Returnal PC - DF Tech Review - Optimised Settings, PS5 vs PC Comparisons + More

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Join Alex Battaglia for a deep dive into the fascinating PC port of the PlayStation 5 masterpiece, Returnal. This is a PC version with so much to commend it, including enhanced RT features, big boosts to image quality and one of the best settings screens and benchmarks we've ever seen. It's a patch or two from greatness - but unless you have a high-end CPU, we can't recommend it for everyone in its current state.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 Settings Menu, Shader Pre-Compilation and Ultrawide Support
00:05:26 What are the big improvements over PS5?
00:10:10 Sundry Improvements over PS5 and Optimised Settings
00:18:15 Ray Traced Audio Tests
00:20:24 Stuttering in Returnal on PC - How and Why
00:24:51 Conclusion

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26 июн 2024

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@scottj10 Год назад

The settings menu in this game made the PC gamer in me happy.

@Mark-mu4pj Год назад

Agree they are really good.

@Chitown-zf4gs Год назад

Maaaaaan a options menu like this makes me miss hearing totalbiscuit’s analysis

@Mene0 Год назад

@@Chitown-zf4gs oh man, I thought about him too. He sure is missed

@nisnast Год назад

when i saw that settings menu, i knew alex would be happy

@LuizFernando-li1du Год назад

To think that this game was a PS5 exclusive published by Sony and yet it has better PC settings than many third-party games...

@ApexLodestar Год назад

You know you did the graphical options tab right when you got Alex saying "This is some next-level sh*t!" 👏🏼

@LuckyX2 Год назад

FYI from today's patch notes: "We’re already hard at work on the next patch which will include performance improvements and a fix to correctly display at 3840x1600 resolution." So it looks like the 21:10 issue you pointed out will be fixed shortly

@jebril Год назад

Awesome! Great to know

@wtf17727 Год назад

Current state of the game is such a shame. I usually have ~100 fps with DLSS Quality and everything maxed but without raytracing in WQHD but the game has a ton of stutters and weirdly every now and then drops to ~15 fps for like 10 seconds.

@frankylampard3931 Год назад

They need to fix the stutters they are ruining this excellent game. They arent fps drops they are just horrific stutters.

@ut8072 Год назад

@@frankylampard3931 a heads up but a ssd or 16gb of ram is needed for this game. it was designed around the one in the PS5. so aim for 5.5gb/s if u can itll help bro.

@0815- Год назад

I had a lot of fun with God of War, Horizon, Demons Souls, GT7...... but my best PS5 experience is still Returnal. A perfect symbiosis of gameplay sound and visualization. Hopefully it gets the attention and recognition it deserves on PC too

@Guil_P Год назад

Definitely the best exclusive on ps5. I'm glad more people get to play it now, it's so worth it!

@ReckluseMusic Год назад

Agree

@FutureAlien Год назад

Yes indeed! In a sea of mostly-identical genre games, Returnal looks, sounds and (most importantly) plays like nothing else.

@R3TR0J4N Год назад

it already was, even before it was released in PC since its a roguelite genre, genre well known for PC. not like the PS playerbase forced the dev to change the game's visions.

@R3TR0J4N Год назад

@@Guil_P in retrospect it is cus it was it's only, also a new experience😁

@BespokeTech Год назад

I really appreciate the focus on the 2060 super as the GPU target when looking at performance and settings. Given most people are on budget systems, and the fact that the impact scales to higher GPUs, I feel like this is a great way to benefit the most people. Great video.

@Eramy_shorts Год назад

And its clearly the gpu pf the ps5

@Phreaksy Год назад

@@Eramy_shorts Since the PS5 has been out for a while now and there's been plenty of comparisons (though it's an AMD card), the Nvidia equivalent is more somewhere between 2070 and 2080 Super. Leaning more to 2080 side for the Rasterization performance and the fact games are better able to be optimized and developed for the single system config compared to 10 billion+ possible configurations for PC. They just need to improve their raytracing and FSR features to better close the gap with PC

@Eramy_shorts Год назад

@@Phreaksy well even if its more close to an rtx 3060 there is still nvidia better features that's makes her lower (ray tracing dlss)that's why i think she is more like an 2060 super if the game support rt and dlss wich is support for pretty much all next gen games

@chrisbullock6477 Год назад

One of the better Benchmarks in games right now. It is actually showing metrics per game affects that is being rendered in realtime.

