Breath of the Wild, but it's as Realistic as Possible

What if Breath of the Wild had RTX ray tracing, 60fps, and up to 4K graphics--and shaders?
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[@PointCrow]

wow edit: you should watch in 1080p/60fps if that's not obvious

[@themining7229]

Twitch prime

[@heroofangst]

Lol

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

Meow.

[@asprits4114]

Ok

[@TheRealTact]

Merry Christmas

[@Chubby_Bub]

By realistic I thought it meant Link's arms would break when he pulls out the paraglider in midair

[@Flower-hf8oj]

That’s true, because of the speed. I feel like it would probably dislocate his shoulders first though

[@lardlover3730]

Lol

[@mattd2934]

Lol

[@lights5651]

lol looks like a guy drowning or paragliding so it goes lol to o

[@FrancisHD]

No, just no.

[@RTGame]

That is so pretty!! Also Merry Christmas man :)

[@PointCrow]

Merry Christmas bud :)

[@tomtative]

Merry Christmas guys! Stay safe, everyone! :D

[@furretnamedwalcc410]

Merry Christmas everybody

[@miqueiassantana1988]

Merry Christmas!!

[@FrizzyFeni]

Merry Christmas

[@matthewcarter2435]

Yeah this just confirms how great of a job the developers did on this game, the fact that you can hardly tell the difference in most places is crazy

[@TheCatnipCinema]

This shader is just mediocre. That's why it doesn't look much better.

[@rudrasingh6354]

its the ReShade mod. It is basically post processing shaders. It cant modify things before the image is rendered, thats why there isnt that much of a difference. Imagine a photoshop filter. Its good, but its mostly just HDR and contrast and saturation stuff.

[@sassyscorpio5537]

It's also important to remember that on a KZbin video the quality is dropped significantly

[@npas76]

@@rudrasingh6354 While it cant do anything before the rendering of the image, it still gets some information about depth from the game rendering engine, so its a little better than photoshop if configured correctly

[@MANKEYhaoh]

@@sassyscorpio5537 same thing for streams?

[@LozzaIllustrations]

Its funny cause your reaction to the modified botw is how I reacted when I first played the original game. I literally spent ages on the Great Plateau just being amazed at how gorgeous everything looks.

[@Alisquad-bs9pd]

SAME i spent ages at the plateau then ages at a stable

[@LozzaIllustrations]

@@Alisquad-bs9pd The stables are like little safe havens and I love them haha. The first one I ended up finding was Lakeside stable, its my favourite one cause of nostalgia and it has pretty views

[@13_cmi]

It really looks great. The colors are pretty flat but it looks good. I wish I could play this game for the first time again. It’s just so pretty and enjoyable.

[@Bobberter]

Lol same here but i stopped playing cuz i forgot what to do

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

@@Alisquad-bs9pd i thought the game was only the great plateau. once I left it, and found a stable, I was SO HAPPY. I was like... "ITS A SAFE PLACE" and I absolutely loved it

[@ComicSans-ew2ou]

I want a petition for “Breath Of The Wild But It’s A Horror Game” to be a real thing

[@renmizunashi]

DO ET

[@kozonalias3339]

Easy. Just add ReDeads

[@reddodeado301]

Make the whole game as dark as that one dark place.

[@matthiass._.]

Yes please i like

[@markvo250]

It already is a horror game when you're underequipped and there's a guardian around

[@ytpforlife8570]

I can already see it... “Breath of the Wild but it’s a horror game”.

[@johnm501]

yes

[@penguin_reader_yt9510]

he should totaly do that

[@wacoos398]

Yes

[@sonataavalon6017]

repeat that. And I’ll make it true.

[@TheBetterGamer]

It looks to me all the "shader" mod did was increase the contrast, not add any detail. Because switching between original and modded it just removes the white smokey screen really. Yes of course it looks better, but I don't think it's like so much better I love it.

[@All54321]

Yeah, in most cases it just makes everything more vibrant, or clearing up how things look

[@TheCatnipCinema]

Exactly how I feel. I don't think his reaction is warranted.

