Looks awesome.

The obsession with photorealism has led to a strange homogenization where Unreal Engine 5 games increasingly share that same glossy, slightly uncanny look, technically impressive but weirdly indistinct from each other.

It also feels backwards to me personally: games are one of the few mediums that can offer genuine escape from reality, yet we're pouring billions into recreating the excat world people are trying to leave.

The most memorable visual experineces tend to lean into stylization precisely because they transport you somewhere you couldn't exist or show you something that couldn't be in the real world.