@Schizm1 Год назад

I love this game so much! Gameplay driven experience, fantastic combat, moody atmosphere. Housemarque is one of the most underrated studios IMO. Alienation and Nex Machina are still one of my favorites of theirs.

@philth7587 Год назад

I enjoyed almost everything on PS5, but the story disappointed. Great gameplay though. Not quite as repayable as something like Hades due to the length though.

@robertr.1879 Год назад

Cool, I didn't realize it was the same studio that developed Nex Machina (Robotron / Smash T.V. inspired shooter).

@ThomasVvV Год назад

Underrated for a reason, the game is pretty but games like Hades and Dead Cells are way better in all other aspects and cost $20 and not $80.

@Schizm1 Год назад

@@ThomasVvV Firstly - I said studio is underrated. Not that any specific game is underrated. Secondly - All previous games of Housemarque were also around 20/30USD on release and finally... Here Returnal on PC costs 40EUR so I have no idea where you live that you have to pay 80USD for it... And finally... It's YOUR opinion mate. Hades is fantastic but I coudn't stand Dead Cells (not saying it's a bad game - It's just totally not for me)

@divinitymode9364 Год назад

@@ThomasVvV says the internet rando who’s clearly never played the game. 🤡

@bran_donk Год назад

I've only had time for a single play session of Returnal so far. I was surprised when the game booted up to be greeted by one of the best system onboarding experiences I have ever had on a PC port. Where most games would have me pause and interrupt the beginning to tweak settings or go in blind, Returnal gave me the opportunity to configure the game and test it against a fantastic benchmark with impressive diagnostic tools. I felt like I was in good hands so much so that it stood out in my mind. And as Alex points out, Returnal takes the time to have in-game settings update live, which is very nice (and should be standard). Sure, I soon encountered some mildly annoying stutter. But in the current field of games, Returnal feels well seated in a short list of exemplars for handling settings and settings-onboarding. It feels a little off to be rewarded for that effort with a "good but not great" intro/thumbnail and "wait until patch" verdict, but I see why. And at least in the meat of the video kudos were given.

@snchez2106 Год назад

PC gamers hate themselves at this point and they have no standards. "Sure, I soon encountered some mildly annoying stutter." Literally pathetic, accepting stutter and trying to normalize it in your games is just schizophrenic.

@ElectricAlien577 Год назад

@@snchez2106 I agree that we should be pushing back harder on devs that release games with stutter like that, but thats not what schizophrenic means, bro. Also, not worth calling people pathetic over.

@SonicMastr500s Год назад

RT audio is pretty cool. I'd like something like that in VR for sure

Год назад

any one remember , wasn't this done on the og hexen or quake or something. way back no idea how

@JFinns Год назад

Yea DF didn't give this setting the credit it deserves at 18:14. The PS5 gets this at no fps cost thanks to its Tempest 3D audio chip. Using headphones, everyone that's heard it knows it sounds amazing. Demon's Souls Remake is another shining example of this. Highly recommend with headphones, but not well described by DF here playing on little speakers on a RU-vid video. It's an amazing feature at times.

@jeremyf1901 Год назад

I would love to see games add a Digital Foundry QC in their promotional material. I feel likes games would sell if it was known Alex approved the quality of the PC version.

@TheDarksideFNothing Год назад

I mean maybe... A little over a million subs to DF and blockbuster games sell many tens of millions of copies. I think most people won't know what the badge means, and anyone who cares about DFs opinion will have watched the video for it. If anything I think it would be more of a promo for DF than the other way around. I know I definitely lend a lot of credence to DF review of games and have certainly used their reviews to inform purchasing decisions. They are an incredibly valuable entity in the gaming community. I would (and do) personally ascribe good value to a DF "seal of approval," but I don't know if there would be real value to an actual stamp on the game's promo material. Plus it would be difficult to set thresholds for an official pass/fail system versus them just informally stating it in a video.

