I need developers need to simply need to learn how to do more with less. Outside of a select few games, the graphical upgrade this gen for the amount of horsepower required have been unimpressive to me. I have been playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for quite some time now on my 4090 with everything turned up to max. And then only thing that keeps coming back into my mind is... Why does this game look like dogshit outside of the more cinematic moments. Like honestly, there is something really goofed up about the lighting in this game and the environments look meh.
And yes, I did try the reshade mod that everyone and their dog has been raving over and that does improve it greatly. But there are some graphical glitches from time to time when that is enabled and really the bigger question is, why wasn't the game shipped like this?
To me it feels like developers need to go back to school and relearn game development or something lol. There really shouldn't be any excuse considering the game budgets. Just look at all the garbage Microsoft and Xbox has been put. MS for all their faults gave their developers whatever they needed. A blank check yet outside of like Forza Horizon, all they have been putting out is mid after mid with some being awful. Hell what the fuck has Rare even been doing all this time? Everwild began in 2014 and other than stupid trailers, they haven't managed to put out shat for 10+ years lol. No shit it got cancelled in 2025 but this is what I mean. It feels like developers need to be put on a strict leash or something.
Companies need to go through the entire development chain and do deep investigation because imo, a lot of developers got hired due to nepotism and not actual merit.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
