The final showdown: Motion blur vs chromatic aberration

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Published October 5, 2026 · Category: Games

Overview

Which graphical effect will be crowned the worst in games? It's down to the final two, and no one—no one—could've guessed the two effects that made it into the final round. It's a huge surprise.

This vote could go either way (lol). Get your votes in to decide once and for all which effect should be banished from games forever.

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We'll find out the winner (loser) later this week. Then we can finally put this debate to rest forever.

Examples

Motion blur

You'll have to take my word for it that both of these screenshots were taken as I aimed swiftly to the side in Hunt: Showdown. The difference is day and night.

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Chromatic aberration

Here's chromatic aberration in Marathon. Bungie loves a bit of chromatic aberration. It's the red/blue border, most visible on the white cabinet on the left

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Originally published at www.pcgamer.com.

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