God of War Ragnarok Graphics Comparison: PS5 vs. PS4 vs. PS4 Pro

From IGN: "The long-awaited follow up to the stellar God of War (2018) is almost here, and there are a lot of ways to play the game. God of War Ragnarok will be launching simultaneously on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. So whether you're up to date with a PS5 and want to see how Sony Santa Monica has utilized that extra hardware, or if you're still rocking a base model PS4 or even a PS4 Pro, this video should give you an idea as to what you're visually in for. Make sure to sound off in the comments how you'll be enjoying God of War Ragnarok!All platforms captured were using version 1.003.000.God of War Ragnarok has a lot of different graphics options to choose from."

[z2g]

Kinda expected bigger differences on the ps5 version honestly. I mean it’s sharper, but kinda feels like that’s it. Makes me wish it was only a ps5 title so they could have pushed it more. Don’t get me wrong, it’s gorgeous, but the differences are small for a next gen console.

[Binarycode]

It is a PS4 game first and foremost. As was the previous one.

I think there's slightly more foliage in area's and obviously higher rez and framerate versions.

But if you think of say PC high and Ultra. There's actually not much difference, but performance can tank.

The biggest thing really for sometime has been raytracing. But it's not in every game.

[MrVux000]

''But if you think of say PC high and Ultra. There's actually not much difference, but performance can tank.''

This is exactly one of the most common misconceptions when it comes to graphics for a long time now (for better part of last decade).

A lot of people expect night and day differences when they go from High to Ultra in a lot of games (...) hell even the jump from Medium settings in a lot of games to Ultra can be proven quite marginal.

''The biggest thing really for sometime has been raytracing. But it's not in every game.''

Its really shame, despite being a cool feature in some games, in most cases its a performance killer.

[Outlawzz]

Hmmm now I'm curious how this would run on steamdeck. I guess we'll find out in a few years if they release it on PC. I'll eventually upgrade to ps5 so I'll play it on there.

[MrVux000]

I think it would run fine on steam deck (judging from initial impressions from GOW 2018).

Granted, it comes with lower resolution and its not as smooth as on consoles and desktop PC.

[darkrider]

The graphics are great. Don't see they can get much better without massive use of ray tracing. Something that maybe only on the ps6 pro will be possible.

[paddy95]

Hopefully a proper PS5 version will get made at some point.

[Ninver]

They should take a page out of naughty dogs book

[Crows90]

What? No..no they shouldn't kill Kratos with a golf club.

[Si-Fly]

It already runs at 30fps in quality mode dude, are you asking for an ultra quality mode at 15fps? 🤣

[GameBoyColor]

Graphics are whatever, don't care if it looks the same as the ps4 on my Sony Playstation 5. I'll still enjoy the hell out of it.

[Eidolon]

I would be very concerned and disappointed if that's what we get after the time in development and anticipation for even a cross-gen game from a hugely reputable developer. I would still play it but I would be considering waiting for an upgrade.. I put Last of Us 2 off so much because I didn't have a PS5 and the patch was still not confirmed to be coming any time soon, and finally just said fuck it, so I rented and playing on my PS4 Pro and enjoyed it immensely, patch came out the same out but didn't get the PS5 until half a year later... I regret nothing.

[ironmonkey]

Glad to see ps4 still being able to hit 1080p on a game like this what a machine it was and still is.