It's a super cool SSD tech demo but for a gameplay feature this is annoying to be quite honest.
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Ratchet & Clank PS5: Does it actually have (short) loading screens?
- Thread starter Chairmanchuck (另一个我)
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Wat? In what universe is being able to completely change your gaming environment, assets, physics, enemies, gameplay, AI, encounter design, bosses, NPC's, vehicles, lighting, weather and so on, in just 2 or so seconds, annoying? It's a revolutionary feature that has wide reaching, potentially incredible gameplay ramifications.
Do you acknowledge that Rift Apart is loading considerably more than GoT in less than 1/4 the time?
Of course. I don't want to imply they're loading the same amount. I think something would be seriously wrong with the game if it loaded the same amount into RAM as GoT only four times faster. But I WAS expecting faster than we got.
Chill, I said it was a cool tech demo and that's what you're talking about here when listing all that. But going back and forth between different levels looks as annoying for gameplay as when my kids has the TV remote and can't decide what to watch.
But 5.5 is only the best case maximum. It largely depends how the data is structured and we don't have numbers for random read performance.
I'm sure you'll get that too. GoT optimised for PS5 should be in the milliseconds.
i see. so my next question is when exactly will the uncompressed data rate apply? once they uncompress the data and they dont need it anymore, are they storing it in the ssd somewhere or does it stay in the vram?
Generally you decompress to RAM while keeping the compressed data static on the SSD. You wouldn't and shouldn't be writing otherwise static decompressed data to an SSD every single time you are "done with it". Loading stuff to offline storage is an artefact of the Xbox/360 era where loading data from the DVD all the time was pointless when you had a mechanical hard-drive you could cache some of it to in advance (plus allowed for you to compress stuff on the DVD in a single copy without having to worry about seek times from random access).
Switching between worlds and gameplay dimensions looks annoying? Really? Lol.
As a way to show dimension glitching following you destroying the dimension rift weapon or whatever, I think it looks spectacular, and is a really high octane, visually interesting, epic and grandiose way to showcase the affect.
In any case, the enjoyment of environmental switching really depends on what the back and forth is for and how it's implemented. Imagine fighting an epic boss in God of War 2 whilst time travelling between different realms or dimensions, one minute sliding down a pyramid and fighting amidst desert dunes with waves of sand flying everywhere, an instant later being smashed through some giant snow capped mountain and at the peak of a summit, and moments later duking it out in Greece, whilst being smashed through ancient ruins.
It's not just complete environmental switch ups either, but as NXGamers R&C Rift Apart analysis highlights, also the instant manipulation of current environments and geometry, plus the instant warping of enemy types between realms too. Think Titanfall 2 time switching, but in real time in the same space and time.
There are just so many potentially incredible uses of this new streaming speed and tech.
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We already have a typical figure though, which with compression is 9GB/s. Typical meaning the kind of bandwidth we can usually expect. Theoretical peak (compressed) was stated as 22GB/s.
It's a little bit of both, probably.
Like, they still have to load in the new assets, and it's not actually instantaneous, so they married a cool visual with loading, and it gives the impression of being a seamless transition from one location to the next, and stupidly fast. It's incredibly impressive and looks amazing.
Like, they still have to load in the new assets, and it's not actually instantaneous, so they married a cool visual with loading, and it gives the impression of being a seamless transition from one location to the next, and stupidly fast. It's incredibly impressive and looks amazing.
Yea, it's not going to be a constant occurrence for the entirety of the game. This is the introductory level (or close to it) that will basically introduce this mechanic and idea to the player. It is extremely likely that we won't be bouncing between planets in the traditional sense like previous titles, but bouncing between dimensions. What that means is: This is going to be the new travel mechanic, and I'm almost positive of that. Gone will be the days of walking to your ships launch pad, opening up a menu, and then choosing your desired planet from a list (and then watching a load screen). Instead, you'll probably equip the dimensionator, which will bring up a menu or HUD, and then you'll be able to jump near instantaneously between planets.
Go ahead and book mark that.
If the game would use the highest fidelity all the time it would be the most badly optimized AAA game in the last decade. The combination of the APU and SSD just make those transitions invisible, which is awesome.