@dumdum93 Год назад

Yeah like the Official Nintendo Seal

@alanlee67 Год назад

I could see df quotes on the back of the box for goty editions but nobody buys boxes anymore

@2ndAmendmenttime Год назад

Accept rhe guy is too scared too do Hogwarts Legacy , but whatever these guys know how too go too deepdive into the tech used in gaming.

@FutureAlien Год назад

It could look like one of Alex's shrines around the boxart.

@TheDudeson Год назад

There's already a new patch that specifically mentions the "Epic" particle grass draw in. So refreshing to see a dev jumping on issues this fast!

@ZenzDeluxe Год назад

Agreed, but i hope they don't take too long on the stutter fix. Having a high end system and still having stutters on a game like this is very frustrating. Luckily we're not exactly short on other games to play this month lol.

@MrInuhanyou123 Год назад

I wonder if housemarque would go back and take out their old upscaling solution on PS5 in favor of FSR2. Might significantly help image quality

@mindrover777 Год назад

Will that work on PC 🤔

@maxminy5634 Год назад

Pc has an fsr2.0 option. I would like to see it updated for the ps5 too. TAAU on UE4 is very basic. I don’t blame house marque though. This was their first go at a AAA game. Still looks and runs great on ps5, but future titles should see much improvement after they learn the hardware and now that they’re first party.

@bigbro890 Год назад

Never in my playthrough on ps5 was I thinking about image quality. It's one of those games that would look just as good to your brain in 480p

@TexelGuy Год назад

@@wizzenberry That's actually how all upscaling (ideally) works. It's why a 1080p image upscaled to 4K for example (Using DLSS, FSR2, TAAU, etc) is not exactly going to perform like a straight native 1080p image. Upscaling when done right should actually perform a bit worse than the internal resolution. Not every game does that correctly though. Dead Space Remake didn't use a correctly tuned negative LOD bias for textures when upscaling, for example.

@pipgoesthepossum Год назад

That or TSR would both be a big improvement likely. I'd wish they'd fix VRR on PS5 too. It was enabled at launch, but they disabled it with a patch for some reason, and it's a game that would benefit from it greatly.

@tumtumtumtum Год назад

Thank you for pointing out the 21x10 aspect ratio behavior. I really appreciate how in depth your PC analysis video are!

@GamingCentral3000 Год назад

Looks like there's now a new Feb 17, 2023 Returnal patch that has this fix: "Fix for certain Ultrawide monitor setups not being detected in Full Screen", I wonder if that addresses the issue.

@guillermopaolini9895 Год назад

17:57 Optimised settings

@sidneysims1521 Год назад

This game is amazing for Ultrawide, I really hope developers begin doing this more because having Ultrawide specific options isn’t something I’ve experienced before lol I hope they smooth out the stutter but regardless the game looks crazy in 32:9

@mindrover777 Год назад

You play on the G9? How is the fps

@Macktheclipper Год назад

Horizon Zero Dawn also has Ultrawide specific settings like blurred sides to cutscenes. Another Sony port that I really like

@ms3862 Год назад

I'll be playing at 3440x1440 175h on an OLED :)

@aliasmurder Год назад

Can confirm it does look amazing. Very happy and luckily didn't have stutter issues with this one unlike dead space remake.

@TerraWare Год назад

I grabbed the 34" Alienwere qd oled monitor last night it looks awesome on it.

@CasualGamers Год назад

Great job! Thanks Alex!

@grander14 Год назад

@digitalfoundry What's with there being no coverage on Hogwarts Legacy?

@opossumoutlaw7534 Год назад

The way the narrative was delivered in this game hooked me more than I thought it would. Quite the game, hope it gains more traction now that it's available to more people.