[@cdgames69]

I think it's also being AI upscaled. If you look on the rocks in the background when he initially switches between modded and un-modded, there's a lot more detail in them, whereas in the base game they look more like clay from where he was standing After looking a little closer, you can also see more detail in the shadows, which is why there's weird shading on people's faces. The problem with that is that they're still cel-shaded, so they aren't meant to be so detailed Not you *can* turn that off with mods, and replace them with actual shadow... but he didn't

[@brohanime]

i mean the difference between the skies shows how significant of an impact the shaders make. i mean, i understand that colour blindness and general visual acuity impairment is quite common, but it's very obvious to me how much the mod improves the quality. it's not insanely different, no. but it's still a lot better.

[@chloewebb5526]

i think it takes away the effect that are supposed to keep things in the spirit of cartoons, and for me, it almost ruins it. I think id rather just play in 1080 at 144fps and be happy

[@Korok-Protector]

Pointcrow: Hey guys look how much better the game looks!! The game: *S A T U R A T I O N*

[@empty_headed]

fr shit looks awful. original looks so much better

[@Baby_Jeebus]

With ray-traced global illumination, darker shadows, better contrast and fog removal

[@Skylancer727]

I mean I've seen multiple times now that when people asked what phone took the best photos, people tended to choose the one with the more vibrant colors over the accurate and detailed one. I think people underestimate how much many just want flashy colors.

[@Baby_Jeebus]

@@Skylancer727 true but you have to remember that this is reshade, if you don’t want vibrant colours, turn them down! Theres so many possibilities, its all about preference really, personally I am a sucker for vibrant colours snd high contrast though

[@arcanine_enjoyer]

The game is darker in the modded version, it's so bad. I also can never no matter how many times you show the difference tell the difference between 60 FPS and anything higher. Most of the time I can't tell 30 FPS from 60 FPS. Obviously at lower framerates it's much more obvious but I legitimately do not care if my game can run more than 60 FPS.

[@torturingmyself3482]

"What makes it so realistic" "OH, they just make it darker"

[@ninjaturnip9215]

it kinda feels like they just slid the contrast slider a little to the right. I really think upping the refresh rate is doing all the heavy lifting here.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

I think in the base rendering there's a lot of ambient light that isn't really coded as coming from anywhere, just so you can see properly, so it makes it feel more hazy. They had to remove a lot of that for the ray-tracing to be noticeable on the luminous objects and when the sun is out in full. So things are darker in general when there isn't light coming directly from them, and it emphasizes when things are emitting light and glowing on everything around them, or reflecting the sun in a super-realistic way. It's not a graphical style for everyone, especially when you're used to the base game, but it's pretty in its own way.

[@alephnole7009]

Well yeah. The Reshade RTX mainly just does color light bouncing and proper ambient shadows. What you would need to do to get a proper realistic look would be to use Reshades other tools to make proper color adjustments in an HDR proper format. But most people don't have the time or knowledge on how to do this. Plus the Cemu emulator allows the adjustment and modification of trees and grass color and length. . So in the end he really did just make the game a lot darker with better shadows and nothing else.

[@averylarsen2511]

The change is like so minute that I didn't even notice till the initial comparison where he turns the shaders on and off again and I saw the textures pop in because otherwise its just the same game but darker.

[@Zealant]

In many of the scenes, they make it brighter, so no.

[@Hi-Im-Gib]

I'd honestly want to see "The Legend of Limbo": Breath of the Creepy ass Wild

[@beesbeesbeesbeesbees]

it reminds me of that glitch with doom actually i really like it

[@froidesprit]

Good news! That was streamed last night.

[@Kel.3]

I agree. Botw Limbo would be awesome.

[@noaheast6285]

YES

[@hectoreccles1059]

Yes please do

[@ItIsGMC]

“As realistic as possible” Half the game: *”My final message, goodbye.”*

[@tapsin3923]

"As realistic as possible" Step 1: No magic...

[@FERDABO1S]

What impressed me the most was how different link looked, I’m surprised he never did a zoom up on him to get us a better look because he seems so clean

[@jamespilgrim3774]

Yeah he looks REALLY good without botw's filter thingy

[@r3dskillz]

Sidon was so realistic that the game couldn’t handle his beauty

[@EnglandRemoval]

Nah that's just his regular beauty

[@Symbioticslingshot]

Always was

[@sidon4369]

T-Thanks??

[@ammonthrift2013]

Since I’ve not seen anyone else mention it, I loved the before and after edits. Thanks editor!

