The dark science fiction shooter Warframe is getting a graphics update. Soon, the dark forests on Earth will look as if they come from a completely different game.
Warframe, the cooperative science fiction shooter from Digital Extremes, has been around for a few years, but thanks to constant graphics patches, the game still looks good. However, there’s more to come, and this June a graphics update is expected that will at least make the overgrown forests on Earth shine in a new light.
The result looks so impressive as if it came from another game.
Warframe – Graphics Update – Our Earth is to become more beautiful
The big graphics update is part of the next Warframe patch, which is expected to arrive in mid to late June. It will include a ton of new items, a new Warframe named Harrow, and an extensive remaster of the maps on Earth. The once blue planet will be more of the green planet in the distant future, as overgrown primeval forests have taken over a large part of the world.
In between, the degenerated fascist mutant clones of the Grineer dwell in crumbling ruins of a better time. Earth has always been one of the highlights of Warframe, ever since it was introduced as a walkable world in 2014.
With the upcoming graphics update, Earth will be thoroughly remastered. Thanks to new shaders, lighting effects, and a new way of rendering foliage, the maps of Earth will look as if they come from a completely different game. And this, even though the maps themselves will not change much structurally.
Warframe – Graphics Update – First Earth, then the whole Solar System
In an interview with PCGamer, Matt Tremblay, the Art Director of Digital Extremes, explained that the new graphics will not jeopardize the performance of the game whatsoever. It should still run smoothly. However, the lack of technology in consoles is a limit for all future extreme updates, as the game also needs to run on PS4 and Xbox One.
After the remaster of Earth, further locations in the game are expected to be enhanced in future updates. Earth was chosen as the first beautified location simply because it is one of the first planets players visit.
Additionally, the developers hope to lure some veterans back to Earth. We have embedded a video of the new Earth maps, as well as comparison images of the old and new graphics. All of this media originally comes from PCGamer.
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