The water in the streams looks like it not generate any geometric deformation on Sam passage, like in horizon, or i'm wrong and instead there is geometric deformation ?
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Death Stranding Tech Review: The Digital Foundry Verdict
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The water in the streams looks like it not generate any geometric deformation on Sam passage, like in horizon, or i'm wrong and instead there is geometric deformation ?
There's a weird lack of shadowing on the foliage sometimes which makes things oddly bright and videogamey looking. Decima seems to not render shadows/AO around hair/facial hair which makes it look floaty. Looks great otherwise.
Thanks. I was already kinda expecting that to be the case since HZD run and looked amazing on my base PS4. But good to know.
I think there is definitely some physical deformation going on in the geometry. It certainly ripples around him when he is moving through it
It was only briefly addressed during the video, but it sounds like they were really impressed with the HDR implementation. Great news! I'm not convinced I'll love the game, but I know I have to play it myself to find out.
I'm mighty impressed by the moss coverage in this game. The choice of colours and lighting is also such that at times some areas can look photorealistic, I'm not sure if the game uses any photogrammatry but if it doesn't then it's all on the art department there.
damn this got me to max hypeeeee
That Team Ico comparison
Can't wait to just explore this world
That Team Ico comparison
Can't wait to just explore this world
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Indeed, interested to see what Kojima does with the port. I don't think it will be much different, probably similar to what is being done with RDR2. I think we will see the next big thing with the engine with Horizon 2.
That isn't really related cause the game could've ended up running like poo despite of how the other game ran.
Until Dawn is on Decima too and it ran really bad for instance.
Until Dawn uses the KZ Shadowfall engine, not the sandbox ready Decima engine created for HZD.
yes but these seem shader based ripples, maybe i'm wrong, that's why i was asking if proper deformations are in the game for streams, i mean these are everywhere for the black thing, so i don't see the problem for the streams!
So if Sam fall onto the water, the water will show deformed waves, like for the black thing ?
From what I saw there are reflections and water interaction, just like foliage interaction which are all absent in Horizon. It seems Decima for DS had its fundamnetal systems upgraded.
It's the same exact engine. The engine was built as sandbox ready from the get go. You can't really make an engine and then have such a big feature like making it sandobox ready added afterwards. It's all documented in the DF interviews.
The same interview also talks about how the engine that you see in HZD was developed concurrently with KZSF and SF exists purely as a breather project that allowed GG flexibility to work on something new. It was "We'll let you make that game if you also make a KZ game".
Awesome, thank you. That's good to hear seeing as games have been kind of hit or miss. Not sure I'll love the game either, but it's bought and paid for, so either way, I'm going along for the ride. I enjoy crazy Kojima, and it'll certainly be different than most other games at least.
yes but this water interaction i hope cause geometric deformation of the waves, because if the ripples are shader based it doesn't make any sense, considering the black thing always deformed at any contact!
It really speaks volumes about the Decima engine that Koji Pro was able to whip up something so impressive in such a short time frame despite being largely inexperienced with the tech. Even with Guerilla's assistance, it likely means that the toolset is incredibly robust.
The final comparison to shadow of the Colossus got me excited. That's entirely the vibes I've been getting from the game up to this point. A pure and isolated world to explore. The antithesis of a Ubisoft game. Which is exactly what I need after playing far cry 5 recently.
Well fuck, I was ready to be checked out on this game after reading some reviews given the gameplay aspects but man this video really makes me intrigued. The sense of scale and the idea of traversing that environment is kind of appealing even if it's a walking simulator. Gonna have to think about this one hard
Finally caught up, great appreciation video, looking forward to part 2 next week. I'd bet that if at least one of the other DFers plays the game there will be a DF Direct to talk it out before too long.
Yeah, I wish it could have been in there but I ran out of time and couldn't go over 20. The frame-rate stuff isn't all that interesting here so I pushed it back.
I guess that means there's no major issues with the performance.