@FeralGinger Год назад

Glad to see this! It's a shame people are getting hit by the stutter but the benchmark tool is EXCELLENT. This was my favourite game of the year for 2021 and honestly one of the best games I've ever played, feels GREAT to have it on PC!

@kcmsterpce Год назад

Once again, a wonderful overview. Thank you for the hard work!

@tim_despair 10 месяцев назад

stutters remained and they are HUGE, it's August 31st 2023, no patch, just abandoned the game

@Gambit_21 Год назад

Where is the hogwart legacy optimisation df

@JosephDavilaD Год назад

Great work as always!

@zanderman2009 Год назад

felt like a proper, in-depth PC tweak video, what I would expect from DF, AWESOME VIDEO

@samray3461 Год назад

Phenomenal game. A rare instance of a Developer prioritizing gameplay and fun over elaborate cutscenes.

@steel5897 Год назад

That's only rare in the western AAA industry. Check out indie games as well as Japanese developed games, including but not limited to From Software.

@samray3461 Год назад

@@steel5897agreed. I'm all about that.

@itsaUSBline Год назад

@@steel5897 That really depends on the specific games in question. The Yakuza series I would argue is one of the most quintessentially Japanese franchises, and they're very heavy on elaborate cutscenes and traditional video game storytelling.

@ni9274 Год назад

@@steel5897 Japanese video games ? Their AAA industry is as bad as western AAA industry. Square Enix is a good exemple. Separating Western devs and Japanese devs like it’s two totally opposite entities is dumb.

@existentialselkath1264 Год назад

looks great. Don't understand the water though. is it really substantially harder to make it transparent relative to the fresnel (view angle) of the surface? it ends up looking like the metal from terminator 2, not water

@IIISentorIII Год назад

No spoilers. Absolutely amazing game and soundtrack. I played this game when it came out and finished one or two weeks later. The Biomes (levels) are amazing and breathtaking, the soundtrack and enemy design jawtroping. The story is actually crazy and sad at the same time. But you have to put it together yourself and probably only 10% of the player can do. But it doesn't matter, the gameplay is so amazing and unique that even without understanding the why and how the game is a 10/10 I had runs in this game over 3 Biomes long without even getting hit a single time including the Boss fights and with 3 extralifes But it took me a week to even overcome the first one. The feeling of beating the first Biome and entering the 2nd one for the first time is why we play games 🙂

@NameName-ll2yx Год назад

For some. I got bored pretty quick of the grind despite beating the first boss within 5? hours or so. Gets really repetitive with the deaths and lack of story or exploration. Never finished biome 2. Lucky it was on PS Plus so didn’t waste money on it

@trustypatches5244 Год назад

@@NameName-ll2yx Sure it’s not for everyone. I would give another go if I were you. Story can be ambiguous, but I guess that’s what made it so interesting to me. Something important that I learned is that there’s no need to really grind that much once you get past a biome. If you use the shortcuts to the next biome there should be a blue proficiency upgrade at the start of each subsequent biome basically making it so that you don’t realllly need to complete it over and over agin. And after that all you need to do is loot from the chests and get a better gun. One of my favorite games of all time.

@matuzaato Год назад

Great video, really quick too!

@iamdopeasfcuk Год назад

this game is awesome! as a pc gamer, i was conflicted if i should use mouse and kb, but man, the dual sense controller feels amazing in this game. the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers add another dimension to where i think it's actually better than the accuracy you would get using mouse and kb. just immerse yourself in the game, it's great!

@ThatGamingGuyfromthe70s Год назад

Great video. Whilst a decent enough release I will wait for patches to clean up the stutters. This is my most wanted game this year and I'm happy to wait for the best possible experience, hopefully Housemarque can deliver.

