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Kezen · Jan 28, 2015

Extremely enlightening article by hardcoregamer and I completely underestimated the visual gap between max PC settings and PS4 :
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/01/28/dying-light-face-off-pc-vs-ps4/131644/

but the locked View Distance setting on PS4 is actually equivalent to 0% on PC

drotahorror · Jan 28, 2015

LoD, view distance, AO, and AF. Texture quality looks basically the same. Pretty much expected.

wiggleb0t · Jan 28, 2015

Default pc FOV is so jarring. Needs to be kicked up a notch to make it normal. That alone is essential imo. Console must be painful at times.

Eggbok · Jan 28, 2015

Kezen said:

Those trees though.

LabouredSubterfuge · Jan 28, 2015

Actually based on this the PS4 version is an even lower setting than 0% on PC.

PC

PS4

PC

PS4

DarkLordMalik · Jan 28, 2015

Which is PC and which is PS4? Can't differentiate.

Edit: Talking about things other than LOD though. LOD is clear as day.

Loris146 · Jan 28, 2015

Expected. Anyway it seems lower than 0%.

Dictator93 · Jan 28, 2015

LabouredSubterfuge said:
Actually based on this the PS4 version is an even lower setting than 0%.

oh wow

TheAngryMonkey · Jan 28, 2015

DarkLordMalik said:
Which is PC and which is PS4? Can't differentiate.

PC has more detail. Trees, street lights, etc.

Deleted member 17706 · Jan 28, 2015

DarkLordMalik said:
Which is PC and which is PS4? Can't differentiate.

Look at the buildings in the distance.

Kezen · Jan 28, 2015

Eggbok said:
Those trees though.

Much simpler form on PS4. I wasn't expecting such a difference to be honest.

It seems that the PS4 is not using high shadows setting on PC at least in a few spots :

PC LOD set at 0 :

PS4 :

The Janitor · Jan 28, 2015

Dat JPEG compression. They should have atleast used PNGs when doing a comparison.

FairXchange · Jan 28, 2015

wiggleb0t said:
Default pc FOV is so jarring. Needs to be kicked up a notch to make it normal. That alone is essential imo. Console must be painful at times.

Yeah, I saw someone playing the PS4 version on twitch and was shocked at how terrible the FOV was. You don't have to move the camera nearly as much when you have a FOV of 90 and above on PC. On console, it's like staring through a small lens in comparison.

nOoblet16 · Jan 28, 2015

It's not that big of a difference difference and it really isn't as big as I initially expected it to be. Especially considering one will not really miss the lower density while actually playing.And that turning it all the way up will still not get rid of popups/LOD transitions in immediate areas still, it will be much lower of course but it won't be completely gone.

In fact even PC gamers would more than likely turn down the slider to near 0 because of how little practical improvement it offers for the performance hit it brings about. As it will allow them to play at 60FPS (if they have the rig) but turning it all the way up will cause issues for even a 980 and result in an unstable framerate.

Also this, Honestly looks much worse even if it's not as simple as the PS4/Low setting. Because the trees don't look full, and appear non existent here. But they do in low settings/PS4 ironically despite using simpler geometry.

Kezen · Jan 28, 2015

The Janitor said:
Dat JPEG compression. They should have atleast used PNGs when doing a comparison.

True but the massive LOD difference does not need PNG to immediately strike.

At least it explains why cranking the slider to the max kills my performance. I've set it at 50.

Glad to see more sites doing Face-Offs by the way. Hardcoregamer definitely earned me as a visitor with this article.

This comparison highlights how much HBAO+ makes a difference :
PC

PS4

Harp · Jan 28, 2015

I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

ypo · Jan 28, 2015

Wow, the CA in this game is strong and disgusting. Everything has this shit ghosting going on.

Andrew Ryan · Jan 28, 2015

I'm having trouble telling the two apart

CosmicQueso · Jan 28, 2015

I have no idea how anyone can see any kind of significant difference between the two.

pixlexic · Jan 28, 2015

Harp said:
I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

Static pics can't really convey how much of a difference there is in motion.

Dictator93 · Jan 28, 2015

nOoblet16 said:
In fact even PC gamers would more than likely turn down the slider to near 0 because of how little practical improvement it offers for the performance hit it brings about. As it will allow them to play at 60FPS (if they have the rig) but turning it all the way up will cause issues for even a 980 and result in an unstable framerate.

Depends on your FPS goals obviously... but I agree that I definitely wouldnt run this at 100% draw distance if I could have a nice relatively close to 60fps at all times. Then again, I ahve yet to see the difference in motion.

Khalifa Jayy · Jan 28, 2015

Harp said:
I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

.

Durante · Jan 28, 2015

In some cases this looks almost as big as the difference in Ground Zeroes, e.g. on the roof to the left in this shot:

LabouredSubterfuge said:
Actually based on this the PS4 version is an even lower setting than 0% on PC.

PC

PS4

Slixshot · Jan 28, 2015

I think it looks real good on my PS4. PC players have it very nice but I aint complainin.

ChawlieTheFair · Jan 28, 2015

Andrew Ryan said:
I'm having trouble telling the two apart

Same, asides from the trees, other than that pretty close.

Corpekata · Jan 28, 2015

No idea how people can't notice some of the Lego Trees and poorly textured buildings. It's probably standing out as much as it did in AC Unity at times.

