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[Kerotan]

Spoiler for lost levels and game.

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Second level has a really cool PTSD flashback where you see Joel's face on a clicker.

Third level you kill a boar and it gave me chills the way they mixed Joel's dying screams with the boars and she gets another flashback.

Gave me goosebumps. Think I have PTSD replaying this game.

 

[Stooky]

damn this game looks good. just wish reflections got a little more love.

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[Justin9mm]

Quick PSA: Using Linear PCM in the PS5 settings does not give you 5.1 surround sound if you're using Home Theater. You'll need to use either Dolby or DTS to enable it.

What!? I have a proper 5.1.2 Atmos home theatre, in PS5 I have it set to Dolby Atmos. Outout on my receiver is PCM, but it sounds like it is 5.1? Is it really not 5.1? Granted I've only played the first hour but did not notice it's not 5.1? Is this a glitch/bug. How can ND not include basic 5.1 through PCM. I was surprised this remastered version couldn't do Atmos encoding to be honest.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

So I knew this "remaster" would disappoint me in some ways but thought they'd at least make SOME kind of graphical improvements. You know like they frigging advertised? I didn't think it would be a total lie and that there'd actually be NO graphical enhancements!

WTF is going on with Sony and Naughty Dog with their remasters and willingness to lie about graphical "improvements"?? Aside from the obvious difference one will see by introducing a higher res fidelity mode I don't see a lick of difference in improved settings!

Anyone else annoyed by this?

 

[Justin9mm]

Let me know what level of blur and grain you settle on.

I haven't had time to play again but I'm really torn because I can't really decide what looks better, I hated the film grain when I played the PS4 Pro version on release like it was so noticeable, so noticeable that I didnt even care about film grain on or off in games before that and when I played it I was wondering what was off about it. This was when they didn't even include an option to disable before they patched it. Now that I'm playing the remastered version on fidelity mode, I don't even think the film grain on default max 10 looks that bad, 0 to me doesn't look right either, looks to gamey. I'm also not sure without playing more if motion blur off altogether is the right way as a bit of blur does add to the cinematic effect given the type of game and I am playing fidelity hovering in the 40-50 fps mark.. Next time I boot it up, I might set each halfway to 5 and see how I go.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

Native 4k is a big improvement

 

[adamsapple]

Is the director's commentary peppered through out the game or just for the lost levels ?

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

They should have called it Complete Edition, or Director's Cut or something. Remastered makes you think of the kind of visual remastering that isn't present here.

 

[SlimySnake]

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

Play in the native 4k mode. it looks very sharp and crystal clear.

turn off or reduce motion blur and chromatic abberation.

Is the director's commentary peppered through out the game or just for the lost levels ?



They should have called it Complete Edition, or Director's Cut or something. Remastered makes you think of the kind of visual remastering that isn't present here.

there is a cutscene viewer in the game where you can select each cutscene in the game and toggle commentary from there.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I haven't had time to play again but I'm really torn because I can't really decide what looks better, I hated the film grain when I played the PS4 Pro version on release like it was so noticeable, so noticeable that I didnt even care about film grain on or off in games before that and when I played it I was wondering what was off about it. This was when they didn't even include an option to disable before they patched it. Now that I'm playing the remastered version on fidelity mode, I don't even think the film grain on default max 10 looks that bad, 0 to me doesn't look right either, looks to gamey. I'm also not sure without playing more if motion blur off altogether is the right way as a bit of blur does add to the cinematic effect given the type of game and I am playing fidelity hovering in the 40-50 fps mark.. Next time I boot it up, I might set each halfway to 5 and see how I go.

Now that at least the Fidelity mode is higher res (so disappointed they couldn't get performance mode to 1620p!), a bit of film grain is fine. It's only a problem at 1440p. As far as motion blur, you shouldn't lower that past 6-7 as it will, esp in Fidelity, look worse esp on an Oled.

 

[Three]

So I knew this "remaster" would disappoint me in some ways but thought they'd at least make SOME kind of graphical improvements. You know like they frigging advertised? I didn't think it would be a total lie and that there'd actually be NO graphical enhancements!

WTF is going on with Sony and Naughty Dog with their remasters and willingness to lie about graphical "improvements"?? Aside from the obvious difference one will see by introducing a higher res fidelity mode I don't see a lick of difference in improved settings!

Anyone else annoyed by this?

