On this episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by not one, not two, however three particular visitors to dive deep into Alan Wake 2’s cutting-edge visuals.
Alan Wake 2 is already being hailed as a contemporary horror masterpiece in evaluations and is properly definitely worth the lengthy 13 yr wait for the reason that authentic Alan Wake launched. However it’s not only a nice recreation. Alan Wake 2 is an absolute technical powerhouse as properly, armed with just about each cutting-edge graphics know-how you possibly can consider to deliver Brilliant Falls and the Darkish Place to life.
Treatment lead graphics programmer Tatu Aalto and communications director Thomas Puha joined us hours earlier than Alan Wake 2’s launch, together with Nvidia GeForce evangelist Jacob Freeman, to reply our nerdiest questions on this technical tour de drive.
Full-blown path-tracing, DLSS Body Technology, Ray Reconstruction, mesh shaders, necessary SSD pace, Alan Wake 2 has all of it. Our visitors clarify the perks and issues behind every resolution: why Treatment wanted to make Alan Wake 2 the primary recreation to lean closely on DirectX 12’s mesh shaders, the studio’s philosophy behind melding gameplay and graphics, why path tracing is the longer term (however AI upscaling isn’t but), whether or not the sport’s {hardware} necessities aren’t as steep as they appear at first blush, whether or not you’ve wanted to play Treatment’s different video games to take pleasure in this one, and an entire, complete lot extra.
Graphics geeks gained’t wish to miss this one. You’ll be able to witness all of it within the video embedded above. You too can watch this Full Nerd particular version on YouTube (subscribe to the channel when you’re there).
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