Redlancet
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I enjoyed every minute of this game, the battles with big beasts were amazing, and the game got a excellent history
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In Your Vase
Member
Open world elements are definitely lacking. It's disappointing to find a new "beasts" area because there's really no reason to give a shit. The navigation challenge fillers were a mixed bag.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This port just reminds me why I'm SO HAPPY PS5 first party devs don't have to make their games work on PCs mandatory. The time wasted doing that would only hurt the console versions.
It's not.
Consoles use a single shader format. That's why binary shaders can be shipped with the game.
PCs have a zoo of configs and drivers -> need to recompile shaders for the specific platform.
GaviotaGrande
Banned
Thanks for your professional opinion Mr. game developer. Now I finally understand how optimization works. I was in the dark but thanks to you I can see the light!
GymWolf
Member
yes because 2 point on MC are better than 60 frame, real 4k, better fov, animated vegetation, widescreen support, 16x anisotropic etc.
i love fanboys
the only thing better in the ps4 version was playing the game 3 years ago without the wait...
GymWolf
Member
do we know if ultra texture are even in the work? i didn't read any official news about them...
GymWolf
Member
you get experience for the skill three and new "amulets" to upgrade both weapons and armors by killing new and strong beasts.
and the challenges gave you the strongest weapons in the vanilla game and dlc if you get all gold results.
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manfestival
Member
You are smoking some of that good stuff obviously
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Well I was expecting just that actually in 1440p based on how visually busy the game is with ton and ton of animated foliage etc. but not High settings. Also, I've Aorus 1080 Ti which is better than stock version, but based on their recent post on Steam... Idk if anyone should even play the game at launch and have bad experience. It looks like the game is just not ready for release but they've decided to release it anyway and fix it later. Anyway, we'll see, I might end up playing the game with Original preset just to get better framerate.
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martino
Member
there is an ultra settings at least
what it means is difficult to judge (even more with anisio bug)
GymWolf
Member
I hope it's not like rdr2 where texture ultra setting was basically the same quality of console.
I have really low hopes that we are gonna see improved texture tbh, maybe i'm wrong.
GymWolf
Member
Dlc is great and lenghty (20 hours if you do everything and play on ultra hard), but i don't know if it's enough to spend 50 dollars just for him.
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nowhat
Member
It's quite similar to Blood & Wine, in that
- it's set in a completely new area
- can be accessed pretty much any time after getting started with the game, but is really end-game DLC (ramps up the difficulty quite a bit)
- runs an updated version of the engine, but the updates are only available in the DLC area
- features enemies/weapons not found in the main game
- it's quite meaty at ~10 hours for the main campaign, 15+ hours if you want to do everything
THEAP99
Banned
wow. future ports are out of the question if people don't buy this.
embarrassing considering death stranding got a dream port
GymWolf
Member
I'm probably still gonna buy this because it's my gotg, but sony need to keep his shit together, this is a very shitty port right now.
Stuart360
Member
Wow some of the stuff in that disclaimer, its like the port isnt even finsihed yet.My god the performance on this port are atrocious...
A 2080ti can't even sustain 1440p60 ultra, fucking lol...
Thank god for neon abyss keeping me occupied...
Paracelsus
Member
Base PS4 is basically a 7870 and the Pro trades blows with a 480.
No shit they are claiming you need a RTX3090 and a 4990x to run PS5 games, if this is the level of optimization it's over.
No shit they are claiming you need a RTX3090 and a 4990x to run PS5 games, if this is the level of optimization it's over.
Arun1910
Member
This may be the dumbest shit I've read on here for quite a while.
Stuart360
Member
Who has claimed that lol?, we have already seen the specs needed for some next gen games, and they are not even much higher than current gen games on PC.
daninthemix
Member
Probably because Kojima actually cares about the PC port and made sure it was good.
GymWolf
Member
also DS was scheduled for pc since day one, unlike horizon, the game was probably made with multy-hardware optimization in mind.
the fact that they use the same engine is not really important, engines and optimizations are 2 different things.
idrago01
Banned
Great thing about steam is they have a generous return policy, you may have to turn a few settings off or decrease shadows but i wouldn't be too worried, I think if you have a 2080 or higher card plus a g-sync/free-sync monitor you should be fine at 1440.
GymWolf
Member
i mean yeah but sometimes 2 hours are not enough to find the sweet spot for performance\quality, especially in mediocre ports like this one.
i have a 2070super and it's not nearly enough good for 1440p60 high\ultra details, and playind lower than these specs is no-sense for me that i already have 100 hours in the vanilla game on pro, what's the point of double dipping on pc if the experience is not GREATLY improved?
i'm not gonna play this game at 1080p just for the framerate, fow and dynamic vegetation, i saw the 4k video on gamersyde and it looks crisp as fuck on that resolution...
the only good thing about this is that the price is gonna go down faster.