[@PointCrow]

IMO gave the video an extra oomf of quality. I really do have the best editors :)

[@nowhy4975]

Draws a nice comparison

[@nevets2371]

Nice profile picture Ammon ;)

[@averagebotwenjoyer5107]

@@PointCrow my mum says oomf

[@fyra_cat2119]

honestly, I think the best change here is the higher fps but honestly this just made me realise how pretty the original game is

[@baydenator9818]

Was really looking forward to the master sword scene with ray tracing and then crow just said “Hey guys what if we made it look worse”

[@dazza2350]

Womp womp

[@quillquail]

2:21 screw “botw but it’s a horror game,” I want “botw but it’s vaporwave”

[@Zekiraeth]

Counterpoint: Both is good.

[@quillquail]

@@Zekiraeth yes

[@thatguyrando5399]

yes

[@thejsl1508]

*Me, an intellectual, watching at 144p to save internet:* *"Oh yeas so reelistic and beautifool"*

[@this-is-a-load-of-barnicals]

Me watching on an iPhone 6s for extra quality

[@legaming123]

@@this-is-a-load-of-barnicals me watching on a samsung s20 ultra 5g and 120 hz for better quality

[@emilienfrancois9928]

@@legaming123 youtube don't even support 120hz

[@waterh6944]

@@emilienfrancois9928 LMAO

[@KaminariHouse]

@@emilienfrancois9928 That's the joke

[@addylue2715]

In my opinion I like the original more. The colors look more washed out yes, but that color scheme gives me a more post apocalyptic vibe. The more vibrant colors in the shaders make it look like hyrule is prospering when it’s struggling to get by. Idk that’s my opinion.

[@Andrew-vw5vb]

I love that the second the cutscene was over someone in chat yelled "WE NEED TO SEE SIDON"

[@zackglenn2847]

I love how it simulates the effect filming this with an actual camera would have. The bloom around glowing objects is an artifact caused by how cameras work, and the mod is going through the trouble to simulate that digitally.

[@milddiffuse]

This is a effect called Bloom. Twilight Princess famously overused it, but every 3D Zelda Game has used it since.

[@IamVENGANCE1939]

I don't understand nerd talk...

[@cozmic8288]

@@IamVENGANCE1939 probably because you are literally 12

[@Zealant]

Bloom isn’t that realistic.

[@milddiffuse]

@@Zealant Yeah what the program is doing is stacking a bunch of effects and filters on top of each other. One of them happens to be Path Traced Global Illumination, which is actually kinda cool. But I'm pretty sure they've turned other stuff up to eleven and I think it kinda looks shit here lol.

[@gunsandroses896]

I'd love horror of the wild. Please Eric give us breath of the Silent Hill.

[@ruchick6155]

Next up: *breath of the wild, wild west*

[@largeboi4678]

@@ruchick6155 breath of the wild but I only play on the west side of the map

[@Zealant]

You wouldn’t be able to see shit; the fog would be the opposite of what it is in this game.

[@shinxz5012]

Eric’s editor = the nicest coolest kind of humble amazing person

[@phantmnk3871]

Eric: Wow this looks amazing... His PC: *airplane noises*

[@ghettokage6104]

LoLLLL

[@mkpepper9145]

Imagine being the villain, a being of personified evil, and then some random boy shows up in your evil lair and starts yelling: 'IT'S SO CRISP, IT'S SO CRISP, IT'S SO CRISP!'

[@penndogg7369]

"Botw but it's modded to be as realistic as possible" My blind ass unable to see the difference: 👁👄👁

[@tabycat6639]

ikr

[@awarepillow1180]

The only thing I notice is the water having realistic reflections and it’s darker so there is more definition to light sources Edit: Some textures look better but to have it look really realistic you would have to remake the game with new textures for everything

[@beaumartin366]

Could also be that ur watching it lower than 1080p or 60fps, not that u cant see it, cuz like, ik my phone isnt 60fps, u can just see it a LOT better on a better display

[@awarepillow1180]

@@beaumartin366 oh yeah also some textures look better

[@WittyMick03]

there is barely a difference

[@UltraNurture]

Looks amazing! The before and after shots are really nice too!

[@martymcfly3253]

My first time coming back to your channel since you were under 30k subs. Crazy. I'm glad you are living your best life.

