Bumping this thread to complain about fog/draw distance.
Silent Hill 2 is the go to example of fog being used to hide draw distance issues but it is still super common today. Many modern games without fog look super different and just like SH2, they over do it.
Atmospheric perspective is a very real phenomenon but games go crazy with it. Here is Denver and the mountains in a photo.
In real life the mountains are often clearer and the closest hills in the picture are ~25 miles beyond Denver.
Games are really really tiny and have micro worlds but it's so over the top.
Silent Hill 2 is the go to example of fog being used to hide draw distance issues but it is still super common today. Many modern games without fog look super different and just like SH2, they over do it.
Atmospheric perspective is a very real phenomenon but games go crazy with it. Here is Denver and the mountains in a photo.
In real life the mountains are often clearer and the closest hills in the picture are ~25 miles beyond Denver.
Games are really really tiny and have micro worlds but it's so over the top.
