DeepSpace5D
Member
Fucking intro was jarring man. The whole part with Tommy and Sarah is way more impactful now with how realistic everything looks. I shouldn’t have smoked a J before starting.
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The Last of Us Part I |OT| You know Ellie, we really are worth 70 dollars
kyliethicc
Member
Game is beautiful. High poly, sharp, and great HDR & post effects.
My 4K PNG screenshots are like 10-20 MB each lol.
Idk how to upload them, had to covert em to jpegs. Shame.
Performance mode btw.
My 4K PNG screenshots are like 10-20 MB each lol.
Idk how to upload them, had to covert em to jpegs. Shame.
Performance mode btw.
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PanzerAzel
Member
Few thoughts so far.
Positives:
•yeah, no doubt the game’s a looker. It’s wonderful to see the original up there in parity with the sequel. The cinematics take on a whole new gravitas with this degree of fidelity. That opening, oof.
•the overall game feel is much smoother and cohesive in moment to moment gameplay. It’s a pleasure to play.
•the AI is quite a bit better than I was expecting, both for the enemies and allies, based on the early footage leaks. Enemies feel to be more cautious and strategic, and allies hide and utilize cover more. Still the stupid moment here and there, but it helps with the immersion.
•I’m especially pleasantly surprised by the audio. The whole world feels far more alive and dynamic, and I’m also noticing a few new spoken lines that I don’t recall, both from allies and enemies. Could be I missed them in all my previous playthroughs, but that would be about 20+, so doubtful.
•the accessibility options make this much more enjoyable to play. Auto p/u is a godsend.
•they fixed the gamma issue from the remaster that occurred when leaving the QZ and traveling into the dilapidated buildings.
Some negatives:
•model and asset inconsistencies. Expected I suppose and mostly minor quibbles, but legacy is noticeable at points.
•while the combat is still enjoyable (especially given the AI and sound improvements), this was a missed opportunity. They really could’ve amped it up more to II’s level and it’s a shame they didn’t. Pretty amazing how relatively untouched it is considering the very hard work that went into the presentation.
•giraffe Ellie.
All in all though, I’m loving this so far.
Positives:
•yeah, no doubt the game’s a looker. It’s wonderful to see the original up there in parity with the sequel. The cinematics take on a whole new gravitas with this degree of fidelity. That opening, oof.
•the overall game feel is much smoother and cohesive in moment to moment gameplay. It’s a pleasure to play.
•the AI is quite a bit better than I was expecting, both for the enemies and allies, based on the early footage leaks. Enemies feel to be more cautious and strategic, and allies hide and utilize cover more. Still the stupid moment here and there, but it helps with the immersion.
•I’m especially pleasantly surprised by the audio. The whole world feels far more alive and dynamic, and I’m also noticing a few new spoken lines that I don’t recall, both from allies and enemies. Could be I missed them in all my previous playthroughs, but that would be about 20+, so doubtful.
•the accessibility options make this much more enjoyable to play. Auto p/u is a godsend.
•they fixed the gamma issue from the remaster that occurred when leaving the QZ and traveling into the dilapidated buildings.
Some negatives:
•model and asset inconsistencies. Expected I suppose and mostly minor quibbles, but legacy is noticeable at points.
•while the combat is still enjoyable (especially given the AI and sound improvements), this was a missed opportunity. They really could’ve amped it up more to II’s level and it’s a shame they didn’t. Pretty amazing how relatively untouched it is considering the very hard work that went into the presentation.
•giraffe Ellie.
All in all though, I’m loving this so far.
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Matsuchezz
Member
Holly shit!! Tess looks gorgeous. And the quality of the models in cinemátics is fucking ridiculous animation is superb! The 3d audio is great. The world feels alive the clothes hanging are moved by tether air.
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Bartski
Gold Member
Fidelity mode = best looking PS5 game full stop. I'm playing in Performance mode, still looks much more detailed than TLOU2 but it's the technical upgrade to the presentation that's most impressive IMO.