[@dallasjhaws]

I’m mad that he didn’t climb the highest tower of Hyrule Castle because that’s one of the prettiest locations in the game

[@Kumi12341]

I love that place too. So pretty!

[@YTCKRONIKZ]

it’s not pretty it just looks cursed it’s all red it looks like actual hell

[@thelegendaryzonaiwarrior6400]

Feels so good to come back to come back to this series after taking a break from it for awhile. No video game series makes me more happy than Zelda does.

[@ChrisYett]

Mom can we have revali’s gale? No, we have revali’s gale at home Revali’s gale at home: 15:29

[@likelyvampirical]

“BotW but there’s no textures” and “BotW but it’s in Limbo” both look like amazing challenges.

[@twistedGamRmlg]

Why do I see your profile pic everywhere?

[@pinkturtlegamer]

@@twistedGamRmlg it's d.b cooper.

[@vulcanprincess1584]

making botw look like ocarina of time n64

[@charlie43229]

9:16 He just casually ignores the heart container in his weapons

[@backseatsurfer5005]

Lol

[@Dylan-bl8dc]

😳

[@yourmomsboyfriend3337]

He’s modding that stuff into the game to make it easier to explore lol

[@logan398]

There’s this on shader pack called “the outdoors”. I recommend it because there is no glitches and the shading and ray traceing is on point.

[@specialZ45123]

It's weird nintendo left this video alone

[@unexpectedcrusade6447]

Absolutely play it in the horror mode

[@00.b14z3]

He streamed some today on his twitch

[@Elijahhh443]

@@00.b14z3 :0

[@unexpectedcrusade6447]

@@00.b14z3 thanks man

[@RedheadHomie]

In the dark mode it looks like the game "Dishonored", in some parts

[@splashor6361]

"We modded Zelda to be as realistic as possible!" Link: why am I still cel-shaded?

[@Mauripsu]

Maya-

[@FabiTheFreak]

@Zachary Erickson There is a cel-shading "Remover" on the Wii-U Emulator under Grapic Packs so he should totally be able to do that, i did aswell and the game looks even more realistic without cel-shading but also looks a bit off because im personally so used to the cel-shading look so i turned it back on for me :D

[@arlo9754]

also him: doesn´t show the zelda cutscene

[@sonataavalon6017]

Link: My leg is cursed, might have broke it. Zelda: It extents itself due to something? Maybe Sheikah Technology? Link: nah, I just feel pain all the time and my body is like Luffy. Zelda: this is why smash took a toll on your mental state.

[@erxcneila]

I feel like the biggest difference is it looks like the gamma was changed and i never truly realized how necessary that was

[@DuckWithToast]

Naydra: *covered in malice, suffering* Pointcrow: Wow, look at those scales

[@kozonalias3339]

"Breath of the Wild but it's Horror" ReDeads. Just add fuckin' ReDeads and the quota is met

[@edgardorivera2459]

Or better yet, the Gibdos from Twilight Princess. And the poes from Arbiter's Grounds. Hell, even the Skulltulas are scary (probably because I am afraid of spiders) Maybe add the Cursed Bokoblins from Skyward Sword. Speaking of, the cursed areas from Skyward Sword greatly resembles Malice now that I think about it. You know what I mean right? The purple liquid.

[@victorroberts983]

@@edgardorivera2459 And that one random paper plane in Orcarina of time. That was out of place and creepy

[@buccaneerguy8197]

Breath of the Horror

[@auraFireblood]

Well gibdos

[@axman6815]

PCrow: “It’s realistic now!” Link: *attempts windbomb*

[@mewxtherealitygod4706]

bombs: *blow each other up instead of doing the glitch* link: NO I WANT BACK!! please i can't do this!!

[@lucianpirl3450]

Boomi zoomie

[@seasonsarecool]

@@lucianpirl3450 boomyzoomy

[@FrancisHD]

Stop it

[@nickcunningham6344]

I love the thought of Ganon fighting Link, and Link isn't even terrified of him. He's just fighting him in awe like "Omg it's so crisp, it's so detailed!"

[@j.luciscaelum04]

This whole vid was just me appreciating the art like holy moly my brain died❤😂

[@atlastoon27]

I love how the second Sidon showed up the entire chat collectively lost their minds

[@velocivoid7974]

Ok, I definitely want “breath of the wild but it’s a horror game”, but I want you to play with the polygons and call it “breath of the wild but link is on drugs”

[@tahitiandfaith1962]

“But Link is an alcoholic”

[@zerothetarnished4860]

Breath of the wild but links on acid

[@Baby_Bebbi_The_Fur]

Creators : “BoTW doesn’t have creative mode/flying.” The fans : “Haha what?”

