The title says it all. I am wondering whether this is about devs being lazy with optimization or something entirely different. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 5, Rainbow Six Siege, and alike look fantastic but can be run on older cards with high settings easily whereas newer games struggle to run on high even with newer cards. Take Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) vs. Remmenant 2 (2023), the latter looks only slightly better than the former but is much more demanding.
I apologize if I am missing something or look completely stupid but I am just curious as to what people think the reasoning is.
Edit: Look at many UE5 games, they don’t even look that much better on UE5 but are so much more demanding!
Edit: As many people have pointed out, some older games with ultra graphics run better and also look better than newer games with medium graphics!
With the recent news that Volition will be shut down this thought came to my mind. For me Pandemic Studios was a big hit as I liked the vast majority of games they made. Mercenaries 1 and 2, Battlefront, Dark Reign 2, Saboteur among others.
Other than that there are many Japanese devs im missing. Like Clover Studios. But at least that turned into Platinum Games.
Which one would you like to have a game like BG3?
I would give them SWTOR immediately.