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Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Batman Arkham Knight on PS4

And here I was worried my rig wouldn't quite be up to the task, if they managed to get it running at a smooth 30 on the PS4 and still have it looking that good, god damn Rocksteady, you rock.

I think it's time I replayed the games and then finish up Origins
 
So, we will get a fine game from a technical view and great gameplay. I hope we will get a good story, too. The story in arkham city wasn't bad, but it was nothing special. Anyway, pre-order not cancelled.
 
Super impressed that they were able to pull this off, to be honest. Doesn't even look like UE3 at this point.

I CAN STILL SEE IT.


But seriously, this is the best looking UE3 game ever made. That is high praise from me considering I really dislike the engine.
Do you know from Thomas Morgan if it's 1080p on PS4?

If it makes you feel any better, it looks like 1080p to me. Just with lots of aliasing (which is unsurprising giving how specular shiny the environment is when it rains)..
 
Nice job rocksteady. Game looks sick and its open world, yet it holds smooth 30fps without big framerate drops. Preordered!
 
I really hope to have a comparable smooth experience on X1 too, even at 900p. I have only X1 for now and framerate is the most important thing for me.
 
E3 2014's footage was fron a pc, right? Did they make the ps4 graphics to look like that footage (I don't want to see eurogamer's video, I'm on a media embargo)?

Yes, the general look is the same.

I just rewatched that old E3 demo, and I consider it to be representative of the final product here.
 
Great work by Rocksteady.
Seems the delay was invaluable and will provide a greater experience for us all

MyEpitomeCliché;169014827 said:
I played a few hours on PS4 last night, day one patch installed. Visuals are absolutely jaw-dropping.

Day 1 patch was inevitable.

Anybody know the game size for download?
My pathetic internet likely needs 2 days of straight downloading.
 
Has this been downgraded? I have kind of been on media blackout since the reveal trailer. Maybe its just rose tinted glasses but it does not seem to wow me nearly as much as it initially did? maybe because its been so long? that there are so many good looking games out/coming out? to me it looks kind of
generic?

does the game ONLY take place during night/rain?
 
Wow, congratulations to Rocksteady. I know they've been working very hard, glad to see all those long nights were worth it.
 
Has this been downgraded? I have kind of been on media blackout since the reveal trailer. Maybe its just rose tinted glasses but it does not seem to wow me nearly as much as it initially did? maybe because its been so long? that there are so many good looking games out/coming out? to me it looks kind of
generic?

does the game ONLY take place during night/rain?
I'll have to do some comparison but I seem to recall noticing some minor changes to some assets though nothing too striking. I think they came very close to meeting their original media at a great level of performance.
 
I went for the PC version instead of PS4, first time this gen. After playing through City at 60fps not gonna bother taking a step back at 30. Nice work on the console port though.
 
I dunno. The game looks weirdly soft.

Its not exactly a blury mess like other PS4 900p games like AC:U or Watch Dogs (which have bigger issues holding their image quality back other then then res anyway) but something weird is going on with the IQ with Batman I think. Could just be they are using some weird AA
Daylight it's even more blurried. It's ue3 so not sure why should be lower.
 
Solid performance? Dips only to 26 fps during intensive scenarios and it looks like that? Rocksteady doing the Lord's work. Gonna look good on my brand new TV coming at the same time. It's like Christmas in close to July.
 
I dunno. The game looks weirdly soft.

Its not exactly a blury mess like other PS4 900p games like AC:U or Watch Dogs (which have bigger issues holding their image quality back other then then res anyway) but something weird is going on with the IQ with Batman I think. Could just be they are using some weird AA

FXAA I would say.
 
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