[@mmmorraful]

2:23 thats botw when you get some happy herbs

[@Vrile]

Okay, this just made me realize how good the game looks without the mod

[@ghettokage6104]

LOLLL

[@drunkcroissant]

same

[@bareq99]

Same lol The shading is impressive here in this mod but everything else was a meh for me

[@BuzzingGoober]

A game running on 5 year old+ smart phone specs *can't* look good.

[@bareq99]

@@BuzzingGoober bruh

[@porcupinethecat5073]

I, personally, would love to see a Breath of Horror run.

[@pat1263]

Horror of the wild

[@porcupinethecat5073]

@@pat1263 Ooh, i loke that one better! Well done.

[@pat1263]

@@porcupinethecat5073 thank you kind sir/lady 💪😂

[@porcupinethecat5073]

@@pat1263 Either or, I am gender fluid.

[@pat1263]

@@porcupinethecat5073 oh ok 😁

[@gillbates7007]

something about this just brings out every bit of serotonin in my brain

[@spoingle]

Ooh that's so cool! I think you should totally do one with the creepy limbo horror game lighting, it would be awesome

[@bilalt.6849]

The only difference that I can make out is that its less “foggy”

[@sirbibton]

That's all you can see? Yikes

[@Error403HRD]

It's also darker, I don't really like it, but maybe if I was on a desktop it would look better? Idk

[@jennifer__e]

i like the less foggy look tbh

[@Error403HRD]

@@jennifer__e it's a little dark for my liking, but i'm glad you like it.

[@Zealant]

Right off, the grass is way more detailed. Really everything is very detailed. You might need glasses.

[@mayravixx25]

PointCrow: "It's really hard to make water look good." Sea of Thieves: "Hold my shanty"

[@loudbird5411]

Grog*

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

AC4 Ayo

[@matthewreese7710]

@@loudbird5411 yeah I was gonna say, how can you hand them a song lol

[@chipwhich]

@@matthewreese7710 sheet music

[@matthewreese7710]

@@chipwhich Yeah, but would pirates even have sheet music? Ok regardless I’m reading too deep into the joke it’s time to stop

[@yessir650]

His enthusiasm is so wholesome, I was more invested in his reactions than I was in the mods by the end

[@fgarciaish]

This mod looks beautiful. The moment right after the polygon look at 2:25 where you said let's turn it back to "normal" made me laugh, bc in CG the polygon images we work looking it is actually referred to as a "normal map". A "normal" is an invisible line that shots perpendicular from the center of a polygon... imagine a pin cushion... and the color represents the direction it's pointing in. But instead of using XYZ values (the x-axis being left and right, the y-axis being up and down, the z-axis being towards camera and away) it uses RGB values since it's visual data. So things like the ground pointing straight up like the ground are green (x / R = 0, y / G =1 , z / B = 0), things pointing to one side approach Red, and things directly facing camera tend to be light blue since x / R = 0, y / G =0, z / B = -1. The black and white image is a z-depth or depth pass... where it is telling you how far something is from camera. 0 being the closest and 1 being the farthest. 0 is pure black and 1 is pure white. Ok, that's my nerd rant for the day. Digging your BOTW stuff. Just picked up an OLED switch in December and this is all i've been playing since. Re-doing everything in Master Mode now. :)

[@benboy9728]

Me: dying of boredom bc I woke up to early Point crow: do you ever get collectors anxiety

[@oceant1457]

Lol same I woke up at 5:00

[@benboy9728]

@@oceant1457 lol

[@misterworldwide6367]

I woke up at 11:35

[@benboy9728]

@@misterworldwide6367 and you’ve been awake this whole time?!?! Ouch

[@Apollo_G]

I didnt even sleep

[@levi-vg4zc]

him: "were gonna go to..." me: oh zora's domain! him: "Sidon." me: of course

[@collesque5045]

"look at this 60 FPS its so smoooth" me watching at 30FPS on youtube: So True Bestie

[@bahura1]

Make a Canadian version, you must take your trousers off before entering a building or death, it’s always cold, and the only food is : poutine (3 hearts) elixirs are maple syrup, and wooly sweaters are the most protective

[@EvilNinja182]

Point Crow: “this is LOZ but realistic” News: “Young man arrested for 900 accounts of breaking and entering into random villagers houses”

[@hNotDark]

you forgot to mention the breaking of pottery, approximately 1,967 pots have been broken by the same guy

[@drewit2996]

Can we just acknowledge the editor? They're doing a good job, just thought I'd say.

