Spawn_of_Apathy

I think Im gonna regret not creating a character and pawn earlier this week.

I am still quite early in the game. I miss the whistle. Aloy talks more but forgot how to to whistle. Booo. I really need this game to open the world up soon. lol This slow burn before the world opens up felt like it made more sense in Zero Dawn when we were all new to the world and mechanics. Game is definitely a looker. Everywhere looks like they packed even more detail into the world. 4k with everything on high and DLAA the game really pops. I tried with frame gen turned on, but it looked a little janky, like vertical blinds, so I turned it off. Game stays above 60fps anyways. I do not like the underwater controls and in tight spaces they feel even worse. still, feels good to be back and exploring this world again.

Pfff. Took 7 minutes for the install button to become available. Unacceptable. 3/10

well there ya go @best3444 console experience gonna be sub par either way, but PS5 version is just slightly less sub par in all areas.

It’s also interesting that IGN didn’t mention VRR on series X if it helped the feel of the game to smooth out those dips. Whether it felt like it did anything or you couldn’t tell at all. But in their video it appears the PS5 looks better than the series X. Though maybe they have the same Tv Best does.

@best3444

Don’t worry buddy, no one can tell. lol god, like wtf were they doing for all those years?

Yep. I warned in the Mr and Mrs Smith thread that they wouldn’t stay unobtrusive. I didn’t think they’d expand this fast though. Jfc

Im a little sad the visual difference on higher settings is not greater compared to the PS5. As nothing new was added visually, like ray tracing. Still, I am glad to see it is a very great experience all the same.

maybe he’s a freak and likes the left analog stick in the wrong location.

yeah I think that’s what the download manager was showing me last night. So maybe it needs 150GB before post install cleanup.

yeah but it unpacks to be larger when it is done. I dont think it was 150GB though. Maybe it just needed that before cleanup after the install.

Yep. “Nothing to see here” Ben Sulayem cleared of wrongdoing after FIA investigation US.MOTORSPORT.COM I didn’t expect there would be anything.

Honestly, hearing the game is 30-40 hours sounds perfect to me. That makes more interested hearing that this wasn't made to be a 120+ hour game.

what about this decade? more importantly the vrr to smooth out the frame drops so it is less noticeable.

Without frame gen even I may need to use “optimized” settings since it also appears upscaling does very little on its own.

the PCGAMER article posted above said DLSS3 FG was not available. Maybe it will be in day one or near day one patch.

If it is as CPU limited as they are saying I dont see consoles having a smooth time or getting above 30fps very often thanks to the decision to have an unlocked framerate on consoles too. It also means the PS5 Pro will do very little except maybe ensuring the game hits 30fps more often.

Hmm the reviews make it seem like it could be a gamble for new players. You will either love this game or feel unable due to rigid mechanics people may struggle to get a handle on. I think I will still take a chance on it and hope exploring the world by itself will make me want to keep playing.

Story and exploration/discovery are my motivating factors for most games. Once one or both have been spoiled for me I tend to lose that motivation to keep playing. There are times when knowing something does or doesn’t happen can convince me to finish something, but that’s very rare. Generally I don’t want to see/read how something ends unless Ive already decided Im not going to experience it for myself.

we shall see. I wonder if the PSSR in the pro is more to develop it for the PS6. If it releases without ghosting it will be the first upscaler to launch so well.

the GPU improvements could lead to some better ray tracing effects and higher resolutions where the game isn’t actually outputting 4K now. More capable of better upscaling too, but they will need a patch in old games or options in new games where you can choose Quality or Balanced preset when on a regular PS5 performance preset may have been used. So higher internal resolution with a cleaner resulting output resolution.

Yep. DF confirmed the drop in GPU performance to boost the CPU is power limitations They do seem to think this will not be that big an improvement in many situations. Especially for CPU limited games. So if GTA6 is CPU limited on PS5 and 30fps as a result, the pro isnt enough of an upgrade to get 60fps.

Well that’s gonna have the fan bois going nuts with all the lightsaber wooshing. That is 90% of what Star Wars is to them. Another show filmed almost exclusively on the Volume. So as far as fighting goes they have about 12 square feet of space move around. smh. Kind of shit that fanfilms made for youtube over 10 years ago have more scale and spectacle that what Disney has been doing. I will probably watch it, but my expectations are very low.