@SoloPlayerSama Год назад

Its worth the wait, incredible game

@spoonermcgee Год назад

Amazing game, please give it a shot after a few months of patches. If it even slightly interests you then when you play it, you'll be sucked in :-)

@ThatGamingGuyfromthe70s Год назад

@@spoonermcgee I will definitely be buying the game once its patched up. I really enjoyed Nex Machina on PS4 and whilst Returnal is very different it carries over quite a few of the gameplay mechanics and bullet hell arcade gameplay i love.

@KajahaX Год назад

Great video as always!

@carlosnascimento9269 Год назад

Damn, Alex, this is excellent work. Great job.

@spoonherr Год назад

Hogwarts Legacy on PC is going to give Alex a stroke

@mikem2253 Год назад

My first and only rogue type game I have ever finished. Such a great experience. While the PC version looks great, I still think the PS5 version looks really good.

@mindrover777 Год назад

You finished it? Wow..how so fast

@LN.2233 Год назад

@@mindrover777 Roguelites aren't long. Returnal is longer than most, but when you've gotten things down and find the good stuff it takes just a few hours to beat.

@mikem2253 Год назад

@@mindrover777 Have it on PS5.

@ninjatogo Год назад

@@LN.2233 It can take quite a bit longer if you plan to get to the true ending though

@--isaac Год назад

Try Inscryption!!

@mechanicalmonk2020 Год назад

I turned up volume on my headphones for the RT audio test. It's so good!!!

@tma78 Год назад

thank you for the 4K vids!

@DubElementMusic Год назад

awesome tech review ! the only thing i really dont like is the draw distance of some objects, thats just way too close.

@StuartHart Год назад

Amazing video for an excellent game. Looks like Housemarque have really knocked it out the park! I can't wait to see what they do next in future.

@Decenium Год назад

omg THANK YOU FOR ADRESSING THE AUDIO, keep it up pls, audio needs more attention

@ZackZavage Год назад

Thank you very much for this review. The optimised settings helped a lot.

@hdtv00 Год назад

Had been waiting for this, man I'll have to wait to double dip on something I already beat on my ps5. But if they fix all these issues I'm in for sure. This is hands down the first game I played I felt like it was a Next Generation experience.

@Luke-fx9gw Год назад

The eternal stutter struggle continues

@AlmostLikeHuman Год назад

You know what else is an excellent benchmark that others should strive to emulate? Alex's tech reviews. The amount of work put into optimizing settings, image comparison and even testing games with completely different PCs is amazing, all packaged nicely into a well-presented video that's not too long. Just superb quality content.

@GloriousStone Год назад

Great job as usual alex.

@Massproduce201 Год назад

One of my favorite games of all time all gameplay with little filler 💯 🔥 🔥 🔥

@SuperemeRed Год назад

One of the most addictive game play and controls I've experienced. With a great atmosphere and audioscape. Love i!.

@bdre5555 Год назад

When are you guys doing the Hogwarts Legacy analysis? That's the only one that I and many others really care about seeing.

@toddsmith1083 Год назад

Amazing video, thanks!!

@Saturn2888 Год назад

Props for the FOV + Ultrawide resolution side-by-side (top-and-bottom). I'd like to see this in more videos including super ultrawide!

@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY Год назад

Great job as always Alex! Amazing how stuttering is just part of PC gaming now. I have a 4090 and that still doesn't change.

@lilytheghost7608 Год назад

It’s awful. Gaming is going down the pooper last few years.

@richardhunter9779 Год назад

Always has been, but these high refresh rate displays are making it bleeding obvious. PC ports must improve.

@mindrover777 Год назад

@@richardhunter9779 exactly

@Mark-mu4pj Год назад

Same on my 3080

@Ultizer Год назад

Turn off Ray Tracing = no Stutter.

@derekcampbell2132 Год назад

Curious if you experience any of the "Fatal Error" that seems to be effecting a lot of players. Additionally I had extremely confusing bugs when using a controller on my PC that would lock the game while holding down specific buttons until the controller was turned off.

@harryarmstrong5728 Год назад

Alex must have missed the fatal error bug. I played many hours before it happened and then at times the game is nearly unplayable due to the frequency of crashing. And you can forget about multiplayer. Extremely disappointing, and I wish Alex would have caught on before releasing his video.

