Death Stranding PC Tech Review: The Upgrade We've Been Waiting For

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Death Stranding PC Tech Review: The Upgrade We've Been Waiting For

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@woodbyte 4 жыл бұрын

I like this approach of having the "Default" settings preset provide console parity on PC. Very intuitive for the end user.

@Zeegoku1007 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@AnalogFoundry 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@LORDORBY 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mixichip 4 жыл бұрын

Yes less hassle for me honestly

@AJ-xv7oh 4 жыл бұрын

All PC games should do this as standard.

@adriancoleman2876 4 жыл бұрын

i always get extra performance on my games by turning off AA and taking off my glasses. BAM! instant free FXAA.

@soogepoola4327 4 жыл бұрын

ok, that's a good one

@TexelGuy 4 жыл бұрын

My glasses are the only thing keeping me from experiencing The Outer Worlds' switch port 24/7.

@colemin2 4 жыл бұрын

Shame I'm nearsighted and not farsighted.

@megaprimegamer1184 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@aortaplatinum 4 жыл бұрын

Nearsighted gang stay mad

@jmarco335 4 жыл бұрын

If a lead developer is reading this. The “default” setting for pc that matches consoles is the way to go in the future please

@TheUltimateBlooper 4 жыл бұрын

Only relevant if you have a low/mid range rig. That stuff gets ignored and is outright unwanted on high ends rigs - we DON'T want console parity, we want BETTER. But I do see your point, of course, such an option would be good to eliminate guesswork for many people.

@V8_Diva 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper Yeah, but having the option to just match console settings is nice.

@lwaves 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper While that's true, being "only relevant" means it is relevant. I'm sure you'll agree, it's not all about what you do or don't want, as you say you can simply ignore and move on to other settings. As you also say, it eliminates guesswork and gives other players a known, existing base to work from. More options is always good. :-)

@Mikri90 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper yes it's only relevant in the context of low-mid range PCs but that's the majority of gaming PC's anyway. High end gaming PCs are not the standard, they form a minority in the gaming world. So, I see no reason to rob the rest of PC gamers of that information, especially since it's nothing that would detract from any work as it involves almost no work except putting in the menu. They already know what the settings are, so why not give everyone the info on what would be the console settings?

@gothichellokitty 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateBlooper yes we do want better absolutely. and i like the comments of the other replies. in addition tho, the default option for games in the future would mean u, myself, and other people w good pcs will have something to base their improved graphics over the default options if u get what im saying. basically default options = basis of what your pc can improve on

@KentonBenfield 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that we are even comparing the anti-aliasing on INDIVIDUAL EYELASHES shows how far graphics have come.

@critical-thinker666 4 жыл бұрын

not rly,consoles stopped evolution of graphics and AI for 10 years.

@Legendbill 4 жыл бұрын

@@critical-thinker666 AI: yes, Graphics:no

@noshow 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously! I remember dreaming about hands with individually rendered fingers rather than blocks with thumbs.

@LandoCalrissiano 4 жыл бұрын

My GPU will catch fire trying to do that.

@DubElementMusic 4 жыл бұрын

@@critical-thinker666 meh, i prefer this, im not rich and i dont want to buy a new pc every 3 months. im fine with this.

@MadOrange644 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how long will it take to have a mod replacing BTs to Thomas the Dank engine.

@v-trigger6137 4 жыл бұрын

WTF lol

@JoshhTW 4 жыл бұрын

Not long lol. Give or take a few days/weeks.

@Gadget-Walkmen 4 жыл бұрын

So enough

@alexsilva28 4 жыл бұрын

The horror...

@samuelchurch5124 4 жыл бұрын

Give it 2 and a half weeks.

@shezmu24 4 жыл бұрын

Just like MGSV i've been blown away at just how well it performs, DS is putting less of a strain on my rig than some games that came out four years or more do.

@gonzo1400 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing what Nvidia has achieved with DLSS 2.0. Every game should have this in the future

@Zeegoku1007 4 жыл бұрын

Ok Aiden Pearce 😎👌

@gonzo1400 4 жыл бұрын

@@Zeegoku1007 okay is not enough. Give me a kiss

@ramsjunior 4 жыл бұрын

Im currently on GTX 1080 and i love it, but i am more likely going to be buying into the 3000 series.

@nextlifeonearth 4 жыл бұрын

Would be nice if it weren't Nvidia exclusive.