The game seems FREE*) from the no.1 issue of Part 2 visuals, being a rather obnoxious pop-in and LOD swaps, very noticeable at 60 fps.
Clearly, same engine so the problem is still there but the improvement is massive - up till this point of the game (just got to Bill's Town) I've noticed 2 small cases of a visible LOD swap and one little culling error (bug?) in far distance - other than that, all objects in the field of view remain almost perfectly* consistent!
*) Edit: end of Pittsburg. I had some hiccups (got clips may post later) but very few in terms of geometry spawning/despawning in view, some weird baked high/low LOD shadow fades... but overall the point stands - does a much better job real time streaming assets than TLOU2. I would expect this issue to be eradicated eventually on PS5 ... not yet.
Also,I haven't seen a fight where a dead enemy body would get despawned when killed, all the mess you're making looks permanent in every scene when doing some room backtracking.
Edit1: nope, they still do in larger areas
Edit2: despawn threshold is at around 8 or 9 bodies. Disappointing but looks like it's something we need to accept from this engine.
We'll see how things go deeper into the game, so far I'm very impressed by the presentation and those often overlooked hello Digital Foundry contributing factors.
The game seems FREE*) from the no.1 issue of Part 2 visuals, being a rather obnoxious pop-in and LOD swaps, very noticeable at 60 fps.
Clearly, same engine so the problem is still there but the improvement is massive - up till this point of the game (just got to Bill's Town) I've noticed 2 small cases of a visible LOD swap and one little culling error (bug?) in far distance - other than that, all objects in the field of view remain almost perfectly* consistent!
*) Edit: end of Pittsburg. I had some hiccups (got clips may post later) but very few in terms of geometry spawning/despawning in view, some weird baked high/low LOD shadow fades... but overall the point stands - does a much better job real time streaming assets than TLOU2. I would expect this issue to be eradicated eventually on PS5 ... not yet.
Also,
Edit1: nope, they still do in larger areas
Edit2: despawn threshold is at around 8 or 9 bodies. Disappointing but looks like it's something we need to accept from this engine.
We'll see how things go deeper into the game, so far I'm very impressed by the presentation and those often overlooked hello Digital Foundry contributing factors.
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Fools idol
Banned
people saying this isnt worth $70 are out of their minds. The levels of detail and added realism makes the already impactful story and scenes ever more realistic and intense.
The opening escape scene hits harder than ever now. So good.
The opening escape scene hits harder than ever now. So good.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Usually reeee photo topics for big games are full of incredible pics, soy probably makes people better at taking screenshot.The screenshots coming in to twitter are just on another level. Can't wait to play this beauty
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I live in Europe (Portugal) and I'm about to go to work...and now I regret coming here. This is gonna be a long day for me and only then I will be picking up my physical copy.
Seems like the game is truly a masterpiece, holy shit!
edit: someone reminded me about the basement level. now i'm good to wait a few hours to start this again. I can't imagine doign that with this graphical fidelity, lmao.
Seems like the game is truly a masterpiece, holy shit!
edit: someone reminded me about the basement level. now i'm good to wait a few hours to start this again. I can't imagine doign that with this graphical fidelity, lmao.
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The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Watch out for spoilers until then.
GooseMan69
Member
Played for a few hours. As someone who was initially skeptical, I’m blown away by this remake. Beyond the obvious graphical upgrade, the improved AI really transforms this game. It was the most glaring weakness of the original, and it’s been alleviated here.
Is it worth $70? Idk, but anybody trying to downplay the monumental upgrade here is talking out their ass and probably hasn’t played the game.
Is it worth $70? Idk, but anybody trying to downplay the monumental upgrade here is talking out their ass and probably hasn’t played the game.
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GooseMan69
Member
Btw, I literally just got done replaying Part 2 before getting into the remake. It absolutely looks better than Part 2. No question.
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GymWolf
Gold Member
People already told me that ellie is an insufferable edgie teenager, my body is ready.
tommib
Member
I hope they at least add it to the trials section or whatever that's called.Now we play the waiting game until it drops on PS+ in a couple of years.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Oh fucking hell, it's 11am in my country and got a text saying i can go get my copy.
