New DX11 Unreal Engine Demo Reel Shows Off Amazing Next-Gen Visuals

DSOGaming writes: "Polycount's member '3dflasher' has created an amazing DX11 demo reel, showcasing what players can expect from the upcoming next-gen titles. According to 3dflasher, these scenes can run at 30fps on the comparable system cards of the new consoles - provided they are a bit more optimized. The end result is spectacular, so make sure to give this video a go!"

[Supermax]

Looks like infiltrator the new x1 exclusive.

[sorane]

PC is Epics lead platform these days. They also never even got the infiltrator demo working on consoles so what makes you think it'd be a xbox one exclusive?

[Eldyraen]

Just curious but where is the source about PC being lead platform these days? Not calling you out on it but just curious if true. I wouldn't mind as its my dominate platform but don't remember hearing about it. Also the last thing I've even seen or heard them working on for PC (or anywhere) is Fornite and its not been shown in way too long imo (and I'm tired of waiting as want to see more of it).

However I do agree that it seems unlikely it would be an X1 exclusive if Infiltrator is even more than just a demo.

I just hope whatever Epic makes next is great as love the way demos have been going and like vast majority of their games.

[sorane]

^^
http://www.rockpapershotgun...

Just one of the many sources from google on the matter. 5 new ips all with PC as the lead platform. They announced it about 2 years ago.

[starchild]

Yeah, if the Infiltrator demo does end up being a game I doubt that it will be exclusive to any platform.

Next gen visuals like these ARE coming.

[UltimateMaster]

Looks at the top:
Tags: PC/PS4/Unreal Engine 3/Xbox One
in that order.
Wow, PS4, huh.

[ShinMaster]

Unreal always looks similar to me.

Shiny or wet. Interiors are dark with blue lighting. Exteriors are brown.

I think they need a new artist.

[BitbyDeath]

This looks amazingly last gen, seriously is anyone impressed by this? The division is probably the best looking game so far imo

[JokesOnYou]

Honestly it looked good but I didn't see anything amazing about it.

[B-radical]

If your right then damnnnn but i dont think it will be an exclusive

[Skate-AK]

No. The Infiltrator demo was running on an i7 CPU, GTX 680 and 16GB of RAM. I don't think we will see it on Xbone or PS4 unless it is scaled back.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[slimeybrainboy]

You won't see that on PC unless it's scaled back. People act as if every PC is an i7 titan mega rig. They spared no expense in making it run on the best consumer avaliable pc possible because it's a tech demo. If this were a game it would be scaled down for i3's and 7700 series too.

[Qrphe]

Pretty much what slimey said. No developer on PC would be crazy enough to alienate 90% of the PC gaming market but developing a game to be exclusively played by a 680.

[starchild]

Yeah, guys, but by the time a game with the Infiltrator demo's graphics comes out, graphics cards equivalent to the GTX 680 will be midrange and many PC gamers will have them.

Besides, that is what graphics settings are for. People that have weaker PCs can turn down settings and still play the game.

So, no, there is no reason they would have to scale it back.

[Pain_Killer]

@Slimeyboy UE4 is optimized, there's a reason the demo does 60 FPS on that PC with max details as shown in the Infiltrator demo. Even Samaritian (UE3) and Elemental (UE4) delivered 60 FPS on the same hardware.

A user running a Core i3 + HD 7800/GTX660 setup can easily cope with the graphics UE4 has to offer. PC's offer users to configure graphic settings.

Let's suppose the Infiltrator demo which was maxed out on the PC is using 4x MSAA or 8x MSAA. You can tone it down to FXAA/TXAA, same level of detail with more performance.

[clouds5]

PC games are usually USER-scalable. All the devs have to do is give us options like texture resolution, effects and level of detail and stuff to make the game run faster. Theoretically they also could make a 30fps and 60fps mode for console games, one that looks worse but with 60fps and one that looks better but 30fps... But i guess that's already too complicated for most console users (trollololol :D )

Best example is skyrim, you can make it look like garbage and run it on a 10 year old machine or you put everything to max and install mods and make it look like next gen.

I usually don't care about extreme textures all that much but i can't stand jaggies.

