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[balls of snow]

Nice downloading now.

 

[rofif]

I'll definitely revisit this game soon, I've been meaning to. It's cool how it's practically become some sort of underdog since its release.

Also thanks for the info tommib , I was really interested in [REDACTED] but was holding out for a bit. You made me not want to hold out much longer, lol.

 

[poppabk]

So the Pro does downsample from 8k that's interesting because when John asked the Sony rep they said it didn't

So upscale from 1440p to 8K then downsample to 4K?
Is that better than just upscaling to 4k?

 

[tommib]

I'll definitely revisit this game soon, I've been meaning to. It's cool how it's practically become some sort of underdog since its release.

Also thanks for the info tommib , I was really interested in [REDACTED] but was holding out for a bit. You made me not want to hold out much longer, lol.

If you’re into Returnal and Hades you’ll have a wonderful time. There’s a lot to discover in it.

 

[analog_future]

I really enjoyed this game and I'm bummed that it sold poorly. It's a 7/10 type game but I thought it was a very solid first effort for Striking Distance and they definitely deserve another go at it with a sequel. We could see an Assassin's Creed -> Assassin's Creed II type leap IMO.

 

[DeepEnigma]

We've been able to do 8K for years - why are we excited about it now?

No, you!

 

[Vick]

I was interested in this game before it came out, nut after release lost interest based somewhat on the reviews but mostly of reactions around here. Played it on PS+ and ended up really liking it, I mean its not a GOTY contender but it was a solid game. I would have get this on a sale if I had known it was this good.

Don't sleep on this if you have it on PS+. You may really like it.

Same situation here, but played for about 30 minutes via PS+ and didn't grab me.

Re-downloading right now because I'm too curious to see the improvements after the crazy comments I'm reading.. who knows, maybe this is what I'll play once I'm done with RE4R.

Wow this is a nice upgrade patch! Nice variety of options and really pushing the perf envelope on what is one of the best looking games of this generation thus far.

Worth reminding everyone that running this game at native 4K/60 with the full ray tracing enabled is only possible on an RTX 4090 (not even the RTX 4080 or the 7900XTX can do it). So to see an AMD driven console pushing what appears to be native 4K/40fps with ray tracing is super impressive! We're talking roughly the experience of a 4070TI/7900XT here:

BTW, this is not the first title that is optimized for AMD hardware and/or console to approach 7900 XT performance on the PRO. This seems to be a best case scenario

We don't know if it's truly native 4K at 60fps on Pro. But yes, it is impressive regardless.

 

[TehGoomba7s]

Not 100% certain but I'm pretty sure the dev on the purple forum that was taking about the pssr sdks being outdated, Callisto Protocol was one of the games he was working on with the updated SDK. So this bodes well for future games using the updated SDK compared to the ones with issues.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Ok! This is more like it! I could see this game looking amazing on Pro.

It does!

One of the best looking as I sit here and type and play!

 

[TGO]

8k with fucking Raytraying

Dropping down to 4K is actually noticeable too, damn
They also fixed the HDR.

 

[yogaflame]

This game is a clear message to the developers of SH2 Remake, Alan Wake 2 and Starwars Jedi on how to properly run games in ps5 pro.

 

[tommib]

8k with fucking Raytraying

Dropping down to 4K is actually noticeable too, damn
They also fixed the HDR.

And no gigantic black bars needed to minimize pixel rendering.

 

[Shane89]

8k with RT, this is impressive, holy ****.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

This game is a clear message to the developers of SH2 Remake, Alan Wake 2 and Starwars Jedi on how to properly run games in ps5 pro.

Exxxxactly. It shows that the hardware they were given is fantastic, you just have to use it properly!

 

[MaKTaiL]

Have your god damn 5$ back !

Now I need context to this image. WTF am I seeing?

