PC Gamer Readers Vote on Worst Graphics Effect in Final Showdown

PC Gamer is running a community vote to decide which graphical effect is worse and should be banished from games. The final showdown pits motion blur against chromatic aberration, two effects that have drawn criticism from players for years.

The vote was described as close, with no clear prediction on which effect would lose. Screenshots from Hunt: Showdown and Marathon were used to illustrate the differences between the two effects. Chromatic aberration, seen as a red/blue border around objects, was highlighted in Marathon, where developer Bungie has been noted for using the effect.

Readers were encouraged to cast their votes to settle the debate once and for all. The winner, or rather the loser, was set to be announced later in the week.

The article was written by Jacob, a hardware and technology writer at PC Gamer with over eight years of experience. He has previously contributed to PCGamesN and focuses on PC builds, benchmarks, and Linux.