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Best games to experience HDR

I miss my HDR TV :(
Anyway, from when I still had it the best implementation IMO was FFXV. Colors just looked a lot beter and brighter and moments like sunsets looked fantastic. After like 30 hours I disabled it for a while just to see the difference and the effect was so big it felt like changing a PC game from high settings to low. FFXV did little to sell me on the future of the franchise and Square as a developer, but it definitely sold me on the HDR technology
 
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Among the games I've played in HDR (on Xbox One X), Ubi games are the best by far. AC Origins & Odyssey, Far Cry 5 & New Dawn, GR Wildlands, The Division 2 they all look spectacular, especially Origins & Odyssey… Rise & Shadow Of The TR, Deus Ex MD, Andromeda are also great. In RE2 Remake & RE7 the blacks looked a little greyish, I Don't know if it's my TV or the games but since I don't have this problem with Ubi games, I'm assuming it's the games. Red Dead 2 looks also greyish.
 
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JuiceboxHero said:
You dare summon me here?! Anyway - HDR games eh? I think before I even start recommending games I want to know what genres you are most interested in keraj37 keraj37 .

Off the top of my head though...
Witness
Hitman 1/2
Shadow Warrior 2
Resident Evil 7
Obduction
Half-Life 2
Mass Effect Andromeda
Anthem
Battlefield 4/1/5
Dragon Age Inquisition
No Man's Sky
Bayonetta
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Sorry for late responce, but in terms of genere of games, I don't care - it may be anything, just with great HDR support.
 
I just found out that one of my games support HDR - Pro Pinball Ultra. This game looks amazing without HDR but with HDR I bet it is going to look sick.
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A.Romero said:
Good to know! I was kind of disappointed CDR left PC to die but now I understand they actually did the same to everyone.

RDR2 HDR is abysmal.

Do you know if it's the same for Spider Man? God of War's support was way better.
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It's hard to know how the engines work internally, but the gist of it is: there are engines that work at >8 bits/channel, compressing the end result to 8 bits, and those could work wonderfully with HDR. However, if you're already working with 8 bits, there's no extra information to be had, so any kind of HDR is just an approximation.

Spider-Man is an odd case though. Don't get me wrong, it looks and plays great, I really like it. But as far as HDR goes, it's very much "meh". R&C looks so much better.
 
Verdanth said:
The one I used to try out HDR was Shadow of Colossus remake.

Basically any Sony exclusive, that is if you have a PS4.

On the Switch, I tweaked with Super Mario Odyssey.
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The switch? I don't think the switch is even capable of outputting hdr because of hdmi 1.4 output.
 
A.Romero said:
My best experiences with HDR on PC so far are:

BFV
BF1
Shadow of War
Nex Machina
Asscreed Origins

Witcher 3 does not support HDR on PC. It's a beautiful game but for some reason CD Projekt decided not to release on PC. It works on consoles, though.

HDR support on the Windows Desktop is a bit of a hassle. You need to turn it on, change resolutions to something else and then go back to the resolution you want to display (ideally native resolution). It doesn't make that much of a difference on the desktop.
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They really need to add a toggle for hdr in game bar or something. That way you aren't always on hdr, and you don't have to go into menus to turn it on.
 
On the ps4 with a Sony 4k HDR here.. Star Wars Battlefront 2 was the first game I played and it looked good, but I wasn't really blown away. I'm currently playing Horizon Zero Dawn and it looks stunning
 
AC origins and Odyssey.
Tomb Raider series.
Shadow of Mordor (if you got an X, get it)
Fortnite is beautiful and very colorful
Metro Exodus

I'm only naming multiplats because you don't specify in the OP. Sorry if you mentioned it after the fact.
Pro:
Horizon Zero Dawn
God of War
Uncharted 4.
I'm not familiar with Spiderman's HDR
Detroit is strictly a looker if you're into that type of game.

