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The Last of Us 2's graphics (no spoilers)

Hobbygaming

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Seriously...
Lol I'm not going to screenshot the leak from YouTube but here's 2 already released pics lol
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Gamernyc78

Banned
Pro does nothing more than increase resolution. These are PS4 vanilla graphics.



King of the papers of specs, like pc :p

🤣🤣🤣 Right because the difference between pro and x is "staggering" lol 🤦‍♂️

Another resolution, 3 fps booster. Again first party Sony title even on ps og look better than the competition even on a stronger console tht came out you know a year later and was more expensive. Thts par the course. Uncharted 4 which is several years old looks better in most regards than Gears 5 and it's multiplayer is infinitely more dynamic and so on. I'll let tht sink in.
 
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Meowzers

Member
After viewing the video I'll say RDR2 looks better. Not by much, but then again I've not seen enough of TLOU2. Better compared when actually playing.

And I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Far Cry 5's lush environments. Even on my Xbox X, it looks friggin insane so I can't imagine how it looked on a beastly PC.
 

Hobbygaming

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Environment are not really better looking than game like rdr2 or days gone or forza horizon 4.

The most noticeable things are polygonal models, faces and digital acting , animation and care for details especially the gore.
Those are great looking games but TLOU 2 exceeds them in the visual department judging from what I've seen
 

Hobbygaming

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Did we see the same footage? It looked OK, nothing ground breaking, especially for a game that is in development for 7 years and even with a HUGE team and a lot of budget.

I honestly think that the forest in A Plague Tale looked much better:


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and this is from a small indie dev.



yeah especially on one X with 4K native res. Looks so sharp and crisp. Especially the sky, looks like real life. its crazy
This looks good but hell no 😂
 

Hobbygaming

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Yeah that forest gameplay, that had BY FAR the best looking graphics I have ever seen in any game to date, it is unbelievable the sheer amounts of vegetation, the quality of them, the lighting, the tree textures if you can notice them, everything about it looked like something that the PS4 can't run, but it's Naughty Dog we all know how they are when it comes to graphics.

Those graphics were top-tier best graphics ever! Also that forest OOZES atmosphere, I just wanna play the game, it will be a masterpiece!
Exactly the feeling I got. I'm astonished by what they accomplished even knowing it's Naughty Dog. It's the best looking game ever
 

Gamernyc78

Banned
Those are great looking games but TLOU 2 exceeds them in the visual department judging from what I've seen

Seriously. Thts why in this instance I like the professionals to weigh in. I remember ppl on these forums were trying to say Halo looked as good or better than Killzone 2 and that!!!! the survey said!!! Was a blatant lie, later on lens of truth and DF put tht frivolous comment to rest.
 
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ZehDon

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ff7remake (played on ps4 pro) is sensibly worse than both rdr2 and tlou2, cmon.
that game has the most uneven graphic ever, you have ps2 era textures IN YOUR FACE everywhere except maybe for the first chapter or the shinra headquarters, even the wall market or the church or aerith's house (3 of the best locations) are afflicted by low res textures and characters lose a lot of details when not in cutscene especially faces, a fucking open world game like days gone or horizon have better ingame models for the chara.

i was really unimpressed by ff7 remake overall to be honest, some good character, some good particles fx during combat and a couple of nice looking locations are not enough to stand close to rdr2 and probably tlou2 too.
I think FFVIIR is definitely a very uneven game, so I should’ve been clearer, sorry. The high points of FFVIIR surpass some pre-rendered CGI films. That’s not an exaggeration - we have a FFVII CGI rendered film for direct comparison, and the game eclipses it more than once. But, it is uneven, and I am discussing the high points.

TLOU2 will suffer from the same problem in terms of model, animation, lighting and material exchanges - the facial animations, for example, are top of the industry... but when the player is actually playing? Nope, it’ll be the usual animations we’ve seen before.

For me, though, the real factor is this: the “wow” shots from RDR2 are all from gameplay. It’s natural moments captured while someone is just enjoying the environment and the world. For all the bluster over “OMG ND”... the wow shots they’re showing off are all from the cinematics. The actually gameplay we’ve seen? It feels flat in comparison; the brighter lighting in particular lacks the volume and fullness that Rockstar seem to be able to deliver at abandon. It’s a good looking game, so I’m not shitting on it, but it’s not the industry leading tour de force some people seem to want it to be. For my money, RDR2, despite being kinda boring, is still the best real time graphics money can buy.
 

Hobbygaming

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TLOU2 on release without compression artefacts from shitty leaks will probably be the best looking PS4 game by far.
Unlike RDR2 they can bake their lighting and they sure will, so RDR2 will not compete I think. Also image quality will be superior with a properly implemented checkerboard upscaling method.
In terms of mocap and facial animations it will curbstomp literally any other game (maybe except Detroit Become Human).
And other animations will also set a new standard as they are on a completely different level as we have just seen.
The game will absolutely melt eyeballs, they literally took Uncharted 4 and improved on it significantly.
This. The environment graphics are already top tier and the facial/game animations are beyond the others
 

Hobbygaming

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Seriously. Thts why in this instance I like the professionals to weigh in. I remember ppl on these forums were trying to say Halo looked as good or better than Killzone 2 and that!!!! the survey said!!! Was a blatant lie, later on lens of truth and DF put tht frivolous comment to rest.
Yeah, there's no convincing those ppl. Even when they see it with their own eyes they'll tell themselves they saw different
 

Gamernyc78

Banned
Yes OP, LOU2 is going to win all the graphics awards this year along with Tsushima....