Fuck this, i'll just go there and be back to work...it's half an hour and i can do it, lmao.
Then i'll just...you know...work for 6 more hours and pretend the game isn't right there next to me. Easy.
Fuck this, i'll just go there and be back to work...it's half an hour and i can do it, lmao.
Then i'll just...you know...work for 6 more hours and pretend the game isn't right there next to me. Easy.
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shubik
Member
Just tell your work you got the sniffles and you are out getting a covid test.
Laieon
Member
Yeah, I didn't get the add to cart button either. It ended up throwing me into some queue to buy a PS5 though. Absolute shit system Sony has.
existensmaximum
Member
Playing right now in fidelity mode. The difference between this and the PS4 remaster is.. Staggering. Holy shit.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Decent sum up here from Luke Stephens, reinforcing the fact that this really is just a cosmetic cash grab when you get right down to it.
Yeah. I think I'm quite happy to play this waaaaay down the line, only when I want another replay.
Yeah. I think I'm quite happy to play this waaaaay down the line, only when I want another replay.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
There were screenshots leaked that showed Joel holding the assault rifle, early on in the game, but I’m looking into New Game Plus and it sounds like weapons still don’t carry over.
Anyone know what that’s about?
Anyone know what that’s about?
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
As soon as I can get this for £40 or less I'm in. Enjoy this amazing game people but I cant support Sony on this one.
Hugare
Gold Member
"Regurgitating what someone else said". As if I was quoting some random user's opinion and not channels with professionals that have been doing this for years.
And I'm playing the game, you believe it or not.
... As I said on the exact post that you are quoting: this image doesnt work because on the left you have native 1440p, and 4K on the right. So detail would be boosted by a lot.
And different lighting conditions, so comparing lighting quality is dumb
Models in "Models Viewer" are the same ones used in gameplay, since cutscenes are real time. And the models there are identical in detail for both games. It's the perfect place to judge Model Quality between them because they are under the same lighting conditions.
I'm not trying to say that the game doesn't look great. It looks awesome. One of the best looking games out there (just like Part II)
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balls of snow
Gold Member
The intro hits harder with the new character models. Joel looks really scared for his daughter now especially once he realised that soldier was gonna kill them both. Playing on hard, perm death on act and slow motion toggle.
TacoSavage
Member
I played for two hours on fidelity 120hz 40fps and it was a mindfuck all throughout, exceeding my expectations and setting it above part 2.
I’m aways the 60fps route but fidelity at 40fps is a great middleground and so far pretty enjoyable surprisingly. The sharpness and quality is out of this world.
I’m aways the 60fps route but fidelity at 40fps is a great middleground and so far pretty enjoyable surprisingly. The sharpness and quality is out of this world.
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
Still a bit too much judder in 40hz mode for my tastes. Unlocked performance mode is buttery smooth, usually >75FPS and even upwards of 90 when I’ve checked. Worth the slight trade off of a bit of noticeable aliasing here and there.
I played with headphones to avoid waking up the family, 3D audio is phenomenal
Everything looks gorgeous. It’s insane how much better the cinematics look in real time vs the pre rendered scenes previously
I’m not sure why anyone is complaining about loading times, seems like they’re no more than 6-7 seconds? I feel like the older versions took up to a minute.
My one complaint is you’d think they could’ve done something to get rid of the sequences where sidling through narrow passages are used to mask loading times, but whatever.
I played with headphones to avoid waking up the family, 3D audio is phenomenal
Everything looks gorgeous. It’s insane how much better the cinematics look in real time vs the pre rendered scenes previously
I’m not sure why anyone is complaining about loading times, seems like they’re no more than 6-7 seconds? I feel like the older versions took up to a minute.
My one complaint is you’d think they could’ve done something to get rid of the sequences where sidling through narrow passages are used to mask loading times, but whatever.
fran.fernandez
Member
Just started…. This shit looks real! Feels like a completely new game
Slothbeing1209
Member
Still wrong. I can't believe that you look at that comparison and still think it just because of different resolution. It's clearly because part 1 use better in game models than part 2. And the lighting and shadow is better than part 2 too.
