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Gears 5 - Campaign benchmark footage [See Staff Post]
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I have no reason to believe that's not what would happen. Hell, I fear that's what Playground are going to do with it.
This tech test is blowing me away with its visuals. Its a smooth 60 too. Well done coalition. The IQ is already insane.
Oh yea, I had forgotten that Playground is in charge now.
Given what they have accomplished through various iterations for Forza, I would not lose sleep over them handling the Fable IP. For a change, they may not make outrageous promises- a first for a Fable game.
Are they? I saw a fade in that video above didn't looked like it.
Gears 4 uses pre-rendered cutscenes. Did they say anything about this game?
I mean Horizon looked great, but people are definitely blowing smoke up that games a** in here.
Sucks you have to play it on a PS4 Pro to get the full experience. Most of the older Pro's sounds like absolutely garbage when trying to load/play anything even remotely intensive. Hard pass.
Sucks you have to play it on a PS4 Pro to get the full experience. Most of the older Pro's sounds like absolutely garbage when trying to load/play anything even remotely intensive. Hard pass.
Yeah, Rod said at the AMD conference that for 5 they have gone completely real time (he said the same at E3 2018.)
Okay my bad. So why is the level of detail between the cutscenes and gameplay different?
Well you're able to control your render budget more effectively in a cutscene, same as any game.
Not surprising. Given the fidelity that can attained in in-engine cutscenes in real time with added post process fx is simply stunning. The only reason why games still use pre-rendered in-engine stuff is to mask load times. Sounds like the Gear 5's level design and streaming system must have been substantially iterated upon from 4.
They probably wanted to keep the game size down as well, coming off 4.
Yeah, sure, any ND game...
We are comparing beta multiplayer graphics, arent we?
I'm glad that it seems Gears 5 split screen is running a bit better than Gears 4 split screen, which was unplayable to me and my brother. It seemed way lower than 30fps. I wish they would have gone lower than 4K and tried 60fps for split screen though. I would much prefer that for multiplayer.
Yeah, sure, any ND game...
We are comparing beta multiplayer graphics, arent we?
I don't play mp games most of the time but I played the UC4 beta for a few hours and it was far from the sp graphics. After this shot it horrible you can find much better...
Yeah, sure, any ND game...
We are comparing beta multiplayer graphics, arent we?
No, we're comparing single player modes. But good job, you managed to find a multiplayer screenshot that looks bugged/bad.
It's exciting, and I remain optimistic, but I can't say that I don't also feel a good bit of trepidation. I want Fable to be modernized in some ways, so that it could become commercially viable again, but I hope that its core strengths - whimsical setting with British humour, gameplay-driven with plenty of simulation elements, accessible and malleable - will remain in place
And don't get me wrong, I think that Sony studios create some great games, and also some unique games (a good chunk of those coming from Japan Studio, and their various collaborations with outside partners). However, it's hard to ignore the fact that some elements seem to be common to most of their recent high profile releases. Their studios and major games have strengths and weaknesses of their own, and I don't think that they would necessarily translate well to some of Microsoft's established franchises - and vice versa. The variety that we already have is worth preserving.
Oh God please don't make Fable overly serious. I'll be crushed if I can't be called chicken chaser or have any of it's former charm. Fable is amazing because it felt like a storybook not because of its systems. Nothing had the kind of charm that series had. It was just so unique. This is a serious thread derail.
Looked at the 4k video again. My god, you really need to have low standards saying that it's one of the best graphics this gen. Look at low res ice, cardbox wobbeling car, bad animations etc.
This test is also not based on graphics, but it does not look great...just generic. The Singleplayer is the part you want to compare with other games in the end.
This test is also not based on graphics, but it does not look great...just generic. The Singleplayer is the part you want to compare with other games in the end.
You are comparing being able to overpower console limitations with PC strength. PC should ALWAYS be your choice if graphics and performance are your priority.
In the console landscape though graphics and performance have to be weighed over which is preferred. You wouldn't have Horizons current visuals at 4k/60fps on PS4 hardware. So the argument has caveats on PC but falls apart on console.
Wow, benchmark graphics look horrible in Gears 4
But they look really good in Gears 5, so, doing wild math, Gears 5 real graphics will be even more impressive? Seems like it
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I cannot believe I missed the sheet of ice cracking as the icesail (?) traverses over the frozen surface. That's detail.
Sony could never make a multiplayer game on the level of Halo so no thanks.
Just saw the mod post. I think the game will look fine. I don't really care about visuals as I value 60fps more.
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uncharted 4 multiplayer runs at 900p on the ps4Yeah, sure, any ND game...
We are comparing beta multiplayer graphics, arent we?
TC. NT. TI, T10, PG Games, DF, Rare and 343i will perform wonders on Scarlet.
That Xbox 360 graphics :o
Xbox 1P stepping it up.
I think that the benchmark visuals look great, but they're not really setting any new standards. I'd even say that some footage I've seen of multiplayer looks more impressive than this benchmark. If the campaign is really going to be 4K/60, then that's definitely going to be pushing some boundaries.
Considering this, and some other games that we've seen recently, certain thoughts are forming. With mid-gen consoles already out there as very capable machines, it's going to be harder to wow people with visuals at the start of the generation. Halo 5 is already (dynamic) 4K/60 on the X, and Infinite is probably going to be the same. Forza Motorsport 7 is 4K/60. Forza Horizon 4 has a 60 fps mode for the first time, although it's limited to 1080p on the X. Now Gears 5 will seemingly be 4K/60 as well.
I think that Microsoft is aiming for the combination of IQ and performance on the X which is going to be identical or close to the combination of IQ and performance on Scarlett (at launch), even if it means that visual complexity needs to take a temporary hit. That way they will maintain the same IQ, and the same performance across the two generations (not counting the base Xbox One, which is already falling behind in mind share), with all the additional grunt that Scarlett will provide going into making the visuals better, combined with the improvements that the inclusion of high speed SSD will bring to loading and streaming. It's much easier to sell the mainstream audience on new hardware with significantly better visuals, than with improved performance and IQ, while visual complexity receives only a modest boost.
Although, with marked improvements on the CPU front, Microsoft might be aiming for even higher than 60 fps for some of its Scarlett launch games, in addition to improved graphics?
Considering this, and some other games that we've seen recently, certain thoughts are forming. With mid-gen consoles already out there as very capable machines, it's going to be harder to wow people with visuals at the start of the generation. Halo 5 is already (dynamic) 4K/60 on the X, and Infinite is probably going to be the same. Forza Motorsport 7 is 4K/60. Forza Horizon 4 has a 60 fps mode for the first time, although it's limited to 1080p on the X. Now Gears 5 will seemingly be 4K/60 as well.
I think that Microsoft is aiming for the combination of IQ and performance on the X which is going to be identical or close to the combination of IQ and performance on Scarlett (at launch), even if it means that visual complexity needs to take a temporary hit. That way they will maintain the same IQ, and the same performance across the two generations (not counting the base Xbox One, which is already falling behind in mind share), with all the additional grunt that Scarlett will provide going into making the visuals better, combined with the improvements that the inclusion of high speed SSD will bring to loading and streaming. It's much easier to sell the mainstream audience on new hardware with significantly better visuals, than with improved performance and IQ, while visual complexity receives only a modest boost.
Although, with marked improvements on the CPU front, Microsoft might be aiming for even higher than 60 fps for some of its Scarlett launch games, in addition to improved graphics?