X:
Any and all Forza games
Halo 5
Gears 4
Killer Instinct
Sea of Thieves
 
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RuhRo said:
I'm convinced people loving HDR is partly placebo. No layperson I've ever asked can see the difference. Even on a hardcore gaming forum, a rare context where people would pay attention to such things, one of the first suggestions was Mario Odyssey, a non-HDR game on a non-HDR console!

I find the difference extremely subtle even on the games people recommended here (HZD on PS4 Pro, and so on). The colors get a little more muted/subtle in HDR mode, and that's about it. The leap from 1080 to 4K (even reconstructed) is vastly more noticeable.
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It depends how big your tv is and how far you sit from it. HDR is more noticeable to me, but then again I have a 75 inch and sit 10 feet away, so i'm very close to that point where you can't actually notice the difference in 4k. If I get like say 6 feet away it's definitely noticeable. HDR is most apparent in darker scenes that have really bright objects.
 
I found Horizon Zero Dawn's HDR to be pretty nice. I had a time where my TV was acting up, and I had to go without HDR for a while, when I was playing the game. I was really glad to get HDR back. I think it makes a big difference. At least it felt that way in Horizon. The colors were richer and more realistic. It was subtle but very noticeable.
 
wutnau said:
Well, first of all, as with any emerging technology, there's HDR and then there's "HDR". A TV may technically support HDR, as in it wont bork if it receives a HDR signal, but is still unable to display it properly. A 10bit native panel is a must, and also 1000+ nits if the TV is not OLED.
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This is fair.
 
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keraj37 said:
You may be right - I hope it is not 50Hz as I bought it also cause 100Hz was clearly noted in the offer. Also this TV was widely recommended for PC so hard to believe it has less then 60 Hz.
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Couldn't even tell you the last time I seen a 50hz TV, my guess is it would be a minimum 100Hz. Every TV I've gotten for the last few years has been 200Hz. Different price range I'm sure but I doubt anything under 100Hz you should be safe.

Why do people keep mentioning PS games did they even read the thread.
 
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RuhRo said:
This is fair. I'm playing on one of the first generations of 4K TVs, circa early 2015. It's HDR capable, but I'm assuming the technology has improved since then, if people like it so much. HDR just makes the colors look *different,* not better. Generally speaking it makes games subtler and less saturated. The default PS4 menu goes from a bright blue to more of a muted cyan, for example. Turning on HDR also introduces color banding on smooth gradients, which is annoying.
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Yeah, the banding implies that you have an 8-bit panel. Basically, the source is trying to output 10 bits/channel, but your TV is unable to display that, so you get banding. In SDR there are (2^8)^3 colours available, that is 16777216. But with 10 bits that becomes (2^10)^3, 1073741824 different colours (in theory, at least). It is really annoying with these emerging technologies that you can end up with something that's not really there, but such is life.
 
gt86 said:
I know this sounds trivial but did you check the in game settings for brightness? I know I ran into the problem you had but when I checked the in game brightness they were way off from what I had originally set. Maybe an update did it? Not sure but now destiny 2 looks great.
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I'll give it another try. The in game settings for brightness only show up if you disable HDR first from the dashboard and launch the game in SDR mode - otherwise you get the HDR sliders. No combination of the two HDR sliders leads to a result that properly handles blacks. So the fix is to access the "regular"in game brightness (which requires you to first disable HDR on the dashboard, so Destiny doesn't believe you are using HDR) relauanch the game in "SDR" mode, and set the brightness according to how you normally would. Save, exit. Go to Dashboard, re-enable HDR, go back into the game and the brightness menus is once again HDR sliders.