[iloveallgames]

Crysis was released and it was basically unplayable on even the best hardware for the first year with everything turned on. Even then, it was quite a badge of honour to have a rig that could play it at high resolutions with all the settings cranked.

Check out this forum string!
http://hardforum.com/showth...

[papashango]

Crytek was crazy enough to do it.

Crysis 1 started off slow but ended up selling millions of copies in the end.

[awi5951]

@slimeybrainboy

And then a high res texture mod will come out and let people try to run it the way they wanted it to look. And my PC has had no problem running any of the extreme graphics mods that come out for games.

[trancefreak]

Good choice of music. And those graphics I'm ready for next gen either on my trusty PC still banging a I7 2600k and GTX 680.

Now release me that PS4 glory.

[Pain_Killer]

Your PC can easily do 1440P/60 FPS with every up-coming UE4 based game.

[dark_101]

@Pain_Killer

Im sure his GTX can do at more than 30-40FPS for the upcoming games running at 1080p maximum settings

And even if its not enough, he could easily sli another 680 and run the games at solid 30FPS 4K (If he's crazy)

[trancefreak]

Thanks for the replies guys. Ya I know what it can do with no disrespect to you guys, but I like gaming on both. This is kinda like comparing my Nvidia 8800GTX to the PS3 when it first came out in a sense. This console Gen will be a lot better tech wise IMO.

I am not even going to upgrade to Haswell my 2600k is OC'd depending on Summer or Winter @ 4.7ghz or 4.6Ghz and I have had it since it released. I know I am not using the PCIE buses full potential with the I7 2600k and a ASUS Sabertooth Z77 Tough Series, but I honestly can't tell the difference. Probably wait a few more years before I upgrade my PC.

A lot of games I play sometimes I will drop it into window mode 1600x900 on my ASUS VG278H 3d Vision because I prefer the game window smaller at times. Not always just sometimes. http://www.asus.com/Monitor...

PS4 games I will buy in abundance. I love console gaming and the exclusives that go with them.

Thanks 4 all the positive feedback and the replies.

[JsonHenry]

Yeah, this looks about what I would expect from a 7870 running on ~6gigs of total system ram. Take into account a lot of the better looking games will most likely be natively running at 720p and upscaled to 1080p and these visuals seems about on par with what you should expect.

Especially once they optimize for the hardware.

[Gamer1982]

I take away from this as much as I do from other news when I read that 30fps remark.. Seems most AAA titles will be 30fps nex gen to keep that 1080p with DX11. It does mean full 1080p gaming finally but 30fps shows just how not powerful these machines really are. The RAM is overkill for 1080p gaming and the GPU/CPU are just not good enough to hit steady 60fps on much more than driving games. However You do get great looking visuals like above.. I just think PC is the way to get as you will get 2-4 times the frames for not much more money.

[donman1]

That environment would be an excellent backdrop for the next Metroid Prime game on the Wii U. The atmospheric level design is just perfect.

Settle down guys... I never said the Wii U can pump out that level of graphics, just saying the level design would be perfect for that game.

[tuglu_pati]

I can't wait to see how Metroid for WiiU will look like. Im a huge fan of the franchise since the first Metroid on NES.

[USA007]

Definitely looks good

[LocutusEstBorg]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[RyuCloudStrife]

Ghosts looks better than that dude.

[kcuthbertson]

I've seriously given up respect for Direct X after seeing how good certain games look without it.

I remember getting windows 7 just for DX11 and then it just being a huge resource hog (tesselation mostly) and seeing games like The Witcher 2 using DX9 looking way better than anything using DX11.

[thezeldadoth]

maybe you should try more PC games on max settings.

[kcuthbertson]

I do game on max settings. I have dual GTX 580's. My opinion is obviously the minority and that's fine.

I was just trying to state that I feel like the biggest things they tried to hype up about DX11, ended up not really doing that much to improve visuals without causing a huge hit to graphics.

Now maybe the newer cards (600 and 700 series) are much better with tesselation and the like, but I know my card is brouhgt to its knees by it.

[pandehz]

Battlefied 3 and 4 dont even use DX 9. Dont tell me they dont look good.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Wait, you're complaining that tessellation and high end graphical effects are to resource heavy? lol that's such an oxymoron statement!