@derekcampbell2132 Год назад

@@harryarmstrong5728 try locking the frame rate, I haven't crashed since I did that.

@kodemasterx Год назад

To quote the INMORTAL CHAD WARDEN... BALLIN' 🤣I laughed so hard.

@medusa2820 Год назад

Brilliant job Alex.

@BlindBison Год назад

Asset streaming/traversal stutter has been a plague on Unreal Engine PC ports for ages now. It’s a real shame and I hope at some point this gets addressed. It’s been nice to see some effort going into shader stutter so the next step has definitely gotta be fixing asset stream hitching which just sucks to experience.

@teddyholiday8038 Год назад

Is it fixed in UE5?

@BlindBison Год назад

@Transistor Jump I really hope so :(

@snchez2106 Год назад

@@teddyholiday8038 Apparently not.

@denisruskin348 Год назад

I was blown away by the audio settings, probably the best implementation in any PC game ever alongside Battlefield 1and Hellblade. Dolby Atmos, good open ended headphones and RT sound...my goodness, it's so precise. Wish more developers focused on the audio side more, for me it really makes 50% of the overall experience.

@Adoooly1991 Год назад

Totally agree. Best audio experience I had in a game 👌

@optimusprime5166 Год назад

Don't forza horizon use rt sound also.

@niccololuciani6701 Год назад

Probably they put so much effort in audio quality because of the tempest audio of ps 5, it was one of points in the marketing campaigne of the console

@and0sio Год назад

Really would be great if, in these type of videos, the optimized settings list was in the same order as in the actual game menu. Stellar work aside from that and the PC settings for this game are masterclass.

@thingsiplay Год назад

When Alex says "Bravo", then you know you did you shit right.

@alex1212456 Год назад

This is the first PlayStation pc port I have seen truly look substantially better than the PlayStation version

@M.W.H. Год назад

Man, one can't say enough words praising the excellent work of DF. Thank you guys.

@DatOneGuy901 Год назад

I literally waited two days for this

@konczdavid Год назад

Alex, 3840x1600 is not a 21:10 resolution, as it is actually wider than other 21:9 monitors (2560x1080 and 3440x1440). It's actually a 24:10 monitor which is exactly the aspect ratio of regular 35mm (2.4:1) movies, and 4K Blu Ray movies in this aspect ratio have this exact resolution.

@aweigh1010 Год назад

no one cares about these meme resolutions.

@konczdavid Год назад

@@aweigh1010 Yet you cared enough to leave a comment about not caring, proving once and for all that in fact, you are an absolute idiot.

@emlyndewar Год назад

Now here’s a game worthy of a purchase. If only we saw this kind of effort in other titles.

@Swayeee Год назад

Glad to be watching this video in the here and now.

@gonckzilla628 Год назад

Hell yeah optimized settings! Thank you

@thiagovidal6137 Год назад

People on Steam forums are saying the game installs Epic spyware in the background without your consent and the store page doesn't mention it. What's that about?

@AlexBell1991 Год назад

I've seen various complaints about that as well. I haven't bought the game for that reason.

@somnia3423 Год назад

epic servers are used for the multiplayer

@thiagovidal6137 Год назад

@Somnia:3 What if I don't want to play multiplayer? Which I don't. Back in the day, even multiplayer services like GameSpy would prompt you an option to install. Nothing should be installed without your permission. On top of that, even after you uninstall the game, the Epic spyware remains lol. Apparently, someone found a workaround to prevent it from being installed.

@AlexBell1991 Год назад

@@thiagovidal6137 I've read that uninstalling EGO is the workaround but you can play with Steam users. It's pretty bad from Steam/Valves point of view that this information isn't included in the store listing. Then again, the developers and publishers will know that the game won't sell if the listing mentions it.

