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Resident Evil 2 Demo Impressions Thread [Demo Spoilers Only]
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When I click the demo on psn, it says content not available. Restarted the ps4 , have ps+, not sure what's going on
Honestly. I just blame the demo. I did notice it too. Final version hopefully works better.
It is "enhanced" but it is too blurry. Final version should look way better in Resolution Mode.
I downloaded it about 10 in the morning, fast, no problem.
Played it 3 times on 3 accounts. One more left for tomorrow.
Noticed the demo said I was offline on Japanese account, probably their downtime, later it let me play.
Btw. If anyone missed out like me - You can skip the cut scenes with options - square.
I didn't realise because ps1 cutscenes were unskipable originally. Facepalm.
In SDR there are three brightness setting that you can adjust, turning the middle one all the way down will get you perfect blacks, then adjust the final one so that you're not crushing any detail, doing so on my OLED gets perfect blacks. Sadly you can't adjust the minimum brightness setting in HDR so looks like I'll be sticking with SDR for now on with regards to Resident Evil 2. It's a shame that Capcom keeps on releasing washed out HDR games.
So you have to go against the brightness settings instructions?
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Wait... You can only play this demo once per account?
No, the second setting is you adjusting the minimum brightness and it suggests that you put it as low as possible while still just being able to see the patterns. The first is the maximum brightness and you should put that as high as you can while still just being able to see the patterns. The final is the setting that you should adjust to make sure that you're not crushing any detail. Sadly none of these options are available in HDR.
Yeah I followed these instructions and the blacks still look washed out as shit.
But that goes for performance mode too. It should look on par, or actually better than Pro. Which isn't there case here. Which is odd.
Ah yes, I didn't quit the demo when I turned HDR off in the Xbox settings, I multitasked that. So the game doesn't recognize that and still has the HDR option there.
I can't try it anymore though, demo is over.
Try putting the maximum brightness 5 up from the middle, the minimum darkness all the way down to zero, and then adjust the final setting so that you can clearly see the typewriter (or just leave it on default if you want a really dark image). Doing this should definitely fix your washed out blacks.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/883710?snr=2_9_100006_100202_apphubheader
If you use the "Max" graphics preset or set options to a value that your PC spec does not support, you may encounter bugs. If this happens, please select the "Recommended" graphics preset.
If cutscenes stutter or if your display flickers, set HDR Mode to Off.
In other news, we are happy to announce that both the demo and full game supports 21:9 aspect ratio ultra wide monitors.
If you use the "Max" graphics preset or set options to a value that your PC spec does not support, you may encounter bugs. If this happens, please select the "Recommended" graphics preset.
If cutscenes stutter or if your display flickers, set HDR Mode to Off.
In other news, we are happy to announce that both the demo and full game supports 21:9 aspect ratio ultra wide monitors.
I will try when I get the game.
I've used my demo ration :(
I guess I could get it on my Pro lol
21:9 support is enough to swing me back to PC from the One X. Awesome.
I have a Pro and an X and one thing I noticed with this game and Red Dead Redemption 2 (both having a rather disappointing HDR implementation) is that on the Pro it allows me to turn off the HDR in-game so that I don't have to use the console menu. Microsoft must have some type of regulation or something not allowing developers to have an in-game HDR setting. I haven't played a single Xbox game that has allowed me to turn off HDR from the in-game menu.
Remember that you're playing it on an X. OG XB1 and S drop to their 40s, PS4 bade down to 50s, while the X of course runs the 900p with fairly little issues at 60.
Very strange not to have an enhanced demo though.
Thanks, no need to tease myself with a demo that'll only make the wait harder then.
The size of the demo, the date of the build and the release on PC all point to this being old and separated from the main game in terms of the source code since going by how DMCV demo is not going to come out on pc, I think capcom doesn't fear datamining from this, so I guess there's nothing to datamine that you can't find just by playing the demo.
I'd imagine you're correct because the SSR reflections that are completely broken match the E3 footage IIRC.
It starts as soon as you have control of Leon, though pausing the game or going in inventory (not 100% sure on this) will stop timer.
When you first start moving afaik. BTW when you pause the game it stops the timer. The time left is showed on pause screen in upper right side.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/883710/announcements/detail/3542545213407868768
21:9 support for PC Version confirmed (RE7 didn't have it)
21:9 support for PC Version confirmed (RE7 didn't have it)
Yes, why the fuck is this not on US PSN yet. I stayed up till 1am last night hoping they would put it up after midnight and its STILL not up. Damn you grace chen time!
Final version will be X enhanced, it's on the list: https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/xbox-one/xbox-one-x-enhanced-list