As do most Sony exclusives. Last Gen it was killzone, god of war and uncharted/tlou passing it back abd forth to eachother. This gen it was Driveclub, Uncharted, The Order and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Idk I think Gost of T might one up tlou 2. Infamous for a launch window title was super gorgeous and still looks better than alot of games today.
 

Hobbygaming

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Yeah that forest horse gameplay was quite something, by far the best looking forest I’ve seen. Probably will be the best looking game on ps4. Not to mention the footage was compressed and in 720p.
Digital foundry are gonna go nuts with this game
Yes, the amount of foliage and how dense everything looks is ridiculously good. The characters models also look amazing. It's a technical marvel
 

thelastword

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Yeah that forest horse gameplay was quite something, by far the best looking forest I’ve seen. Probably will be the best looking game on ps4. Not to mention the footage was compressed and in 720p.
Digital foundry are gonna go nuts with this game
Yeah, no doubt......I don't see how anything gets close...…..

As do most Sony exclusives. Last Gen it was killzone, god of war and uncharted/tlou passing it back abd forth to eachother. This gen it was Driveclub, Uncharted, The Order and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Idk I think Gost of T might one up tlou 2. Infamous for a launch window title was super gorgeous and still looks better than alot of games today.
Yeah and this gen it was the same, Shadowfall to Infamous to DC to 1886 to UC4/LL, to GTS to Detroit to Days Gone to LOU2 and then Tsushima......You can still argue to this day how impressive launch titles like Shadowfall and Infamous still look...…...Next gen will be the same, but LOU2 as it was last gen is such a huge tour de force as it relates to graphics and gameplay and a huge swan song for PS4.....Notwithstanding, Sony always gives us a new IP towards the end of each gen. and Tsushima fits that bill, as looks to light some serious fiyah :messenger_fire:…...in July....
 

Keihart

Member
in the gameplay reveal you can see grass that bends, that's already a cool effect considering that almost no game does it. I can remember seeing that effect since MGS3 and Ghost Recon Wildlands on PC.

GIfs i made from the second trailer:

You can dodge or get slapped now, even moldy people attacks.
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Good boys can follow your farts
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Also they can fuck up your new tattoo and stop you from running away when someone wants to know what it means and why you have it.
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And most importantly of all, you can jump run and crawl just like Venom Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series, this is punished Ellie
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Example of Ellie touching the floor with her nipples like Solid Snake does, she doesn't try to fuck it like old snake tho...
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Terenty

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If they haven't improved graphics since the last batch of preview videos than tlou2 has nothing on rdr 2. Yeah it has better graphics during cutscenes, but moment to moment gameplay and animations are strictly current gen.

Rdr 2 lightning destroys any game so far. You can take a screenshot any moment during gameplay and it will look fucking amazing. Not the case with tlou2 dont lie to yourselves.
 
Yeah that forest gameplay, that had BY FAR the best looking graphics I have ever seen in any game to date, it is unbelievable the sheer amounts of vegetation, the quality of them, the lighting, the tree textures if you can notice them, everything about it looked like something that the PS4 can't run, but it's Naughty Dog we all know how they are when it comes to graphics.

Those graphics were top-tier best graphics ever! Also that forest OOZES atmosphere, I just wanna play the game, it will be a masterpiece!
Idk, I saw that gameplay too and I wasn't too blown away by it when I realized its pretty much a corridor. God of War looked much better to me and it is a semi-open world. But could just be be old footage for LoU.
 
🤣🤣🤣 Right because the difference between pro and x is "staggering" lol 🤦‍♂️

Another resolution, 3 fps booster. Again first party Sony title even on ps og look better than the competition even on a stronger console tht came out you know a year later and was more expensive. Thts par the course. Uncharted 4 which is several years old looks better in most regards than Gears 5 and it's multiplayer is infinitely more dynamic and so on. I'll let tht sink in.
fight on console warrior!
 

BluRayHiDef

Banned
I mentioned in a previous post that I never finished The Last of Us Remastered because I found the gameplay to be boring and subsequently sold it to GameStop. However, these leaks are so shocking that I'm now interested in the franchise again and therefore want to finish the first game in order to prepare myself for the sequel. So, I just bought a digital copy of the game from the PlayStation Store (for $14.99); while in the menu of the game I decided to check whether or not I had any save files from my first, uncompleted playthrough and lo and behold: I discovered a save file from the 2014! Damn, that's old.
 

CatLady

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Did we see the same footage? It looked OK, nothing ground breaking, especially for a game that is in development for 7 years and even with a HUGE team and a lot of budget.

I honestly think that the forest in A Plague Tale looked much better:


A-Plague-Tale-Innocence-13.png


88425844-70b1-4489-b262-5744cedcaf1f.jpg


A-Plague-Tale-Innocence-17.png



and this is from a small indie dev.



yeah especially on one X with 4K native res. Looks so sharp and crisp. Especially the sky, looks like real life. its crazy


I just finished A Plague Tale and I was blown away by the graphics. Such a beautiful game.

I also saw a bunch of the leaks for TLOU 2 yesterday and I do recall seeing one in the forest which I believe was actual gameplay that was simply spectacular. I'm guessing that's the one OP is talking about.
 

Hobbygaming

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Idk, I saw that gameplay too and I wasn't too blown away by it when I realized its pretty much a corridor. God of War looked much better to me and it is a semi-open world. But could just be be old footage for LoU.
TLOU 2 has wide linear areas too and it looks way better than God of War tbh
 
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