@edubockmann 4 жыл бұрын

@@nextlifeonearth Tell Amd to get better

@HeyMyNameIs... 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS 2.0 is the software we all needed this generation for 4k gaming.

@victorsegoviapalacios4710 4 жыл бұрын

Well, sucks that both MS and Sony are using AMD GPUs; just imagine what an Ampere-based XSX would be like.

@vandammage1747 4 жыл бұрын

@@victorsegoviapalacios4710 XSX has directML and already shown amazing HDR. They will definitely do scaling too

@TheLoucM 4 жыл бұрын

@@vandammage1747 DirectML is just an API. They still need to develop the algorithms and train the model, which I am not sure will happen. Also, the inference is running on tensor cores on Turing GPUs, and afawk, there is no such things on upcoming AMD gpus... So a DLSS running on AMD gpu might actually hurt performances more than help.

@zZiL341yRj736 4 жыл бұрын

Now if they can find something better than TAA because it blurs everything.

@adamkallin5160 4 жыл бұрын

There are similar reconstruction techniques that's I'm sure they will use.

@madphantom92 4 жыл бұрын

I still think about this game especially the soundtrack.

@jeancarrascoplane5579 4 жыл бұрын

"BB's theme starts playing..."

@madphantom92 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeancarrascoplane5579 My favorite was Low Roar- Easy way out. The sections in the mountains and World War are very immersive with a 7.1 surround sound especially if you choose the music setting for the soundtrack.

@danielb3863 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this game is now on my yearly replay list. This game hit me on a spiritual level. I hope the PC port comes to PS5.

@madphantom92 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielb3863 I have more than 200 games in the backlog so I won't replay Death Stranding anytime soon.

@j.a.styles547 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielb3863 you nailed it.... Amazing game..... My goty last year.... And i thought i will just try to like it because its kojima .

@kerfuffle9010 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if we'll ever see DLSS in Horizon: Zero Dawn.

@ChrisBa303 4 жыл бұрын

Its the same engine/tech so probably yes.

@nexusiv1421 4 жыл бұрын

Horizon is AMD sponsored, this game has it mainly cuz its Nvidia sponsored. so i doubt it tbh

@crozraven 4 жыл бұрын

@@nexusiv1421 Maybe AMD's own adaptive shading??

@Inhuman0 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBa303 Does not mean much. You still have to integrate DLSS into your code.

@kylerclarke2689 4 жыл бұрын

@@nexusiv1421 Lame.

@Taijifufu 4 жыл бұрын

To think only a few months ago everyone thought DLSS was dead, and now it's recommended over native res.

@NoahThomas29 4 жыл бұрын

Because why waste fps on native resolution when you can use DLSS that looks just as good as native, but also gives you a big FPS boost. its a no brainer.

@battyflaps5410 4 жыл бұрын

@@NoahThomas29 It doesn't look just as good as native though is everybody blind by nvidia lately?

@andrejskostins8032 4 жыл бұрын

DL in general is the future of computer graphics!

@andrejskostins8032 4 жыл бұрын

@@battyflaps5410 it depends on the implementation and the engine. It does look better in this game. I do believe though with time it will be the preferred option for both developers and gamers.

@kishaloyb.7937 4 жыл бұрын

@@battyflaps5410 honestly even if it doesn't, you can't deny the performance gain. The problem with native is that native resolution looks superior, but it totally gets destroyed by TAA, which introduces ghosting and flickering. All DLSS 2.0 does is reconstruct the final image without those graphical artifacts, which makes the final image better.

@sofiachkih2913 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this game, it’s a whole experience

@Gadget-Walkmen 3 жыл бұрын

same. Love it to death. "Keep on keeping on!"

@jippalippa 3 жыл бұрын

spent 110 hours in it, 5starred all preppers. I rarely spend that much time in a game (Only did it in Red Dead Redemption 2 in recent times)

@DatGrunt 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS 2.0 is honestly pretty amazing. I hope it becomes more and more common. Maybe even in every game.

@campkira 4 жыл бұрын

they had to licensing it... yeah not cheap...

@RyuHazuki82 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS 2.0 is so good, nvidia really has winner on their hands with this. Cant wait for 3.0 when new cards come out.

@varshoee 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think DLSS 3.0 will be much better. DLSS 2.0 is perfect. there is not much room for improvement.

