Next Generation Graphics a Blessing for AoC

The problem I have with these screenshots is that the Depth of Field is exaggerated and doesn’t look natural anymore. Many Skyrim ENB / SweetFX / ReShade presets have the same problem.

Strong DoF works best when used for (non moving) pictures if you want to lead the viewers focus on the important part to show the details on that object.
DoF, motion blur and head bobbing in games (especially in moving) on the other hand often lead to headache for many people because the eye and brain would naturally adjust the view differently. DoF obviously exist in real life if you hold objects close to your eyes but your brain and eyes adjust accordingly (in some cases not, that’s why some people who need glasses get headache if they don’t use their glasses and have to read and so on), same with head bobbing, in real life your brain and eyes adjust accordingly and cancel out the bobbing but that doesn’t happen in game hence why many people complain about motion sickness in games with heavy head bobbing and unnatural camera movement.

But obviously, this is also very subjective, some people like these kind of graphics and have no problems with it.

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