Witcher 2 looks good yeah. But, Metro and Crysis destroy it. Metro last light is absolutely insane maxed out and Crysis 3 in 3D maxed out blew my mind. Walking through the fields with the grass swaying was seriously so awesome.

Even BF3 is amazing looking!

[FlyingFoxy]

Crysis might look really good but look how crap their games run, i looked at recent benchmarks of Farcry 3 at 1080p and even a GTX 780 (practically a cheaper Titan) gets ALMOST 60fps (don't know if avg or max framerate) now that is really rediculous.

Mind that was at Ultra settings, and as i found out before Ultra barely looks any better than high settings on a lot of games, just makes the framerate go to crap.

But barely 60fps on such an expensive card, proves my point you always need a mid/high end card for 1080p on some games.. Developers are taking the piss with resources, you have to admit.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

yeah I can't really disagree with you there haha. But it seems that AA is the biggest culprit of resources. Some of those ultra settings do just massacre a PC anymore.

[starchild]

I'm sorry, but while I agree with you that The Witcher 2 is one of the best looking games around it doesn't mean that DirectX 11 doesn't impart certain benefits and efficiencies in terms of advanced graphical features and how much performance they demand.

[JsonHenry]

Go play Metro:2033, THEN go play Metro: Last Light. Both games blow Witcher 2 out of the water.

I would argue that Witcher doesn't look that great without Ubersampling on and THAT is a bigger resource hog than even tesselation.

[Kevlar009]

I cannot wait for a next-gen Bioshock. For being current gen Infinite was beatiful, can't wait to see how good the next one will look and feel

There is still a lot of room for graphical improvements, next gen certainly won't be the last

[Gamer1982]

Play Infinity on a PC then you get your wish..

[JsonHenry]

It was a very gorgeous game maxed out on PC.

[pyramidshead]

I agree with you definitely, but we won't be seeing a new bioshock for a long long while(I hope) if even at all. But we can only hope!

[Supermax]

Why so serious.

[the_hitman3000]

I just have to say it Next gen I honestly think is going to just flat out be so beautiful it's amazing how CGI IMO looks to be achieved this gen.

Also there will be a time where graphics no matter the system will look the same because of a graphical barrier will be reached and when it comes art style is going to be sweet.

I have to say I'm just glad to see a new gen of gaming and can't wait to see what new Ideas come out and so far they look good.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Wow. If we could have all the gameplay/action of today and play a game that looked IDENTICAL to that in-game not as a cut scene pre-rendered, that'd be so awesome!! That swamp with the moon would make for an epic Killzone setting.

[Eldyraen]

I got more of a Crysis vibe myself, but would be a cool setting no matter the game ;)

If only half the demos we've seen were turned into games :(

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

I know huh? That'd be really nice if that were the case! Why do I have 5 disagrees? lol if you think a PC game will look exactly like this demo than you're crazy! It looks like this because nothing is going on, just pretty locales!

[Trago1337]

Cool, now let's see some Next Gen GAMEPLAY.

[clouds5]

Open youtube and look for xbox 360 and ps3 gameplay. Why do you think anything will change?
If you care about gameplay you should go for Nintendo. Wii U and Wonderful 101 for example... I'm not a fanboy or anything (mainly PC gamer) but its just a fact.

[Gamer1982]

Lets be fair most gameplay especially for XBONE on youtube vids are not being played off the actual consoles..

[pennywhyz]

PC is Godlike.

[RyuCloudStrife]

PS4 is God.

[Izzy408]

It looks ok.

[theWB27]

Let me know the games you're playing that makes this look ....ok.

[user7402931]

looks alright

[Rodent85]

pc fanboy gonna hate this

[starchild]

Why would PC gamers (or even PC fanboys) hate this?

He said PS4 and XB1 could run this at 30fps, "provided they are a bit more optimized". PC gamers will be running visuals like these at 60fps, with the best anti-aliasing available, in stereoscopic 3d using the Oculus Rift.

I'm pretty sure PC gamers have nothing to hate.