@veloce5491 4 жыл бұрын

@@varshoee Its not perfect. There is still some artifacting in games like control.

@tommihommi1 4 жыл бұрын

@@veloce5491 especially text is often terrible

@HeloisGevit 4 жыл бұрын

@@varshoee Also it would be better if it can be implemented on a driver level through the NVIDIA control panel without needing devs approval.

@UltimateAlgorithm 4 жыл бұрын

@@HeloisGevit now this is powerfull.

@Spoggi99YT 4 жыл бұрын

Only 30 minutes until the Steam release. I am glad that the PC version turned out to be so good. Exceptional video as always Alex!

@Rex-zm7xb 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say both guerilla and kojima productions have done a great job of optimising a console focused engine to pc I am just excited what the ps5 version of decima can do on pc, if they decide to port horizon 2 or any other game running off the decima tech.

@GrainMuncher 4 жыл бұрын

Rex815 The Decima Engine was already on PC, that’s why it was so easy, add the passion and effort Guerrilla and Kojima are willing to put into their game, and you get an amazing PC port

@TheAciditty 4 жыл бұрын

A ton of people are having issues with it running well. Hope you were not one of em.

@Spoggi99YT 4 жыл бұрын

The Late Shift I played for almost two hours now and thankfully I did not encounter any problems apart from a bit of stuttering during the opening cutscene. Otherwise the game runs like a charm. It stays above 120 FPS almost all the time on 1080p.

@His0ka 4 жыл бұрын

@@Spoggi99YT sadly the game isnt that good ...well its allright but the bulk of the game is nahhh...a decent 5.5 out of 10

@stabinghobo57 4 жыл бұрын

Death Stranding and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild are my favorite games of this generation.

@jippalippa 3 жыл бұрын

Somanithel Kheang Death Stranding’s world is empty by design (I can accept you not liking it) but saying botw (which you can like or not as a game) is an empty open world is absolutely false. Botw’s open world is filled to the brim with secrets and things to discover, it’s just that the game doesn’t directly tell you where to go, instead you have to interpret the game’s cryptic hints. The only negative point I can think of about Breath Of The Wild is the lack of variety in enemy designs...you kinda fight the same few enemies throughout the adventure

@jetthejudge 3 жыл бұрын

@@jippalippa Breath of the Wild is also empty.

@PolyverseCube 3 жыл бұрын

@@jippalippa breath of the wild is empty as fuck, only things you can discover are either koroks or shrines, which is nice the first time around, but replaying it, the issue that there's really nothing to even do other than just walk, turn over rocks for koroks and once in a while do a shrine or two.

@FazedInferno 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS has really come a long way since that initial, very flawed, Metro Exodus implementation. Looking forward to the checkerboard video!

@jm27232 4 жыл бұрын

Initial implementation was Battlefield V.

@band0lero 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know if they updated Metro Exodus' DLSS implementation to DLSS 2.0? I would really love to play that game with RTX On at 1440p on my 2070S, but it is very demanding and DLSS 1.0 just destroys image quality.

@peckc16 4 жыл бұрын

@@band0lero nope. No intention to from the devs too. I literally just finished playing it for the first time and was curious as well after seeing how awesome 2.0 in control was.

@fireaza 4 жыл бұрын

@@band0lero I'm playing Exodus for the first time on a 2080Ti at 4K, all settings are maxed out and DLSS is keeping the game around 60. There's no major visual issues that I noticed, and I'm very familiar with what true 4K looks like. Go ahead and play it I say, it looks great!

@AndrianHendrawan 4 жыл бұрын

@@peckc16 also wolfenstein yb. i can play it at 4k with 2060 lol

@NimbusTLD 4 жыл бұрын

OMG thank you for updating the frame-time graph labels to the exact numbers! This had been bothering me for years 🙏

@a1do255 4 жыл бұрын

19:18 the animation of the star-formed grass waving in the wind at the bottom is smooth at native 4K and with CAS but jumps pretty heavily with DLSS. Could that be an artifact of the reconstruction technique, Alex?

@un80rns 4 жыл бұрын

Basically less blurry and 60+ fps. Great job, KP and DF!

