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Digital Foundry vs Ratchet and Clank on PS4

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The decision to target 30fps allows Insomniac to give the game a CGI-style look that wouldn't be possible otherwise on PS4 hardware. A native 1080p framebuffer is in place, showing off the game's colourful worlds and wacky characters with vastly superior sharpness and clarity over the 720p image of the PS3 HD remaster and the 480i PS2 original. The use of post-process anti-aliasing also works well much of the time, helping to smooth over more organic environmental elements. However, straight lines and sub-pixel details don't fare so well, and this leads to pixel-popping and shimmering in these areas. For example, the rocky landscape on Veldin mostly appears smooth with relatively few artefacts, but the cityscape on Kerwan doesn't look anywhere near as clean.

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naruga2947d ago

if the Sony-bought-back-Crash rumors are true and they r remaking 1 of the first 4 classic games or even preparing a new CB4 with the same quality and attention as R&C, i will have a cardiac arrest

Spyroo2947d ago (Edited 2947d ago )

And

Jak and Daxter
Sly Cooped
Ape Escape
Spyro the Dragon

nowitzki20042947d ago

Hopefully Sony has been listening to us and did whats best and bought the mascot of Playstation. Crash is the reason I love PS as much as I do, It was Sonys Mario, Sonic, Master Chief. Love Nathan Drake and Kratos but Crash is the original.

UltraNova2946d ago

So what will happen to you if they announce CB4 is coming holiday 2017 and that it will include all classic CB games remastered on disc?

KlickCick2944d ago

You'll have a heart attack when you realize how bad Crash was and your nostalgia comes "Crash"ing down

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corroios2947d ago

Insomniac did an amazing job and the game doesnt have a full price. I think its perfect.

I would also like that they did the resistance franchise all the games and bring back the co-op of R2.

I think that the Co-op on R2 was one of the best experiences on multiplayer last gen.

Also the SP from the Resistance and R3 were very good

Imalwaysright2947d ago

Insomniac doesn't seem interested in making more Resistance games.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

But I wish that Sony gave the franchise to one of their studios and that studio made an homage to Fall of Men which was to me, by FAR the best online experience of last gen... It would be the only way that Sony would manage to make pay for online play.

corroios2947d ago

Didnt know that. Well that not a good news...

Chevalier2947d ago (Edited 2947d ago )

I spent so many hours playing R2. If it had expansions or updates I wouldn't hesitate to start up again! It was so amazing. So I totally agree.

PoSTedUP2947d ago

the coop in R2 was Reeeal nice. :)

corroios2947d ago

So many hours with my shield up tryng to defend my team and waiting for the help to keep the shield up!!!!

Very good times.

2cents2947d ago

Looks Gorgeous!!!

Well Done Insomniac!

Majin-vegeta2947d ago

And it plays so well too.Gotta love the Groovitron weapon xD.

LP-Eleven2947d ago

Indeed. One of the best platformers I've played in a long time!

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8 Years Later, It's About Time Sony Revives The Rest Of Ratchet And Clank

Hanzala from eXputer: "On this joyous 8th anniversary of the Ratchet and Clank reboot, it's about time Sony considers reviving the originals to complete the saga."

shinoff218324d ago (Edited 24d ago )

It's not the ideal situation but Sony does offer them on ps plus. I to would just like a big ass compilation on doscto though

purple10123d ago

Insomniac roadmap leaked a while ago and they are making another, they’re doing the best they can and these games, especially the last two, are master pieces

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AMD users left in the dirt with "ludicrous" Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues are a huge problem for AMD users

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ocelot07290d ago

Strange with the ps5 being amd based it would of been more optimized for amd gpu's.

mkis007290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

Lets see just how widespread these issues are... doesnt make a bit of sense because the game was made for amd hardware.

: oh its just complaining over amd's poor implementation of things on the pc side.

PunksOnN4G290d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

Maybe you are not up to date on the current state of AMD's Raytracing support and FSR.

Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?

ModsDoBetter290d ago

"Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?"

This is a first party title.
Released and poorly optimised. You jump straight to AMD being completely at fault as if TLoU PC port didn't happen.

Christopher290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name290d ago

You should probably make sure it is Sony before trying to fling mud.

ModsDoBetter290d ago

@Generic with the cope:

From DigitalFoundry,

"The comparison, which was shared by Digital Foundry, was accompanied by a written analysis that goes over some of the port's best features, such as good scalability, which allows players with the proper hardware to enjoy much better visuals than on PlayStation 5 and those with underpowered machines to have still a decent experience barring some stuttering, and issues, such as missing transparency effects at max settings, texture loading issues, shadows issues with ray tracing enabled, stability issues and more. With the additional disabling of ray tracing on AMD GPUs due to stability issues, it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

"it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

This is not solely an issue with AMD, the port is "yet another" with missing features.

