This is a peak AAA problem. The need for ultra high fidelity realism clashes with the need to make the actual gameplay.
Maybe they need splashes of yellow paint to show where the stealth area is.
You just dont have to do that? You can change the lighting so it is more informative for a stealth game rather than have it be realismmaxxed for no reason.
Yeah a big trend right now is indie games made with what is basically PS1 graphics. Having more tools for better graphics and lighting does not at all mean you have to make your game look a certain way.
Honestly games focus so much on unimportant nonsense to keep the feeling of realism, then you clip through a wall and see your character’s teeth from the inside.
Or make lighting less of a factor in detection. Line of sight only worked just fine for Dishonored, and Assassin’s Creed used to have a fantastic social stealth system.
No. Light was like, the primary stealth mechanic of Splinter Cell games. Well, the good ones anyway. The HUD literally has a Light Meter on it to tell you how detectable you are.
Thats like saying “Just make Sonic slower.” Its literally the main mechanic of the game.
I totally forgot about the light meter but why wouldn’t that work in a newer game? Just habe normal lighting but with a light meter so you can tell if you’re hidden or not. BG3 lets you know if you’re fully lit, half hidden, or fully in shadow so i don’t see why that can’t be expanded to a more fleshed out system.
This is why we have the yellow paint epidemic
It’s called art direction. It’s a game if you don’t want to do realistic lighting that’s fine you can do what you want.