@chadjones3572 Год назад

Are we going to get optimized settings video for Hogwarts Legacy? Please

@fcukugimmeausername Год назад

Optimised settings for Hogwarts Legacy: - Dye hair blue - Complete gender studies 101 - Protest about something - Scream when losing any argument

@AgsmaJustAgsma Год назад

3:16 The amount of edge Alex oozed here is understated.

@sinephase Год назад

wtffffffff surface bounced audio is awesome! :O

@Morden97 Год назад

This is a very good port. Not perfect, but still a very good job. I'll get this a bit later when I have a spot to play. Release schedule is too crowded now.

@angrydonkeyman5 Год назад

Do a Hogwarts legacy optimized graphics video please!!!!! Great video

@BeersYourFriend Год назад

The most impressive thing that immediately caught my eye is the rain. Wow, it looks great!

@plume... Год назад

Thanks Alex, really good video. My favourite part was 12:35 lol!

@ramellmerced8899 Год назад

Very nice cover of this game on PC

@yotube155 Год назад

I'd love to see a Steam Deck video on this, some footage I've seen makes it seem like a 30FPS target may be possible.

@3r3cut Год назад

Such a great Video from Alex. Thanks brother. You are doing god's work.

@purringc5552 Год назад

I wonder if the stuttering issues you mentioned could be rectified using Direct Storage.

@andre4yo Год назад

Um abraço aos amigos tugas que acompanham em primeira mão o trabalho da DF 🙏

@randomyoutubeuser8509 Год назад

I've been waiting so long for Ray Traced Audio. I had this idea in my head that ray tracing + audio is a genius idea, and finally it seems like it's a thing now

@addaedans Год назад

It was done 2 years ago in FH 5 on Xbox

@ni9274 Год назад

Next we need ray traced gameplay

@voxk790 Год назад

thank you Alex, thank you DF

@Mickice Год назад

The polish on this looks incredible. Wow.

@E_Sunbro Год назад

I bought it. I want the traversal stutter fixed. Thank you for your work.

@hiyasuamv9776 Год назад

PlayStation really out here showing how ports should be done. I love how the controller haptics react but damn do I die a lot, had to switch to mnk to sweat a little

@jakedill1304 Год назад

Do you need to use your GPU for the sound for the ray Trace audio? I have a sound card which thus far has been quite nice when it has the opportunity to give good sound of which it rarely does, as rare is good sound in modern games.. I also have no intention of unconfiguring my sound LOL or setting up an HDMI pass through which I have to convert to RCA for my receiver which is as it turns out is it's quite complicated as I've tried it before LOL.. just a question right there cuz I always disable all the audio on the sound on the video card, I just turn it all off giving I don't really trust Windows to pick the right things when there are multiple things to pick.. would love to know how that works, cuz if things are worth it I might I might consider it but usually they have been so minuscule in the positives that the trade is still weighted way against it when it comes to utilizing any sort of internal modern sound propagation through anything that Windows does.

@LakerTriangle Год назад

Menu's and visuals have me drooling 🤤

@donlee_ohhh Год назад

For the difference between Ray Traced Audio sample you shared to have a more effective impact to your audience I believe listening to the Non-ray traced audio 1st then Ray Traced Audio 2nd would work better. Though to me after several listens the difference was minimal but maybe the people that implemented the feature for the game would be able to show some areas where the feature's effect is better demonstrated.

@Funkymonk004 Год назад

Probably harder to tell on a stereo youtube video as well. Might be slightly more noticeable in person through surround sound.

@arnabsaha8761 Год назад

@@Funkymonk004 absolutely correct, in certain situation RT audio sounds great but youtube compression doesnt do it juistice

@Shiffo Год назад

Does the PC version support the DualSense features of the PS5 version? That seems like a dealbreaker for me to get the PC version.

@ardasevmis7583 Год назад

It does not, I heard

@DavidCriketGD Год назад

Who cares about that lmfao

@Sp4wn_- Год назад

It does I'm using one just now

@Shiffo Год назад

@@DavidCriketGD because it's one of the games that has the best implementations of the DualSense controllers. Don't think you have experiences playing with the controllers yet, but the stuff actually makes it a better experience.