@un80rns 4 жыл бұрын

now I need to correct myself, with TAA it is blurry, without AA to much flickering edges. DLSS is the only way... (if you have RTX card)

@auzanasyraf4551 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS 2.0 continues to be impressive

@kenshigo3833 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to see what the console equivalents will be able to achieve! Software is outrunning the hardware if they keep up the amazing work with all that stuff 😜

@Dhlamedia 4 жыл бұрын

4:55 A strand-type A E S T H E T I C

@TheSnoozeFox 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could play this for the first time again

@mrpetebojangles21 4 жыл бұрын

Sameeee :(

@tomasgiachetta2059 4 жыл бұрын

So, Is it a good game? I've heard mixed opinions..

@LaloLanderos16 4 жыл бұрын

Tomas Giachetta It’s a great game, the world is fascinating. The story is really nuts lol but overall I would say play it and see for yourself. I have a lot of positive things to say, just the only negative I have is that it’s rather slow and if you can get past that it picks up nicely after 9 hrs.

@catzor4795 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomasgiachetta2059 Its the anti-thesis of contemporary AAA games; slow, surreal, soulful, and most importantly highlights that games first and foremost have to be a great experience since gameplay and other aspects are subjective. It's similar to games like Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, MGSV, Ico, and Pathologic.

@chinchy111 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomasgiachetta2059 its an acquired taste. personally im falling asleep just watching the footage here

@JeffTheJanitor 4 жыл бұрын

In order to achieve 144fps in Crysis exclusive fullscreen, I have to hit 'alt + enter' 5-6 times. Maybe you can cheese Death Stranding into exclusive fullscreen mode with the same method.

@richardjavier7236 4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea, i noticed the weird vsync going on

@sahus 4 жыл бұрын

It has moreso to do with dx12 not supporting exclusive fullscree, not a problem with the game

@Bestgameplayer10 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only person her prefers borderless full screen anyway? I mean, how much more useful is exclusive full screen? I tend to find the convenience of alt-tabbing to be better than whatever little performance bump it’ll give.

@karmmaguitar 4 жыл бұрын

@@Bestgameplayer10 I think borderless doesn't work with freesync you have to be full screen and in some games like crysis it produces wierd stuttering and less fluid gameplay

@Bestgameplayer10 4 жыл бұрын

ThatGamer - Ohh okay. Thanks for the input.

@peruprofundodance 4 жыл бұрын

5:04 the moment I was waiting for...

@LordShrub 4 жыл бұрын

Take a shot every time he says DLSS.

@Spydiggity 4 жыл бұрын

I dont want to scale back my drinking

@adamkallin5160 4 жыл бұрын

I'm in the hospital.

@campkira 4 жыл бұрын

it all about DLSS.... new setting to rule them all..

@bearpuns5910 4 жыл бұрын

*ASSESS* the number of times he says DLSS

@TheIndianIdle 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching Digital Foundry videos and don't miss even one of them, but seriously I don't check for such tiny detail when actually playing games as I am more engrossed playing it. I hope DLSS 2.0 comes to all future games, more performance for same or better visuals is a big plus.

@KenHeslip 4 жыл бұрын

That's kinda their thing.

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

They address the subtle details that contribute to overall fidelity. You may not pick out these details any more than you'd pick out a movie changing the lens or the film, but they all act towards the final look of the product.

@MLWJ1993 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't even matter if you notice the difference or not visually if it's free on any RTX card anyway :P

@FullNietzsche 4 жыл бұрын

Even when he's zoomed in and saying 'look at this amazing big difference' I can hardly tell the difference. I think it's exaggerated somewhat.

@MLWJ1993 4 жыл бұрын

@@FullNietzsche It's particularly obvious in motion, DLSS seems to be laugues ahead in being temporally stable without pixels shimmering between a 1 pixel fine line & ghosting.

@TetraVaalBioSecurity 4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to drop by and bring up the fact that people were way off on this game. Finishing up my third playthrough. Platinumed it the first time around. Love the photo mode. Everything about this game is such an ethereal experience. I will gladly take experimental 'walking simulators' like this over the generic shit triple A studios keep pumping out.

@DaveSimonH 4 жыл бұрын

Like you I have played through the game multiple times, and even picked up the art book & the 'songs from' album. It's OK if people play the game and find it's not for them, but it seems like a lot of people just wrote it off entirely without playing and simply repeat the 'walking simulator' comment. Their loss I guess, it was my favourite game of 2019.

@ruekurei88 4 жыл бұрын

@@DaveSimonH Irony for me is that all the people I've seen complain about the game, are the ones who've played it and disliked it and denouncing it as a glorified 'walking simulator'. Leading up to the game release people didn't even know what it was or what to make of it. Upon release and people began playing it, I started to hear a lot of complaining.

