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PS5 Tech Demo Detailed, Called 'Hugely Impressive'

More rumors emerge about the PlayStation 5's graphics capabilities.

gamerant.com

One such rumor has started a fervor of hype with a user by the name of Kleegamefan giving a first-hand account of a demo for a game that is being developed for the PlayStation 5. For the sake of transparency, it should be made perfectly clear that this is a single, alleged description from a mostly anonymous user, but it would seem that the rest of the users on the forum believe the initial report.

According to the post, the game that Kleegamefan saw the demo of was so visually stunning that it's difficult to put the quality of the graphics and physics engines to words, thanks to both the game's engine and the PlayStation 5's incredibly powerful SSD. From a number of replies, one of the most impressive feats of the game seems to have been the way that the game engine casts shadows, allegedly casting individual shadows from each leaf of a small bush, intricately expressing the movement of every branch and leaf as they swayed in the wind. This has led some commenters to speculate that these types of effects are achieved by ray-tracing, but if the claims from Kleegamefan can be believed, the effect is an incredible sight, almost unmistakable from watching live footage of foliage blowing in the breeze.

Kleegamefan also stresses in their posts that the demo they saw was unfinished and the astounding experience with the game is far from being the shipped project. For some players obsessed with framerates and resolutions, it may be disappointing to note that the game was running somewhere between 25-30 fps, although the resolution was reportedly 2160p and considering that this was an early demo, it is possible that the finished results will come closer to 60 fps in the future. Either way, Kleegamefan sums up posts best by stating that it likely won't be the specs of the PlayStation 5 that will blow expectations, but the quality of the games that will capture audience attention as more information comes to light.

 

[recklesscognition]

Who?

 

[brap]

Hugely Impressive sounds like a dumb name for a demo.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

The PlayStation 5 will exceed all your expectations as consumers. Be sure to look out for more information coming in the months ahead from our key members of Sony Interactive Entertainment Mark Cerny and Shuhei Yoshida.

 

[Fushitsusha]

Good old "Special K"..
K Kleegamefan

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Good old "Special K"..
K Kleegamefan

Go back to Sweden, weirdo.

 

[Fushitsusha]

Go back to Sweden, weirdo.

Make sense.

 

[Soltype]

Hoping for a 500/600 dollar beast.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Make sense.

Sense is an intangible concept, how can I "make" it?

 

[Bogroll]

Was more impressive when they used to say they had to stop Saddam Hussein get hold of them so he could rule the world. They could at least use Kim Jong-un now.

 

[retsof624]

If it costs more than $175 it's DOA. I'll skip the whole generation if it costs a cent more than that.

 

[Kazza]

Even more impressive than this?

 

[mango drank]

the game was running somewhere between 25-30 fps, although the resolution was reportedly 2160p and considering that this was an early demo, it is possible that the finished results will come closer to 60 fps in the future.

Is it a common thing for a dev to be able to optimize a game prototype to achieve a 2X+ increase in fps w/out downgrading image quality?

Sounds like maaaaagic

(I believe)

 

[Dontero]

It is kind of amazing how console people gobble up buzzowrds. "POWERFULL SSD !!"

Also leaves casting shadows ? Something most of games have now and had since PS3 days ? Only thing about it that could be improved is resolution which is already great on ps4/xbox

 

[existensmaximum]

Wouldn't it be more surprising if there weren't PS5 tech demos floating around there are hugely impressive?

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Even more impressive than this?

I remember this! Was it on PS2 as a tech demo?

 

[Kazza]

I remember this! Was it on PS2 as a tech demo?

It was actually the PS1 tech demo (which really impressed prospective third parties at the time):




Of course, the 3D graphics in actual games never reached this level. Here is the Tomb Raider T-Rex for comparison:

It's a good reminder not to believe all the hype as we enter a new gen (although it's fine to be excited, of course).

 

[bitbydeath]

Impressive graphics: check
30fps: check

Sounds about right.