@ViperT0ngue Год назад

It does actually

@lowsodiumgamer6805 Год назад

Do you know if when they release FSR, It will also be implemented on PS5 to improve image quality there?

@thelord_hades Год назад

CHAD WARDEN Man, what a time on YT that was! Great video, Alex!!

@anthonyrizzo9043 Год назад

I gotta ask, what exactly is so good about using dx12? I understand it's closer to the metal which in theory can run better. But most of not all the games have shader stutter issues. Waiting for shaders to compile when you start a game when you have these ssds for fast loading is pretty dumb, negates the SSD. Ever since dx12 came out, the games that used it ran poorly compared to 11 in the beginning, now the performance is there but the stutter and waiting isn't really crappy.

@speedracer2please Год назад

Huh, yeah I haven't heard of any upsides to DX12 besides vague 'performance,' but I was much happier with games running without stutters in DX12. Maybe devs should just stick to DX11 until Unreal sorts itself out.

@anthonyrizzo9043 Год назад

@@speedracer2please that's my thoughts man, maybe someone can elaborate more but it seems like ever since devs used dx 12 it has had issues and issues

@Case_ Год назад

If I'm not mistaken, DX12 is way better when it comes to multithreading (if taken advantage of by the devs/engine in question), which is a really big deal on current hardware.

@anthonyrizzo9043 Год назад

@@Case_ yes that's what I thought, but when you look at your CPU cores in most of these games they aren't using them very well. And a lot of these RU-vidrs that look at performance also echo that

@Case_ Год назад

@@anthonyrizzo9043 First, don't look at CPU cores, that's a very misleading and sometimes downright useless metric when it comes to evaluating multithreading (and sadly a lot - most, in fact - of RU-vidrs that look at performance don't understand that). Second, that's why I specifically added the "if taken advantage of by the devs/engine" bit ;) Most game engines currently in use are pretty bad at multithreading, hence why games are still fairly single-threaded in nature.

@Stayler17 Год назад

When are you guys gonna do the Hogwarts Legacy tech review?

@natefranco3393 Год назад

I would love to see future "Updated Optimised Settings" videos if the developers fix issues/ improve performance through patches.

@MagicZack1 Год назад

Amazing job

@TexelGuy Год назад

Definitely going to wait on this one, as recommended by Alex. It's good to hear the devs are going to address the stutter issues in a patch. Clear communication on the goals of future patches is nice to see, though it really would have been better if they launched the game without the stutters out of the gate, even if it meant a delayed release.

@troy1993 Год назад

I love the optimized settings videos. Really helps a broke gamer who wants there games to look good and run good.

@5persondude Год назад

First John's PS3 1080p video, now Alex's Returnal PC video, I'm glad that Chad Warden is canon in the Digital Foundry Cinematic Universe

@xyoxus Год назад

Amazing video! Really interested in this game, but holding out until patches are out and maybe a follow up video is coming. But the game looks amazing nonetheless. Especially the reflections of the lasers on the floor. Just a bit weird that the water ripples even when the character is standing stil.

@stewarth7662 Год назад

This looks amazing on the PS5, regardless of resolution etc, its just got good art direction . Obviously the pc version should look better at ultra settings, but considering the type of pc to get it to that level ways exceeds the price of a Ps5. Will be good when there are more ps5 native games that actually push the hardware, as i dont think many have yet.

@paulsegrue5133 Год назад

The price of a PS5 compared to PC is more complex than that. PC games are generally much cheaper than consoles and that £350 online tax over 7 years isn't there on PC. There are plenty of free games also given away on stores like Epic and Amazon Prime, there is competition from stores which is great not some Apple like control of everything . Also PC hardware will drop in price through hardware cycles, consoles generally don't , PS5 is more expensive than it was 2 years ago when launched, an RTX 30 series card is cheaper now than it was on release. That extra money for better performance is great but that extra money for that open garden is even better, worth every penny just to get yourself through the door and then it is much cheaper than console gaming.