Allegedly, if you had set your SDR brightness incorrectly, it screws with the HDR calibration. Most people recommend you launch the game in SDR mode, change the brightness to a 5 or a 6, then exit to dashboard. Toggle HDR in the dash, relaunch the game, and the HDR looks a lot better. That hasn't really been my experience. I still find dark areas way too dark (can't see where I'm going). It's only Destiny that's problematic - other games like Metro or whatever, I don't have the "way too dark" issue. I do have an early HDR TV (Samsung JS8500 65"). But Destiny is the only title that gives me trouble. Sorry for hijacking hah
 
Vow said:
I think that cloud gaming is only a loss in the highly flexible PC space, not so much in the tightly curated console space
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Angry_Megalodon said:
Ratchet and Clank (this one literally transforms in HDR)

GOW

HZD

Uncharted 4

Detroit Become Human
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TheExorzist said:
Horizon Zero Dawn has the best use of HDR I've seen so far.
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Bryank75 said:
The Witcher 3.

Kinda limited really, cause all the games that I hear really push HDR are on PS4.
I'll ask my brother for his opinion, as he is a PC gamer and get back later...
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Their all pushing 30fps too. Which kinda defeats the purpose. OP asked pc, aswell. Detroit lands on pc soon
 
Mattyp said:
Couldn't even tell you the last time I seen a 50hz TV, my guess is it would be a minimum 100Hz. Every TV I've gotten for the last few years has been 200Hz. Different price range I'm sure but I doubt anything under 100Hz you should be safe.

Why do people keep mentioning PS games did they even read the thread.
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Link me to any TV that operates at 200Hz at 4K .
 
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Assassin's Creed Origins <-----beautiful
Metro Exodus
Far Cry V <-----amazing
Far Cry New Dawn
Resident Evil 2 <-----fking awesome
Hitman 2
Forza Horizon 4 <-----holy sweet Jesus
Battlefield 1 <-----incredible
Battlefield V <-----it's fucking real
 
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MightySquirrel said:
Link me to any TV that operates at 200Hz at 4K .
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www.jbhifi.com.au

Samsung Series 7 Q75R 75" 4K UHD QLED TV

Sporting such features as Richer black levels for colours that come alive, SAMSUNG have created another winner. Buy online or instore today at JB Hi-Fi
www.jbhifi.com.au www.jbhifi.com.au

www.samsung.com

Series 7 75" Q75R QLED 4K TV* | Samsung AU

Samsung 2019 4K QLED, Q70R. Meet advanced contrast with Direct Full Array 4x. 2019 new Samsung QLED TV brings dark and light to life.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com

Unless that 200hz is just at 1080p but can't see any disclaimers or advertising to make it seem so but I'm not knowledgable enough on TV's to claim the word of Samsung as that of truth.
 
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I don't know if it has HDR, but I highly recommend Infamous: Second Son.

That game looks gorgeous in 4K.
(You need a ps4 pro though.)
 
Mattyp said:
www.jbhifi.com.au

Samsung Series 7 Q75R 75" 4K UHD QLED TV

Sporting such features as Richer black levels for colours that come alive, SAMSUNG have created another winner. Buy online or instore today at JB Hi-Fi
www.jbhifi.com.au www.jbhifi.com.au

www.samsung.com

Series 7 75" Q75R QLED 4K TV* | Samsung AU

Samsung 2019 4K QLED, Q70R. Meet advanced contrast with Direct Full Array 4x. 2019 new Samsung QLED TV brings dark and light to life.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com

Unless that 200hz is just at 1080p but can't see any disclaimers or advertising to make it seem so but I'm not knowledgable enough on TV's to claim the word of Samsung as that of truth.
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Looks like some latest 2019 Samsung models are finally capable of displaying 4K 120Hz, but still are limited to 8bit 4:2:0 chroma as there's still no HDMI 2.1 sources currently and TV sadly doesn't have DP to test it's full capabilities with a PC. [2080ti only has HDMI 2.0 not 2.1]

From the review here: https://www.rtings.com/tv/discussions/exqRBUgajCQcQGfK/4k-120hz-details
 
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Verdanth said:
Yap, you're right. But I can "force" HDR on any game with my TV.

