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Digital Foundry: "Dragon Quest 11 PS4/ PS4 Pro: JPRG Meets Unreal Engine 4"
- Thread starter LordOfLore
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Summary: Looks goddamn amazing.
The 3DS version looks like a completely different game.
PS4 is 900p. PRO is 3072x1728 checkerboard, upscaled to 2160p. The UI is native 4K.
Game looks really great! Love the look of the characters.
900p on base PS4
1728c on Pro
Locked 30fps on both
Fast loading on both
900p on base PS4
1728c on Pro
Locked 30fps on both
Fast loading on both
Shin
Banned
That's more impressive than I thought and can't wait to see it in all it's glory.
randomusername
Member
Hmm no mention of downsampling
DriftingSpirit
Member
Good stuff.
pretty done
Member
Nice Pro support, glad to see its not 1440p like the last SE game -_-
Napalm_Frank
Member
MrChocolate
Member
Wut? How does this happen? Is the game really taxing?
Damn Pro resolution bump is pretty big.
UE4 is pretty demanding on the GPU.
Usually they mention if it doesn't down sample. The fact that it doesn't have a 1080p resolution on the pro probably means it downsamples.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Hopefully implemented at system level in 5.0 update.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
I'm wondering it it's something to do with UE4. I've only played a few UE4 games so far but none have ran well. Between ARK and Fortnite too they both have a strange issue with sharers that causes some real strange artefacts. It's lessened in Fortnite but you can still produce it, particularly when facing to the sky.
Monkeyball
Banned
The worlds look really nice, but the cartoon characters look weird and out of place.
One thing that's worth mentioning is that PS4 Pro suffers from slight blurring during motion due to an imperfect checkerboarding implementation, which isn't present on PS4 due to not using CB.
Higher res does make up for it tho in my opinion.
I'm on mobile with no sound but do they get into anti aliasing details? The 900p is a shame but I can deal if it has that silky temporal AA we've been seeing lately. Some of these post process solutions really manage to obliterate aliasing and really soften up the image overall, in a good way.
I've been splitting my time with the PS4 version between my 4K TV and in a window on my PC at 1080p, and it really looks incredible in both situations. The 4K UI is really very nice though.
As someone mentioned above, there are occasional drops not mentioned here. They're fairly sparse, but they happen.
Nope.
As someone mentioned above, there are occasional drops not mentioned here. They're fairly sparse, but they happen.
Nope.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Jesus fuck is that Pro bump really freaking nice. I was day one before this info, but this just makes me super happy about this game.
I hate that we have to ask this, I hope they get a system level function in v5 of the OS or something.
Astral Dog
Member
Well, it is. 😛
*nervous laughter*
Does anyone want to tell him?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1340484
Jawbreaker
Member
What a gorgeous game.
DarknessTear
Banned
This video is kinda proof on why I shouldn't really trust fan impressions on this forum. People kept talking about load times when comparing PS4 vs 3DS versions and this video is saying load times are short as hell, and battle transitions are quick and smooth...
Thats a Greay Area
Member
This looks awesome. Can't wait.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I assume no downsampling since this is a SE game?
Oh man, I completely neglected to test that! Let me check and get back to you.
Shin
Banned
The game seriously looks beautiful in 4K*, can't imagine how it looks like on one's TV.
I do think that they could have bumped the resolution on both PS4/Pro because there doesn't seem to be a single drop in frame at all on it's current resolution.
Could have probably avoided the blurry grass on Pro by raising the resolution as well.
I do think that they could have bumped the resolution on both PS4/Pro because there doesn't seem to be a single drop in frame at all on it's current resolution.
Could have probably avoided the blurry grass on Pro by raising the resolution as well.
Sort of. The story is the same, areas just look different.
Loading times on PS4 vary. If you're transitioning from one area to another neighboring area, they're short. Teleport to a totally different area and they'll be a bit longer. In the end, though, 3DS definitely loads everything faster.
No I know that. I mean they have to actually force the game to render at 1080P. If they just render it at 4K only it will automatically downsample. I assume John would mention if it had a different resolution on an HD screen.
Or not nevermind let us know when you find out John. Though I wonder if 1080P with no blur and probably zero drops wouldn't be a bad thing either. Blah I wish they let you choose like XBX is going to.
IIRC they made the game in a fairly reasonable amount of time as well.
Not that KH3 and FFVII wont be interesting from a technical standpoint but I imagine theyll be very big outliers in the amount of dev time they have and what theyre trying to achieve. Im more interested to see what other developers that are making RPGs that roughly match DQ11s specification (standard 2-3 years of development, not open world, very reliant on art and not trying to display technical wizardry) will pull off with UE4, I think DQ11 has been a good sign overall.
Not that KH3 and FFVII wont be interesting from a technical standpoint but I imagine theyll be very big outliers in the amount of dev time they have and what theyre trying to achieve. Im more interested to see what other developers that are making RPGs that roughly match DQ11s specification (standard 2-3 years of development, not open world, very reliant on art and not trying to display technical wizardry) will pull off with UE4, I think DQ11 has been a good sign overall.
lightchris
Member
Well, less than double the pixels are fully rendered on PS4 Pro. Given that the GPU is more than twice as strong (although the memory isn't..), it's not that great. Still better than 1080p of course.