Either you didn't play it at all or you are one of those streamers that do blindfolded runs of Elden Ring. In that case I think that's really impressive, I don't know how you do that. Much respect, sir
Nah I get it...
Oh I actually agree that those are all great art directed titles.
I can understand what you say, but i like both for different reasons.
All that at 60 fps without mods….Not that there arent other studios that are in the same league, but ER is top notch in the art department, Bloodborne is awesome too, but all of their other games have far less variety and even worse tech. (Chinese games also have great artstyles, but most will have anime graphics)
Some of my ER shots:
Bloodborne + DS3 are good and all, but theyve obviously aged up more in all aspects:
Yeah... I have just arrived at the choppa and don't want to leave 'cause I know Raccoon City is not my cup of tea. Nevertheless, up to this point the game was great and totally worth it. So, I'm OK with it.
yeah, that one area is ok. its also the opening area. everything else is drab and ugly. and im talking about the art style.
you have my axe.
who is in their league? ER is miles above of any game I've played art direction wiseNot that there arent other studios that are in the same league, but ER is top notch in the art department, Bloodborne is awesome too, but all of their other games have far less variety and even worse tech. (Chinese games also have great artstyles, but most will have anime graphics)
Some of my ER shots:
Bloodborne + DS3 are good and all, but theyve obviously aged up more in all aspects:
Insane thing to say
in terms of game design, very few come close, but they took a step back with Elden Ring. The open world felt aimless. The castles felt like a shallow husk of the castles in dark souls 3, dark souls 1, and demon souls. The open world just felt ubisofty. their games never had any story but they were fairly linear so you knew to keep going forward. here, there is no story and no direction so you just run around killing people until you get bored.
ER is in my top 3, but theres many beautiful games art-wise that id say are like at least 90% as good.
I see, i think i get what you mean, ER is really big and outside of the major landmarks feels weaker, i agree that something like Bloodborne definitely feels far more consistent.T4keD0wN those were some amazing shots.
Look, my issue isn't that Elden Ring sucks, it's just that in comparison to the tightly paced and bespoke feeling of the other fromsoft games, Elden Ring feels more like procedurally generated content than art for the sake of art.
I genuinely feel most of these have good but not great art direction. Fromsoft is on a level of its own imo - particularly with Bloodborne and Elden ring - there's something truly original to the way they look that is rare in videogames. The graphics are not great but the main thing that kept me going in Elden ring was wanting to see what the next place looked like. I do think valve software is pretty good artistically as well tho in a different wayER is in my top 3, but theres many beautiful games art-wise that id say are like at least 90% as good.
Nobody Wants to Die
CDPR (very old)
Ubisoft Massive (with the "assistance" to James Cameron)
Ubisoft Massive (with the "assist" to Georce Lucas)
Asobo
Kuro
Games Science (Wukong)
Wuchang
Remedy (sorry i cant find better pics, but someone will)
Saber with Space Marine 2 (and Fatshark with Darktide is even better imo)
Theres more like Mundfish (Atomic Heart), 4A with Metro, Crytek of old, Crystal Dynamics with Guardians of the Galaxy and Avalanche with Hogwarts Legacy, Ninja Theory, Ember Lab with Kena, even Ghost of Tsushima + Horizon have some great designs, but the gap gets bigger or they dont get as consistent and i dont want to post too much and waste my time going through my screenshots that bad.
If theres one thing thats not lacking in the industry its great artists and designers, but yeah From is among the very best, but the tech kind of lets them down.
Look at these Elden Ring screens, it's always the same pattern.Not that there arent other studios that are in the same league, but ER is top notch in the art department, Bloodborne is awesome too, but all of their other games have far less variety and even worse tech. (Chinese games also have great artstyles, but most will have anime graphics)
Some of my ER shots:
Bloodborne + DS3 are good and all, but theyve obviously aged up more in all aspects:
Not to mention Shadow of the Erdtree as well, I say they upped it a notch from base game too, both artistically & technologically.Not that there arent other studios that are in the same league, but ER is top notch in the art department, Bloodborne is awesome too, but all of their other games have far less variety and even worse tech. (Chinese games also have great artstyles, but most will have anime graphics)
Some of my ER shots:
Bloodborne + DS3 are good and all, but theyve obviously aged up more in all aspects:
No RT Shadows at launch due to lack of current support for rendering shadows for moving trees and high RT cost.
www.digitalfoundry.net
Everyone wants path tracing and ray tracing. Meanwhile I just want games to look like this.
Damn now I'm wondering if I should just get a ps5 proIm surprised no one has posted the DF interview with Pearl Abyss on the tech used. Lots of interesting info here:
No grass in the RT bvh.
Mesh shader usage on distant trees.
No RT Shadows at launch due to lack of current support for rendering shadows for moving trees and high RT cost.
Water simulation is built up of 250k particles.
Crimson Desert: Pearl Abyss Answers Every Tech Question We Could Think Of
And the countdown begins to our first hands-on coverage.
What the hell is a beotian and what field do you speak of
Hahaha Oooopps. I clearly need to turn the brightness up on my phone. I sincerly didnt see them.
Unless the meaning of dynamic objects somehow changed for video games.
Fun fact, lighting here is without SSGI (high settings) and shadows on medium (doesn't make much of a difference though)
Which video? I cant seem to find it?
Path Tracing is the biggest factor in bringing you these types of visuals. Also Matrix demo's action-filled cutscenes are the closest to those. Very close I'd say.
Matrix isn't using path tracing though. Just plain old hardware lumen. The very first version of it too. They have improved it since.
Im pretty sure PT is a requirement for it to "consistently" look like that.
100% my take away.
You mean you weren't impressed by the DLSS updates and MFG, which make PT playable?
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That is also exactly the same problem CP2077 has with RT & PT enabled. They have never been able to implement any "fix" for that, and all shadows for vegetation are static.
Hopefully they will go that way, also I think some other that Bethesda work with Microsoft first party(the coalition) support to implement tech like the one's on UE5 on their engineThere was a rumor/leak a short while ago that pointed to the fact that Bethesda might be trying to go for a more realistic, grounded art style with ES6, similar to the ESO cinematics (would recommend watching them to see the type of feeling they give). Here is a sample:
Somewhat less contrast-y, more 'movie-like' in tone.
Honestly it feels like a natural evolution from Skyrim.
I may have not been clear. I mentioned it as a great example of reaching the quality of that specific GIF and it is thanks to really good (and old as of now) HW Lumen solution. Extensive use of Ray Tracing can bring some real good images as well.
In terms of graphics, fidelity, and how a game looks overall, I think Bethesda of modern times needs to prioritize character animations if they ever want to get anywhere near those gifs.