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Jin_Sakai290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

AMD has always been crap compared to Nvidia. The only advantage they have is price.

DarXyde290d ago

And power efficiency. And arguably better performance on 1080p/1440p cards. And availability.

Nvidia cards really aren't worth hunting high and low for when there are very comparable AMD cards that are cheaper. I really have to give credit to AMD for their very frequent and consistent grind with RDNA. This issue I reckon is a developer level problem.

Can't really miss with either, but considering Jensen and Lisa are relatives, they probably laugh about these debates over a very expensive holiday dinner.

iAmyRose290d ago

Naw AMD have had instances of being good, Nvidia do have better features, raytracing and AI performance if you play with software that uses it though.

KeeseToast290d ago

@DarXyde
Power efficiency is not true at all this gpu generation. Nvidia‘s 4000 series is more power efficient that AMD 7000

DivineHand125290d ago

I believe AMD offers higher vram at lower price points compared to NVidia. We have found out that this generation needs at least 8GB to load the highest detail textures at 1080p.

This issue with the drivers will eventually be fixed for Ratchet and Clank, however, the vram issue NVidia has on their midrange and entry level cards can only be fixed by spending more money on a higher end card.

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CantThinkOfAUsername290d ago

AMD has already confirmed it's a driver-related issue on their cards. Besides, AMD 'users' can't stop telling us how not important Ray Tracing is, how they always play with it off, and how it's an 'Nvidia gimmick.' This shouldn't be a problem for them I believe.

On a side note, kudos to Nixxes and Sony for releasing one of the best PC ports in 2023. Amazing graphics with Ray Tracing, great performance, detailed system requirements, plenty of graphics options, all upscaling technologies (DLSS, FSR, and XeSS), DirectStorage 1.2, and native Mouse and Keyboard support.

INMATEofARKHAM290d ago

Not surprised by an AMD driver issue... I love they are in the market and help keep Intel honest but I've had some whacked driver issues with then so I always just go with Intel anymore.

I'm sure they'll have it fixed in the coming days, if it even takes that long, just one of the joys of PC gaming.

ChasterMies290d ago

Imma just sayin’, this is why I play on consoles.

Good-Smurf290d ago

No issues at all on PS5 and some already called me being trolling yesterday.
No telling how well it will run on my PC because there's too things that can go wrong there being High End Nvidia stuff and everything.

MadLad290d ago

Consoles are highly limiting; and when devs screw up optimizing their games on console, you're screwed. You don't have the option of powering through it.

Binarycode290d ago

That's why always wait and see what the game plays like on any device before you buy.

I think they've done a good job porting it to pc, but it needs to be able to run on lower end cards and should have a ram indicator to show how much video ram is being used.

ChasterMies290d ago

That’s why I play on PS5. The user base is so big, devs can’t afford to screw up optimizing their games for it.

MrVux000289d ago

Looking at the overall state of PC gaming and its ports of AAA games for the past 3-4 years vs consoles ports.

Not really helping your case.

1nsomniac290d ago

People never listened when I said that this game doesn’t use “real” ray tracing on PS5. I believe it uses a very clever advanced/modified screen space reflection system. Which is why the real ray tracing doesn’t work on pc.

Outside_ofthe_Box290d ago

Does it matter? I thought we were past this "real" nonsense. The end results matter more. If you can't distinguish, who cares. If it allows for better/more stable frame rate who cares. MS f'd everything when they started using terms like "true" and "real" in their marketing when they launched the One X last gen. People are finally starting to realize that "True 4K" doesn't matter if you have to sacrifice framerate to achieve it. In the end something always has to give if you are truly pushing the hardware.

Binarycode290d ago

Raytracing reflections are used on PS5 as they are in Spiderman, Same engine. tested by professionals with first hand knowledge.

PC Ray-tracings problems are bugs and on AMD side a driver issue.

Lastly if AMD want to compete in the RT space, they need to come up with a solution. As in a unique chip to do it, not just make the gpu with some driver things help it. It's miles behind Nvidia.

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Three Original Games That Still Stand Tall Alongside Their Remakes

Usually, remakes outclass their predecessors in every way. Some games are just too good to fade into the shadow of a remake though; here's a short list of the best.

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TricksterArrow454d ago

Missing Resident Evil 2 and 3. Arguably Resident Evil 1 as well.

NecrumOddBoy454d ago

Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee is 1000% better than New and Tasty and Abe’s Exoddus is about 100,000% better than that abysmal SoulStorm.