Resident Evil 8 Village - Maiden Demo - PS5 Performance Review

IGN: "Resident Evil 8 or Village as it's referred to by the developers released a PS5 demo called Maiden. This takes you through a dungeon, creepy mansion, and introduces us to Alcina Dimitrescu and the daughters. Here's our breakdown of what we think of the features the engine show off in Maiden and where it will likely adjust for the full release."

[rpvenom]

Curious to know if the dynamic 4k + RT + 60fps will hold in the full launch of the game. The Maiden had no combat scenes or demanding gameplay during my playthrough.. fingers crossed. I have to imagine it can since miles morales recently got a performance-RT update.

[Jin_Sakai]

When the bats are all over the screen in the demo it drops the framerate to 48fps. Outside scenes will be interesting. Game looks amazing though.

The only issue I have is with the controls. They feel too floaty. Especially with the game being 60fps.

[rpvenom]

Right?! I thought it was just me.. controls were not tight. Didn't like that.

[CaptainHenry916]

I agree with the controls. They have a few months to fix it

[Scapton]

All I had the same floaty control concerns - There's an option under controls to disable the accelerated camera. Makes the game far more playable!

[Jin_Sakai]

“There's an option under controls to disable the accelerated camera. Makes the game far more playable!“

Tried that and it barely made a difference.

[StoneyYoshi]

We'll thats the whole point for a dynamic resolution so the game can scale to keep the FPS high. Also Who knows how new this demo even is. And they also have until may to give this game more polish.

[lukasmain]

The stream guy said "what you see in the demo, you can expect in the game" basically thats what he said, not verbatim.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Most optimization happens towards the end of a project so the frame rate will be steadier at release. They still have 3.5 months left for optimization.

[Duke19]

Even with a few drops here or there - I still think its wild that consoles are able to support games with that level of graphic fidelity in 4k with RT, etc.

[Bluemaster77]

Not sure what you mean by graphical fidelity. Most of the scene is static and the texture resolution is horrendous.

[Duke19]

Even if its not the most graphically demanding game - id argue it looks pretty decent for a 4k title with RT this close to launch

[Binarycode]

I'm sure things will update from the demo, Dropped fps are due to GPU, Cpu cannot be doing much, a few bats in the scene is nothing. How old is the code?

It should be 60fps even if it is slightly under 4k.

That's the whole point of upscaling, The reason you have DLSS on nvidia cards. use it.

Heck hitman3 on seriesx is 40fps in quite a few places more then DF mentioned. It's drops frequently and has missing reflections etc.

[ApocalypseShadow]

It's....a....DEMO.

Are we really worried about performance? Or if it's a enjoyable demo?

[BenRC01]

That's why digital foundry is pure fanboy click bait. Stuff you'd never see pointed out to fuel Internet fires. Just enjoy.

[waverider]

The demo is amazing. Great job.

[kayoss]

I missed playing as leon kennedy, Claire, and Chris in the RE series.

[Kakashi Hatake]

The series would be boring if you only play as characters that's been there, done that. There's still for RE4 remake coming. Nothing wrong with a bit of variety.