 

[SunnySideGuy]

I've replayed this game 3 times and still think it's severely overly hated on. Really great horror game that looks INSANE on an OLED with HDR. The horde mode that was added as dlc is better than most games where that is a focus. It's so good haha

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

Wow this is a nice upgrade patch! Nice variety of options and really pushing the perf envelope on what is one of the best looking games of this generation thus far.

Worth reminding everyone that running this game at native 4K/60 with the full ray tracing enabled is only possible on an RTX 4090 (not even the RTX 4080 or the 7900XTX can do it). So to see an AMD driven console pushing what appears to be native 4K/40fps with ray tracing is super impressive! We're talking roughly the experience of a 4070TI/7900XT here:

BTW, this is not the first title that is optimized for AMD hardware and/or console to approach 7900 XT performance on the PRO. This seems to be a best case scenario

The results of this benchmark are misleading. Maybe that's how the game ran at launch, but when I played Callisto Protocol on my RTX4080S I saw between 50-90fps at 4K TAA native with max settings and full RT, and around 70-130fps at FSR2 quality.

 

[kevboard]

Wow this is a nice upgrade patch! Nice variety of options and really pushing the perf envelope on what is one of the best looking games of this generation thus far.

Worth reminding everyone that running this game at native 4K/60 with the full ray tracing enabled is only possible on an RTX 4090 (not even the RTX 4080 or the 7900XTX can do it). So to see an AMD driven console pushing what appears to be native 4K/40fps with ray tracing is super impressive! We're talking roughly the experience of a 4070TI/7900XT here:

BTW, this is not the first title that is optimized for AMD hardware and/or console to approach 7900 XT performance on the PRO. This seems to be a best case scenario

yeah... but this game doesn't run at max settings and it doesn't run at native 4k on PS5 Pro

 

[yogaflame]

Exxxxactly. It shows that the hardware they were given is fantastic, you just have to use it properly!

That is why as always, it is really up to the developers. I'm sure ps5 pro is a capable machine especially with PSSR machine learning capabilities which will continue to evolve, learn and receive updates as time passes. It is not really fair that some journalist and vloggers base there judgement with 2 or 4 games that runs bad in ps5 pro. And its not even two weeks since the ps5 pro was in the market.

 

[TGO]

Some more, this is why you buy a Pro.

 

[Zathalus]

This game is a clear message to the developers of SH2 Remake, Alan Wake 2 and Starwars Jedi on how to properly run games in ps5 pro.

The message appears to be don’t use PSSR? As it appears this game doesn’t use it.

 

[kevboard]

The message appears to be don’t use PSSR? As it appears this game doesn’t use it.

that seems to indeed be the way to go.

and all of these are Unreal Engine games as well. so maybe the current UE4/5 plugin for PSSR just doesn't work right

 

[DeepEnigma]

Some more, this is why you buy a Pro.

Defunct studio putting current ones on blast. UE4 engine at that.

 

[Gaiff]

The results of this benchmark are misleading. Maybe that's how the game ran at launch, but when I played Callisto Protocol on my RTX4080S I saw between 50-90fps at 4K native with max settings and full RT, and around 120fps at FSR2 quality (which in this game looks the same as native TAA to my eyes). It seems that the PS5Pro is running this game at half the frame rate of my 4080S.

Upscaling, dynamic res, and different settings.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

that seems to indeed be the way to go.

and all of these are Unreal Engine games as well. so maybe the current UE4/5 plugin for PSSR just doesn't work right

The way to go depends on the developer, there’s tons of great PSSR titles

 

[TGO]

Forgot how good this game looks, and the talent of the actors and line delivery is superb

The message appears to be don’t use PSSR? As it appears this game doesn’t use it.

That's shocking, what's it using then?

 

[Imtjnotu]

8k, find that hard to believe. Anyone know what the ps5 original was?

12k on the original. But because PSSR is so taxing they dropped it to 8k

 

[King Dazzar]

Superb update. I'm 3hrs in and its been a locked 60fps with no need for VRR. Excellent visuals. Great that the black level is fixed as the system level HDR is full on. I'm on a 3k nit display and this melts my eyeballs at times - in the nicest possible way.

