nkarafo
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Here's the default image:
Here's how it looks with mod+ReShade:
The default look is too blurry because TAA in RE2/3 destroys the image completely. The contrast is also shit, making the game look completely washed out at all times, especially in darker areas. And let's not even talk about the stupid vignette...
You can't fix any of that using the in-game options. You can't make the game less washed out, you can only make it darker or brighter but the contrast will always be bad. You can use SMAA or FXAA instead of TAA but this will cause a lot of shimmering. TAA will make the game a blurry mess at 1080p at least. And you can't remove the vignette. Jesus, that vignette is so obnoxious, reducing your visibility so much. Worse than Chromatic aberration IMO.
So there's a mod out there (RE framework, it works in some other games that use this engine) that can remove the vignette and with ReShade you can fix the contrast (without crushing the dark areas) and sharpen the image a bit while using TAA, not much, just enough to not look like a blurry mess.
RE2 is even worse than RE3 (blacks are basically light grey) so i think the improvement is even more dramatic.
Honestly, i couldn't play either of these games just because of how bad they look. Blurry, washed out and the vignette is inexcusable. I don't know how console users who can't use those tricks put up with how these games look. And i don't know why the developers thought the games look OK. Is it a weird artistic thing that my eyes are too good to understand?
Here's how it looks with mod+ReShade:
The default look is too blurry because TAA in RE2/3 destroys the image completely. The contrast is also shit, making the game look completely washed out at all times, especially in darker areas. And let's not even talk about the stupid vignette...
You can't fix any of that using the in-game options. You can't make the game less washed out, you can only make it darker or brighter but the contrast will always be bad. You can use SMAA or FXAA instead of TAA but this will cause a lot of shimmering. TAA will make the game a blurry mess at 1080p at least. And you can't remove the vignette. Jesus, that vignette is so obnoxious, reducing your visibility so much. Worse than Chromatic aberration IMO.
So there's a mod out there (RE framework, it works in some other games that use this engine) that can remove the vignette and with ReShade you can fix the contrast (without crushing the dark areas) and sharpen the image a bit while using TAA, not much, just enough to not look like a blurry mess.
RE2 is even worse than RE3 (blacks are basically light grey) so i think the improvement is even more dramatic.
Honestly, i couldn't play either of these games just because of how bad they look. Blurry, washed out and the vignette is inexcusable. I don't know how console users who can't use those tricks put up with how these games look. And i don't know why the developers thought the games look OK. Is it a weird artistic thing that my eyes are too good to understand?
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