I've only played a few hours but liked what I've played so far, glad to see it's reviewing well as I was unsure if it would deliver on its early promise. Amicia is a compelling character too.
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Launch trailer looks fantastic!!!
Thanks for the impressions everyone, looks like my cup of tea.
Hope the game do well. Waiting my copy.
Thanks for the impressions everyone, looks like my cup of tea.
Hope the game do well. Waiting my copy.
Great review!
There seems to be something wrong with vsync. In the first area on ultra (4k) I'm often in the 50s, but with some tweaking I can get pretty consistent 60 fps (lowering draw distance alone doesn't seem to make much of a difference for me). If I turn on vsync I have sudden drops on the 40s and 30s without even moving the camera.
Then in the second area, with everything maxed out fps fluctuate between 75 and 100.
Will do some more testing tomorrow.
There are no difficulty levels, although there is an immersive mode that you can toggle on at the start of the game, which will hide some feedbacks, thus making the game a bit more challenging than on standard mode. But it's not a true difficulty level per se.
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Reminds me a lot of Hellblade. Never even heard about this until seeing all the good reviews pop up. If I liked that, I should enjoy this?
There's far less combat and a LOT of stealth compared to Hellblade. That said, I definitely see the similarities and am enjoying it a lot so far (huge Hellbalde fan myself).
Hmm, I didn't mind the combat in Hellblade, was pretty fun, even if repetitive.
Not as crazy about all the stealth, but I'll check it out!
Without spoiling anything I would say kind of. There's definitely a larger story (beyond the two main characters trying to survive) that involves the Inquisition. Not sure I would classify it as political intrigue, though.
I'm on PS4 and have preloaded. Says it is playable in just under 4 hours.
After 20+ hours of Days Gone, with probably another 20+ to go, I'm really excited for a lean focused linear narrative-driven palette cleanser. Bleak coming-of-age + stealth + unique time period not usually explored in games are all icing
Did you play with the mode?
I'm planning with it (you can tweak individual hud properties as well if needed) and enjoying it. The stuff you can interact with is still very apparent - it just now lacks the "outline" around the object.
Thank god we can turn off CA and Vignette using the INI option on PC. Those are fine as some transient effect like if trying to portray a temporary injury, but I really hate it when a game uses CA/vignette full time, so freaking ugly and ruins the picture quality. Developers need to stop using such effects so much, they only really work when used very sparingly.Cheers. I disabled Vignetting, Distortion and Fringe (CA).
Same version of one of the screens I posted above looks like this now.
Such a big difference !!
The PC port is very well done.
Ultra tanks the framerate but a drop to high will give you almost double the performance with 0 image quality drop.
Ultra tanks the framerate but a drop to high will give you almost double the performance with 0 image quality drop.
This game is really pretty. Some top notch lighting here and materials here. The volumetric lighting in this one has something that I've seen in very few games this gen wherein the colour of the light volume changes based on what material it passes through. So volumetric lights through stained glass are multi coloured. The first game I remember seeing it in this gen was Lords of the Fallen.
Also If you are on PC then please turn off fringe and vignette from ini file in my documents.
I've taken so many pictures but I won't post them here as they are from later areas in the game and you need to see them first hand to really be amazed.
Also If you are on PC then please turn off fringe and vignette from ini file in my documents.
I've taken so many pictures but I won't post them here as they are from later areas in the game and you need to see them first hand to really be amazed.
I don't seem to be getting that much of a difference, Shadows give a boost of about 5-7FPS for me going ultra to high, and turning down every other setting (except for shadows) to high gives an additional 5FPS.
This game is ridiculously gorgeous. Hellblade had better character models but the overall aesthetic and world is incredible.
Starting with French dialogue, seems more natural for the setting
The controls feel really good, even so early on
Starting with French dialogue, seems more natural for the setting
The controls feel really good, even so early on
Playing on the X, every looks really great.
So far the story has really made me take notice and the world detail is fantastic. I started this after jumping in to Rage2 for an hour and my only desire is to play this when I get home from work.
So far the story has really made me take notice and the world detail is fantastic. I started this after jumping in to Rage2 for an hour and my only desire is to play this when I get home from work.
For those that don't know why this game looks so amazing, like the Vanishing of Ethan Carter and more recently Star Wars: Battlefront, they make use of photogrammetry for the environments (which is a technique of using real world objects that are photographed at all angles and then the software makes a 3d model from those pictures).
You can read about it and what they used it for in A Plague Tale here:
https://quixel.com/blog/2019/5/7/a-plague-tale-innocence-overrun-with-megascans
You can read about it and what they used it for in A Plague Tale here:
https://quixel.com/blog/2019/5/7/a-plague-tale-innocence-overrun-with-megascans
It's still to be confirmed but we should have a stream tonight with Olivier and the sound director of the game. I'll let you guys know when it's confirmed :)
Anyone playing on a base PS4 and has early performance impressions to share?
Actually, they've been releasing a lot of pre-release promotional materials for quite a long time now, but I agree that mainstream gaming media weren't really catching it too much.
Hooray! The game's soundtrack is superb. I gushed over it in my review but it still doesn't feel like I said it enough, it's so perfectly fitting that it ends up elevating the entire experience. Environmental design and art is also really superb.
Wheres the cheapest place to buy this on pc? is it just on steam or can I go to cdkeys gmg etc?
I am playing (currently Chapter VII) on a slim PS4,no problem so far .
The game looks really good.Visually some of the scenes are really impressive.
The atmophere is incredible.
Also this game is so immersive.Within few minutes i was into the story.It's a very linear ride,but what a ride.Amicia is a really great character.
It has little problems there and there,a bit cheesy sometime,and some of the cutscenes are not the best maybe,but for an AA game,it's really impressive.
It's a game made with sincerity and love,for sure.It has something special in it.
Edit:and yeah The music IS Beautiful.
Yes! You have to manually edit the INI file in Documents/My Games/A Plague Tale. I turned off fringe (chromatic aberration) , lens distortion, and vignette per Nooblet's post on the last page and it looks great.
Sounds like it's about 12-15 hours depending on how much exploring you do. Can't comment on base PS4 performance though.