a certain group of gamers was done. And, continues to this day. Even after hearing the truth that that company they serve is very destructive to the industry, developers and gamers.

lodossrage1d 15h ago

Yeah, and one of that company's former executives OPENLY admitted that. And before anyone says I'm lying:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07...

Also, yeah plenty of people that are here now don't remember when this place was a haven for xbox. You have people like "The Mart at Xbox Kings" push all sorts of propoganda on a daily. But people seem to want to forget stuff like that...

Skuletor1d 21h ago

The whole Gamespot/Kane & Lynch thing is one of the best examples and that was 16 years ago.

lodossrage1d 14h ago

Yeah, but with people and their short memories, I'm sure a good portion here forgot all about that

anast2d ago

Most game journalists are pariahs and low level marketing drones. They got too greedy and cannibalized their respect and trust. Something they learned not to do in their journalism schools. This is why we might as well watch gameplay critics on You Tube. Don't get me wrong, I love reading, but for every genuine article there is a thousand game journalist trying to gloss over monetization schemes so they can sell the game to gamers in order to get free games to do their jobs. It gets old. Even this piece doesn't address the problem.

UltimateOwnage1d 16h ago

We need better media in all aspects of society, period. Everything from the gaming press, to MSM is all fueled by clickbait headlines, half truths and buzzword topics that don't give much meat or meaning for the reader to benefit from.

lodossrage1d 11h ago

Agreed.

I can't even add anything to that .

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Nordic Game has just revealed the winners of Nordic Game Awards 2024

"Nordic Game has revealed the winners of this year’s Nordic Game Awards, which took place on Thursday, May 23, during NG24 Spring and streamed live from Slagthuset in Malmö, Sweden." - Nordic Game.