Lighting Techniques in Resident Evil 3 Remake

"I’ve been playing RE3 Remake and I’m in love with the lighting. The team used every trick in the book to achieve a believable and immersive world, while still being very gamey and helping with navigation.

In this post, I don’t intend to write a comprehensive technical guide on how the rendering engine works, but instead, show several examples of lighting techniques and what they are accomplishing.

Great lighting becomes part of the background, creates shapes, helps materials read properly, and subtly guides the player around the level," comments Thiago.