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[Sosokrates]

This is odd, psychonauts 2 was a pretty popular and well received game, but DF have not done a stand alone technical analysis on this game!

And yet they have time to do videos like horizon zero dawn 60fps patch and death stranding ps5 edition, nothing wrong with doing analysis on upgrades of old games but its seems strange to prioritize those over a new full game thats on multiple platforms.

Please pester them on twitter about this. Thank you.

 

[ParaSeoul]

I would say something but you know.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Didn't only the Series consoles get the upgrades?

 

[Sosokrates]

Didn't only the Series consoles get the upgrades?

Ps5 is 1440p at 60fps, so it got a 60fps upgrade just not a resolution one.

 

[Sosokrates]

I would say something but you know.

I was thinking maybe they woke up with some fanboy passion, but they seem to really like the game (especially John) and its multiplatform, so It would be strange if there were biased reasons for not doing a vid on this game.

 

[22:22:22]

Maybe they have a life

 

[skit_data]

Good question, they just did one for Kena: Bridge of Spirits so one would assume they would do one for Psychonauts 2 as well.

 

[Punished Miku]

We're on our own people. We'll have to actually make up our own minds now.

God help us.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Ps5 is 1440p at 60fps, so it got a 60fps upgrade just not a resolution one.

So it's not comparable.
XSX wins

 

[elliot5]

John was gone on break when it came out and he said on DF direct he didn't have time to do it but got to enjoy it just by playing rather than trying to capture footage and data across 7 different platforms. They aren't making one as the show goes on

 

[Great Hair]

Game has no raytracing ... nothing to talk about it. apparently or maybe they did not get any code from MS

 

[Riky]

Probably because there is no native PS5 version to compare to.

PS5 gets the PS4 Pro version at 1440p 60fps

Series S gets 1680p at 60fps or 1080p at 120fps

Series X gets 4k at 60fps or 1440p at 120fps

Game is great and relies on great level design and gameplay so whatever you play on it's worth playing.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

The game literally had the marketing like it didnt exist.

 

[Umbasaborne]

“IT MUST BE BECAUSE THEY HATE XBOX REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

lol i think they are just busy

 

[Sosokrates]

We're on our own people. We'll have to actually make up our own minds now.

God help us.

It aint just about deciding which platform to get the game on, believe or not people are actually interested in the technology + methods used to create the visuals of a game.

 

[Sosokrates]

“IT MUST BE BECAUSE THEY HATE XBOX REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

lol i think they are just busy

Yeah, most likely, but imo its poor management prioritising 60fps upgrades for old games and directors cuts over new multiplatform games.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

It's a nice looking game but it's not a champion or new benchmark in graphics.

I like the look a lot but I wasn't exactly losing sleep over it nor am I in the mood for people's can of theories on why it hasn't been covered.

 

[Punished Miku]

It aint just about deciding which platform to get the game on, believe or not people are actually interested in the technology + methods used to create the visuals of a game.

Im just teasing you. The game is great and I'd watch a video on it.

 

[Sosokrates]

The game literally had the marketing like it didnt exist.

Must be your algorithms, ive seen about the same amount of marketing as deathloop and more then kena.

 

[Sosokrates]

Im just teasing you. The game is great and I'd watch a video on it.

Sure you are.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

They're too busy making two hour long retro videos.

 

[Sosokrates]

It's a nice looking game but it's not a champion or new benchmark in graphics.

I like the look a lot but I wasn't exactly losing sleep over it nor am I in the mood for people's can of theories on why it hasn't been covered.

Neither is Kena, or crash, or loadsa other games they have done analysis on.

 

[fatmarco]

Yeah, given some of the visuals and cool tech there is throughout the game I was really hoping for a high quality breakdown from DF.

I guess they've missed their window now, but I hope they could at least do an in depth comparison between 1 and 2 sometime soon.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Why do they need to?

It's not exactly pushing any technical boundaries...

 

[Andodalf]

Neither is Kena, or crash, or loadsa other games they have done analysis on.

Kena is using a lot of the most recent UE4 game features.

 

[ManaByte]

Series X gets 4k at 60fps or 1440p at 120fps

I did not know it had a 120fps option.

 

[Sosokrates]

Why do they need to?

It's not exactly pushing any technical
boundaries...

