The funniest thing is that people (I think you know who) were posting this screen as some kind of proud moment for the game's graphics, lol. I'm still shocked Insomniac that are known for being top tier when it comes to graphics are dropping this and then shamelessly bragging about these mediocre visuals on social media.
I am putting this one on social media. Twitter and safe spaces like era have allowed devs to stay in bubbles where they see only praise, and if they do see any controversy like puddle gate, gta6 leaks looking decidedly unimpressive, and tlou part 1 lacking prone, dodge,melee etc., tens of thousands of their fanboys and other snowflake devs rush to defend them and shield them from any criticism. thats exactly what happened with spiderman 2 after its reveal, there was a small outrage followed by jstevenson going on damage control which then lead to him being showered with sympathy and love. Like gtfo. you fucked up. you didnt upgrade your game to take advantage of next gen hardware, you downgraded the game, and now you man up and face the music instead.
But in todays day and age, people like jstevenson will never be held accountable. Insomniac has actually been doing this for years. puddlegate wasnt the first time. Found this the other day. From Spiderman's first teaser in 2016. Total fake. I dont even remember this being in a cutscene though i last played this game years ago.
This is the screenshot they released to show off RT reflections. DF did a comparison and it wasnt even close. Captured on PS5 my ass.
These guys have been pulling this shit for a while now so no one should be surprised at this point.