Digital Foundry: Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores PS5 - A Visual Masterclass
ChorizoPicozo
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otherwise, she will look weak
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
She could just cut back on her salt intake.
TheRedRiders
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Spyxos
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And what is up with her skin? Is it some kind of beauty standard that i don't understand?
As great as it looks there are still LOD issues, missing textures in rock faces, and pop in.
Burning Shores was also too small a scope to fully realize the visuals.
I'd love to have seen a lava laden fire strewn hellscape, an area shrouded in mists, regular tropical storms, and better abyssal environments.
One of the generic npcs has a line "Burning Shores? More like Stormy Shores!" and frankly I didn't really get the sense for either.
Burning Shores was also too small a scope to fully realize the visuals.
I'd love to have seen a lava laden fire strewn hellscape, an area shrouded in mists, regular tropical storms, and better abyssal environments.
One of the generic npcs has a line "Burning Shores? More like Stormy Shores!" and frankly I didn't really get the sense for either.
Team Andromeda
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Looks hardly better than the main game. SONY bought DF too
TheGodfather07
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Yep. Sony are the real trillion dollar corporation. Microsoft dont even have enough money to market their own console. They don't have money to outbid sony for marketing deals and timed exclusives. Broke ass company.
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Tomofdahook17
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A few things to note about this DLC.
1. The pop in and visual glitches are out of control compared to the base game. They released one patch so far and it really didn't fix anything. The main building at fleets end loads before your eyes from only a couple hundred meters away. The tress and shadows have a ton of pop in like the video shows. I've seen multiple visual errors such as misaligned terrain, holes in rocks that show the liminal videogame underworld and I've even seen the water LOD glitch and appear to be sideways going up a cliff in the distance.
2. In the cutscene where you sit on the log by the ocean with Seyka, the fucking sun changed positions in the sky three times!!! What is that! It was insane.
Hopefully they fix a lot of this which I'm sure they will. But it's obvious is was probably released a little bit faster than it should have been.
1. The pop in and visual glitches are out of control compared to the base game. They released one patch so far and it really didn't fix anything. The main building at fleets end loads before your eyes from only a couple hundred meters away. The tress and shadows have a ton of pop in like the video shows. I've seen multiple visual errors such as misaligned terrain, holes in rocks that show the liminal videogame underworld and I've even seen the water LOD glitch and appear to be sideways going up a cliff in the distance.
2. In the cutscene where you sit on the log by the ocean with Seyka, the fucking sun changed positions in the sky three times!!! What is that! It was insane.
Hopefully they fix a lot of this which I'm sure they will. But it's obvious is was probably released a little bit faster than it should have been.
For me the biggest problem with the visuals - the fog affecting pretty much every vista - is still there, so it's not as big of an upgrade as I was hoping for. I guess ultimately it's still built on an engine designed around old technology, and there's just only so much you can do with that.
IMO the biggest single improvement is the amount of enemies and particles etc they throw at you during fights. That seems extremely noticeable and properly next gen. The environments look a bit better (better draw distance and denser) but it's not a huge step.
Realistic clouds seems like it belongs in the same category of technically impressive but completely pointless features as RT shadows etc. Something for the DF crew to wank themselves over but not much more.
IMO the biggest single improvement is the amount of enemies and particles etc they throw at you during fights. That seems extremely noticeable and properly next gen. The environments look a bit better (better draw distance and denser) but it's not a huge step.
Realistic clouds seems like it belongs in the same category of technically impressive but completely pointless features as RT shadows etc. Something for the DF crew to wank themselves over but not much more.
Horseganador
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Graphically it is the best on the market and with perfect performance, there is not much more to say, great work by Guerrilla and Sony.
Team Andromeda
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It seems you have no money to buy sarcasm, but I'll give it to you for free
To be this nice takes SEGA
Tiago Rodrigues
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You can still feel the PS4 everywhere in this besides one boss and the clouds system.
The pop in is everywhere when you're flying...missing textures in multiple mountains, the fog is just too much. All this for no reason.
