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tell that to someone playing a Souls game or a competitive shooter.
It's a neat concept in theory. Basically it caps overall GPU load (I think around 95%) so that the GPU can hit optimal throughput at all times to avoid latency spikes that can occur when it's maxed out. Granted, God of War isn't exactly a game that requires that much precision and responsiveness but it's a nice feature in general
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I've never noticed a difference in any of the games I turned this on in, I turn it on honestly for the hell of it due to it being "technically" better and as far as I know performance free on my 2000 series.
Yeah I never noticed a difference with it or with low latency ultra either. Maybe i'm too slow to tell the difference, dunno
The attacks have an animation which easily tells you when you need to react, faster input adjustments just takes the second or consecutive attempts at dodging them. The REFLEX tag for this kind of game doesn't mean much actually, because its not an online shooter where you need to react in split second without any warning.
(From someone who has played Dark Souls 3 at Character Level 1 without weapon upgrades).
You can tell its old gen… the lighting isn't very good, a lot of the textures are blurry and the lod on things like the ground or things in the distance isn't very high. It still looks good, but it's obviously an old gen game to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You can tell its old gen? well it's a ps4 game, of course it's old gen.
i don't understand this post
Let's not miss the point.
There is clear and demonstrable value to being able to react quickly and not have input lag become consequential. Whether Souls-like (that is, a game that punishes misses on tight timings) or a fighting game or a competitive shooter, it has value.
I don't mean invaluable, what the tech wizardry is beyond a monitors and high frame rates.
Thanks, that explains it.
I think the point is just that graphics tech moves fast. What we all picture when we hear "dated" is different but I think it's interesting when you don't see a game that used to be top of the line for a while and then when you see it again you realize the bar has been raised faster than you thought
I think COD Vanguard was the first and perhaps only game I've played using Reflex, and the low latency was absolutely noticable and really quite stunning.
They're saying it's a game that was right up there with the best of its time not so long ago, but it already looks clear (as you agree right here) that it stems from last-gen. Trust me, it makes sense (i.e., art and rendering tech moves fast).
This is exactly what I did with this game XD
I'm not far from finishing this version I guess.
That comment was tongue in cheek.
But to make a real comment, showing off a guy dodging a really slow attack isn't super informative. I want actual info about the milliseconds shaved off of the input. It needs to be judged in the context of the overall input lag of whole system.
I'm sure it makes the game feel just a bit better, there's no reason not to use it. I just don't see it being all that helpful in a game designed on the PS4 with typical input lag scenarios in mind.
I imagine this won't be the only video demonstrating this. I imagine they have CSGo, Tekken, and similar in the pipeline.
It does look dated compared to some games released during 2020/2021. Which is pretty normal.
I feel like this game was never really a looker tho. The lighting, the green/yellow tint, lower rez textures... etc.
Benchmarks show that Reflex is pretty good at reducing your latency if you are GPU-bound, but provides very little benefit if you aren't.
The problem is that the games where you need that tiny reduction in latency all tend to run great already as they target low-end systems (e.g. Valorant, CS:GO, R6), and so it only really shines in games where the reduction in latency isn't really needed at all (e.g. God of War).
It's not completely just marketing hype, but it's pretty close.
The problem is that the games where you need that tiny reduction in latency all tend to run great already as they target low-end systems (e.g. Valorant, CS:GO, R6), and so it only really shines in games where the reduction in latency isn't really needed at all (e.g. God of War).
It's not completely just marketing hype, but it's pretty close.
Their CES presentation talked about wanting to expand it into new genres besides the like 10 fps games it's currently in and God of War is a big game coming soon to PC
Isn't it the other way around? You can already run games like Valorant and CS at 200fps+ easily, is Reflex going to reduce latency to a noticeable degree? Where as God of War will probably be very demanding if not for DLSS (or even with it) so any reduction in latency will help.
You will get greater reduction in latency, but my point is that this isn't something that is necessary for a game like God of War which was designed to run at 30fps for a casual audience on the PS4.
Forbidden West, the Ragnarok trailer… even things like Demons Souls Remake and Ratchet and Clank. The lighting, textures and lod on things look really last gen.
For anyone that complains about the lighting, the game has a weird bug / behaviour where sometimes it looks off lighting wise. The fix for that is to reload the save file or transition into an area with differently baked lighting to force a reload of the lighting state.
Playing it now on the PS5 and noticed that sometimes it looks off until I reload.
Looks pretty damn good otherwise!
Playing it now on the PS5 and noticed that sometimes it looks off until I reload.
Looks pretty damn good otherwise!