Death Stranding 2 shows improved detail and performance on PS5 Pro, but the PS5 holds up well in both Quality and Performance modes.
Here's a visual comparison of the portrayal of Norman Reedus in games across PlayStation console generations, including Death Stranding 2.
Why eve bother with that Survival Instinct or whatever that game is called. Looks more like Joel Edgerton there lol
Digital Foundry: John Linneman reviews Death Stranding 2 - how does the latest Kojima joint deliver in terms of tech, image quality, audio and performance?
I haven't seen any of the recent trailers since it's reveal years ago, but man, I just started playing and it's the first time my eyes were wide open and my jaw was agape, haven't had that since I started Demon's Souls at the PS5 launch. I'm just blown away by how amazing it looks on my 85" TV.
Decima Engine is just amazing, so versatile and in my opinion, the best Sony engine. Also, and imho its own upscaling method is far better and cleaner/sharper and with less artifacts than Sony's PSSR. Kojima's dev team are treating and working with the engine as if it were their own showing an incredible talent and in some cases even surpassing Guerilla's dev team. Jaw dropping.
Hahaha, you have been all over these Death Stranding 2 posts Lukasmain, you are super pumped for sure😆
As a fellow fan of the 1st game (with the plat to prove it) I am super excited too and it's great to see the sequel is so expansive.
Glad you are enjoying it so much squire, I'll be picking it up once I get back from a family trip next week.
Sorry lol, I'll be pulling back now. It's like I was hungry as fk for this game and now I've satiated myself with a few hours in playing. Now I can relax hahaha
I like these kind of interactions regarding games. All giddy and excited. But it only holds true for PS exclusives in N4G.
If somebody's excited for a non-PS exclusive here or rather an exclusive from the opposite camp, especially Green, it immediately gets frowned upon. I hate that notion here.
Games are games, let fans/gamers be excited about 'em.
Hate the corpo folks if you want.
Idk man expedition 33 is a very good contender. So far this, expedition33, and monster hunter wilds are the contenders.
We will see with ghost of yotei.
Decima engine at work. Horizon games look stellar too. Kojima and guerrilla games have been sharing information on how to improve the engine over the years. Next GG game will be stellar looking too
Kojima had visited all the 1st and 2nd party studios back in the day to select a engine and before leaving GG he was given engine code in a box and that's what he chose and they decided that in coming years they would share information to make improvements
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This looks incredible! And it runs at solid 60fps to boot. Decima blows UE5 out of the water.
No, it doesn´t. Guerrilla and Kojima made some serious improvements and DS2 does look amazing.
But it´s still PS4 tech in its the core.
Can´t match a true current gen engine like UE5 at all.
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@Obscure
Microsoft always likes to talk about their new tech, like its something revolutionary, and fanboys like you eat that shit up.
But in reality they are no better or worse than anyone else. I won't bother looking them up but i remember they had fancy terms for their SSD compression tech and their controller input lag tech. Idiots like you acted that they were more advanced than anyone else, but when they finally tested it against other consoles like the PS5, they turned out to be inferior.
So are you going to tell me that a game like Red Dead Redemption 2 is only using PS3 tech because Rockstar never really talks about using a new engine?
I don't blame Microsoft for always treating their fanbase like idiots. They always fall for it.
You know, software is modular right? Having a 5 at the end of the name doesn't have anything to do with the capability or quality of the software.
By far the best looking and most technically impressive game on consoles this gen has been HFW, and not only does it look great and have the best 3D audio it has the ability to do things like swim under the water while also being able to fly into the sky though fully simulated volumetric clouds. And has a draw distance that is is basically unlimited and rendered at extremely high quality and plays at a perfect 60 FPS.
UE5 factually can not in it's current state replicate what Decima did in that game. I can't wait to see what DS2 can do. That's the benefit of having a custom engine that you improve and modify over decades vs UE5 which still doesn't even have all it's promised features and needs to be a tool they can sell to as many people as possible and is simply designed as a tool to mass produce games.
Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 could share the same spotlight later this year, especially if both dominate key categories at The Game Awards.
Meanwhile Sandbox "hold my baguette"
I have no doubt Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 will be great games but they'll have to be something very special to top E33
E33 is a bit overrated. Great for the price but not as good as it’s hyped up to be imo
Still looks great on PS5. I just can’t bring myself to spend $699 for mid gen console. I’ll wait for PS6.
Its nice to have if you have the cash. But honestly I think these mid gen upgrades should be CPU focused. Going from 10 TF to 16 is here nor there. And PSSR could still offer improvments even without that. As the gen goes on those CPUs are so poor and struggle. For example we're likely only getting 30 fps on GTA6. If it was a CPU focused upgrade that wouldn't be the case.
Great looking game all around.
Love my Pro. My kids are more than happy with their PS5’s. Either way you can’t go wrong