With these techniques they have created unique atmospheres to enhance the narrative and also increase the level of realism.
The new generation inaugurated with PS5 and Xbox Series promises to bring us new experiences, even more realistic and immersive, a good proof of this was the presentation of Epic’s reference engine, Unreal Engine 5, where lighting took center stage with the integrated dynamic light engine, Lumen.
Lighting plays a major role in video gamesSome examples already give us a glimpse into the future and we have reason to be excited. But we will not have to wait so long to talk about hyperrealism, currently we have had approaches to very high levels of realism in some of the games that are already on the market, and in less than a month, Forza Horizon 5 promises to continue raising the bar.
Both in video games and in film, photography or theater, lighting plays a key role, the proper use of it contributes to generating a good atmosphere, forming part of the narrative. It is also one of the elements that contributes the most to realism. When we think about the use of CGI characters or environments in the cinema, usually, the difference between going unnoticed or attracting our attention usually has to do with good light management.
We have been able to constantly appreciate the same in video games, every advance in lighting is a leap in all the visual section. That is why today, we wanted to make a small selection of some titles that, due to the good use they made of lighting to help create their setting, because of the role it had in the title’s own narrative or because of the advances that they integrated to help realism, they have managed to conquer us.