Kataploom
Gold Member
RT is more advanced than rasterized and Lumen is a RT implementation afaik.Lol. Not even close to a generational difference. Darker and less colorful doesn't automatically mean better graphics.
Some of the LOD and texture work is more complex but that is about it. Ninja Theory have some great artists but the UE5 Metahuman, mocap, and photogrammetry tools are doing a lot of the heavy lifting in Hellblade 2.
From a technical perspective, this version of the Decima engine is more advanced than what we saw in Death Stranding. Horizon 2 could have produced dark and more realistic lighting if Guerrilla had been interested it but it wouldn't have matched the aesthetic of a tropical dinosaur combat adventure game.
But I wouldn't put anything Horizon in any realistic art style comparison, game is to stylished, it's not bad just different, at least in that regard.