[@king_of_frauds]

Zelda: *Fending off Ganon for over 100 years* PointCrow: "Man the sun's so bright."

[@doggomaru]

Feels like the day I got my glasses. Just, so much more detail I never knew could be there.

[@KaeraNeko]

I feel like I could achieve roughly the same look by going into my TV's settings and increasing the contrast and saturation and decreasing the brightness. I think it does look better and less foggy, but not like it's been so substantially improved that it puts the original graphics to shame.

[@SSM24_]

There are other visual changes too, but they're all quite subtle compared to the brightness and contrast changes. I would really appreciate a side-by-side where the general color levels were made to match as closely as possible, so we could actually see the other changes without brightness differences taking center stage.

[@azureaqua_1177]

i was thinking by more realistic was ray tracing (what i also got) and remaking some of the clunky, low poly, looking textures but thta would take a lot of time lol

[@informationnotavailable6433]

Definitely

[@chanshengsupremacy8889]

NOTHING could put the original graphics to share

[@stingweeber6394]

You don't have a pc hahaha

[@c3pobros222]

When someone said in the chat “tasty graphics” I was like damn they weren’t kidding

[@ElloFantasy]

"You are the bane of my existence, I wish there was less of you" ah, someone else who suffered in collecting every single Korok I presume?

[@zvnpek_]

It's even more apocalyptic and lowkey scary. I think that's the difference. In the „before“ it is easier to forget that the character is lonely in this destroyed world and all his friends are dead.

[@BigIcedCoffee]

“that was a pretty cool Master Sword cutscene” *doesn’t show it*

[@shadowkatie2]

Honestly, I'd love to see a Limbo of the Wild run

[@nicholewykes542]

I love your vids crow, they make me smile.

[@PastCresent]

I wish I could experience this game for the first time again

[@Mark-ci6ln]

“modding botw to be as realistic as possible” First 10 seconds links foot is a rectangle

[@backseatsurfer5005]

LMAO

[@SC-hk6bs]

I mean...He *did* say realistic, right? Are your feet not odd shapes and sizes?

[@LuQ1z]

"Modding Breath of the Wild to be as realistic as possible" 9:26

[@beanmaster4680]

When he turns off the shaders: MY EYES!

[@victorbatchvarov8812]

Pointcrow's vocabulary: 1. wow 2. just look at that [insert any random object here] 3. uuuummmmm 4. gorgeous

[@xKenchi]

I would love to see a “Horror of the Wild” video

[@held2053]

I was just about to say, I can't see a difference- but then... the comparison showed up-

[@Randomness823]

Right? I was like "this is just how I see it normally" and then the comparison showed up and I flinched

[@TheCatnipCinema]

That's because it's not that much better.

[@zf10studios52]

@@TheCatnipCinema no it legitimately is thousands of times better

[@elmagikarpmamadisimo9774]

PointCrow: RTX in Zelda BOTW KZbin: Yeah, good video to see in 480p

[@xrockangelx]

I typically don't like playing with mods as much as I like watching people play with them, but I want this one so bad. Ugh. So beautiful. 🤩

[@GUMMY_MKII]

2:31 "All right we’ll turn it back to normal" 3D artists: oh, the irony...

