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Next-Gen PS5 & XSX |OT| Console tEch threaD

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Loved it. From start to finish.

I was hoping to get GT7, Horizon 2 and new Ratchet and got it all. And I'm usually a big indie player, so a lot of what was on display sparked my interest.

The console design is beautiful, I am amazed, the whole design language, including the peripherals, is on point for my taste.

But as a little side note, shall we just take a minute to thank Shawn Layden for what he did for Sony by buying Insomniac Games? What a talented studio. Cannot wait to play that Ratchet & Clank.
 

DeepEnigma

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If someone still not believing, see this screenshot I made from the HEAVILY compressed video on youtube:

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That lighting on the edge of his fur on the left (his right) ear!
 
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Gamernyc78

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Loved it. From start to finish.

I was hoping to get GT7, Horizon 2 and new Ratchet and got it all. And I'm usually a big indie player, so a lot of what was on display sparked my interest.

The console design is beautiful, I am amazed, the whole design language, including the peripherals, is on point for my taste.

But as a little side note, shall we just take a minute to thank Shawn Layden for what he did for Sony by buying Insomniac Games? What a talented studio. Cannot wait to play that Ratchet & Clank.

My thoughts as well. Thy gave me what I wanted, some of what I thought was fairy dust (my beloved demon souls remake) and some good surprises (sackboy, kena, lil devils, Agothia or whatever it's called). Very happy and love the design. I hate boring boxes.
 

Bo_Hazem

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You have a link where I can watch the 4K trailers outside of YouTube?

I would love to, but nothing but vomeo at best. Doubt you'll find any. I'll show you the problem with youtube, you must pick as static as possible screenshot as it gets flooded with artifacts.

Static screenshot

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For now, youtube is more than enough to have an idea, but any slight movement produces artifacts or blurrs details.
 

Radical_3d

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I would love to, but nothing but vomeo at best. Doubt you'll find any. I'll show you the problem with youtube, you must pick as static as possible screenshot as it gets flooded with artifacts.

Static screenshot

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For now, youtube is more than enough to have an idea, but any slight movement produces artifacts or blurrs details.
This screams cross generation game.
 

Vae_Victis

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the demon souls gameplay screenshots dont look too hot either. gow looked as good. now im doubting the trailer.

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It looks pretty current gen to me especially compared to horizon which literally looks like a pixar movie.

I don't think you have been looking at God of War well enough if you believe it looks the same as this.

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Polygon count in DS seems insane, especially for the environments. Shadows are also much softer than in God of War. Probably also uses global illumination (the trailer seems to go exactly for that when the skelly boy creates light in the tomb swinging his scythe).
 

zaitsu

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I don't think you have been looking at God of War well enough if you believe it looks the same as this.

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Polygon count in DS seems insane, especially for the environments. Shadows are also much softer than in God of War. Probably also uses global illumination (the trailer seems to go exactly for that when the skelly boy creates light in the tomb swinging his scythe).
Thats true. Indie games looked like good ps4 titles, but demon souls looked really good. But horizon and ratchet ? Damn it looks like cgi whole time
 

TBiddy

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Define in-game?

It was probably all in-engine, since you can spot little fuck-ups in the environment due to trees and waves being generated automatically by wind vectors. So it wasn't a CGI trailer like some people assumed, that's supposed to be all running in real time on a PS5.

In-game as in real gameplay from the game.

Dude before whole event they stated that everything is from PS5, so unless they made CGI trailer on ps5 thats in engine :)

PS5 could probably play CGI trailers... but I was more interested in learning if it was actual gameplay or "in-engine". It was impressive, no matter what, but I suspect the game won't look nearly as good.
 
I would love to, but nothing but vomeo at best. Doubt you'll find any. I'll show you the problem with youtube, you must pick as static as possible screenshot as it gets flooded with artifacts.

Static screenshot

790288317.jpg


For now, youtube is more than enough to have an idea, but any slight movement produces artifacts or blurrs details.

but this is not ingame gameplay graphics.
 
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Deleted member 775630

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I wasnt looking for it, just noticed it when re-watching the event in higher res. Look at the lights in the tunnel (timestamped).



Also noticed, just now, from 1:48 ceiling lights in the tunnel are just going crazy

The weird thing is that when they drive towards the tunnel you can already see 4-5 lights, and then suddenly the rest pops-in.
 

pasterpl

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Seems more like an effect issue than a loading issue. Loading is for assets and textures.

each time I watch it in 4K I can see more of this, there is some textures “flickering”guessing that higher quality assets are loaded, on some rocks and trees but to be fair it is very quick and hard to notice
 

Vae_Victis

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I remember saying when the UE5 demo was shown, that there was some sort of marketing deal made between Sony and Epic.

Looks like I was right. Many of the games shown are for PS4, PS5 and Epic Games Store. Coincidence? I think not.
You understand that if Sony is not the publisher, they have zero say in where the game is sold on other platforms, right?

This is like saying that if a game by Capcom comes out on XboxSX and on Steam, then Microsoft is in league with Steam against Epic.

EDIT: to clarify, I mean on which stores the game is sold on other platforms. They can obviously demand console exclusivity, but that's a different story.
 
