Directive 8020 - Path tracing!!! #PTON

ltron · Tuesday at 18:29

Tombstone said:
Got an 8/10 from IGN, make what you will of that

It also got 85% from PC Gamer which surprised me given some reviewers say it's very mediocre.

ltron · Tuesday at 18:31

Noxia said:
Are they boring on release too?

The reviews said the beginning is boring which is not ideal for those of us making use of our two hour trial.

Nexus18 · Tuesday at 19:00

Video comparing the graphics of sw and hw and pt:

mrk · Tuesday at 19:15

The graphics to me are unimpressive, it looks dated compared to other UE5 games, even with PT enabled.

Tombstone · Tuesday at 19:38

Watched a half hour of it being streamed, all it was for that half hour was cutscenes and about 3 or 4 QTE events which consisted of nothing more than pressing 1 key repeatedly to do things like help push a dead bodies arm etc. Obviously it was only 30mins but if the rest of the "game" is like that then its not a title for me

opethdisciple · Tuesday at 19:48

A very mediocre 73 on Metacritic

Vinno · Tuesday at 20:20

Tombstone said:
Watched a half hour of it being streamed, all it was for that half hour was cutscenes and about 3 or 4 QTE events which consisted of nothing more than pressing 1 key repeatedly to do things like help push a dead bodies arm etc. Obviously it was only 30mins but if the rest of the "game" is like that then its not a title for me

Lol sounds even worse than the Dark Picture games which were always a bit like that, albeit not to that extreme level.

Tombstone · Tuesday at 20:33

Vinno said:
Lol sounds even worse than the Dark Picture games which were always a bit like that, albeit not to that extreme level.

The story, from what I saw looked decent enough, so it might be a decent title for those who like that sort of thing but I like more "game" in my "game"

ltron · Tuesday at 20:54

Watching some of the benchmark videos the performance looks horrific and the game doesn't even look that good.

mrk · Tuesday at 20:56

30fps (60 with 2x FG) with DLSS 4 Performance at 4K with PT, this is bad given other PT games are 60fps under the same settings without FG..You can force MFG on all GPUs to get over 100fps but the HUD UI floating elements then become jittery as it's injected FSR/optiscaler MFG.

TNA · Tuesday at 22:47

I wouldn't even pay a fiver for this.

TNA · Wednesday at 06:24

Directive keep ya money

mrk · Wednesday at 06:35

Refunded.

If I leave a mixed review on Steam then the dweebs will be out in full force again saying "YOU ONLY PLAYED FOR OVER AN HOUR :mad:

".

greatash · Wednesday at 07:13

ltron said:
Watching some of the benchmark videos the performance looks horrific and the game doesn't even look that good.

Just finished it, the last chapter is a joke got around 30fps. They went hard with nanite there or just left it on default and overused it or something. Was about 50-60ish for the rest of the game. Even a 5090 won't be able to hold 60fps there with DLSS performance and just RT not PT.

Thanathan82 · Thursday at 07:16

Hi. should i enable both... Ray tracing and Path tracing? Or is Path tracing deactivating Ray tracing automaticly? I ask, because i can turn both Switches on, at the Same time.

Guest2 · Friday at 17:53

At this point I think its not what developers/publishers can do, it's more to do with what they can get consumers to spend on hardware. Sad really.

I enjoyed the days of next gen games on the Amiga then PCs that brought games to us like Shadow of the Beast, Another World and Unreal. That said, I was always more a fan of games that had better gameplay like Cannon fodder, Sensi soccer, Doom & Half Life.