 

[Virex]

Has Hellpoint Dev confirmed that it was impressive?

 

[Psajdak]

PlayStation 5 - running at 25 - 30fps.

Impressive.

 

[bhunachicken]

If we're again going to be getting 60@1080 or 30@4K, I'll be sticking with 1080p.

My TV only does 1080p at any rate, and I've read that since I sit roughly 10 feet away upgrading to a 4K TV would be a complete waste of time (although I'll be missing out on HDR).

 

[baphomet]

PlayStation 5 - running at 25 - 30fps.

Impressive.

Almost as if you don't realize that something running at 25fps over a full year minimum from launch is already ridiculously fast.

This far out 10 frames per second would be good.

 

[ZywyPL]

Tech demos, right....







Of course it's gonna be impressive, it will show graphics, physics and animations that are 10-15 years away from now. The below are are UE3.5 tech demos, made for PS3/X360:






And with the last games for CURRENT gen consoles, we can safely say we have finally reached this level of fidelity, literally almost a decade and one hardware generation later. So whatever Sony and MS are going to show when revealing their hardware, I'm not getting fooled this time around. Hell, today you can't even trust in "gameplay" trailers, because you never know if the game won't be seriously downgraded just a few months later. I've learnt to just sit and wait for the final product to be released, it's simply sooo much better to be positively surprised rather than negatively disappointed.

PlayStation 5 - running at 25 - 30fps.

Impressive.

They say about 120. And about 8K too. Mark my words, we WILL see those metrics being mentioned during those demos presentation, while in reality, we will be fortunate if they abandon sub-4K resolutions. But deep inside, I have a strange feeling that artificial resolution upscalers will be indeed the tool used to boost the resolutions and framerates.

 

[baphomet]

Tech demos, right....







Of course it's gonna be impressive, it will show graphics, physics and animations that are 10-15 years away from now. The below are are UE3.5 tech demos, made for PS3/X360:






And with the last games for CURRENT gen consoles, we can safely say we have finally reached this level of fidelity, literally almost a decade and one hardware generation later. So whatever Sony and MS are going to show when revealing their hardware, I'm not getting fooled this time around. Hell, today you can't even trust in "gameplay" trailers, because you never know if the game won't be seriously downgraded just a few months later. I've learnt to just sit and wait for the final product to be released, it's simply sooo much better to be positively surprised rather than negatively disappointed.




They say about 120. And about 8K too. Mark my words, we WILL see those metrics being mentioned during those demos presentation, while in reality, we will be fortunate if they abandon sub-4K resolutions. But deep inside, I have a strange feeling that artificial resolution upscalers will be indeed the tool used to boost the resolutions and framerates.

The Sorcerer one was a real time tech demo on PS4.

Those last 2 were absolutely not to show anything related to the PS3/360. They were for next gen, and right in line with what we got.

 

[mariosbrother]

Tech demos being tech demos. With the 360, people walked away claiming it was rendering individual blades of grass. With the GameCube, the demo Rebirth blew minds with intricate forestry. ((Yawn)) Been around the block with this since Intellivison was mocking the graphics of Atari.

 

[Deleted member 740922]

so visually stunning that it's difficult to put the quality of the graphics and physics engines to words

Trying too hard there.

 

[Tesseract]

big league

 

[BlueAlpaca]

25-30 fps? I'll never buy 30fps PS5 games full price. You hear that, developers!?

Spoiler

I'll try...

 

[ANIMAL1975]

Has Hellpoint Dev confirmed that it was impressive?

Sorry, we have only been able to get a hold on this one last night, but working hard to get you guys updated has we speak

 

[GymWolf]

Hoping for a 500/600 dollar beast.

It's gonna be 499 tops and people will still whine about it.

But hey the new iphone is only 10.000 dollars with the option for a 5000 dollars discount if you give them your lungs...

 

[Arun1910]

It's gonna be 499 tops and people will still whine about it.

