The PC edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider enhances these surfaces with more details, creating a three-dimensional effect. Uneven surfaces – imagine a cobblestone path – in many games look a bit like paintings onto which an artist has tried (and only partially succeeded) to create the illusion of depth. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It feels more cinematic like the way a Hollywood lighting guru would light a darkened set so that the audience can still sort of make out what’s lurking in the shadows. Bright light shining through a crack will make the shadows around it seem deeper, but won’t completely erase the details. The lighting in the PC edition does a better job of mimicking what the human eye naturally sees. More dramatic shadows are among the most evident of the graphical enhancements. What I’m going to talk about is the tangible benefit what you’ll see in the PC version that you won’t see in the Xbox One edition, and whether it makes a difference to the overall experience. It offers good explanations and has some screenshot comparisons that illustrate how PC hardware changes the game. We’ll assume that most newspaper readers aren’t interested in being slapped about with tech jargon like “anisotropic 16X,” “ambient occlusion,” and “hardware tessellation.” If I’m wrong and that’s what you really want, check out the tech feature video (above) produced by Square Enix for Rise of the Tomb Raider ‘s PC release.

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