What did they say regarding improved settings? I think they just said improved textures and shadows which the higher fidelity 4k mode requires. It's all just higher res, nothing else was really said. Though I do remember reading somewhere somebody trying to suggest its the same as TLOU to TLOU Remastered. Maybe those differences were more noticeable? Is that what you're referring to?

 

[adamsapple]

there is a cutscene viewer in the game where you can select each cutscene in the game and toggle commentary from there.

Oh, I thought it was gonna be like the Remedy games with speech bubbles in the world which do commentary as you play.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Play in the native 4k mode. it looks very sharp and crystal clear.

turn off or reduce motion blur and chromatic abberation.


there is a cutscene viewer in the game where you can select each cutscene in the game and toggle commentary from there.

Yeah, Fidelity is nice and clear. Brings out the fine detail missing from the performance mode. My issue is once again with the false advertising of "improved graphics" when it's in fact just a resolution bump! They very clearly advertised "a host of graphical enhancements" on the psn store. Also, I'm annoyed at the performance mode being only 1440p again even though I should've expected it.

How long did we wait for a PS5 version of this? And to call it a remaster and flat out say it's going to have higher settings when it doesn't is infuriating.

 

[Three]

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

Because "non-native" doesn't really exist and it was 30fps before a free PS5 specific patch made it 60fps. So they already made the optimisation changes for 60fps for PS5 in the patch. The improvement is in the fidelity mode where they had to use higher quality textures and shadows but even that change wouldn't be groundbreaking outside of the 4k presentation.

 

[T-0800]

How do I get the upgrade option? I have the PS4 disc version btw.

 

[Justin9mm]

Now that at least the Fidelity mode is higher res (so disappointed they couldn't get performance mode to 1620p!), a bit of film grain is fine. It's only a problem at 1440p. As far as motion blur, you shouldn't lower that past 6-7 as it will, esp in Fidelity, look worse esp on an Oled.

I just have a normal 120hz full array LED, so I could get away with lower blur? It still looked fine in fidelity with uncapped framerate which looks like it sits above 40fps most of the time. In saying that I've never really had issues with playing games with motion blur except if I play something like COD.

 

[Three]

How do I get the upgrade option? I have the PS4 disc version btw.

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered: How To Upgrade On PS5

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is almost upon us. Here's how to upgrade on PS5 if you have a physical or digital copy of the original PS4 game.

www.forbes.com

Insert the disc and check the games' hub

 

[adamsapple]

Because "non-native" doesn't really exist and it was 30fps before a free PS5 specific patch made it 60fps. So they already made the optimisation changes for 60fps for PS5 in the patch. The improvement is in the fidelity mode where they had to use higher quality textures and shadows but even that change wouldn't be groundbreaking outside of the 4k presentation.

There is no difference in textures or shadow quality between Performance and Fidelity modes, and there's no perceptible difference in those between the PS4 Pro and PS5 versions either, barring one or two noted instances per DF.

PS4 - PS5

I similarly struggled to find any texture quality differences between the PS4 and PS5 code, despite dozens of close-range captures, with the sole exception of a dirt texture that looked higher resolution in the Remastered version. Like with the shadows, I wouldn't expect a wholesale improvement here, but perhaps tweaked assets show up very occasionally. Texture filtering, though, does receive a noticeable upgrade, causing distant ground detail to resolve with less blur.

PS5 Performance - Fidelity

Beyond the resolution differences, the ambient occlusion sometimes takes on a noticeably different appearance in the fidelity mode that isn't necessarily preferable to the original presentation. I didn't spot any noticeable tweaks in LOD settings, volumetrics resolution, shadow resolution, texture filtering, or any other common tweakable between the two modes either

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered delivers an accomplished upgrade for PlayStation 5

Oliver Mackenzie delivers the Digital Foundry tech review of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, a new enhanced version of the game for PS5.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Markio128]

I haven’t played this in ages, but my god, does it ooze quality.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I still haven't played this game, maybe ill buy this.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Forgot about the Pearl Jam shout out in the music shop

Awful album. Still cool though.

Coming soon lol

 

[Three]

There is no difference in textures or shadow quality between Performance and Fidelity modes, and there's no perceptible difference in those between the PS4 Pro and PS5 versions either, barring one or two noted instances per DF.