If this game was fully optimized for the PS5, all these things wouldn't happen.
The pop in is everywhere when you're flying...missing textures in multiple mountains, the fog is just too much. All this for no reason.
If this game was fully optimized for the PS5, all these things wouldn't happen.
Skifi28
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Because she touches herself at night.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
A strong female can't be beautiful.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Current western ideology in a nutshell.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Aloy looks much better with a head band on. Her hairdo is dumb and makers her face seem oddly shaped otherwise.
saintjules
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Looks amazing. I guess it's important to remember that this level of technical achievement can be made with the right amount of budget and resources.
Crispy Gamer
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Playing through the base game right now and I'm floored lol this game looks ridiculous on an OLED if games start looking markedly better than this I'm curious how it'll run we'll definitely need pro models
While the cloudtech is nice I cant help but feel a little underwhelmed. The new town area is a little more densely detailed but hardly a big leap and the real bummer is that it came at a big cost to visual consistency. There is a massive increase in popin, shadow draw in and visual bugs to the point the popin almost reminds of the ps3 darkdays. These issues really shouldnt be happening for a supposed ps5 exclusive...I really cant wait for them to build a new game from the ground up for the ps5 because looking at the aggresive popin etc its pretty damn clear the ps4 roots are holding the engine back bigtime.
Thirty7ven
Banned
It looks incredible, can't wait for what they will do with their next game. Insanity awaits.
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tmlDan
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They give us some good customization, hair styles should have been one of them
JimmyRustler
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Remember being laughed at when I complained about the fog and how it ruins the overall visual quality of the main game. Funny finally seeing others acknowledging it too.
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Putonahappyface
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Kerotan
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You mean the red cheek's? It's because she's a raging alcoholic. The next game will cover her journey to overcome the biggest challenge yet. Rehab. Horizon Forbidden Gin.
Anyway this DLC is mind blowing and a clear example how last Gen holds games back. If Ragnarok gets an expansion I hope it's ps5 only.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Better question, Why did Guerrilla Games put the B Team this one...
ÆMNE22A!C
Banned
Imagine a stamina bar you'll have to fill with gin
ShakenG
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In regards to point 2. Ive noticed this in the main game, no dlc. While playing the game, ill notice the sun shifting very quick. But it only seems to do it in specific areas.
At first i thought it was an intentional feature that was just bugged. But now im thinking its just a bug in general. Really hope it gets sorted, just leave it fully dynamic at a set speed and change the time for missions that need it.
Will get around to the dlc, but im gona hold off for bug fixes first like i did the main game.
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staticshock
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The clouds are okay but then again the clouds don't even move... By itself its good but when you try to compare it to flight sim..its like a toy. Anyone think a game is gonna come close to FS in cloud rendering this gen?
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Tiago Rodrigues
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That fog would look sick at sunrise. Not during the entire day…and when there's no fog there's pop in everywhere
Portugeezer
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Weird visual glitches, definitely one of the best looking games ever even with that.
Pedro Motta
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Varteras
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Sony's clouds are significant. Does the CMA know about this?
Represent.
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And talent. A lot of studios have the same budget and resources yet their games look nothing like it. Talent is the most important thing here
Represent.
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Also, this is quite frankly the best looking video game of all time. It is fucking insanely good looking.
PS5 is a fucking beast.
PS5 is a fucking beast.
Kerotan
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Definitely play Zelda first. Otherwise it will look severely underwhelming visually after this. If you're stuck for time you'll be glad to know this isn't super long expansion. Definitely quality over quantity and as a busy father I sure as hell appreciate it.
Varteras
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Kerotan
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We don't breed, we spawn.Dear god... they let you breed??
ReBurn
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Yeah she hits the ground face first when she lands on the burning shores.
Rea
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Yea, feel like nausea.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Best looking game thus far, I was stunned while playing this one.
Feel Like I'm On 42
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The way this guy talks enrages me. Don't know why but it does.