Loris146 · Jan 28, 2015

View distance kills performance so this is why is lower than 0% i think

dying-light-view-distance-performance-overclocked-cpu-640px.png

VisceralBowl · Jan 28, 2015

LOD difference is pretty huge:

PC

PS4

PC

PS4

Lower quality alpha or side effect of heavy blur/ppaa on PS4?
PC

PS4

Also the AO looks a nicer on PC.

GhostTrick · Jan 28, 2015

Durante said:
In some cases this looks almost as big as the difference in Ground Zeroes, e.g. on the roof to the left in this shot:

It does indeed. These low clocked Jaguar really shows their weakness in open world games it seems.

Kezen · Jan 28, 2015

Corpekata said:
No idea how people can't notice some of the Lego Trees and poorly textured buildings. It's probably standing out as much as it did in AC Unity at times.

Some people seem extremely quick at picking differences between PS4 and Xbox One, less so when arguably bigger disparities exist between the PC (at max settings) and PS4.

Macattk15 · Jan 28, 2015

CosmicQueso said:
I have no idea how anyone can see any kind of significant difference between the two.

I'm with you. I sat here and came up with this conclusion.

Besides the tree detail which was extremely obvious .... but I'm here to smash zombies and stay alive ... not stare at trees.

Tidus_Great · Jan 28, 2015

they look about the same and considering i bought ps4 a year ago for only 400 dollars that's pretty damn good.

Objectively Bad Opinion · Jan 28, 2015

this game looks really bad

GhostTrick · Jan 28, 2015

Kezen said:
Some people seem extremely quick at picking differences between PS4 and Xbox One, less so when arguably bigger disparities exist between the PC (at max settings) and PS4.

I think it's not even max settings here on PC. But yeah, I think that's because it's expected for PC to display better looking games.

140.85 · Jan 28, 2015

Harp said:
I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

Yeah, it's basically just the LOD distance is different.

Canis lupus · Jan 28, 2015

Harp said:
I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

Pretty much, I spend 30 seconds looking to find minuscule differences.

Meh, if I were getting this it'd be from a sale later.

Purest 78 · Jan 28, 2015

Trying my best to see a huge difference I just don't.

JPeeples83 · Jan 28, 2015

Adam Beck did a great job on this - the screens are perfect for what you want with this kind of article. It gives a 1:1 comparison as close as possible between the versions.

kikonawa · Jan 28, 2015

I almost cant make a difference. Tells how good the ps4 actually is for the price you pay

Dictator93 · Jan 28, 2015

Objectively Bad Opinion said:
this game looks really bad

Its just the CA. Technically the game is doing basically at that next gen stuff that everyone loves.

JPeeples83 said:
Adam Beck did a great job on this - the screens are perfect for what you want with this kind of article. It gives a 1:1 comparison as close as possible between the versions.

Jpgs make me sad mode though.

The Cowboy · Jan 28, 2015

Quick GIFs showing the LOD changes (edit - labelled each version now).

There is quite a lot of close range details lost on the PS4 version over the 0% PC version, kinda surprised really.

Edit.
Seems this might not be PS4 vs 0% PC but might actually be 50% PC, the site doesn't exactly make it clear.

Double edit.
Its actually PS4 vs 100% PC, just tested in game and it defiantly not 50% or 0%.

impact · Jan 28, 2015

Don't look too different. Now I really hate myself for not getting the $20 PS4 version

OsirisBlack · Jan 28, 2015

CosmicQueso said:
I have no idea how anyone can see any kind of significant difference between the two.

Andrew Ryan said:
I'm having trouble telling the two apart

Harp said:
I guess on a technical level, but I have to really look to find a negative on ps4. Nothing jumps out

Pretty much this.

You have to look extremely hard to notice any significant differences.

McHuj · Jan 28, 2015

I'm having trouble seeing what I would call a big difference. Yeah, the trees look different, but they both look shitty to me. Not a big deal.

GhostTrick · Jan 28, 2015

kikonawa said:
I almost cant make a difference. Tells how good the ps4 actually is for the price you pay

Are you aware that it's the game running with low LOD ?

Cidd · Jan 28, 2015

Am I the only person who think they both look shitty and can hardly see a difference?

This game is an eye sore.

cleveridea · Jan 28, 2015

Game was developed to run on older consoles (which was then dropped but only relatively near the end of development, so the assets like environments were locked down by then)

So with this particular game, its not that big a difference simply due to limitations of the source material.

Cidd · Jan 28, 2015

The Cowboy said:
Quick GIFs showing the LOD changes.

There is quite a lot of close range details lost on the PS4 version over the 0% PC version, kinda surprised really.

Thanks for this I can see the difference now, at first I was like wtf am I missing.

Deleted member 17706 · Jan 28, 2015

Kezen said:
True but the massive LOD difference does not need PNG to immediately strike.

At least it explains why cranking the slider to the max kills my performance. I've set it at 50.

Glad to see more sites doing Face-Offs by the way. Hardcoregamer definitely earned me as a visitor with this article.

This comparison highlights how much HBAO+ makes a difference :
PC

PS4

HBAO+ is awesome. Ewww at whatever AO solution the PS4 is using. I've always hated that low-accuracy "shadowy glow" effect that a lot of SSAO implementations bring.

impact · Jan 28, 2015

GhostTrick said:
Are you aware that it's the game running with low LOD ?

Are you aware that most people on a hardcore gaming forum don't even know what the hell that is, let alone able to see it in a screenshot? Nitpick all you want, these don't look different at all.

It's ok the pc version is still the best you don't have to be upset

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