[Sci0n]

Maybe because every PC fanboy won't be able to afford a PC gaming rig that can run this smoothly at Max settings. I have a gaming PC and I am currently playing BF3 and allot of my friends don't even have the money to upgrade there PC's to be able to run the game on Max settings. Not all PC gamers have the ideal ultimate gaming PC rig as a matter a fact most dont.

[Gamer1982]

Your insane right? The cost of say a XBONE over the 10 year lifecycle is £829 (10 years live and £429 for initial console) I just built a PC for £900 that plays Battlefield 3 at 120FPS so your argument is invalid really.. I could build a PC that plays it around 90FPS+ for £600 easy. Not to mention the savings on not replacing your console every 4-5 years and cheaper games for PC. PC is actually cheaper than consoles even high end rigs and pumps out way better visuals.

So if you can really afford an XBONE day 1 then you can afford a gaming PC. XBONE + 2 games and XBL = £589 RRP. LOGIC. A £600 PC would blow the XBONE and PS4 away..

[Hazmat13]

well see how games look next gen when we compare first wave to last wave of games (example Uncharted drakes fortune to Uncharted 3 or Last Of us.) any other way. prepare for a fantastic year of gaming!

[cunnilumpkin]

lol, last of us and uncharted 3 look worse than uncharted 2

the more they try to add, (3d, bigger areas, more ai etc) the graphics suffer.

if you had been gaming on pc for the last 5-8 years, you would think the last of us looks like crap

covered in jaggies, sub-hd with awful textures

I rented it, and thought it looked like how bad I remember psp games looking

last of us looks about as good as uncharted 1 with more jaggies

[GarrusVakarian]

Graphics, graphics, resolution, frames per second, graphics, graphics, textures, jaggies.

Is that all you PC players care about? Whats the point in playing games if all you care about are the numbers and the boring stuff? Seems to me alot of PC gamers are gaming for the wrong reasons.

The Last Of Us is 720p and 30 fps but is still one of the best games ive ever played and i doubt i would have loved it anymore than i already do if the resolution had a small bump. Get off your high horse.

[ziggurcat]

1. 720p is not sub-HD.

2. you need your eyes checked if you thought that TLoU looked worse than uncharted 1, and i have no idea where you're getting the "awful" textures from.

but i really don't expect anything less than this from a PC elitist troll.

[Nocando]

It looks nice, but (this is an honest question) why the frame rate jerk every time there is a panning shot in these demos? Or completed games for that matter? Its jarring, and its persistent in every game I have ever seen.

[MRMagoo123]

might be your screen or gpu ? i dunno

[FlyingFoxy]

Same, i always see that in videos.. YouTube is laggy as well, i've seen it on my desktop and laptop, always in panning or tilting shots and scrolling text etc..

Same in game if you look at a building and strafe, it will have this random jerk very slightly.

[corvusmd]

Why is PS4 tagged on this article if DX11 is a MS exclusive?

I know that as far as blu-ray players, months and months ago PS4 was rumored to be using DX 11 to help blu-ray functionality...but everything up to today still states that it will use open gl for games...so all the benefits of DX 11 shouldn't apply to PS4 games...unless Sony struck some backdoor deal with MS for the rights in exchange for blu-ray rights...but even then that doesn't make sense, cause DX is a MS thing....Sony is just PART of the blu-ray conglomerate. Even IF Sony uses DX 11, it's confirmed they will NOT be using 11.1 or 11.2 and that's where the real magic starts to happen.

[EXVirtual]

The API´s in the PS4 (GMN and GMNX) are compatible with OPEN GL.4 and DX11. And like DX11.2 (XB1 API) GMN and GMNX are superior to DX11.2.

[EXVirtual]

What am I saying. I meant DX11.1 that last sentence.

[SITH]

"Frostbite 3 Supports DirectX 11.1 API – Faster GPU/CPU Performance on PCs and Xbox. DICE confirms that the Frostbite 3 engine supports DirectX 11.1 API as revealed by DSOGaming."

“We use DX11.1, there are some optimizations in it (constant buffer offsets, dynamic buffers as SRVs) that we got in to the the API that improves CPU performance in our rendering when one runs with DX11.1. This will be in BF4.”
This means that PC and Xbox One versions of Battlefield 4 would be more optimized than PlayStation 4. There’s also a hint at AMD’s Next “Never Settle Bundle” featuring Battlefield 4 as a free title which is a good deal for AMD users."