PS4 - PS5


PS5 Performance - Fidelity

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered delivers an accomplished upgrade for PlayStation 5

Oliver Mackenzie delivers the Digital Foundry tech review of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, a new enhanced version of the game for PS5.

www.eurogamer.net

I have no idea why DF are making claims like that. There is a clear texture difference but I guess it would just show as lower res in the performance mode which they are failing to see. And to show its not just better texture filtering that's visible on the other images it's fairly obvious in the image of this bark that the fidelity mode has higher res textures.

 

[TGO]

What!? I have a proper 5.1.2 Atmos home theatre, in PS5 I have it set to Dolby Atmos. Outout on my receiver is PCM, but it sounds like it is 5.1? Is it really not 5.1? Granted I've only played the first hour but did not notice it's not 5.1? Is this a glitch/bug. How can ND not include basic 5.1 through PCM. I was surprised this remastered version couldn't do Atmos encoding to be honest.

PS5 uses Dolby MAT, it's PCM through Dolby Atmos.
Does your actual receiver show PCM?
Mine says Atmos

 

[Stooky]

So I knew this "remaster" would disappoint me in some ways but thought they'd at least make SOME kind of graphical improvements. You know like they frigging advertised? I didn't think it would be a total lie and that there'd actually be NO graphical enhancements!

WTF is going on with Sony and Naughty Dog with their remasters and willingness to lie about graphical "improvements"?? Aside from the obvious difference one will see by introducing a higher res fidelity mode I don't see a lick of difference in improved settings!

Anyone else annoyed by this?

nope looks great to me. definitely worth a $10 upgrade. overall fidelity is a step up, draw distances, shadows maps. Much less pop in from what i remember. foliage textures look sharper. I remember it looking a little blurry. I think the in game models look higher res. might plug up my ps4 and do some comparisons.

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[BiohazardX95]

Fidelity mode with unlocked frames and vrr is the way to go for history mode, it runs great!

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

Was anyone able to transfer all trophies, including the Platinum, from importing the ps4 saves of the game? I imported my saves from the ps4 and unlocked all but 2 trophies: Artifact (all collectibles) and the Card Collector trophy. Really don’t want to go through the collectathon again!

 

[Northeastmonk]

I would love to know who approves tshirts as skins, but they don’t give them a coat to wear. It’s freezing and they’re in a T-shirt. It makes no sense.

 

[NeonGhost]

Fidelity mode with unlocked frames and vrr is the way to go for history mode, it runs great!

Will run great on the pro

 

[adamsapple]

Just got the update.

The PS4 on PS5 BC and PS5 Performance modes are practically interchangeable, if there is any difference (minus the oddity in FoV in my screens below), I didn't notice it.

Fidelity is much clearer with the higher resolution and anisotropic filtering but obviously you're not getting more than 40~ FPS at most.

PS4 BC

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PS5 Performance

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PS5 Fidelity

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

This is such an amazing looking game in 4K

And the combat is just insane with the haptics. I forgot just how punishing, brutal, and visceral it all is - the additional details and resolution really bring it to life.

I bet we get 4K60 patch with the PS5 Pro

What sucks is I want to wait to replay this with the Pulse Elites for the increased audio quality. Maybe I'll stick to no return mode for now

 

[Venuspower]

Quick PSA: Using Linear PCM in the PS5 settings does not give you 5.1 surround sound if you're using Home Theater. You'll need to use either Dolby or DTS to enable it.

7.1 is working just fine for me (PS5 => LG C9 => X6700H (eARC). No upmixer enabled of courss. Pure 7.1 LPCM. Tested it with the main story.

The fact that you mention that DTS and DD are working sounds more like a bottleneck in your audio chain. But then other games should also have the same problem.

 

[MirageMew2]

For $10 I gotta say No Return is exceptional. I do wish they went full blown GoT Legends and added online co-op but yeah I’m locked in on No Return.

Was anyone able to transfer all trophies, including the Platinum, from importing the ps4 saves of the game? I imported my saves from the ps4 and unlocked all but 2 trophies: Artifact (all collectibles) and the Card Collector trophy. Really don’t want to go through the collectathon again!

Yes the trophies unlock on imported saves

 

[Kerotan]

How do you go from 1440p/60 on a non native ps5 version to the "remastered" NATIVE PS5 version and, still at 1440p/60, get no other graphical improvement?

Am I just blind and not seeing it?!

It can actually go up to about 90fps now.

