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[Crimsonhead]

I saw an article saying that the recap and in game codex logs are enough to get those that didn't finish or play the first game up to speed. Would you say that's accurate? I'm keen to just hop into the second game as it looks a bit more interesting to me than the first.

It's short but accurate,dont explain everything mostly the start bits and ending

 

[Lucifers Beard]

It's short but accurate,dont explain everything mostly the start bits and ending

Good to know. I might just jump in with this one and if I like it enough, go back and play the first one in the future.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Won't be diving in til next weekend. Enjoy dudes

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Must resist temptation....only an hour to go......must not run out of work....

 

[Gonzito]

Man this game just feels so fucking good to play. All the systems, the controls, animations, the amazing haptic and trigger implementation adds a lot aswell. Also vehicle controls are massively improved, atleast the truck i found. Combat is hilarious now you can do so much shit. I advise to do the VR tutorial for it when its available

I was going to post exactly that right now

Vehicle control has improved so much, it doesn't get stuck in the map as much as the previous game. I am loving that

 

[PicoLordens]

Slightly raised blacklevels. Looks to be intended.

 

[damidu]

woah at the opening section, it looks amazing on pro.
with incredible aerial cam, rain, tremor effects on top. quite a decima flex there.
unfortunately will need to continue after work.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Might have to be picking this up then it seems, I didnt mind the first

 

[Gonzito]

Waiting for some 4K spoiler free screenshots.
Come on guys.

Just made this picture for you papito

 

[Luipadre]

One thing is really disappointing about the graphics are the mid range details. It looks so bad. Like the things close to you looks good, things far away like mountains looks amazing, but then you look at the ground and its like a ps2 textures. They should've focus on improving that thing, because it really sticks out

 

[GymWolf]

Man this game just feels so fucking good to play. All the systems, the controls, animations, the amazing haptic and trigger implementation adds a lot aswell. Also vehicle controls are massively improved, atleast the truck i found. Combat is hilarious now you can do so much shit. I advise to do the VR tutorial for it when its available

Thank fucking god, vehicles handling in the first one felt terrible unless it was perfect asphalt.

 

[Crimsonhead]

One thing is really disappointing about the graphics are the mid range details. It looks so bad. Like the things close to you looks good, things far away like mountains looks amazing, but then you look at the ground and its like a ps2 textures. They should've focus on improving that thing, because it really sticks out

maybe motion blur? there is no option to remove it

 

[Gonzito]

One thing is really disappointing about the graphics are the mid range details. It looks so bad. Like the things close to you looks good, things far away like mountains looks amazing, but then you look at the ground and its like a ps2 textures. They should've focus on improving that thing, because it really sticks out

I am playing on quality mode and haven't noticed this issue. Can you post screenshots of this issue?

 

[Luipadre]

maybe motion blur? there is no option to remove it

No, the detail on the ground at mid range is nonexistent. Its a low ress flat texture and it looks really bad

 

[Luipadre]

I am playing on quality mode and haven't noticed this issue. Can you post screenshots of this issue?

maybe quality mode is fixing these lod issues, but i wont give up the 60 for that even tho it looks bad.

 

[Gonzito]

No, the detail on the ground at mid range is nonexistent. Its a low ress flat texture and it looks really bad

Usually consoles dont use anisotropic filtering x16 like on pc.

This is a console version after all. I am sure the PC version will fix it

 

[naguanatak]

Thank fucking god, vehicles handling in the first one felt terrible unless it was perfect asphalt.

Yeah, like every tiny pebble would stop the tricycle und trucks. Really nervracking. It seemed as if they designed the maps with on foot traversal in mind...and then slapped vehicles on it and called it a day without smoothing out how they handle bumps and stones and pebbles.

But I resorted to on foot delivery 90% of the time
Might change that in the 2nd if the handling is indeed much improved.

 

[Elios83]

Just started it

Performance mode seems to be the best mode on the Pro. The 30fps of the quality mode coupled with the motion blur actually make the image less clear.

Now I'll have to watch a detailed recap video of the original before proceeding.

 

[FUBARx89]

Is the "MP" still the same? See other people's buildings/vehicles and all contribute to building roads?

Cause you best believe I built every single road I could on DS1. Was better than delivering packages IMO

 

[SoraNoKuni]

One thing is really disappointing about the graphics are the mid range details. It looks so bad. Like the things close to you looks good, things far away like mountains looks amazing, but then you look at the ground and its like a ps2 textures. They should've focus on improving that thing, because it really sticks out

Are you sure it's not a bokeh type of effect in certain occasions?
From the DF video I saw some instances of lens aperture effects in certain shots.

 

[TrebleShot]

Its a shame there is no FOV slider or the ability to turn off motion blur, but the game looks incredible and the quality of the game is undeniable.

 

[Arachnid]

Good lord I'm going to play the living shit out of this tonight

 

[Kagero]

This OT wins GOTY

 

[Luipadre]

Usually consoles dont use anisotropic filtering x16 like on pc.

This is a console version after all. I am sure the PC version will fix it

Are you sure it's not a bokeh type of effect in certain occasions?
From the DF video I saw some instances of lens aperture effects in certain shots.

Im talking about shit like this. This is not AF issue nor DoF. Its shit LOD and ground detail at mid range

 

[j0hnnix]

Completed download. Ready to get home and start playing!

