» Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:33 am
It essentially look likes there's a very low quality streamed video playing in the background of the image.
The grain glitch is large rectangular blocks over the entire image but is much more noticeable in smoke or when looking at the sky or in night vision mode. The night vision part isn't a huge issue because I don't expect clarity in night vision but when playing the game regular, it makes the graphics look horrendous.
The gain glitch happens in later levels, for me it started with the first raining level at night and got worse through the remainder of the game.
Also, in some levels you have the large rectangular block grain plus very noticeable lines moving across the screen.
The grain glitch hasn't properly been captured in the videos online, it is far more noticeable in real life than what has been demonstrated by the video's and it's frustrating because the game is so beautiful then bam, it looks like absolute **** and those lines and rectangles are all you see.
Also, the fix doesn't really fix anything, it may make it less salient but it clearly still there.