You can pick up this demo on June 6, after fawning over the gory trailer, to see the future of graphics for yourself. It’s a careful balancing act for sure - but the possibilities for a retro-style shooter with modern effects are there, which would be a fun spin on the genre after the success of games like Dusk and Amid Evil - a niche which has surged in popularity recently. It’s still exciting though, especially when we consider the possibility of remaking older games in the next-gen with ray tracing and improved graphical finesse. This one has the same effect as the holistic Minecraft texture packs which make the game photo realistic and gorgeous, but undermine the original vision a little bit.
It’s not just the original game with ray tracing mind - textures have been remade and polished to give Quake 2 a modern feel.
Despite the revolutionary lighting changes that warp the game’s aesthetic, it still looks quite charming and a fun twist on the original if you’re a veteran fan, regardless whether you’ve played it since. A literal frag blast from the past, 1997’s Quake 2 is being used by Nvidia to demonstrate the power of ray tracing.
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