 

[Gonzito]

Im talking about shit like this. This is not AF issue nor DoF. Its shit LOD and ground detail at mid range

This is something that I am sure will be better on PC. That being said I haven't seen anything like that so far while playing, maybe in quality mode these lod issues are less obvious

 

[analog_future]

Im talking about shit like this. This is not AF issue nor DoF. Its shit LOD and ground detail at mid range

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[DenchDeckard]

Man this game just feels so fucking good to play. All the systems, the controls, animations, the amazing haptic and trigger implementation adds a lot aswell. Also vehicle controls are massively improved, atleast the truck i found. Combat is hilarious now you can do so much shit. I advise to do the VR tutorial for it when its available

 

[Bieren]

It's already installed and ready to go. I just need to get fired from work or something so I can play.

 

[J3nga]

Just started it

Performance mode seems to be the best mode on the Pro. The 30fps of the quality mode coupled with the motion blur actually make the image less clear.

Now I'll have to watch a detailed recap video of the original before proceeding.

I thought quality mode on pro is extremely jaggy, not a pleasant experience, although it does look slightly sharper but difference is nowhere near the difference you get in smoothness

 

[Chuck Berry]

Just started it

Performance mode seems to be the best mode on the Pro. The 30fps of the quality mode coupled with the motion blur actually make the image less clear.

Now I'll have to watch a detailed recap video of the original before proceeding.

Jesus tittyfucking christ

Pretty damn photorealistic to me. That Decima engine man. KojiPro does more wonders with it than Guerilla.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Please don't post open spoilers here if you're thinking about it. If you guys want an open spoiler thread for this game, I will make one.

With that out of the way, time to finally start my journey!

 

[Northeastmonk]

Played about an hour. The game looks beautiful. I love the real time glossary. I can already tell this will be good. Can't miss work tho.

 

[Embearded]

B

Is the "MP" still the same? See other people's buildings/vehicles and all contribute to building roads?

Cause you best believe I built every single road I could on DS1. Was better than delivering packages IMO

I was addicted in building the roads.

 

[Gonzito]

Im talking about shit like this. This is not AF issue nor DoF. Its shit LOD and ground detail at mid range

Same spot, quality mode. They look relatively similar I believe but a Quality mode looks a bit better, it seems to me the LOD is not great in some spots. This is the trade off when playing on consoles unfortunately

 

[jshackles]

Stranding games always look incredible

 

[Teh Chosen Juan]

One thing I love so far is that menus are less confusing than the previous game.

Everything is more tidy and organized

funny you say this. literally just started DS1 yesterday. about halfway through chapter 3 i imagine. 3-ish hours in. fucking menus man. i get to terminals with shit i picked up along the way and it's like, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS?! recycle, give it away, donate, deliver (although sometimes it's grayed out), yadda yadda. let's just make it an easy "turn everything in" and be on with our day. good to hear things are a little more streamlined!

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah, like every tiny pebble would stop the tricycle und trucks. Really nervracking. It seemed as if they designed the maps with on foot traversal in mind...and then slapped vehicles on it and called it a day without smoothing out how they handle bumps and stones and pebbles.

But I resorted to on foot delivery 90% of the time
Might change that in the 2nd if the handling is indeed much improved.

95% here, it was that or throwing the game out of the window, i already hate driving in games enough as it is

 

[Gonzito]

95% here, it was that or throwing the game out of the window, i already hate driving in games enough as it is

It is better in this game, very much improved

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Gonna sexually harass my boss so I get fired and ensure I have a permanently ruined record to ensure no future jobs so I can deliver post apocalyptic packages.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Same spot, quality mode. They look relatively similar I believe but a Quality mode looks a bit better, it seems to me the LOD is not great in some spots. This is the trade off when playing on consoles unfortunately

Shit its GTAV grass gate all over again!

That top image in the other post isn't Perfromance mode on pro vs Quality mode is it?

 

[Luipadre]

I feel sorry for people that saying they wont play this, because its a "walking sim". The gameplay is just *chefs kiss* especially in this one with all the improved mechanics and the social strand mechanic is still the coolest shit ever.

 

[Roman Empire]

Played only the intro, then I got tired and went to sleep for work. I can't pull all-nighters anymore.

 

[GymWolf]

Jesus tittyfucking christ

Pretty damn photorealistic to me. That Decima engine man. KojiPro does more wonders with it than Guerilla.

More than 3 years later and ps5 exclusive instead of crossgen.

Arnold no shit. Gif

They always one up each other, horizon 3 is gonna make ds2 look silly aswell.

 

[GymWolf]

Please don't post open spoilers here if you're thinking about it. If you guys want an open spoiler thread for this game, I will make one.

With that out of the way, time to finally start my journey!

Download blocktube extension and block spoiler channels and ds2 name so yt doesn't show anytjing related to the game.

 

[Sub_Level]

KINO CONFIRMED BOYS. WE ARE SO BACK.

 

[Embearded]

Same spot, quality mode. They look relatively similar I believe but a Quality mode looks a bit better, it seems to me the LOD is not great in some spots. This is the trade off when playing on consoles unfortunately

Yeah it doesn't look very good, but i think its common for quite a lot of games.
Let's hope its some kind of bug and they fix it
I don't remember such cases in Forbidden West.

 

[Salz01]

So does this game have that typical Kojima female kink in here. Or is there none of that in this game?

 

[Gonzito]

So does this game have that typical Kojima female kink in here. Or is there none of that in this game?

Are you the gamespot reviewer cousin?

 

[Salz01]

Are you the gamespot reviewer cousin?

Absolutely not.