 

[RPS37]

I already finished the game on PS5 back compare, but I was all ready to start a new game…should I do new game+!or start fresh?

 

[Negotiator101]

PS big release of 2020 is now it's biggest release in 2024, nows that's hard to do

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

PS big release of 2020 is now it's biggest release in 2024, nows that's hard to do

What?

FF7R is the biggest release in 2024 that we know of so far.

 

[rofif]

Nah. This needs film grain and motion blur. Looks waxy otherwise

 

[Ar¢tos]

I don't have patience for ND storytelling and I basically already know the story of the game. I bought TLOU2 years ago but never played it.
How enjoyable would the game be skipping all cutscenes and focusing on gameplay?
I enjoyed TLOU1 gameplay.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I don't have patience for ND storytelling and I basically already know the story of the game. I bought TLOU2 years ago but never played it.
How enjoyable would the game be skipping all cutscenes and focusing on gameplay?
I enjoyed TLOU1 gameplay.

The gameplay is significantly improved over Part 1. So if you like that gameplay you should love this

 

[Bartski]

Is it just me or everytime you start a round and enemies spawn they know your exact location right from the beginning? It makes it very difficult to approach them stealthily.

In assault you can see it on the encounter card. Enemies start in: search or combat

 

[RPS37]

I don’t know if I really want to replay this at this time.

 

[Elysium44]

I don't have patience for ND storytelling and I basically already know the story of the game. I bought TLOU2 years ago but never played it.
How enjoyable would the game be skipping all cutscenes and focusing on gameplay?
I enjoyed TLOU1 gameplay.

I found it more enjoyable to do that and also turn dialogue volume to zero.

 

[King Dazzar]

Quick PSA: Using Linear PCM in the PS5 settings does not give you 5.1 surround sound if you're using Home Theater. You'll need to use either Dolby or DTS to enable it.

What!? I have a proper 5.1.2 Atmos home theatre, in PS5 I have it set to Dolby Atmos. Outout on my receiver is PCM, but it sounds like it is 5.1? Is it really not 5.1? Granted I've only played the first hour but did not notice it's not 5.1? Is this a glitch/bug. How can ND not include basic 5.1 through PCM. I was surprised this remastered version couldn't do Atmos encoding to be honest.

So, I'm using 5.1 PCM and set to AV Amplifier and have fully working 5.1 audio. I've played several sessions too and always had perfect audio. Not sure whats causing issues for you, but I'm not having any. My audio is going via a TV eARC set up into a Yamaha AVR. Full surround, all correctly placed.

Just got the update.

The PS4 on PS5 BC and PS5 Performance modes are practically interchangeable, if there is any difference (minus the oddity in FoV in my screens below), I didn't notice it.

Fidelity is much clearer with the higher resolution and anisotropic filtering but obviously you're not getting more than 40~ FPS at most.

I'm a few hours in and I'm usually getting far greater than 40fps and only occasionally getting as low as 40fps, so for me that's just not true.

 

[Justin9mm]

So, I'm using 5.1 PCM and set to AV Amplifier and have fully working 5.1 audio. I've played several sessions too and always had perfect audio. Not sure whats causing issues for you, but I'm not having any. My audio is going via a TV eARC set up into a Yamaha AVR. Full surround, all correctly placed.

I'm not having any issues, it is saintjules that is saying it doesn't play 5.1 in PCM. After going back after commenting, I'm getting 5.1, I was second guessing because of his post.

 

[Justin9mm]

PS5 uses Dolby MAT, it's PCM through Dolby Atmos.
Does your actual receiver show PCM?
Mine says Atmos

My PCM is fine doing 5.1, not sure what the other poster was on about not doing 5.1 on PCM.
My PS5 is set to Atmos, receiver says PCM when playing TLOU2 which is correct as there is no Atmos encoded. It's the same as any other content which doesn;t have Atmos. My Series X also set to Atmos, if I play something that isn't Atmos it will show the real audio format such as DD on the receiver. My friend has an older receiver, if he sets his Series X to Atmos, the receiver shows Atmos for everything. I have a newer Yamaha Aventage receiver, both Series X and PS5 go through HDMI 2.1 ports on the receiver.

 

[GymWolf]

Do i need to install the ps4 disc on my ps5 or its only purpose is to be a control-check to play the remaster that i'm downloading and it just need to be inside the console?

Maybe i need to install it to read my saves? or the remaster read the saves by itself?