[@Jeldin486]

lmao was literally thinking the exact same thing. Also can't say I'm ever a fan of these types of mods. Seems like most of them just up the contrast and saturation and ppl just gobble that up as "high definition". Granted, this one also seems to mess with the lighting a bit, but its so harsh. Really hate the chat, though. Every time he switches it back and the chat gets filled with "ew" and "ugly", I cry for my 3d artist brethren. I get the same feeling when I see those "Animation changed to 60fps" videos and everyone thinks it looks amazing lol

[@GUMMY_MKII]

@@Jeldin486 I completely agree with what you said. A lot of people would notice something changed but the majority wouldn’t praise or hate that much if they weren’t told "it’s raytracing" (yes, raytracing is always better quality-wise but for a game that aims for NPR, the result either ruins or clash with the artstyle or upgrades it too slightly to be worth the computing power.) But in my comment I said "oh, the irony" because the render layer he was is used to visualize *normals*, so he was "already there"

[@jairiske]

@@Jeldin486 what if I prefer the contrast and saturation

[@thingswillbeokay8098]

I love how none of the rest of Zora's domain matters- only Sidon askhjdfdsfkgjh

[@jackalwater]

Merry almost Christmas crow

[@theillusionist1494]

Very glad this kept the cel shading style; cel shading adds so much to the artstyle of Breath of the Wild and I've seen too many graphics purists insisting it holds the game back Also 10:11 I have no idea why, but the delivery of this SPECIFIC moment had me in hysterics

[@MasterPojoway]

what if you were practically a god controlling an entire kingdom, unrivaled by any, and a man with no pants marches into your castle, kills your children, and starts staring at you, starts saying “that’s so crisp, so crisp” repeatedly with his fingers like this.(👌 )

[@fionnduggan4563]

can we just give props to the editor for the time they put in?

[@flamepierce]

really gotta love the "gray plateau" chapter :D

[@chickblock210]

I want to see this with redone textures, emissive textures/height maps will make the shrines (inside and out) look sick

[@BoneBeastKimimaro]

I'm gonna be perfectly honest; I hardly see a difference. They look basically the same to me. But then, I've never been one to care about graphical quality. Don't take that the wrong way, I"m simply saying that BotW is always pretty to me.

[@AntimonyxAngel]

I agree with you! I'm not as impressed only because I was expecting something different. It's still beautifully detailed and looks great; however this just proves good design doesn't require major detail. The BEST designs, in my opinion, are ones that don't show excessive realism, but artfully select the most necessary visual interest.

[@isabellehutfilz909]

I agree... I just think the normal version looks like more dusty.

[@SupRemE-en2xp]

Did u watch in 1080 p ?

[@nowhy4975]

Pointcrow out of context (6:18) *Burning to death* “That’s pretty cool” *Proceeds to fly away at high speeds*

[@gavinrahr2922]

👌

[@nowhy4975]

@A B changed it don’t worry

[@makinley.s]

That one guy at 3:30 who is like "HeS nOt PlAyInG iN mAsTeR mOdE?" Made me laugh way harder than I should have

[@_egg5698]

5:05 "Distinct difference" idk about that one buddy. it just looks like botw but i turned the brightness down slightly and the contrast up

[@willhendersondigital]

alternative title: eric does an owen wilson impression for 21 minutes edit: wow chain

[@PointCrow]

Wow

[@beetrootking139]

Wow

[@madisond.4120]

Wow

[@theb1gm4n98]

Wow

[@porkypy]

9:16 Ah yes, a heart container. My favorite weapon to use against enemies.

[@hydroduo]

14:06 "Eric, I think I pood myself be right back"

[@milkismurder]

You should have done speedrun strats at the beginning so we could see that leaf up close during the hyrule reveal cinematic

[@seb-3]

Me: wow this is gonna be cool! Pointcrow: I just turned up the contrast

[@crimsoninsight97]

FR, it's not very impressive looking. The only part that was interesting was seeing the light reflections from the blupees. It lost some of the more interesting color grading, like the blues and greens in different areas. Also contextless shots of the normal game is completely unrepresentative of the experience

[@cqmsch]

@@crimsoninsight97 also the old mans face really wasnt that impressive lol

[@Pipsqueak651]

@@crimsoninsight97 do you realize how amazingly this speaks on Nintendo's original engine for breath of the wild? Even upscaling the lighting and graphics barely make a dent. The original already holds up so beautifully

[@popsicIes]

@@crimsoninsight97 The one thing I did like about it was that I feel like it's easier to see? If that makes any sense? Like BOTW sometimes feels like it's in a phone filter, like Bloom or something.

[@goose9098]

When he said: “look at this sunset” then jumped up I expected 10 guardians to shoot him off

[@kman3554]

I have a gaming monitor and I see this 24/7 when I play on it lol (but not weird when u enter bullet time)

[@tylero1689]

I only notice how beautiful the shader actually is after seeing how the base game looks