Shrek (XBox) was released on this day in 2001!
Shrek was the first game to use a deferred rendering pipeline.
Deferred is now industry standard, but widespread use didn't roll out until a period between 2007-2011.
Shrek (2001) was a game a generation and a decade ahead of it's time.
Given the effect that deferred has had on industry visuals, Shrek may well be considered the most technologically groundbreaking game since .......... Wolfenstein 3D https://mastodon.social/media/fGO26HkB6OvvBhdqVok