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Digital Foundry: Stellar Blade PS5 - Digital Foundry Tech Review - An Ultra-Polished Action Game
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Schmendrick
Member
Games that are polished and actually seem to have finished their development cycle at launch still exist? Wow 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
- Game has launched in a relatively bug free state, unlike most modern releases.
- No toggle for film grain which some folks might find heavy, HDR is supported but system-level calibration doesn't get factored, only in-game settings do.
- Features full UE4 suite, volumetric lighting etc
- The game also avoids hiccups and stutters unlike many other UE games
- Loading is fast (5~ seconds)
- High detail on character models praised
- Thin, finer detail, objects like hair can appear noisy
- Layout density praised but textures and fine details can appear blurry and low-res.
- Graphics Options:
- Largely the same as the demo
- Quality: Native 4K with DRS at 30 FPS, uses standard up-scaling.
- Performance; 1440p with DRS, 60 FPS, uses standard up-scaling.
- Balanced: Uses temporal reconstruction from a native 1080-1440p.
- Balanced mode can sometimes have better IQ than even Quality mode because of the reconstruction.
- Performance:
- Performance mode is locked 99% with brief drops in some cut-scenes during combat
- Quality is 30 FPS with proper frame-pacing
- Balanced: Targets 60, mostly stable but can have drops to low 50 FPS.
- Balanced drops are within the VRR window so VRR owners will benefit the most here
- John noted some issues in the games surround sound mixing
- Some people have commented on the games input latency, John recommends people try the demo to see if they can get used to the combat.
- No toggle for film grain which some folks might find heavy, HDR is supported but system-level calibration doesn't get factored, only in-game settings do.
- Features full UE4 suite, volumetric lighting etc
- The game also avoids hiccups and stutters unlike many other UE games
- Loading is fast (5~ seconds)
- High detail on character models praised
- Thin, finer detail, objects like hair can appear noisy
- Layout density praised but textures and fine details can appear blurry and low-res.
- Graphics Options:
- Largely the same as the demo
- Quality: Native 4K with DRS at 30 FPS, uses standard up-scaling.
- Performance; 1440p with DRS, 60 FPS, uses standard up-scaling.
- Balanced: Uses temporal reconstruction from a native 1080-1440p.
- Balanced mode can sometimes have better IQ than even Quality mode because of the reconstruction.
- Performance:
- Performance mode is locked 99% with brief drops in some cut-scenes during combat
- Quality is 30 FPS with proper frame-pacing
- Balanced: Targets 60, mostly stable but can have drops to low 50 FPS.
- Balanced drops are within the VRR window so VRR owners will benefit the most here
- John noted some issues in the games surround sound mixing
- Some people have commented on the games input latency, John recommends people try the demo to see if they can get used to the combat.
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mansoor1980
Gold Member
wtf was that at 6 min 27 sec mark?
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S0ULZB0URNE
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Score?
mansoor1980
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
DF doesn't score games ?
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
They do something like a score/seal.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Did they have a recommendation on how players should play the game?
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Looks like the game is rock solid.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
There's no mode that unlocks FPS beyond 60.
But VRR will let you have the best of the Balanced mode. That seems like the go-to mode.
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Looks like the input latency in the game is a bit high, DF commented on it in the video too.
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Fbh
Member
Damn this sounds awesome, this should be an example for most other devs.
Great balance of visuals, IQ and performance. Instead of "let's focus on graphics and figure out performance later" it seems like they tried to push visuals as much as possible while always keeping performance as a priority.
3 perfect modes: 4K30 with proper frame pacing, 1440p with locked 60fps and a balanced mode that stays within the VRR window
They said if you have VRR display go with Balanced as it stays within 50-60fps the vast majority of the time and the drops are basically unnoticeable with VRR.
If you don't have a VRR display then performance seems the way to go as it's basically a locked 60fps.
The 30fps mode has proper frame pacing but the game obviously plays much worse at 30fps and the visual gains don't seem worth it, specially when the balanced mode actually has better IQ at times
Great balance of visuals, IQ and performance. Instead of "let's focus on graphics and figure out performance later" it seems like they tried to push visuals as much as possible while always keeping performance as a priority.
3 perfect modes: 4K30 with proper frame pacing, 1440p with locked 60fps and a balanced mode that stays within the VRR window
They said if you have VRR display go with Balanced as it stays within 50-60fps the vast majority of the time and the drops are basically unnoticeable with VRR.
If you don't have a VRR display then performance seems the way to go as it's basically a locked 60fps.
The 30fps mode has proper frame pacing but the game obviously plays much worse at 30fps and the visual gains don't seem worth it, specially when the balanced mode actually has better IQ at times
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Great job to the devs! I hope the game does gangbusters to show the industry that we love sexy ladies and solo games, without any bullshit.
Hope to hear about the PC version soon.
Hope to hear about the PC version soon.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
"uses standard up-scaling."
How can it be native 4k/1440p and use some upscaling at the same time? Game activates upscaling when DRS kicks?
How can it be native 4k/1440p and use some upscaling at the same time? Game activates upscaling when DRS kicks?
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Bernoulli
M2 slut
Can't wait for Alex's PC coverage.
This is the best thing I've seen today, and I just watched Everton beat Liverpool.
Venom Snake
Member
Can't wait for Alex's PC coverage.
CloudShiner
Member
I hate Battaglia.
This news makes me happy.
This news makes me happy.
Disco Dave
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SkyHighTrees
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wettywethmmmmm
skit_data
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Finding the right settings for HDR really is a real pain in the ass (no pun intended). I noticed this in the demo as well and the only game I can remember having HDR settings being like this is Cyberpunk 2077. Same wierd washed out look using default settings and adjusting the brightness and contrast sorta works but as soon as the environment/lighting in the game changes drastically it looks wierd again.
Strange they haven't solved it, one would think a game published by Playstation themselves would have its settings integrated with the system wide HDR settings.
I've managed to get it to look pretty decent (Brightness 60, Contrast 61, UI Brightness 20) but as John says it's probably completely different depending on your setup.
Edit: Very good that they made it possible to disable film grain and chromatic aberration now. Looks a lot cleaner than the demo despite HDR still acting up.
Strange they haven't solved it, one would think a game published by Playstation themselves would have its settings integrated with the system wide HDR settings.
I've managed to get it to look pretty decent (Brightness 60, Contrast 61, UI Brightness 20) but as John says it's probably completely different depending on your setup.
Edit: Very good that they made it possible to disable film grain and chromatic aberration now. Looks a lot cleaner than the demo despite HDR still acting up.
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