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[Digital Foundry] The Last Of Us Part 2 - PS4 Pro - Hands-On First Impressions

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The Last Of Us Part 2 - PS4 Pro - Hands-On First Impressions

There's only so much we can reveal in the here and now, but to get some idea of how we are getting on with The Last of Us Part 2, John Linneman and Rich Lead...
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chandoog said:
Written article is also up:

www.eurogamer.net

The Last of Us Part 2: hands-on with Naughty Dog's stunning farewell to PS4

The last big hurrah of the PlayStation 3 era, The Last of Us launched on June 14th, 2013 - five months before the arriv…
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edit oops, no DF in title, my bad. edit again, thanks mods!


-1440p. ND's own temporal AA is phenomenal. Image quality very good but not perfect
- performance is solid at 30fps, with few deviations, and actually improved overall compared to Uncharted 4's showing on PlayStation 4 Pro
-hardly any electric lights. most lighting is from natural sources
-very impressed with quality of screen spaced reflections. might have used boxed cubed maps
-using Motion Matching animation system (some evolved version)
-AI feels less dumb. Action of friendly NPCs are more believable, react to enemies more realistically. AI companion doesnt just run out in the open like previous.
-really likes the interface. clean and simple. more detail in the future full breakdown.
 
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The Last of Us Part II Preview Thread

https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/01/last-us-part-2-hands-preview-love-hate-seattle-12787736/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/games/reviews/playstation/152387-the-last-of-us-2-review https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/gaming/last-of-us-part-2-first-impressions-ellie-a4456301.html...
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The Last of Us Part II Preview Thread

https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/01/last-us-part-2-hands-preview-love-hate-seattle-12787736/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/games/reviews/playstation/152387-the-last-of-us-2-review https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/gaming/last-of-us-part-2-first-impressions-ellie-a4456301.html...
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DF usually get their own threads because what they analize is different from the other previews/reviews. Your point?
 
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I'm afraid of seeing the top comment, IDK why sometimes YouTube show it and sometimes you have to click to see any comment.
 
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So, they don't divulge the resolution? I'm not touching that video with a 10-foot pole, since I have been avoiding everything concerning this game. I am going in as dark as I possibly can.
 
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Great video and excited to see their full version. Also want to play through Uncharted 4 and Last of Us Part I again as I never did on Pro.
 
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Looks pretty good, although as John noted not amazing on first glance due the art direction not focussing on bringing out the eye candy that much. But I'm sure playing it and noticing all the little details will create a better impression.
 
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I don't get the "not amazing on first glance part". I was impressed from the start with the complete footage
 

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They should add a sharpness option like some of the games with TAA, I believe Doom has it? Even better if they can apply the AMD RIS/ new nvidia freestyle sharpening which works amazingly well with TAA blur. It's better than a typical sharpening filter. I pretty much leave it always on in my nvidia control panel. Everything just looks sharp.
 
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Rendering resolution on PlayStation 4 Pro is still 1440p, backed up by the firm's clean temporal anti-aliasing solution. Performance is solid at 30fps, with few deviations, and actually improved overall compared to Uncharted 4's showing on PlayStation 4 Pro. In terms of image quality and frame-rate, we don't anticipate many complaints.
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Despite the much larger scope and scale of the game, the general performance is *improved* over UC4.

Wow.
 
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They say that technically it's superb on PS4 Pro and hint that it's also a great game, but they can't talk about it yet.
 
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I hope they will have an upgrade update for the PS5 to allow RT instead of those shadow maps and SSR. While they are good they still have some jittering and flickering.
 
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Firefly said:
The scale is larger but Uncharted 4 is a very different kind of shooter. More explosions, particles and heavy action based compared to this game.
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TLoU 1 on PS3 had notably worse performance compared to Uncharted 2/3. I'm glad to see a similar turn of events isn't happening this time around.
 
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Fezan said:
Meh I can make such levels on Unreal Engine
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The materials on the water pipes looked great.

Edit: Light on the vent shafts is top as well. Not just a crappy texture like is usually the case.
 
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Wonder if Naughty Dogs HDR has evolved? Do they even support WCG even tho the game has a monochromatic look.
"hardly any electric lights. most lighting is from natural sources"
 
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Great to hear it's running well on the Pro but I'd really prefer and want to hear how performance is on the OG launch PS4.
 
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Basically the video was nothing new sorry DF.
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Embargoes are a hell of a drug.

If Eurogamer load up articles to their servers early you could probably find the full article on there.

But yeah.
From their earlier impressions to this one it seems ND has all but delivered on what they promised so there isnt much they can talk about.

If anything its basically just a confirmation that the game hasnt experienced a downgrade.

I still want to play with MotionMatching and thats all.
Give me a Sandbox mode to just mess about with the system.

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Great to hear it's running well on the Pro but I'd really prefer and want to hear how performance is on the OG launch PS4.
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1080p30 almost guaranteed.
Im guessing the embargo right now doesnt let them talk about base console performance since ND hasnt actually shown off any of the base console stuff yet.
 
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It's all about ps4 pro nowadays, i want to see how it look and run on OG PS4
 
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chandoog said:
Guessing this batch of previews is from a curated event. I don't think we'll get OG PS4 specific info until release.
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Embargo'd as fuck for sure.
Eurogamer is big enough im sure they actually have a copy or two in their offices and they just cant actually speak about stuff that ND themselves havent revealed.....and base console performance is something ND havent come out with yet.

A bunch of people have already completed retail builds of the game even surprisingly small outlets got copies.
 
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