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Interesting results here. Series X comes on top with RT in holding frame rate during setpiece moments and cutscenes, but under PS5 with the 120fps mode. Series S lacks RT entirely. Either way, seeing RT on these consoles targeting 60fps above 1080p is a triumph. Even when it's just shadows.

It’s good even without playing the original. I’d actually recommend starting with it, then going onto the PS original to fill in some gaps.

ole TomCat also said the APIs would be ahead and that Series X raytracing would beat a 2080

You're right that it will take developers time to properly utilize the hardware, as with the PS5 and its own idiosyncrasies. But it's incorrect to claim that no launch games are tapping into the Velocity Architecture. At the very least, it's contributing to decreased load times and texture decompression in the here and now.

Completed Pyre. Solid 8.5/10 game. I loved the sports combat. It takes a little while to feel like you know the in's and out's, but once you do, it's amazing. I only wish there was an online versus mode, because this would have been a fun game to watch competitively. RPG elements in leveling up your team are also really good, as expected. The only places it stumbles a bit is in the conversational bits, where it leans in a bit too hard for my tastes. And while I enjoyed that nothing ever felt too high stakes on the world map, it takes way too long to get from one match to another (though every bit of it is gorgeous). There is a fantastic twist about 1/4th of the way through the game which sets up how the narrative will work going forward, and has huge implications from a gameplay standpoint too. But the payoff of the ending is kind of weak from a presentation standpoint. Visually ... not audibly. Those who finished it will know what I mean. Transistor > Pyre > Bastion Will pick up Hades on sale. 2020 games A Short Hike Broken Age Crash 1 FF7 Remake Flower Hellblade HoB Hollow Knight Inside Journey Portal Pyre Ratchet & Clank Spider-Man (and DLC) Spyro 1 Supraland Uncharted 1 Uncharted 2 Uncharted 3 Undertale

TLOU2 is really cheap relative to when it came out.

Makes sense. That’s a fast time all considered.

DQ games are notoriously long, even more than you'd think. I'm saying that because, going by your hour count, there's still another 1/3rd of the game left that slipped under your nose. You can stop right where you did if you're happy. But if you ever feel like revisiting it, the plot continues.

Damn, Pyre has an insane difficulty spike a few hours in. I thought the game might be too easy before this. It's the part where you fight an old Nightwing team, for anyone curious.

Pyre. It feels like the game I would have wanted Banner Saga to be. Still is a bit too repditive, and there's too much downtime between matches. But the presentation is flawless. It's pretty enough that it makes you forget you're doing the same thing over and over. Really neat idea for how to progress the game once you get through the first tournament. There's some hard choices, but not in ways that punish you obtusely. In typical Supergaint style, it becomes as hard you make it. I gave up on Witness after putting about 12 hours in. It's okay, but overall pretty joyless. Give Supraland a shot if it wasn't up to your speed.

So-so game, but this level is classic.

Not my knowledge. The better Bond games tend to be 1st person though. I'm just curious if they'd consider it.

Good fit. Wonder if it'll be 3rd or 1st person.

Actually, no. The consoles are quite a bit behind both AMD cards. Watch Dogs Legion can’t hold 4k30 at a ‘low’ RT setting on them, which isn’t even a menu option on PC. These cards should be more than enough until a console refresh. You might have to make some compromises though depending on the game. (ie: 1440p, 30fps, lowering RT settings)

This didn't age well.

Ori 2? The Pathless? Monster Train? Hades will probably win anyways, so it doesn't matter.

I'm playing through Pyre right now because I don't own Hades yet. Ori 2 and Demon's Souls are the most notable omission from the GOTY list

I'll leave it to @Commissar SFLUFAN to post the reviews.

I played through the campaign with dynamic resolution enabled (at 4k) on my 1060. Worked fine. The only times I ever got framerate dips was in cutscenes. The game goes above and beyond with it on high end PCs too. You can run it higher than native and super sample it down, while still keeping it dynamic to cover frame drops.

Titanfall 2 did it well to my memory.