But hey the new iphone is only 10.000 dollars with the option for a 5000 dollars discount if you give them your lungs...

PS5 - $99
PS5 Controller - $700.01
PS5 SSD - $999.99

 

[Kenneth Haight]

It was the PS1 tech demo (which really impressed prospective third parties at the time):




Of course, the 3D graphics in actual games never reached this level. Here is the Tomb Raider T-Rex for comparison:

It's a good reminder not to believe all the hype as we enter a new gen (although it's fine to be excited, of course).

Wow forgot this was PS1. Those were the days.... feel old now

 

[Bryank75]

PlayStation 5 - running at 25 - 30fps.

Impressive.

As if barely any PC GPU's could run games at a comparable rate @ 4K with raytracing...even just for shadows / AO etc.

They had recent data on Steam users saying that about 1% of Steam users could run anything in 4k..... so that's reality.

There may also be a 1080p mode.... who knows, that would do 60fps easy.

 

[ethomaz]

New base hardware indeed give you big jump in quality.

Shocked.

Ohhh and anybody waiting 60fps next gen will be dedapointed... 30fps will continue being the norm.

 

[Orpheum]

I really hope they give us more choices like for example Ni-Oh. play either at 4k30 or 1080p60. I'm more leaning towards a higher framerate so it would be nice to see more titles at 60

 

[CrustyBritches]

Either way, Kleegamefan sums up posts best by stating that it likely won't be the specs of the PlayStation 5 that will blow expectations

 

[a multicultural team of v]

It was the PS1 tech demo (which really impressed prospective third parties at the time):




Of course, the 3D graphics in actual games never reached this level. Here is the Tomb Raider T-Rex for comparison:

It's a good reminder not to believe all the hype as we enter a new gen (although it's fine to be excited, of course).

Yeah and then remember when we played Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, and Vagrant Story on the same console?

Tomb Raider is a terrible comparison considering not only is it also rendering a level, character, and game logic in addition to the dinosaur, it came out in like 1996.

 

[Myths]

“Impressive” ... get onboard the PC mob to truly be impressed.

 

[Kenpachii]

PS5 Tech Demo Detailed, Called 'Hugely Impressive'

More rumors emerge about the PlayStation 5's graphics capabilities.

gamerant.com

One such rumor has started a fervor of hype with a user by the name of Kleegamefan giving a first-hand account of a demo for a game that is being developed for the PlayStation 5. For the sake of transparency, it should be made perfectly clear that this is a single, alleged description from a mostly anonymous user, but it would seem that the rest of the users on the forum believe the initial report.

According to the post, the game that Kleegamefan saw the demo of was so visually stunning that it's difficult to put the quality of the graphics and physics engines to words, thanks to both the game's engine and the PlayStation 5's incredibly powerful SSD. From a number of replies, one of the most impressive feats of the game seems to have been the way that the game engine casts shadows, allegedly casting individual shadows from each leaf of a small bush, intricately expressing the movement of every branch and leaf as they swayed in the wind. This has led some commenters to speculate that these types of effects are achieved by ray-tracing, but if the claims from Kleegamefan can be believed, the effect is an incredible sight, almost unmistakable from watching live footage of foliage blowing in the breeze.

Kleegamefan also stresses in their posts that the demo they saw was unfinished and the astounding experience with the game is far from being the shipped project. For some players obsessed with framerates and resolutions, it may be disappointing to note that the game was running somewhere between 25-30 fps, although the resolution was reportedly 2160p and considering that this was an early demo, it is possible that the finished results will come closer to 60 fps in the future. Either way, Kleegamefan sums up posts best by stating that it likely won't be the specs of the PlayStation 5 that will blow expectations, but the quality of the games that will capture audience attention as more information comes to light.

This guy sounds like a idiot.

He basically saw a raytracing demo that wasn't even running on a playstation.

His brain melts from the visuals, he finally saw what raytracing already does for a while on PC and his brain melted. Then the incredible powerful SSD part. Who even talks like this.

