RoadHazard
Gold Member
Update: The new thread title does not properly portray what I'm trying to say here. Read the post.
Yes, I've played Demon's Souls, R&C, etc, and they look great and do some really cool things, but the game that has impressed me the most on PS5 is Ghost of Tsushima, which I recently started playing (the PS5 version). I never played it on PS4, and I can hardly believe this game could run on that old thing (albeit at a lower resolution and framerate). It makes TW3 (the closest last-gen comparison I can think of) look a generation older. The game is just so damn beautiful, and seeing it at 4K (checkerboarded, but it looks damn sharp), running at a perfectly smooth 60fps, is mind-blowing at times. I guess it's not really doing any truly next-gen stuff, but everything looks so consistently great and runs so smoothly that it doesn't matter at all. When the setting sun hits the grassy fields just right it's among the prettiest things I've ever seen in a game. I guess if there's one thing that looks a bit last-gen it's the character models, but they don't look bad by any means.
It's also the most fun I've had in an open world game since BotW (and before it, probably). It gives me that same urge to explore the world, and is just enjoyable to experience. The traversal, the combat, everything is super polished, and there's very little open world jank.
So yeah, if you've been on the fence about this one, don't be. It's pretty good.
Yes, I've played Demon's Souls, R&C, etc, and they look great and do some really cool things, but the game that has impressed me the most on PS5 is Ghost of Tsushima, which I recently started playing (the PS5 version). I never played it on PS4, and I can hardly believe this game could run on that old thing (albeit at a lower resolution and framerate). It makes TW3 (the closest last-gen comparison I can think of) look a generation older. The game is just so damn beautiful, and seeing it at 4K (checkerboarded, but it looks damn sharp), running at a perfectly smooth 60fps, is mind-blowing at times. I guess it's not really doing any truly next-gen stuff, but everything looks so consistently great and runs so smoothly that it doesn't matter at all. When the setting sun hits the grassy fields just right it's among the prettiest things I've ever seen in a game. I guess if there's one thing that looks a bit last-gen it's the character models, but they don't look bad by any means.
It's also the most fun I've had in an open world game since BotW (and before it, probably). It gives me that same urge to explore the world, and is just enjoyable to experience. The traversal, the combat, everything is super polished, and there's very little open world jank.
So yeah, if you've been on the fence about this one, don't be. It's pretty good.
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