Akamari

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Anyone who has not heard her song has not experience life as it should be lived...
Very true! It's a rare occasion where I really wish you had budget for voice acting...:D

Also..

*looks thoughtful*

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vs the original

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That's a staggering difference! Everything looks so smooth in comparison!:love:

Though to be honest, I kind of like the softer, dimmer tone of the original light, but it's certainly an improvement overall.
 
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I'm Not Thea Lundgren!

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Anyhoo. Shush time from me for a bit. So don't worry about any silence for a week or so. Going to focus and race to get Four out. Laters!
I'm a lazy arsed dev! I probs just used a stock photo so I could have one on the desk *sage nods*

Probably...
BTW, that was a quick week, you just can't get enough of us, can you? :love:
 

Dripping

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Anyone who has not heard her song has not experience life as it should be lived...

Also..

*looks thoughtful*

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vs the original

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Hmm, the new version has stronger shadows and slightly more vibrant skincolour. On the other hand, I like how the floor in the original one came out as a slightly more futuristic material.
 

Huitieme

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That's a staggering difference! Everything looks so smooth in comparison!:love:

Though to be honest, I kind of like the softer, dimmer tone of the original light, but it's certainly an improvement overall.
The lighting might benefit from being a little more diffuse, but the overall quality of the remaster is undeniable! That being said, I don't know how spaceships light their hallways, so...

BTW, that was a quick week, you just can't get enough of us, can you? :love:
Told you!
 

Dripping

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Most importantly, it's not grainy at all. Although, I admit I've never noticed that about the original before seeing the comparison.:)
Sometimes, I don't mind grainy at all, and simply don't notice it. I actually preferred playing ME1 with the grainy filter enabled, it really fit the retro sci-fi design style of that game. I tried with ME2 and ME3, but it just didn't fit with those as well as it did with the first game. (probably due to a slightly different design style with harder edges and bigger light/dark contrast, as well as an updated engine).
 

Huitieme

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I'm divided. On one hand, the new renders are so much more vivid and alive, on the other hand, I feel nostalgic already for the grainy old renders. They were the ones that made me fall in love with the game. Or to be more accurate, I fell in love with the game and didn't mind the grain at all.

Feels like seeing the girl you've been dating for months wearing make-up for the first time.
 

TheDevian

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You were close 8 was 8 hours! :sneaky:
Anyone who has not heard her song has not experience life as it should be lived...

Also..

*looks thoughtful*

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vs the original

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The only thing I can think of is how strange of a couch that is to have on a spaceship... I hope it's attached. :LOL:
I'm a lazy arsed dev! I probs just used a stock photo so I could have one on the desk *sage nods*

Probably...
Don't buy it for a second! I know you plan every pixel to mean something! It's a message, written in code that only the truly faithful followers of the ACIO Cult can even begin to understand!!!!
That's because when you play, you don't focus as much on the pictures as when you just see it here. Especially when comparing to the remastered one.
The quality of the renders was a big part of why I tried this game in the first place, so I am happy either way.

That said, on grain, we have a new denoiser built into daz in the filters tab, and there are post processing denoisers you can run images though after the fact (though I haven't tried that myself). The new filter works pretty well for me, it's only a few really difficult (shiny) things That cause problems.
 
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