Am I the only who have no interest in graphics fidelity, but would like to see more physics engines created to play with? Like a fully destructible world would be fun.
There was actually a regress in this respect. Some ten years ago there was a "destructible physics" boom in many big games, but nowadays most games abandoned it. There seems to be a trade-off between graphical fidelity and the opportunity for physics-based manipulation of the environment.
Remedy's previous game, Control, had probably one of the most impressive destructive environments.
The game seems to use relatively simple flat geometry, like concrete walls and large glass windows. I would be surprised if they kept the destruction physics with the intricate geometry of Alan Wake 2.
Not to take anything away from Control. That game is a absolute masterpiece but the destruction in that game is largely cosmetic and often inconsequential to gameplay. So much that it could be pre-fractured offline.
It's also a whole game design challenge. It has to actually offer something fun and improve the gameplay.
Didn't that happen because Nvidia bought physx when it was the cool new promising tech around and gimped it on anything non-Nvidia?
You should check out Teardown, very impressive physics engine made mostly by a single developer.
I remember seeing this game a long time ago, and your comment reminded me to check it out again. It's got a console release next week - what timing!
The game "The Finals" has an impressively destructible world, and good quality graphics to boot. It just completed an open beta period, but will return soon for a full release.
Physics engines are the real holy grail of graphics. Full interactivity is compute intensive and requires (Carmack, Ryg, Abrash) levels of genius.
I think the recent Zelda games are the best physics heavy games in recent years
Yeah, the most recent Zelda gives me portal or gary's mod vibes. Lots of cool things to try.
try fortnite solos on performance mode with a 240+ hz monitor.