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Elden Ring has the longest load times I've experienced on an Xbox Series game to date. I swear some load times feel damn near 20 seconds (I know it's probably not that long). Series X/S might not have the fastest SSD, but I feel like it shouldn't be quite this bad. Kinda envious how quickly PS5 and PC players can jump back into a boss fight after a death.
How is the Series X version performance worse than PS5 when they are the same resolution? Shouldn't it be the opposite?
Edit: Load times are drastically worse too, when it shouldn't be so stark. Xbox versions haven't received the same level of optimisation?
Edit: Load times are drastically worse too, when it shouldn't be so stark. Xbox versions haven't received the same level of optimisation?
I already had the PS5 version already downloaded, but these impressions of playing the PS4 version on the PS5, with low load times, a rock solid 60 fps, and still looking great, has swayed me to download the PS4 version as well. I'll check both of them out tomorrow and go from there.
If you have the game on SSD, loading times are slightly longer than the ps5 version. About 10-11 seconds for loading the open world and about 7 seconds for dying.
From a gameplay perspective, it seems playing the PS4 version on a PS5 is the way to go, especially when you have a horse.
Oh no I fully blame devs too it should have a locked mode for obviously on PlayStation since Sony can't be bothered to offer a basic feature like VRR.
Yea it's close to 20, around 17.8 to be exact while PS5 is loading in at 6.3. I must say PS5 being 3x faster is kind of odd.
Yeah, but both systems only have 16 GB of RAM, so after 2.9 secs on PS5 or 6.67 secs on the XSX they've read as much data as they could possibly fit anywhere at 5500 MB/s and 2400 MB/s respectively -- so if it takes 6.6 seconds on the PS5 to load, that implies around 3.7 seconds of CPU work in addition to the SSD read for a load, but the XSX doesn't finish the load until the 18 second mark implying something like > 11 seconds waiting on the CPU.
The XSX CPU isn't twice as slow, so that doesn't explain the bigger differential past the 6.67 mark vs the 2.9 second mark on the PS5. There's something wildly inefficient happening here.
why the fuck is a cross gen game taking 20 seconds to load on XSX?
yikes
I guess VRR is still the reason im going XSX over PS5
but thats awful when PS5 is loading at like 6-8 seconds and is a full 13 seconds faster lol
yikes
I guess VRR is still the reason im going XSX over PS5
but thats awful when PS5 is loading at like 6-8 seconds and is a full 13 seconds faster lol
Don't worry the X ain't helping there either.
The load times are not good either. From Soft really dropped the ball in some way for like every platform, lol.
Good for you then but nobody else is getting one anytime soon for that if ever. I sure as fuck didn't.
Maybe assets are Kraken compressed, and its software vs hardware decompression causing the difference.
Play it on PS5 first and think on how distracting the performance really is for you.
I've been playing on Series X without VRR and the performance has been very spotty, but nothing that impairs my gameplay so far. I'm learning to live with it, like with BoTW at launch.
If you have a VRR screen then Series X will feel the smoothest, otherwise the PS5 version seems to have better perf, try it out
Could be, although I'd call that "wildly inefficient" since Xbox has its own compressed asset format hardware which iirc the GPU speaks directly, it'd be hard to see how they'd end up rolling their own compression alg on the CPU vs using the built-in option.
I played the series x version for an hour on a non vrr display and yes its unstable but no it doesn't impact my enjoyment.
The last souls game i played was dark souls 3 on the ps4pro and its a similar experience but of course this game looks so much better.
Dont get mad about damn numbers and graphs we know fromsoftware won't do shit about it.
The last souls game i played was dark souls 3 on the ps4pro and its a similar experience but of course this game looks so much better.
Dont get mad about damn numbers and graphs we know fromsoftware won't do shit about it.
I'm not 100% sure but pretty sure save only goes from ps4->ps5. And you can't load a ps5 save on ps4.
I have both installed but haven't tested that yet.
