Alan Wake 2 on PlayStation 5 - Remedy raises the bar for visuals yet again
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Alan Wake 2 - PlayStation 5 DF Tech Review - Remedy Raises The Bar Yet Again
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Console comparison video will come later, DF only had code for PS5/PC.
- Visual consistency and quality is commendable.
- Baked GI with SSAO. Typically holds up very well with minor GI niggles.
- Material quality also praised
- "At times looks more like a CG movie"
- Pop-in is kept to minimum, outdoor foliage is top-notch as well.
- Hair are 'card based', no strands. Some character faces can look uncanny.
- The real world FMV videos all run at 30 FPS.
- Shadows have low resolution and cascades fill in very close to the player
- Relies in screen space reflections, no RT reflections in console.
- SDF (?) reflections are used as fallback.
- Console comparison with PC at max done.
- PC highest settings have better reflections, less grain, better reflections, better shadows, cascade etc. RT shadows etc are available on PC with the RT suite.
- Actual world lighting is not that different compared to console when PC is on path-tracing.
- "Console players aren't missing out on that much" compared to games like Cyberpunk.
- "Path traced PC version does look a lot better, but it doesn't embarrass the consoles"
- Quality: FSR2. 1272p used to upcale to 2160p
- Performance. FSR2 872p used to upscale to 1440p
- The biggest visual difference between the two modes is foliage density.
- In general the IQ can be soft with aliasing being more visible in in-door, building etc areas.
- Quality mode is generally good at 30 with proper frame pacing.
- Certain areas run sub 30 across stretches
- Performance runs 60, very well especially indoors.
- But in the same spots which cause performance drops in Quality, cause Performance to run at stretches of 50 FPS.
- Some glitches and bugs during DF's testing that required reloading the game.
- DF testing was seemingly done before the day 1 patch, so some issues might be fixed at launch.
- Visual consistency and quality is commendable.
- Baked GI with SSAO. Typically holds up very well with minor GI niggles.
- Material quality also praised
- "At times looks more like a CG movie"
- Pop-in is kept to minimum, outdoor foliage is top-notch as well.
- Hair are 'card based', no strands. Some character faces can look uncanny.
- The real world FMV videos all run at 30 FPS.
- Shadows have low resolution and cascades fill in very close to the player
- Relies in screen space reflections, no RT reflections in console.
- SDF (?) reflections are used as fallback.
- Console comparison with PC at max done.
- PC highest settings have better reflections, less grain, better reflections, better shadows, cascade etc. RT shadows etc are available on PC with the RT suite.
- Actual world lighting is not that different compared to console when PC is on path-tracing.
- "Console players aren't missing out on that much" compared to games like Cyberpunk.
- "Path traced PC version does look a lot better, but it doesn't embarrass the consoles"
- Quality: FSR2. 1272p used to upcale to 2160p
- Performance. FSR2 872p used to upscale to 1440p
- The biggest visual difference between the two modes is foliage density.
- In general the IQ can be soft with aliasing being more visible in in-door, building etc areas.
- Quality mode is generally good at 30 with proper frame pacing.
- Certain areas run sub 30 across stretches
- Performance runs 60, very well especially indoors.
- But in the same spots which cause performance drops in Quality, cause Performance to run at stretches of 50 FPS.
- Some glitches and bugs during DF's testing that required reloading the game.
- DF testing was seemingly done before the day 1 patch, so some issues might be fixed at launch.
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The low internal resolutions and no rt reflections on ps5 is disappointing to me when spiderman 2 has it in all modes. They couldnt even put in the 30fps mode.
I really hate solutions like FSR/FSR2.
- In general the IQ can be soft with aliasing being more visible in in-door, building etc areas.
Any blur in the picture makes catch my eyes in instants.... when people describe IQ as soft I already know I will hate it.
- In general the IQ can be soft with aliasing being more visible in in-door, building etc areas.
Any blur in the picture makes catch my eyes in instants.... when people describe IQ as soft I already know I will hate it.
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#UnrealEngine5 #OptimizedEngine
Look pretty generic to me, as generic as PT
Appearently Path Tracing look better because ot only correcting mistakes made by artists
Optimized?
There is nothing optimized about 1272p and 872p without Ray-tracing.
It is already bad to have these resolutions with Ray-tracking imagine without.
The state of UE5 games are laughable.
Since DLSS became a thing, devs stopped caring about actually optimizing their games and let upscaling do all the work.
Can you list some? Unless it is very bugged at launch.
Last big one I saw was Baldur's Gate 3 and it runs pretty well.