The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience is up for PS5 and Xbox X/S
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CamHostage
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Some really good stuff to dig into here, but worth special mentioning is the physics system. Chaos has been promising a lot for a long time (the original Chaos Physics GDC demo was over two years ago,) but nothing has looked or performed anywhere close to the original pitch in-game so far. The destruction here, especially the bridge collapse, is really exciting and on a grand scale that is sweet to see. Lots of incidental motion after the first impact of falling debris, lots of chunks breaking into chunks, the whole bridge shatters into pieces, lots of bending and deforming of cars... almost makes physics look easy. I'm curious how they did some of these effects (some are likely scripted physics animations, others realtime deformation?) but I'm happy to see at last a UE project push this many rocks around.
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Making something like a payday game where you have missions to enter the city and rob something and get out would be mental, having heat like firefights down the street trying to get a car that the cops havn't shot to shit. This and hellblade 2 got interested on what we will see from the smaller teams who can try new things over the next few years.
rickybooby87
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color me impressed. Diminishing returns were the norm with old engine tech. UE5 is our lord and savior. All must pay homage to Tim Sweeney.
Sosokrates
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Lol, im not impressed.
Shizumapower
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Wow. The free roam at the end... is stunning.
xPikYx
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This looks incredible, finally the real next gen is coming, this is what I was waiting for, FINALLY!
Look at those BILLIONS OF POLYGONS, GOOOOOSHHHHH YEAAAAAAAHHHJJ
CROSS GEN MY ASS NOW
It still doesn't look as good as the first UE5 reveal but we are getting there, in a couple of years especially on PC..BOOM
Look at those BILLIONS OF POLYGONS, GOOOOOSHHHHH YEAAAAAAAHHHJJ
CROSS GEN MY ASS NOW
It still doesn't look as good as the first UE5 reveal but we are getting there, in a couple of years especially on PC..BOOM
TheRedRiders
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I'm fortunate enough to playing it now on my PS5.
It is jaw dropping! I recommend to turn off the "Matrix filter in the settings, it makes everything look so much better.
The detail and fidelity, along with the lighting is gorgeous. I recommend playing around with the "Fly" tool along with the "Nanite" settings which actually allows you to see the triangles tessellating in real time as you zoom in and out of the buildings and different objects.
It is jaw dropping! I recommend to turn off the "Matrix filter in the settings, it makes everything look so much better.
The detail and fidelity, along with the lighting is gorgeous. I recommend playing around with the "Fly" tool along with the "Nanite" settings which actually allows you to see the triangles tessellating in real time as you zoom in and out of the buildings and different objects.
digoutyoursoul
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They have to make a full game of the matrix now. The high way chase from Reloaded and fight/helicopter scene from the first game.
Whatever criticism it gets at least they let the public try it out.
Whatever criticism it gets at least they let the public try it out.
Reizo Ryuu
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Streamed the entire thing here:
Yeah it looks great, some really good technical achievements here, but it's clearly 3d graphics and not some "omg what is real and what isn't" pr nonsense.
Also the FPS while driving around was awful, no actual game is going to push the consoles like this, 20 fps is not ok.
But yeah looks really good, most impressive thing is the draw distance really.
Yeah it looks great, some really good technical achievements here, but it's clearly 3d graphics and not some "omg what is real and what isn't" pr nonsense.
Also the FPS while driving around was awful, no actual game is going to push the consoles like this, 20 fps is not ok.
But yeah looks really good, most impressive thing is the draw distance really.