@alexsilva28 4 жыл бұрын

3rd playthrough?! Holy shit

@phant0mdummy 4 жыл бұрын

Precisely. The gameplay is so fun too! Its basically Offroad Crazy Taxi.

@easy_gaming30 4 жыл бұрын

@@ruekurei88 yer when I first started it I didnt like it. I stuck with it and the game blew me away. Totally not what I expecting. 10/10

@EdgeRunnerCold 4 жыл бұрын

It is truly remarkable, the work NVIDIA did on DLSS 2.0 is gamechanging

@helluva9064 4 жыл бұрын

I love this game. Will Def be replaying over again with max settings.

@daking6361 4 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite ps4 games. Cool to see it look even more beautiful on PC

@campkira 4 жыл бұрын

you do realizing you need a lot of player to build all that shit up... which mean it would be free on epic soon...

@somnia3423 4 жыл бұрын

@@campkira uhh i think the pc has many players😂 i dont zhink it will be free on the epic store any time soon

@Outplayedqt 4 жыл бұрын

campkira lmfao what

@LuzVerr 4 жыл бұрын

remember when everyone was shiting on dlss? lol. how the turntables

@dennisjungbauer4467 4 жыл бұрын

Well, that was with DLSS (1.0). DLSS 2.0 stepped up the game noticeably and got positive reactions from Day 1 basically. And while I would usually prefer native besides some exceptions, DLSS (2.0) is honestly awesome tech, if you can use it. But not only that you need an Nvidia card for that, just few games have support for that and it needs to be implemented; it's not sth. general, that's the downside with that method.

@gamethrill 4 жыл бұрын

@@dennisjungbauer4467 This. DLSS 2.0 proved everyone's point that RTX and the technology that came with it released too early and half baked. Now, DLSS is very impressive and the next thing to do is expand how easily games can implement it.

@Outplayedqt 4 жыл бұрын

the phrase is “how the tables turn”

@dio4296 4 жыл бұрын

@@Outplayedqt "Turntables" is a quote from the show "The Office"

@TheT0nedude 3 жыл бұрын

@@dio4296 good for you. The correct phrase is how the tables turn.

@Dionyzos 4 жыл бұрын

SO glad this supports DLSS 2.0! Hopefully this becomes standard in the future.

@tarfaerhing7555 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing that pains me of not having a turing card is DLSS, damn

@valrond 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry, the new 3000 series will have better DLSS and better raytracing. I'm ok with my 1080Ti. There are so few DLSS 2.0 games. As I expected, the new technology will really be used with the next generation of graphic cards.

@yugalkumar3534 4 жыл бұрын

Ik man. Bought a laptop with 1660ti and now I’m filled with regret.

@leiff- 4 жыл бұрын

Same man its the only thing that makes me wanna get an rtx. All just for cyberpunk tbh

@jimjon2855 4 жыл бұрын

@@_Mattz1nho with my 2070, i'm a beta tester for 2070 super cards

@auzanasyraf4551 4 жыл бұрын

@@_Mattz1nho there's such thing as "better DLSS" just compare DLSS 1.0 and DLSS 2.0. DLSS 1.0 is just dogshit

@FeeLtheHertZ 4 жыл бұрын

Dude this was phenomenal, probably one of the best DF video's I've seen. A much more chill and awesome presentation style - and I mean this in a very complimentary way - by Alex with informative and genuinely eye-opening performance testing and results. Again, well done. Didn't feel 'overly biased' at all either, but still had that flex of his enthusiasm for PC, which is great! And it made it 10x better and more engaging to watch. Love this shit, haha.

@TotaleGamesFR 4 жыл бұрын

If anyone want the music from the beggining, it's "Stepping Stones" by Ludvig Forssell in the Death Stranding album. And the one in the end is "Once, There Was an explosion" in the same album 😎

@etrnablis6122 4 жыл бұрын

Had my time with the game and thoroughly enjoyed the calmness that it brings. One thing I hope to see is that inventory system be used in games in the future. Really changed the possibilities of inventory that can be managed

@HatedJared 4 жыл бұрын

I beat DS on PS4 back last fall when it came out. I still think about it from time to time. I cant really say that about most games I've played this year. My wife who watched me play it through told me only Breath of the Wild was better to watch me play through, and this was pretty close.

