The bright colors of the islands have a lot more vibrancy too them, and
the improved shadow effects make the frequent tunnel / cave sequences all that more tense and atmospheric.
Not exact matches
Thoman concluded «It adds
effects which greatly enhance the visual impact of some scenes, such as dynamic godrays,
improves the resolution of environment textures, greatly
improves shadow resolution and filtering, and maintains the highly detailed equipment models, textures and ambient specular reflections which were a hallmark of the original Dark Souls» graphics.»
But along with this bump in resolution, Sony has also done some other visual upgrades, including removing screen tearing (in Drake's Fortune specificially),
improved lighting,
improved texture resolution,
improved character models, increased draw distance, and even some
improved shadows and particle
effects.
Although special
effects have
improved a lot in 30 years, «Teen Wolf» resorts to a lot of
shadows and camera jerking, seemingly afraid of showing us what it thinks a teenage werewolf ought to look like.
A trip to Tegra Zone shows you what a Tegra 4 - level processor gets you — namely things like more advanced lighting
effects, more complicated textures,
improved shadows and more «particle»
effects.
The game as a whole has been updated to match the offerings of The Orange Box engine, which means the addition of many things such as high dynamic range,
shadows produced by the player's flashlight, updated fire
effects, updated textures as well as
improved models.
Texture quality,
effects and
shadow draw are much
improved on PC too, even on medium settings, where the pop - in on
shadows for the console versions suggests that they're running at an equivalent to the low preset.
Enhanced 1080p graphics including motion blur, bloom and depth of field
effects, as well as
improved lighting and
shadows
Furthermore, the PC edition's graphical fidelity is
improved through the introduction of NVIDIA HBAO + Ambient Occlusion
shadowing, higher - quality visual
effects, and the option to use higher - rendering resolutions, up to and including 4K.
Real time «Global Illumination» lighting and
shadows has led to
improved in - game graphics with better crowd detail, real grass textures and the return of the incredibly popular snow weather
effect.
It brought a new design philosophy called Material Design with more vivid colors, fluid transitions, floating elements, and realistic 3D
effects and
shadows, lock screen notifications with the ability to choose privacy and priority settings on a per - app basis,
improved Notifications Panel and Quick Settings, dynamic status bar, Android Runtime for
improved in - app performance, Smart Lock, Screen Pinning,
improved battery statistics, native battery saver, support for 64 - bit processors, search functionality within the Settings app, and more.