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Death Stranding - The Best Looking PS4 Game Ever? (PlayStation Access)
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kind of weird ... DS is the first crazy good looking game where i haven't stopped to acknowledge how good it looks. perhaps the photorealism makes my brain bypass the fact i'm playing a game or something
also probably has to do with the relatively mundane setting/scenery. it's not the wild west or some high fantasy world or whatever
also probably has to do with the relatively mundane setting/scenery. it's not the wild west or some high fantasy world or whatever
Nah. Game has definitely compromise in other departments. I think RDR2 is a bit overrated if we are looking to the whole picture. It has definitely some impressive stuff. But in others, DS shows best things.
This is very true. We all have our favorites when it comes down to graphics, but yeah none is best in class in every way possible.
Yeah...I prefer the more realistic look to Red Dead Redemption II.
The purposeful nature of Death Stranding's environments look and feel more than Red Dead Redemption II dramatic landscape. It's a design philosophy that differentiates one form the other.
One is a clear winner.
The purposeful nature of Death Stranding's environments look and feel more than Red Dead Redemption II dramatic landscape. It's a design philosophy that differentiates one form the other.
One is a clear winner.
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Edit: oops was meant for the OT thread
Edit: oops was meant for the OT thread
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It does and that is perfectly normal, because the engine has been updated and enhanced. It would be weird if an almost 3 years old game on an older engine version would look better. 🤷🏻♂️
I think it probably is. The lighting/tone of the whole game is so realitic and the face animations are crazy good. Eyes, expressions... The motion capture face stuff is just incredible.
I think it's at least equal with RDR2 which I would have said this whole to be the best looking game of all time. Red Dead has a ton of location variety and the environments and just stunning. But it's equally a huge blur fest on PS4 whereas Death Stranding looks super sharp. It's a gorgeous game.
I think it's at least equal with RDR2 which I would have said this whole to be the best looking game of all time. Red Dead has a ton of location variety and the environments and just stunning. But it's equally a huge blur fest on PS4 whereas Death Stranding looks super sharp. It's a gorgeous game.
The hair is not great, but wow is everything else really nice looking. The draw distance is CRAZY. I think that there may be a lot of trickery at play (like de-loading whatever is behind you) but I have had no pop in or any sort of technical issues on the pro.
As PS4 titles go, yeah it's high up there. The world being all devoid of life and barren is clearly a story and design choice. Strip out the vast majority of things that would make the world lived in and they can push graphics to what they need. Really impressive considering the tech. PC version going to look utterly bonkers.
There are a lot of better looking games, even older ones, like The Order, and you simply cannot match the scope of Red Dead Redemption 2, but my fucking god, the material work in this game is something out of this world. Things have a presence that you just cant believe. Even things that usually are lower quality in other games, like placeable structures, are really good, and important things like the BB Pod are astonishing. Animation is also to notch.
The game conveys the feeling of depressive isolation and desperate struggle to put one foot ahead of other more than any other game I've ever played. The HDR lighting, especially during overcast conditions or low hanging clouds is on par with GTS. Its not flashy bright colors or fake HDR bloom, just straight up what you would see in a desolate landscape in real life where direct sunlight doesn't show up very often.
I feel like both RDR2 and HZD go for more of a hyper-realism look, where everything is slightly exaggerated with more artistic liberties taken, whereas Death Stranding has a more realistic aesthetic with its shaders, lighting, character models etc, which at times can be incredibly convincing. There are moments where it almost feels like you're playing a tech demo. I don't know if it's the best looking, but it is without doubt up there.
Gameplay screens all from the very first area. There's much more diversity in aesthetic later down the line (red dusty deserts or muddy areas, snowy mountains etc).
Gameplay screens all from the very first area. There's much more diversity in aesthetic later down the line (red dusty deserts or muddy areas, snowy mountains etc).
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1. Thats because the setting of the story calls for it
2. This really only true for the first 20% of the game. The environments change pretty signficantly in certain areas later on
It's really good looking, but my vote still goes to RDR2. That said shouldn't diminish how good Koji Pro made this game look.
It's a gorgeous game. In the fully open world genre, RDR2 gives it a good fight until you have to traverse the environment with your character. In that sense RDR2 is much more stilted than this game, where the environmental interaction feels so much more refined and precise - and yet very playable, responsive and non-frustrating. It's the kind of thing that can even be seen in videos, but becomes much more obvious when you start playing.
Horizon has more varied environments and vibrant colors. RDR2 seems a tad more organic if that makes sense yet still looks artificial.
Death Stranding at times looks photorealistic. My wife even noticed which is saying something. And the eye movement is easily one of the most realistic implementations I've witnessed in gaming.
Maybe it's recency bias but I'm leaning Death Stranding.
Death Stranding at times looks photorealistic. My wife even noticed which is saying something. And the eye movement is easily one of the most realistic implementations I've witnessed in gaming.
Maybe it's recency bias but I'm leaning Death Stranding.
This is very noticable in some areas and angles, lots of blurry ground textures only a couple of metres away from the player. The PC vesion will likely clean this up.
RDR2 is everything except more consistent. There are some graphic details like the ground and the geometry quite inferior to DS.
After playing more of DS, I still think Horizon looks better. Credit to nAKAZZ and Dionysus Dreams on Flickr.
Game looks gorgeous and I can't wait until decima games hit the ps5. Given the fact that the base PS4 with its already old hardware when released in 2013, runs this games the way it does, speaks for the engine and the devs. Does it look better than RDR2 or other high quality PS4 exclusives? Sometimes yes and sometimes no.
It's absolutely right up there with RDR 2 for me. The scale and scope is remarkable in DS, you get a genuine sense of scale when traversing mountainous regions that i've never experienced before, the effect is uncanny.
It is certainly a looker, love the art style, has a similar style to all Kojima games since MGS2 with crazy high fidelity.
But.. as great as it is.. Maybe Horizon has more going on in it's open world, I got to say it has the edge here.
But.. as great as it is.. Maybe Horizon has more going on in it's open world, I got to say it has the edge here.