@anantsharma4003 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao yeah, lucky lad

@Ph33NIXx 4 жыл бұрын

My wife said it was on par with Horizon if not a little better because the story was less predictable

@commercio3564 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome. Just playing a game and your wife is sitting with you, enjoying the experience. Amazing.

@joergbock1976 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your very informative videos. To me, they are the best source to get in-depth technical review of games with pristine graphics. I like that you analyze lower settings too (e.g. DLSS 720p to 1080p in Control was very impressive).

@Kira-qc4qi 4 жыл бұрын

Stoked to see DF approaching 1mil subs. Well deserved.

@chalpua8802 4 жыл бұрын

My body is ready! Im so excited for this tech review.

@duncanself5111 4 жыл бұрын

What a sublimely beautiful game, especially if you have an ultra wide monitor I'd imagine 👌

@zgoaty9235 4 жыл бұрын

4:55 - 5:08 Now slow it down even more with the playback settings and you can REALLY enjoy that motion animation XD.

@EvictionPlays 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a good review. I love how DF hits every point analytically and leaves it up to the viewers to decide what they do/don't like.

@IJanI 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, this was a pretty long but very nice video. Didn't even realize that it was almost half an hour until you mentioned its length and I took a surprised look at the runtime :D. One thing I wish you touched on though is DLSS at a lower resolution. Many people still have 1080p or 1440p monitors running off of more wallet-friendly cards like the 2060 and could still benefit from higher framerates. But running an internal resolution of 720p or 1080p with DLSS upscaling to 1080p or 1440p respectively gives DLSS less detail to work with, so it would've been interesting to see if the "Definitely use DLSS because it looks better than even native resolution" recommendation still stands at these lower resolutions. It would've added a few more minutes to the video and more work for you but I think it would be interesting to some people. But maybe you go into that in your upcoming checkerboard vs DLSS video so I'll sit tight for that one. Either way, it's a great video and I really appreciate how in-depth you guys go. Keep it up Alex

@Lionlovesunity 4 жыл бұрын

13:17 “...I recommend leaving it on. BUT, should your potato 🥔 be particularly old....” -That burn and chuckle. 😂Get em. Get em! (Which is also me. For Im too broke to have a PC 😭)

@ngv001 4 жыл бұрын

These types of vids are why I support you on parteon - many thanks!

@josephshin9297 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible video. Thank you for putting so much time into making this comparison.

@ComicsLamar 4 жыл бұрын

Installing now. Will be my first time playing the game.

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

My advice is don't try to max out the first area even if that's typically your playstyle. Venture on and the game opens up a lot more than the tutorial area and you can return later with more tech.

@NTmatter 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the ride :)

@118halospartan 4 жыл бұрын

It will be deceivingly frustrating at first, but give it some time and dedication, it’ll be worth it. I know it sounds crazy but this game literally changed my life for the better

@amnril 4 жыл бұрын

When you first discover zip lines you’ll have have that ‘fuck yeah’ moment

@Legendbill 4 жыл бұрын

@@118halospartan Care to explain how this game changed your life?

@symol30872 4 жыл бұрын

Game already looked pretty great on PS4 but this looks absolutely incredible on PC

@evolicious 4 жыл бұрын

That's the case for literally every game on console and PC, lmao.

@cheapthrills8963 4 жыл бұрын

It amazes me how fanboys think 74 frame and 80 frames is a huge or even noticable difference..my goodness

@mindblow7617 4 жыл бұрын

@@evolicious say that to halo 5 lol

@nateschumacher4553 4 жыл бұрын

Just a shout out to Digital Foundry and the exceptional work on display as always. I've been interested in graphics for years, but digital foundry has really brought my understanding to a whole new level. I'm constantly picking apart my games now as I play them and I eagerly await each new video they post. Keep it up guys 👍

@bloodline271 4 жыл бұрын

Love the digital foundry community and creators. Hope you hit a million subs this year.

@Inhuman0 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Alex. What a cracking PC version this is, only disappointment is the relative lack of true scalability.

@lliscn1701 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit.. DLSS is the holy grail of pc gaming.