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CuteFaceJay
Member
Looks like real life!
All jokes aside the Ultrawide support is looking tidy.
All jokes aside the Ultrawide support is looking tidy.
idrago01
Banned
well u can always try it and than return if it’s not up to your expectations, also don't underestimate gsync/free sync it can do wonders, hopefully it works out for you. i think you helped convince me to buy it again, the story was pretty meh and hated the locked 30fps, but I agree the combat was fun and I think using a mouse/keyboard will help
GymWolf
Member
story was one of the higlights for me
unfrotunately i don't have a monitor\tv with g-sync
idrago01
Banned
maybe it gets better in the end, i only got through maybe 1/3 of the game than stopped but will give it another chancestory was one of the higlights for me
unfrotunately i don't have a monitor\tv with g-sync
Desaccorde
Member
These are the words of DF’s Alex and their review will be out today probably.
“I do not think it is reasonable to say this game is unportable - it was just not ported correctly. Late ports of other games which were console only do not have these issues. A gtx 1060 literally runs like the base ps4 in this game. This is just a terrible Port Job which can be evidence in other areas than performance: many features do not work, menu options do not work, settings do not work, etc. Everything is incompetent here and that probably applies to the usage of the PC APIs, memory Management, EVERYTHING. This game need more time to develop and more resoueces than what it got. It also probably need GG to work on it and not a secobdary Studio known for making unsatisfactory ports.
Like most things, this is a Management issue and priorities issue, not that it was such a unique and special snow fake ps4 Game. GG literally always had a PC version of their engine as they detailed to DF in 2017 - it needed updating and care to produce a viable PC version here and it was not given the proper update or care. / Alex”
“I do not think it is reasonable to say this game is unportable - it was just not ported correctly. Late ports of other games which were console only do not have these issues. A gtx 1060 literally runs like the base ps4 in this game. This is just a terrible Port Job which can be evidence in other areas than performance: many features do not work, menu options do not work, settings do not work, etc. Everything is incompetent here and that probably applies to the usage of the PC APIs, memory Management, EVERYTHING. This game need more time to develop and more resoueces than what it got. It also probably need GG to work on it and not a secobdary Studio known for making unsatisfactory ports.
Like most things, this is a Management issue and priorities issue, not that it was such a unique and special snow fake ps4 Game. GG literally always had a PC version of their engine as they detailed to DF in 2017 - it needed updating and care to produce a viable PC version here and it was not given the proper update or care. / Alex”
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TriSuit666
Banned
As said, it's worth it - also increases your max level cap, and provides some extra weapons and costumes, including a 'sexy' one you might have seen, which can be used in the standard quest line.
In addition, it alters some NPC interactions in the main quest if you've started the DLC but not finished the main story.
The Soundtrack is also separate and gorgeous.
idrago01
Banned
Those are some pretty damning statements, JFC wasn't expecting that in this day and age, it's been awhile since we had a totally broken port
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nowhat
Member
I'm sure all the issues will be rectified with some lighting tweaks.
GHG
Member
Take a shot every time he mentions Microsoft in the video.
In all seriousness though I hope the day 1 patch fixes a lot of this, if not I'm refunding and won't buy again until it's on sale.
Maybe should have got Death Stranding instead.
GymWolf
Member
yeah, the secret behind the apocalypse etc. are the strong points of the plot.
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nowhat
Member
Learning what "Zero Dawn" really is was one of the few "didn't see that coming"-moments with gaming in recent memory.
GymWolf
Member
yeah, a few moments in the plot are outstanding.
idrago01
Banned
True I forgot, DF's been compromised
, I'm still going to at least try it out, I want to see what crazy reshade presets people can come up with and how it feels at +60fps
idrago01
Banned
is it like blue pill/red pill from the matrix level of "I didn't see that coming"?
GymWolf
Member
why do you want any type of spoiler for something like this?
play the game and discover it by yourself.
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nowhat
Member
It's umm... I'll try to be very generic as not to spoil anything, but suddenly the world and everything about it makes sense, and not in the way you'd think (there's quite a bit of clever misdirection leading up to the reveal). I would have been perfectly satisfied with only "there are robot dinosaurs, just roll with it" - the fact that it's actually very well thought out was a pleasant surprise.
TriSuit666
Banned
Ignore me, I'm a grumpy arsehole today!
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idrago01
Banned
Good to hear, not many very well crafted science fiction stories out there nowadays especially when it comes to video games, will definitely play through it now
CrysisFreak
Banned
Ahahahahaha!
Dude are you serious?