Hehe, yeah :)
I'm playing it right now, believe I'm almost done.
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VG247: Microsoft just low-key dropped the best-looking game on Xbox Series X [Gears 5 Hivebusters]
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I'm playing it right now, believe I'm almost done.
The thing is, this is how it looks if you have the TV setup. The image quality is very impressive in-game and cutscenes. No artifacting at all. It's seriously one of the best looking console games I've seen.I'm about halfway through the campaign and it's officially the best looking next-gen title I've played. Looks absolutely incredible. Some of the cleanest PQ I've ever seen, especially at 60fps.
Microsoft fucked up not promoting the hell out of this and making it ready for the Series X launch. This is a next-gen showcase title.
Yeah I can echo this. It's visuals, image quality and flawless performance that makes me think I'm playing on my RTX3080, not a console. It's pretty insane. The cutscenes too. And when you think these consoles have only released a month ago.. just imagine what's to come..
Native. Takes full advantage of XSX.
Well it pretty much is the PC version running at near 4K and 60fps, the Series X hardware on paper can do that if you looking at how it runs on similarly specced PC rigs. Except for the low FoV it's still stuck at though.
People have to keep one thing in mind though:
This game is barely scratching the surface of what the Series X or any next-gen console is truly capable of. This is a cross-gen game!
It's almost frigthening to think about Hellblade 2 gameplay, or heck Gears 6 running on UE5... I've been saying it for a long time now, but our minds will be blown away this generation.
This game is barely scratching the surface of what the Series X or any next-gen console is truly capable of. This is a cross-gen game!
It's almost frigthening to think about Hellblade 2 gameplay, or heck Gears 6 running on UE5... I've been saying it for a long time now, but our minds will be blown away this generation.
So I have not even come close to finishing main game. If I jump in this now will I have have missed anything?
No it's independeNt from the main game. No overlap as far as the story goes
I'm playing this right now and just like Gears 5 before, I'm still blown away at the fidelity I'm seeing running it at near max settings (4 global illumination ray count) 60 fps with dynamic 4k with a 1080 Ti. This same PC struggles with Cyberpunk with a mix of settings at 1440p and I think Gears still looks better while running significantly better too.
Was playing on my laptop with LG CX as monitor
Could only get 25ish FPS on Ultra @ 4k with tons of slowdowns so I had to lower it to high settings at 1440p where it runs about 60fps with lots of slowdowns =/
Wish I knew which setting to lower to get less slowdown, there are so many settings to adjust lol
I have a 2060 and i7
And the loading times really stand out after playing nothing but PS5 for a month lol, my PC games aren't on the SSD due to size
Could only get 25ish FPS on Ultra @ 4k with tons of slowdowns so I had to lower it to high settings at 1440p where it runs about 60fps with lots of slowdowns =/
Wish I knew which setting to lower to get less slowdown, there are so many settings to adjust lol
I have a 2060 and i7
And the loading times really stand out after playing nothing but PS5 for a month lol, my PC games aren't on the SSD due to size
Have you tried using dynamic res? Works fine for me and I honestly don't notice the res drops unless I actually go looking for it
The last boss was the best most impressive thing in the game I'd say.
Set a minimum and maximum framerate of 60 and let the game optimise resolution on the fly for you. This will get you a locked 60fps assuming your CPU is upto speed ("i7" means nothing but it isn't CPU demanding so you should be fine). If you feel this looks too soft you can always increase the sharpness slider but I doubt you'll notice the resolution drop in motion. The temporal reconstruction looks really good.
High feels like a good compromise for a 2060.
Try setting variable rate shading to balanced and disabling screen space global illumination, both should give you a good performance benefit.
I finished the campaign, the framerate mostly held at 60-80fps but went down to the teens every now and then, maybe it was the CPU throttling as the temp spiked up....it is a laptop after all so I know the GPU isn't the same as a desktop 2060
It still looked fantastic in 1440p with most things on high
Have they announced if more DLC campaign is coming?
I'd love to play out what happens after the cut scene.
Yea, I was surprised it ended there
I guess I can uninstall on PC and just re-download if they ever continue
Edit - I cleaned bunch of dust out of my laptop, I'm gonna try playing at the highest settings I can hit 60fps at and see if I get slowdowns
Edit 2 - Heh, can run it from my laptop to my TV at 4k 40ish FPS on mostly high settings, no more slowdowns and pretty much no CPU throttling, game really does look super impressive in 4k
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I just posted to say how awesome that lava effect is. 99% of devs would just make the lava generate AOE damage and maybe leave part of the ground hot. Coalition has it cool into pumice and stay there throughout the whole level.
They really are becoming one of those devs who fill the game with ridiculously granular little details that nobody would notice if you dind't have. Not to the level of Rocksteady, but they are getting there.
They really are becoming one of those devs who fill the game with ridiculously granular little details that nobody would notice if you dind't have. Not to the level of Rocksteady, but they are getting there.
Yeah, was going to say, the ending is literally
how every every escape match starts :P
No, there's no post credits stinger, you do get the new armour for Keegan, Mac and lahni.