It's not really HDR, since the game does not support thought. I notice some differences (for the better) if I use it, but nothing outstanding to be honest.

On the switch I mainly tweaked with this since I heard that on my TV this would result in a higher input lag, but honestly I didn't spot any difference while using HLG HDR. The game looked nicer to me, so I kept the setting on, despite the game being non HDR.
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Forced HDR is never for the better. The TV's own built in "Fake HDR" worsens image quality and isn't a represenation of what the image is supposed to look like. So basically it's not HDR at all. And you have no idea what you are talking about.
 
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Virex said:
Forced HDR is never for the better. The TV's own built in "Fake HDR" worsens image quality and isn't a represenation of what the image is supposed to look like. So basically it's not HDR at all.
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Technically I 100% believe in you, since I'm no expert on the topic at hand.

However the image looked nicer to me, and, since I didn't notice any input lag issues, that was my way to go.

And believe me, I wasted some time comparing "non-HDR" Odyssey vs "HDR generated by TV" Odyssey.
 
MightySquirrel said:
Looks like some latest 2019 Samsung models are finally capable of displaying 4K 120Hz, but still are limited to 8bit 4:2:0 chroma as there's still no HDMI 2.1 sources currently and TV sadly doesn't have DP to test it's full capabilities with a PC. [2080ti only has HDMI 2.0 not 2.1]

From the review here: https://www.rtings.com/tv/discussions/exqRBUgajCQcQGfK/4k-120hz-details
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AFAIK the only Samsung TV with HDMI 2.1 is their 8K Q900, but it's only 60FPS.

Only 4K 120 FPS HDMI 2.1 tv on the market is the LG C9/E9 OLED
 
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keraj37 said:
You may be right - I hope it is not 50Hz as I bought it also cause 100Hz was clearly noted in the offer. Also this TV was widely recommended for PC so hard to believe it has less then 60 Hz.
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You don't have to worry about this. In Europe they advertise TVs as 50/100 Hz, but every modern "50 Hz" TV is actually 60 Hz. Every. Single. One. Ditto every "100 Hz" TV is actually 120 Hz (although it might be "fake" 100/120 and not capable of native 120 Hz). But if the TV advertises as 200+ Hz it's gonna be totally fake and bullshit. The highest frame rate I've seen a TV do natively is 120 Hz.
 
Sebastian Suola said:
You don't have to worry about this. In Europe they advertise TVs as 50/100 Hz, but every modern "50 Hz" TV is actually 60 Hz. Every. Single. One. Ditto every "100 Hz" TV is actually 120 Hz (although it might be "fake" 100/120 and not capable of native 120 Hz). But if the TV advertises as 200+ Hz it's gonna be totally fake and bullshit. The highest frame rate I've seen a TV do natively is 120 Hz.
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So I'm guessing OP's TV will be able to do 1080p 120Hz and 4K 60Hz. Also before 2019 all those 120 Hz TV were only capable of 1920x1080 120Hz and only some highest end 2560x1440 120Hz. Never 4K 120 Hz.

I wish false advertising was against the law.
 
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These are the best of what I own in HDR for PS4.

GoW
Gran Turismo Sport
Shadow of the Colossus
RE2 R
Mortal Kombat 11
Battlefield V
Assassins Creed Origins
Far Cry 5
 
Sebastian Suola said:
You don't have to worry about this. In Europe they advertise TVs as 50/100 Hz, but every modern "50 Hz" TV is actually 60 Hz. Every. Single. One. Ditto every "100 Hz" TV is actually 120 Hz (although it might be "fake" 100/120 and not capable of native 120 Hz). But if the TV advertises as 200+ Hz it's gonna be totally fake and bullshit. The highest frame rate I've seen a TV do natively is 120 Hz.
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Thanks for consolation. I wonder then why they false advertise as with lower specs. Strange.
 
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