Only mucked around briefly to test out the versions and forgot how much I missed the atmosphere and sense of dread as well as anticipation of what's around the corner in form games. Also forgot how fun just smashing crates and barrels are.
Check the end of this video
Edit: Woops, my bad, I misread, you meant actually playing on PS4
Bluepoint did that remake, different dev. It was a bespoke version for the ps5.
All this talk of performance and I'm here just hoping FedEx actually delivers my collectors edition on time tomorrow!
Graphics has never really been Froms thing. They have incredible art design and use of shadow/colour, but graphically on a technical level the games are never great. Also Demons Souls was made by Bluepoint with the intent on making it as nice as possible for only one console, a bit easier to optimise.
Fair enough. Im excited about playing elden ring, just was hoping for a bigger bump on the series x or ps5.
Im about to impulse buy the Series S version.
Already waiting on PS4 physical to play on PS4 Pro
Already waiting on PS4 physical to play on PS4 Pro
After trying PS5 ver and PS4 ver in back compat (haven't tried PC ver yet, will do so in the morning).
I will say between the two the PS4 ver in back compat is the way to play the game....it actually has less pop in (yes it also has less detail but it's mainly in just grass density, and still the grass seems evenly spread rather than sparse patches here and there. But the important thing is PS4 ver in back compat doesn't seem to have weird texture loading bugs like this and it runs at locked 60.
A note about below comparison, the ToD is different between the two. If you match the ToD the lighting will look the same between the two, the lighting diff in these videos is not due to graphics.
PS5 ver
PS4 ver in back compat
I will say between the two the PS4 ver in back compat is the way to play the game....it actually has less pop in (yes it also has less detail but it's mainly in just grass density, and still the grass seems evenly spread rather than sparse patches here and there. But the important thing is PS4 ver in back compat doesn't seem to have weird texture loading bugs like this and it runs at locked 60.
A note about below comparison, the ToD is different between the two. If you match the ToD the lighting will look the same between the two, the lighting diff in these videos is not due to graphics.
PS5 ver
PS4 ver in back compat
How do the load time compare between PS5 native and PS4 BC?
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Yeah FedEx has mine already just hoping it shows like it says tomorrow
idk Cyberpunk loads faster on SX and most games have a difference of a few ms. It's just inefficiency.
What do you mean? Load times or overall gameplay?
Load times are surprisingly fast on PC but the constant stuttering is brutal. I have a 3090 paired with a 10700k and a Samsung 980 pro and it chugs. Graphics are crispy AF though.
I'm curious about the load time between PS4 BC mode vs PS5 native.
PC version sounds bloody rough. No ultrawide mode, no FPS above 60, frame pacing issues and asset loading difficulties make it seem utterly pointless to buy the game. How on earth could you let a game come out like that, let alone reviews be astonishing for the technical horrors?
I agree that the ps5 should have vrr by now, it definitely has its uses. Among a few other features it sorely needs, FOLDERS anyone?
I just think the onus for a game running acceptably should go on the devs first and foremost.
This is what sealed using the PS4 version in BC PS5 mode for me. I saw that IGN video with PS4 60 frames locked on the PS5, thought about dropping frames during a boss battle or riding around on horseback, and decided to go the PS4 on PS5 route while waiting for more patches. It still looks great too.
how did the loading times get worse on Xbox Series X/S compared to the network test? if i''m not mistaken PS5 was around half the time of Xbox Series X/S but from the comments i read PS5 is now 3 times faster than Series X/S? anyone got a video comparing loading times after 1.02?
It also disappears and pops in 5m away from you.
Honestly it's low enough that it didn't even occur to me that there would've been a difference due to PS5's SSD until you two brought it up.
Basically it's something you can ignore.
EDIT: I just did a comparison from fresh start. Menu to ingame for the first area Limgrave
PS4 (in back compat mode): 10 seconds
PS5: 7 seconds
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