01011001
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I mean I get that this demo pushes really heavy tech but that performance is not great lol.
also, the low resolution paired with really noisy and bad temporal upsampling doesn't look good in motion whatsoever.
the raytraced reflections and Lumen (RT lighting) are pretty damn good. Nanite is pretty good but does not eliminate pop-in completely in this demo.
also, I kinda wished they gave you the option to see performance metrics + enable different framerate target locks and maybe change more settings in general
now I really wanna see this running on Series S! the RT reflections + RT lighting + density of the scene, that will fucking push that little console to the limits for sure!
also, the low resolution paired with really noisy and bad temporal upsampling doesn't look good in motion whatsoever.
the raytraced reflections and Lumen (RT lighting) are pretty damn good. Nanite is pretty good but does not eliminate pop-in completely in this demo.
also, I kinda wished they gave you the option to see performance metrics + enable different framerate target locks and maybe change more settings in general
now I really wanna see this running on Series S! the RT reflections + RT lighting + density of the scene, that will fucking push that little console to the limits for sure!
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AnotherOne
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Played on ps5 the free roam section is impressing the hell out of me.
TheRedRiders
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Some screenshots I was able to capture on my PS5.
3liteDragon
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We definitely will get these kind of games this gen.
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01011001
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Some screenshots I was able to capture on my PS5.
it looks crazy good in screenshots but IMO it absolutely breaks apart in quick motion.
the aggressive post processing, which includes a form of reconstruction, really can't keep up in motion. the demo clearly renders at a very low native resolution (which you can see when the game lets you disable the upsampling) and the UE upsampling just can't really keep the perceived resolution high and clean enough to look good IMO.
it becomes an artifact ridden mess really fast. especially when you disable the matrix filter which muddies the scene a bit
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MasterCornholio
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Messing around with the nanite view is trippy as hack. It's like going on an LSD trip.
xPikYx
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Love it! Fuckin love it! Finally no more fine details smashed on a texture but everything is fuckin geometricalSome screenshots I was able to capture on my PS5.
Sosokrates
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Im not seeing so much of an improvement in the free roam mode. It does not look that much better then spidermans open world.
roosnam1980
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lighting , shadows and draw distance are very impressive
This is real time lighting
TheRedRiders
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Agreed, it's still amazing but you do tend to notice a lot of blemishes too especially because of the post processing.
Loxus
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Digital Foundry and others will answer your questions soon.
I'm also curious about Series S.
If it looks and run just as good, that would put to bed weaker hardware holds back the stronger hardware.
ButchCat
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I hope I'm wrong but we can't even get backwards compatible games to run at an optimal next gen level let alone something like this.
Phunkydiabetic
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Epic Sax CEO
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This city reminds me this old demo:
But see, "we" in the technical threads discuss for nothing.
This is a little demo of what to expect from "next gen" games, and it works on both machines.
But see, "we" in the technical threads discuss for nothing.
This is a little demo of what to expect from "next gen" games, and it works on both machines.
3liteDragon
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That comes down to the game code rather than the hardware itself, I'm optimistic. Just wait until next year or 2023, we'll get this kind of quality in actual games.
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Sosokrates
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Whatever it is it doesn't look like some huge improvement.
The things I notice the most is the building geometry seems good, the reflections on cars look good, but it has a lot in common with recent open world games, im not blown away by it.
Wildstar75
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holy moly, Xmas comes early for us graphic whores!
DeepEnigma
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I know you think you're being cheeky trying to dunk, but that does seem like a natural evolution for the theme of this IP.
Ghost of Caelid
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Hope digital foundry got early access...we need that breakdown asap.
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Aenima
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The free roaming is impressive on PS5. Draw distance is insane. I used the drone camera to travel at high speed to try see pop ups and the engine delivered a smooth ride. Even if using a bit too much motion blur.
Also thers no physics in the open world, the water and floating objects are static. But the trafic density is still super impressive with huge draw distance even seen from the sky.
The character and NPC looked average.
Also thers no physics in the open world, the water and floating objects are static. But the trafic density is still super impressive with huge draw distance even seen from the sky.
The character and NPC looked average.
TheDarkPhantom
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Really impressive glimpse into the future of tech and gaming, free roam gives you an entire city to explore by either foot, car or drone, lovingly detailed, flying around is exhilarating 
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