I bet he wants to stay anonymous, its the biggest fanboy bullshit i ever heard.

He should buy a PC, he will probably explode by the incredible powerful powersupply that's in there.

 

[ethomaz]

I really hope they give us more choices like for example Ni-Oh. play either at 4k30 or 1080p60. I'm more leaning towards a higher framerate so it would be nice to see more titles at 60

I hope all players having one option of framerate... that is crucial in multiplayer.

 

[Thedtrain]

This guy sounds like a idiot.

He basically saw a raytracing demo that wasn't even running on a playstation.

His brain melts from the visuals, he finally saw what raytracing already does for a while on PC and his brain melted. Then the incredible powerful SSD part. Who even talks like this.

I bet he wants to stay anonymous, its the biggest fanboy bullshit i ever heard.

He should buy a PC, he will probably explode by the incredible powerful powersupply that's in there.

He’s a former Gamefan magazine editor. Not really anonymous. Pretty sure his name is mentioned but I’m not digging that up

 

[rofif]

I am fine with stable 30 fps and amazing graphics. After years, I remember how well the game looks not how 60fps it was.
I've had 240hz monitor but for me, graphics are more important, so I play at 4k 60fps.

 

[deriks]

Tech demos are a mixbag of stuff.

Even the base consoles still can do pretty graphics since day one, but the major flaw is performance. If you can play Last of Us 2 in 60fps, even if is upscaled, it's fine.

So this tech demo is less than 30fps... If is not fake, they have to change. PS4 Pro+ is not a great thing.

 

[Darius87]

is this same impression that was mentioned before where was described as very large in scope and gfx are on par or better then the order? and it was next-gen multiplatform.

 

[Lort]

It was hugely impressive because of the SSD...
Then notes nothing that uses the ssd.
Talks about shadows like they are full raytracing .. no mention of any other forms of ray tracing.
Game runs at 4k at 25 fps .. but ya know the demo cant reach 30 fps so obviously when theres characters environments physics network code audio and u know more than a tree it will likely run at 60 fps.

The specs wont blow you away (because they obviously arent hugely impressive ) instead the games will ie a tree with shadows.

All from an anon user ..... all abord the hype train for this one guys ... soo exciting hearing all this amazing news!

 

[Kazza]

Yeah and then remember when we played Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, and Vagrant Story on the same console?

Tomb Raider is a terrible comparison considering not only is it also rendering a level, character, and game logic in addition to the dinosaur, it came out in like 1996.

None of which look nearly as good as that demo. Of course actual games (such as Tomb Raider) need to compute many other things too, which is precisely why I cautioned against getting too hyped about demos. The comparison of what can be achieved in a demo and what can realistically be achieved in an actual game was very apt, considering they both include T-Rex models.

 

[stranno]

Even more impressive than this?

Let me introduce you the TESSELLATED TOAD TECH.

 

[Fake]

Even more impressive than this?

Nah.

 

[Bryank75]

“Impressive” ... get onboard the PC mob to truly be impressed.

By what?

 

[Bryank75]

This guy sounds like a idiot.

He basically saw a raytracing demo that wasn't even running on a playstation.

His brain melts from the visuals, he finally saw what raytracing already does for a while on PC and his brain melted. Then the incredible powerful SSD part. Who even talks like this.

I bet he wants to stay anonymous, its the biggest fanboy bullshit i ever heard.

He should buy a PC, he will probably explode by the incredible powerful powersupply that's in there.

Lets not pretend PC gamers are playing on average even at the standard of a base level PS4.....

PC gamers are generally full of hot air

Latest Steam Survey Shows PC Gamers Still Prefer 1080p or Less | Digital Trends

Valve Software’s latest hardware and software survey for July reveals that 63.72 percent of Steam’s registered members still play games with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Even more, 13.33 percent of Steam’s gamers play at 1,366 x 768 while only 1.14 percent are playing at 3,840 x 2,160.

www.digitaltrends.com