Light can't affect that spot. There's no light source for it to be bright like that. You also can see that at his eyes .
Much better texture work for everything. Skin, cloth, bag belt,...
And the model has better details as well. Look at Joel wrinkles, beard,..
And btw in short. If that just because of the resolution then part 1 performance mode Joel model will looks exactly like part 2 since performance mode is 1440p too. But in DF videos they said fidelity mode looks the same as performance mode. The different might not big but it's noticeable.
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Hugare
Gold Member
It really does. I was impressed.
Combat and sound were things that I werent expecting many differences, but it really feels better.
And the sound is just *chef kiss*
It's a huge upgrade due to the Tempest audio on PS5
You still judging it from different scenes at different light conditions, so I won't prolong this discussion
Yet again I'll repeat myself: go to "Model Viewer" where you can see the ingame models using the same light source. They look the same in both games in terms of detail.
And no, DF didnt say that Fidelity Mode looks the same as Performance Mode. They said that Performance Mode is probably bugged and doesnt run with dynamic resolution, it's a locked 1440p just like TLOU Part 2.
Fidelity Mode runs at 4K, hence the bad performance drops at 40 Hz mode
James Sawyer Ford
Member
It really sucks that games like horizon and TLOU aren’t launching with performance modes working correctly
Fucking hell, I’ll complete the game before it gets a patch
This shit is unacceptable
Fucking hell, I’ll complete the game before it gets a patch
This shit is unacceptable
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
VRR performance mode is working great for me 
Combat feels so much better at >= 60FPS than 40 or less.
This is probably the best looking/performing console game ever made
Combat feels so much better at >= 60FPS than 40 or less.
This is probably the best looking/performing console game ever made
Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Slothbeing1209
Member
Okay i won't continue this after this post.
Even in different light source you can notice the different lol.
As i said the "model viewer" can be the same. But they use better quality model for in game.
And yeah it locked at 1440p like tlou part 2. So doesn't it should follow your point, the model for both game should be the same in performance mode??? Yet this is not that case.
Well since you're completely misunderstand my point so it is what it is lmao.
ChiefDada
Gold Member
The performance mode isn't stable? Are you playing with vrr? I was considering switching over from fidelity because even though it's sharp and pretty, the frame drops are significant especially when making quick turns with flashlight on. I sincerely hope post launch support is strong. This needs to be addressed asap.
Aggelos
Member
Well there it is, the Remake brought a new batch of gifs in town...
www.instagram.com
Naughty Dog on Instagram: "It's party time! Let's get this cross-country adventure started right 🎵 Our talented animators and artists had a bit of cheeky fun making GIFs to celebrate the release of The Last of Us Part I. Check out our GIPHY page for
114K likes, 762 comments - naughty_dog_inc on September 2, 2022: "It's party time! Let's get this cross-country adventure started right 🎵 Our talented animators and artists had a bit of cheeky fun making GIFs to celebrate the release of The Last of Us Part I. Check out our GIPHY page for more!".
www.instagram.com
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James Sawyer Ford
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Hugare
Gold Member
The Joel/Homelander one is really good
Glad to see the one with Marlene copying Nazaré's meme (brazilians bros will know)
I'm reaching the Capitol building right now, and man, I miss Part II dodge so much during combat. Shouldn't have played it in preparation for the Remake.
Still, having an amazing time. This game's pacing is something else.
And this is the "worst" part, imo. After Bill's Town the game goes full throttle.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
The FOMO is real!!! and I'm probably not even half way through TLOU Part 2. Seems weird to have fomo for part 1 while not getting around to finishing the part 2 yet.
saintjules
Gold Member
I don’t even need to watch that video. I’ve been watching both gameplay and cutscene footage for both part 1/2. I changed my mind last night. There’s defl a graphical improvement, just not a generational one.
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Gameplay Gods Bless
Member
Lol did that lady do something bad?