Ok then EXVirtual. Can you explain dice saying anything remotely like this? They do not seem to be touting better anything because of GMN, and GMNX which honestly I have no idea what that is. But they sure are speaking highly of direct X 11.1. And everything I have seen, said the Ps4 uses openGL.

And my understanding corvusmd is, Direct X is tightly integrated with the Windows kernel. There will be no direct anything in the playstation 4. So yeah like you said, that is not happening.

[NarooN]

I dunno why people keep touting DX11 like it's some miracle API or anything. OpenGL can easily do just about anything DirectX/Direct3D can do (hence the title, it's an open standard).

Also, exactly what in the hell are GMN and GMNX? Never heard of those before.

[Gamer1982]

DX11.1 is interesting as it means it will run faster on AMD as Nvidia cards don't support DX11.1. This is great for consoles as they both support it even though PS4 runs through Linux rather than windows which is a hold back as you guessed it Linux doesn't have native support for DirectX. It doesn't need it though look last generation the xbox 360 supported DX but the PS3 didnt and games like METRO used it and that was on PS3 looking just as good..

[MRMagoo123]

lmfao you are clueless corvus hahahhahhahahah

[corvusmd]

Source? Not to mention, it was a question, not a statement, but thank you for throwing your fanboy card so early. DX IS a MS deal, I know that for certain...and other than fan postings, or postings that are really old...all current legit postings say PS4 will use an open GL. Other than that, DX 11.1 and 11.2 are flat out MS exclusives and have been stated as such (as far as consoles) and EVERYONE says that those are the best drivers out there at the moment. So please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm gonna need proof over a fanboy opinion. So far your level of maturity shows me you don't have anything.

[annus]

He is right. DX is MS only, it's one of the reasons most games aren't on Linux or Mac. PS3 and PS4 use OpenGL. Guess you are just one of those people who just use buzzwords though.

[urwifeminder]

Yeah looks great love me some DX11 games it looks amazing maxed on pc it gives ms a real edge imo.

[teo72]

Top end pc games like crysis 3 in 3d running on max settings is amazing, but for anyone doubting the ps4's capabilities; check out the Tom Clancy game THE DIVISON in the link below. This game is only for ps4 and xbox one. No PC version planned at this time...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Xtremist]

Not really impressed with pc graphics after 2006.
Besides Killzone:SF "futuristic city" gameplay looks alot more impressive and many times more complicated in terms of RT Rendering.
And like i said its real gameplay and not just a demo.

[christocolus]

nice graphics.. i guess the next gears will run on this new engine, since people can fly already hinted at a triology for the game and still exclusive to xbox...though ms and epic have a very strong relatonship i still feel infiltrator might go multiplatform .

[WitWolfy]

I think it will be exclusive.. I barely saw a multiplatform game from Epic this generation anyways..

[CRAIG667]

Gears of war is gonna look impressive next time around...

[Salooh]

Not sure about that , I really really loved the first one but after that i lost interests . It's like the situation with COD4 and the sequels . If you play Gears1/COD4 right now you still feel the greatness but the others feel meh . The last of us is taking the root of Gears1/COD4 , it's fun,challenging,simple,and focus in skills. While the others give you more variety but lose the spark of these games that makes you feel like you are surviving and feel great when you kill someone let a lone a group of people..

Same goes for killzone , KZ2 was awesome because the gameplay brought new interesting things , it gave me another feeling for shooters. But after that , it started to copy other games. I honestly can't judge the new game from the videos but the gameplay isn't that interesting to me like the graphics. When i think of what i would do to killzone i get better ideas to make it interesting . Nevertheless , Day one to me :P ..

[CRAIG667]

That's all a matter of opinion, and in my opinion Gears3 was by far the best, the horde mode was like crystal meth and the multiplayer in general was incredible, Judgement was an obvious sidestep but forgiveable as it wasn't handled by the same creators at Epic.

I fully expect that when Gears returns it will huge, and we may even see it on our PS4's too, although not highly likely.