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FranXico

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I wasnt looking for it, just noticed it when re-watching the event in higher res. Look at the lights in the tunnel (timestamped).



Also noticed, just now, from 1:48 ceiling lights in the tunnel are just going crazy

Seems more like an effect issue than a loading issue. Loading is for assets and textures.
Yeah, I see now. But I also think that has nothing to do with data streaming. I also think it's just controlling the lighting to maintain the framerate.
 

Vae_Victis

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Yeah, I see now. But I also think that has nothing to do with data streaming. I also think it's just controlling the lighting to maintain the framerate.
Yep, you don't need to "load" the lights individually, even if there is a 3D model behind the light emission point it's probably the same one repeated every time. So once you loaded the first lamp, you already have all of them on RAM.

This seems an LoD issue, which may or may not be changed with further optimization.
 

zaitsu

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SHOW 8/10 watched in 1080p stream -> easly 9/10 if you watch 4k trailers and like Gran Turismo
- i expected three heavy hitters from first party studios - i get 4 of them, all of them presented graphic not possible this generation, lets wait for some gameplay but R&C is disney pixar kind of level, Horizon blows me away and ive never played demons souls so now its best time to do it
- PS5 exclusive outside first party also look good : Project Athia, Returnal

What I didn't like : some indie games look phenomenal, but common bugcnack ?
 
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After a night's sleep looking back at the show, it was OK-ish. From an Xbox fan perspective it's a 6/10. Console reveal and next-gen games.

The games itself were to be expected and looked decent.
  • Horizon looked amazing, voice-over was shit and I'm pretty sure they won't be able to captivate me in the story. The first one also had that problem. Guerilla should ask ND to help with this.
  • R&C... These games have always been fun. Microsoft really should create something similar to this type of gameplay and looks. Sunset Overdrive had the potential for this.
  • GT7, wasn't really impressed by this. Pretty sure Forza will outshine it easily from gameplay to visuals.
  • Spiderman. I see this more as an extension on the previous game, with upgraded graphics. Pretty sure that the next Spiderman game in 4 years will be much better.
With those 4 alone I can imagine that PS owners are already pretty happy. Heavy hitters from past generations that are getting a sequel. Then the console reveal itself... It's good that they showed it. I think it's ugly in a normal setting, might look good in a dedicated game room. But that's purely taste. Overall decent show, I expect more from Microsofts July event though. Will be disappointed otherwise.
 

zaitsu

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After a night's sleep looking back at the show, it was OK-ish. From an Xbox fan perspective it's a 6/10. Console reveal and next-gen games.

The games itself were to be expected and looked decent.
  • Horizon looked amazing, voice-over was shit and I'm pretty sure they won't be able to captivate me in the story. The first one also had that problem. Guerilla should ask ND to help with this.
  • R&C... These games have always been fun. Microsoft really should create something similar to this type of gameplay and looks. Sunset Overdrive had the potential for this.
  • GT7, wasn't really impressed by this. Pretty sure Forza will outshine it easily from gameplay to visuals.
  • Spiderman. I see this more as an extension on the previous game, with upgraded graphics. Pretty sure that the next Spiderman game in 4 years will be much better.
With those 4 alone I can imagine that PS owners are already pretty happy. Heavy hitters from past generations that are getting a sequel. Then the console reveal itself... It's good that they showed it. I think it's ugly in a normal setting, might look good in a dedicated game room. But that's purely taste. Overall decent show, I expect more from Microsofts July event though. Will be disappointed otherwise.
I sold my ps4 so I must ps5 first to play tlou2 even if MS shows something good. And I really want them to show something that makes sony work harder. But for now is only hope.
 

icerock

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TLOU II has 96 on MC at the moment, have to say I thought it'd be a lot more divisive. Should easily settle into 90s.

Very eager to get my hands on it next week. Hopefully ND reveal Factions MP in August event, along with footage of it running on a PS5. :messenger_smiling_hearts:


"All these games look like they could've been PS4 games"

Makes me wonder if any of these comments are actually genuine, or just bad-faith console-warring. Seems to be rampant across both forums.

In-game as in real gameplay from the game.

PS5 could probably play CGI trailers... but I was more interested in learning if it was actual gameplay or "in-engine". It was impressive, no matter what, but I suspect the game won't look nearly as good.

I don't know if you played the original game, but there was plenty of gameplay in that trailer. They pulled back the camera for more FOV but that's actual gameplay of her riding the mount and the swimming under-water. Just because it doesn't have a HUD doesn't mean its not gameplay, think of Death Stranding trailer at E3 2018. It was mostly gameplay but cut up as a cinematic trailer, it's the same with Horizon II.
 
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TBiddy

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I don't know if you played the original game, but there was plenty of gameplay in that trailer. They pulled back the camera for more FOV but that's actual gameplay of her riding the mount and the swimming under-water. Just because it doesn't have a HUD doesn't mean its not gameplay, think of Death Stranding trailer at E3 2018. It was mostly gameplay but cut up as a cinematic trailer, it's the same with Horizon II.

It wasn't exactly my cup of tea. But as always, I remain skeptical about these showcases. Show me real gameplay running on real consoles, and we'll talk. :)
 
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