Great stuff.

 

[Zathalus]

That's shocking, what's it using then?

Probably the original TAAU. The original Quality mode was 1440p-1728p upscaled to 4K via TAAU. The Pro with its 45% faster rendering and better RT can lift that significantly, even in the 40fps mode. A high resolution like that combined with a good TAAU implementation will look basically 4K.

This is just speculation on my part, it might be PSSR but I’m not seeing any mention of it, and the image in the 40fps mode looks similar to the original quality mode, if a touch sharper.

 

[Badlucktroll]

what the hell do i play 8k on

 

[proandrad]

If this game came out during the PS2 era it would have been a sales success. Metacritic has twisted gamers into thinking only games that score in the 8s or above at worth playing or buying.

 

[TGO]

what the hell do i play 8k on

It downsamples, so 4K but really fucking clean

 

[DeepEnigma]

what the hell do i play 8k on

Ask him below, deets for years.

We've been able to do 8K for years - why are we excited about it now?

 

[SlimySnake]

what the hell do i play 8k on

on your 4k tv. it will downsample resulting in an insanely crisp looking image on your 4k tv.

 

[kevboard]

That's shocking, what's it using then?

in the 8K mode they most certainly use TAAU since any other reconstruction method would probably absolutely tank performance.

in the other modes it could be TSR or FSR2. given that it is UE4, TSR is unlikely as only the very last few versions of UE4 supported TSR iirc.

so either TAAU across the board or FSR2 in the non-8K modes would be my guess.

 

[poppabk]

Ask him below, deets for years.

Sorry I was mistaken, thought they had been making 8K TV's for awhile now. Any word on when we can expect to be able to buy 8K TV's in stores?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sorry I was mistaken, thought they had been making 8K TV's for awhile now. Any word on when we can expect to be able to buy 8K TV's in stores?

You really need to work on your sarcasm detection filter.

2038 would be my best guess.

 

[Markio128]

I hadn’t played this before, but I remembered it was added as one of the PS+ games a while back, so I thought I’d give it a whirl on the Pro, and mercy me, it looks incredible!

I think it plays pretty well for a linear sci-fi horror title too. I’m just past the part where you get your first gun, and now I’m done for the night, but I’m keen to continue playing.

I’m pleasantly impressed.

 

[YCoCg]

Oh wow I forgot this game had kimiko in it.

 

[TGO]

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

I know the game is pretty linear, but if they can get a game that looks as good as Callisto Protocol to run at 8K and a decent framerate, that’s impressive.

 

[Vick]

Probably the original TAAU. The original Quality mode was 1440p-1728p upscaled to 4K via TAAU.

 

[Luipadre]

Stuck at work damnit. Im excited to check this out, looks insane

 

[Markio128]

The superb visuals give the game’s locations a real sense of place. That’s the one thing that stuck out for me as I was playing.

 

[Codes 208]

You can polish a turd

 

[MaKTaiL]

that seems to indeed be the way to go.

and all of these are Unreal Engine games as well. so maybe the current UE4/5 plugin for PSSR just doesn't work right

You might be on to something. PSSR isn't working well with Unreal Engine.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

This game is a clear message to the developers of SH2 Remake, Alan Wake 2 and Starwars Jedi on how to properly run games in ps5 pro.

Absolutely right. This is such a good example. Looks incredible.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

You might be on to something. PSSR isn't working well with Unreal Engine.

Not true

It’s excellent in stellar blade

 

[MaKTaiL]

Not true

It’s excellent in stellar blade

Ok, so PSSR isn't working correctly with bad devs.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

that seems to indeed be the way to go.

and all of these are Unreal Engine games as well. so maybe the current UE4/5 plugin for PSSR just doesn't work right

Correct, they are supposedly using an older version of PSSR, hence the results. Callisto proves that you can just keep it as an option, but exploit the Pro in other ways! You just have to know what you're doing. As is generally the case, which makes all the shots taken at the hardware even more laughable.