They were comparing fluidity and contextual animations, and John thinks it's similar (90%).
Graphics aside from animation should look identical.
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Digital Foundry: The Last of Us Part 2: PS4 vs PS4 Pro Comparison + Performance Testing + Initial Thoughts!
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They were comparing fluidity and contextual animations, and John thinks it's similar (90%).
Graphics aside from animation should look identical.
And yet, my pet peeve still remains - character breathing is still not animated properly.
Best character model I've seen in any game to date :O
Animators are focused on breathing effects on the face, but chest, belly, neck [and clothes] are very very rarely animated like they need to be, very minimal movement if any. Once you spot this trend, it can be seen everywhere. Usually cinematics get the best treatment, but gameplay, not so much.
Nice, happy to see locked 30fps on base PS4. I still have 20fps nightmares about the original game on PS3.
Probably just like base PS4 Horizon looks on a 4K TV -- incredible.
Watching this and it's just incredible, best looking game I've ever seen. I was going to wait for the PS5 version but the base PS4 seems so solid this time that I might bite sooner than expected.
Also can someone pls gif that part at 14:30? It's like 5 seconds, you can notice the spots where damage was inflicted and also the enemy reaction to your actions, like holy shit.
Also can someone pls gif that part at 14:30? It's like 5 seconds, you can notice the spots where damage was inflicted and also the enemy reaction to your actions, like holy shit.
Agreed, on any platform
Best character model I've seen in any game to date :O
For a gameplay model (not cutsecene or setpiece) this is almost a generational leap from Uncharted, God of War and even RDR2.
This gen it's been nice to see facial expressions in gameplay models, yet nearly all games still have dead eyes. This is exceptional.
Those are some high expectations. Current hardware obviously limits what they can do with gameplay models, and we see this in facial animations, let alone adding deformation and animations to the body which 90% of the time would be obscured by clothes or the 3rd person camera
I'm in.
Call me old fashioned but I stand by the idea of a single standardised spec for the whole gen ā and that baseline PS4 spec has served us well tbh. It also had the best design of the PS4s idgaf what anyone says.
The animation, is and indirect lighting in this game is fantastic.
Can't wait for the John linnerman joint
Can't wait for the John linnerman joint
The long load times when skipping cutscenes seems like a bummer. It obviously won't be so much an issue on a first playthrough, but for repeat plays (and speedrunners), I can see it as being something of an irritation.
I am curious how this "Encounters menu" works. Guess it's like a chapter select, but focuses exclusively on the combat sections of that specific chapter? Will they give you a predetermined weapons/item payout, or will it be what you had in your inventory at that point in the game?
I am curious how this "Encounters menu" works. Guess it's like a chapter select, but focuses exclusively on the combat sections of that specific chapter? Will they give you a predetermined weapons/item payout, or will it be what you had in your inventory at that point in the game?
Have you played UC4?
ND, even now a week before release, has exclusively shown PS4 pro footage, and given the quality of the game's visuals, concerns about performance on base consoles was definitely a bit warranted.
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Same studio, with a game pushing the hardware to the limits at the end of a console cycle.
I was thinking this as well. Why do other PS4 Pro games, like Days Gone, God of War ( 4K CB) and titles which are close to 4K, like Spiderman GT:S run at a higher resolution than base console, but ND games are stuck at 1440p?
Love the insight thanks. I'd imagine this is a prime candidate for a remaster with RT
The real mystery is why the base console version is so good but then the Pro is just a 1440p res bump with worse performance in spots. Hardly screams of a game that was designed with the stronger console in mind.
I did, but I was one and done after finishing the campaign the first time. Is it anything like I described?
Yeah I replayed both recently and the HDR looked very good in both.
That's good news regarding loudness. My Pro is the Death Stranding model and, so far, only RDR2 has made it sound louder than expected.gamersyde did
Something interesting to note is that there is a youtube channel that was showing some gameplay with a fps counter and it showed ps4 and ps4 pro side by side.
During a combat encounter the player threw a molotov and the fps on ps4 dipped to 27/28 and the ps4pro was still at 30 with the flames on screen.
I don't think the ps4 always has better performance. Just seems like water hits the ps4pro hard, whereas its probably better fps wise in combat.
During a combat encounter the player threw a molotov and the fps on ps4 dipped to 27/28 and the ps4pro was still at 30 with the flames on screen.
I don't think the ps4 always has better performance. Just seems like water hits the ps4pro hard, whereas its probably better fps wise in combat.
This could be the case and would make more sense, DF don't really have the time to analyse every section of long games. It seems doubtful the base console is locked 30fps 24/7.
Cool, I'm still using a base console, I really only use it for exclusives since I have a PC for multiplats, but pretty much every exclusive I've played has been solid fps wise on the base so haven't really had the need to upgrade, good to see that's still the case here.
Yeah it does....I can't imagine what ND will be able to do with the PS5. It is going to be incredible.
Indeed.
It will only make the leap to next gen all the better.
I'm hoping the day 1 patch includes a performance mode for Pro owners. Do review copies already have the patch?
Can't say how performance was across the board for naughty dog games last gen as I never played any back then but this entire gen from what I remember correctly every game they put out has been very stable aside from a few dips, base or pro. Also isn't it the norm for developers to show footage from the higher spec console? I'd imagine they don't just push the envelope and let the performance go wherever the system takes it without proper balance.
With ND involved I'm not too worried and this turned out exactly how I expected with 30 fps and a few minor dips here and there. I'm sure on the Pro version if they wanted to patch up the issue around water they probably could but even then its not even THAT bad.
The e3 2018 demo was a substantial enough improvement over UC4 visually that it was like "oh dear, how will this game run?"
I don't agree with the bit where they said it was built from the ground up with the Pro in mind. That's nonsense. If it was really designed for the Pro, there would more than a resolution difference. Not too mention the framerate is less stable on the Pro, although not by much.
It also goes directly against what Naughty Dog have said themselves lol. I remember an interview where they say that they designed it for the PS4 first to make sure it would run smooth.
Some of the environment shots when they turn the cam around (a couple of times in the video) looked unbelievably crazy good.
I can't f'n wait to do hundreds of crazy screenshots again.
I can't f'n wait to do hundreds of crazy screenshots again.
seeing as it seems the previous release from ND are like tech demos to what they do in the next game i assume LL's implementation (but more so LL's teammate AI was the real test) is the testing ground for TLoU pt 2's