>>724651903
That whole volume between tiles on the floor is solely by normal maps, it's actually flat. Yeah, that's a very brutal example. They are mostly used in more subtle ways.

>>1019668
> lowpoly retro trannies
Normal maps were never used in old lowpoly games, and they are extremely rarely used in new lowpoly games, and when they are, those are the crazy hybrid styles you won't ever confuse with anything old.