[Jan55oni]

Nice visuals.

[windblowsagain]

Looks very nice.

There are many great looking titles, that look great in different ways.

I love the lighting fx in BF3 in the carpark underneath the building, wet floors, lighting, shoot the cars and the explosions kick ass.

KILLZONE SHADOWFALL also look fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Watch when he enters the building.

There are many great looking titles coming.

[Locknuts]

It's official: Diminishing returns baby! Hope they start using all that power for something more worthwhile now.

[mmj]

The next gen consoles don't even have DX11 GPU's, DirectX is merely a tool to make development easier any feature it adds is something the GPU has to begin with.

[mmj]

my bad it seems the new GPU's are DX11.

[jah-Fu]

MS confirmed DX11.2 will be exclusive to W8 and X0

[FlyingFoxy]

Would love to see a new Killing Floor with that engine.. oh man.

I am more looking forward to seeing Source 2 though, and what they do with L4D3, and HL3.. hopefully better physics and stuff as well as the graphics.

[JunioRS101]

I'm sick of these tech demo videos.

Yes, they look fantastic.

Yes, they display new features of graphics.

But it's difficult for the untrained eye to notice what exactly is new and what isn't.

It's hard to tell what will be implemented into games sooner rather than later.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

At this point I would rather see gameplay of stuff than tech engines. It isn't like, I don't know, Epic has a history of making games?

[QuantumWake]

You also have to note that this doesn't just power Epic's games. The Unreal Engine is used by hundreds of developers around the world and videos like these serve as a sales pitch to developers looking to utilize a third-party engine to create their game. Whether that would be an Indie game or big-budget AAA title.

Epic makes a living licensing their Unreal Engine. I agree that they should just release actual gameplay to show off these engines, but what can you do? lol

[get_real]

comin soon at a PC and not so very soon PS5 near you...

[pennywhyz]

Well said

[ichdich]

so why COD: Ghosts doesn't look like this if they call it NEXT GEN??

[kingduqc]

So the infiltrator demo cut with some ugly outside?

Meh.

[Jazz4108]

Dx11 is all ms. Why is this even listed under ps4? Sony does harware well and ms does software so dont try to sneak ps into a ms pc xboxone exclusive.

[50Terabytespersec]

Not too impressed lately with all the next gen stuff. This is not the leap in graphics as the PS3 was From PS2.

I was imagining a world of 8 or 16 core Cell processors level CPU's and a powerful Nvidia GPU with 400+ GBper sec bandwidth and a small SSD M2 level drive or USB Thunderbolt from Microsoft or Sony.
Had this happened We would see scenes with 1000's plus spectators rendered to HD and 50+ fully render cars on a highly detailed city streets alive with chatter and life airplanes ballons poeple taking photos rendered padock girls and umbrella girls . I am sure we might just get boring scenes once again in Race car games..
I hope not. But with 8GB of RAM this is great but can we run all this parallel code to breather life into games that previously were pretty dead..due to lack of memory and processing power.

[Sci0n]

Gamer82 over half the people that game on consoles trade in games acessories and consoles just to be able to buy and play new games and consoles. EVERY PC GAMER CANNOT AFFORD A ULTRA PC GAMING RIG NOR CAN EVERY CURRENT PC GAMER RUN EVERY PC GAME ON ULTRA SETTINGS WITHOUT IT BOGGING THE GAMES PERFORMANCE DOWN. You PC elitist kill me with all the fanboy rift raft always speaking of PC gaming as if every single PC gamer has a 600-900 dollar rig that can run every game on max settings. You talk to people and meet ppl overtime while gaming and I have friends on the PC and none of them are running BF3 on max settings. I spent 650 on my PC and on max settings for allot of the games I have I will notice the framerate and performance of some games bogginh down. My point is every PC GAMER DOESN'T OWN THE ULTIMATE UNTOUCHABLE BEASTLY GAMING RIG. You bring up console budget but leave out the trade in market that allot of console gamers utilise to stay up to date on gaming.

[FAT MAN GO BOOM]

I am sorry but I was expecting way more from the new unreal engine... i found it very underwhelming...

Just even the style it was shown... usually they have an awesome tech demo but this was found lacking... I think....