Lol, why do they need to..... Really, i mean why do any game?

As I just said they do plenty of games not pushing technical boundaries.

 

[Spukc]

We're on our own people. We'll have to actually make up our own minds now.

God help us.

can you please tell us if it's good then?

 

[MrFunSocks]

Because people won't watch it in any great numbers. It's a sequel to a niche game that bankrupted the publisher and sold terribly like 15 years ago.

 

[Sosokrates]

Kena is using a lot of the most recent UE4 game features.

So going by that logic, DF should not of done kena because returnal uses more advanced features of UE4.

 

[Sosokrates]

Because people won't watch it in any great numbers. It's a sequel to a niche game that bankrupted the publisher and sold terribly like 15 years ago.

And Kena or little nightmares 2 is really lighting the world on fire?

 

[Andodalf]

So going by that logic, DF should not of done kena because returnal uses more advanced features of UE4.

Doesn’t use SSGI

 

[lh032]

I come in peace.

Most of the time Digital Foundry only makes videos about games that were well marketed/ "well known" games among the gaming community. (i hope i use the correct wording here).

Perhaps is just me, but I don't see people discussing this game as much, even from other discussion platforms.

Psychonauts franchise is probably too niche for DF to make a video for it, its not as "popular" as you think.

Or maybe they keep it for next time in the future?

 

[MrFunSocks]

And Kena or little nightmares 2 is really lighting the world on fire?

Probably more than psychonauts. We all know why Kena is getting lots of coverage.

 

[Sosokrates]

Probably more than psychonauts. We all know why Kena is getting lots of coverage.

Why?
Psychonauts 2 had Kickstarter campaign, and is multiplatform.

Kena is just ps4, ps5.

I guess some people will try and make the narrative that kena is a bigger deal, but I would like to see receipts on that.

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's probably to do with the ps5 version not getting a native version. It would only be used by fans on both sides to do crazy attacks on twitter for a week when it's not a fair comparison.

 

[Sosokrates]

It's probably to do with the ps5 version not getting a native version. It would only be used by fans on both sides to do crazy attacks on twitter for a week when it's not a fair comparison.

It has happened before though where the ps5 version is limited to the pros res and the seriesx has the 1X's res.

I dont think DF really care if fanboys cry and argue. They probably laugh at them.

 

[MrFunSocks]

Why?
Psychonauts 2 had Kickstarter campaign, and is multiplatform.

Kena is just ps4, ps5.

I guess some people will try and make the narrative that kena is a bigger deal, but I would like to see receipts on that.

Kena is a bigger deal precisely because it's a Playstation exclusive. It's guaranteed to get more views because of console warring.

 

[lh032]

Kena is a bigger deal precisely because it's a Playstation exclusive. It's guaranteed to get more views because of console warring.

Not only that, its a new IP and its a beautiful/cute game made by a small team.

And it has alot of marketing when it first introduced.

Playstation userbase alone is enough for word of mouth.

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

Maybe they didn't feel they needed to when this exists:

 

[Sosokrates]

I agree that playstation fanbase will prop kena up. I dont know if thats the reason why DF choose to do kena and not Psychonauts.

Infact, I do know because DF have done games smaller then Psychonauts 2 in the past

 

[Sosokrates]

Maybe they didn't feel they needed to when this exists:

Nah, that channel has done loads of games that DF have also covered.

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

What do you want to know that isn't covered in that video?

Are you after information or console wars/validation?

 

[Plantoid]

Who cares? Game runs like butter.

 

[YCoCg]

They tackle whatever games they can. But I guess we're BACK to DF being Sony shills now? John has mentioned it a few times on his Twitter though, but I guess you don't follow that.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Who cares? Game runs like butter.

Runs like butter and is Glitch free. No bugs, crashes, or save issues. It was almost like how games should be in this day and age.

 

[Sosokrates]

Who cares? Game runs like butter.

Who cares if the game runs like butter?

 

[Plantoid]

Who cares if the game runs like butter?

Apparently you care.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

What's there to analyze? The game is no technical wonder. I played it briefly on PC with max settings, 4k, and the game ran fine, but it was not a looker. No fancy effects, high res textures, etc. to speak of.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Because John was on vacation when it came out. I don't think they're doing a video for it because he said he got to play it on his own without any content in mind.