Well the implementations depend, you can distinguish different BRDF implementations Marmoset looks very plastic-y and juicy, unreal / Unity hrdp similar but a bit less with their GGX implementation. Cryengine has a more flat and realistic look with a better diffuse model I assume but which also might look more "boring".…
Id say the probably didnt like that the white text is pure white and the black screws are pure black in diffuse But what would bother me is the lack of AO on the rotating dial and the general lighting, otherwise this seems perfectly fine
There are a few things at play here IMHO. - On one hand, the feedback they gave you is meaningless (litterally), which indeed could suggest that it is just an excuse for them to not give deeper feedback or the actual reason for rejecting the test. - On the other hand, you textures *are* odd. Simply looking at the little…