@igorrafael7429 4 жыл бұрын

no, raytracing is

@reiiz9942 4 жыл бұрын

@@igorrafael7429 ray tracing coming to console but not dlss

@robomnemonic3751 4 жыл бұрын

@@igorrafael7429 Raytracing is waste of performance and not worth it at all

@Navhkrin 4 жыл бұрын

@@robomnemonic3751 depends on game, minecraft version is amazing

@jaigray5422 4 жыл бұрын

@@robomnemonic3751 Ray tracing is the future and will cut down development time. years from now developers wont have to hand craft lighting but simply add ray tracing to light sources and boom the scene has lit for them and in a more realistic and natural way than hand crafted will ever produce. Not to mention if you havent experienced it first hand which 97% of the PC community haven't then you cant judge as it looks WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than current fake lighting techniques but is something that needs to be experience first hand in my opinion. Sure it's expensive at the moment but with DLSS it helps alot and if you play at 1080p you can max every game with full Ray tracing no problem. Also next graphics cards will probably add 100+ percent extra ray tracing performance over current cards since it's a new technology. I know from first hand experience i have a 2080 super that iv'e overclocked. i've played games like Minecraft, Control, Quake 2, Metro Exodus, BFV etc with Ray tracing.

@summushieremiasclarkson4700 4 жыл бұрын

Well, for all of this (except LOD draw distance), we have reshade. Looking forward to fixing the shadows, or lack thereof, we have loads of better ambient occlusion options, AA and lighting effects.

@ZalvaTionZ 4 жыл бұрын

Reshade unfortunately has some limitations that can make all those shaders useless. Main issue being fog and particle effects not working properly due to reshades position in the rendering pipeline.

@summushieremiasclarkson4700 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZalvaTionZ I know, reshade only has access to the final Z (depth) buffer, in effect making it only suitable for post processing. But some amazing things can be done there as well.

@trixniisama 4 жыл бұрын

Very detailed video ! Thanks !

@asheleydavies 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, native 4k rendering is such a waist of resources. Smart rendering techniques are the future

@ZuneGuy1118 4 жыл бұрын

@Bryce Czirr Checkerboard rendering sucks by comparison because it always reveals its use of the tech too often.

@justinwong939 4 жыл бұрын

@Bryce Czirr PC has way more exclusives than ps4 lmao

@brixzusjaeger3385 4 жыл бұрын

Love this game. It’s one of my top 10 favorites. I’m still currently waiting for this to unlock on steam. Finally I can play this at 60fps with ultra settings!

@iFaFo_0 4 жыл бұрын

30 minutes to go!

@1234Needforspeed 4 жыл бұрын

I really wanna try it, but i'm afraid to spend 60 bucks :(

@ChadSlampiece 4 жыл бұрын

@@1234Needforspeed That's the beauty of Steam. Buy it, play it for an hour, and if you decide it's not for you, get a refund.

@PenguinsAreColdish 4 жыл бұрын

@@1234Needforspeed you get an hour and 59 minutes of real game time to refund shit on steam. i've refunded more games than i've kept because of that policy

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChadSlampiece Unfortunately I don't think Death Stranding is a game that sells itself in the first couple of hours. My first 5 to 10 hours were frustrating and the next 100 were amazing. I think it's the kind of game that's always going to be a risk if you're not sure you'll enjoy it.

@ivyssauro123 3 жыл бұрын

This is exaclty what I was looking for, great, complete, insightful video!

@kadosho02 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the journey fellow Porters. Enjoy the ride, trek, and scale. You're in for quite an adventure

@OverlordActual 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to see Vega and Radeon VII performance for this game. A GPU comparison with far more AMD GPUs than the 580 would be nice.

@BnMProductions11 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a shit about AMD GPUS

@jisjis87 4 жыл бұрын

@@BnMProductions11 I do even though just got a laptop with i7 10750h and RTX 2060. It's always interesting to see comparisons. This game and Control has very good DLSS implementations.

@Grand_Chase-vw2eu 4 жыл бұрын

@@BnMProductions11 You should if you don't want to pay even more for nVidia GPUs than they already cost.

@BnMProductions11 4 жыл бұрын

@@Grand_Chase-vw2eu Ill give a shit when they become competitive, im not going to buy an inferior product. I have no problem buying AMD CPUs

@sushimshah2896 4 жыл бұрын

Just get a 5700XT which will perform on par(usually better) than any Vega, let alone the 580

@NathanMichalik 4 жыл бұрын

I've played a lot of games, but this one is one I feel I'm going to remember for a long time. I only have a 5700xt, but I'm hoping to see some benefits compared to my PS4 Pro when I replay it. (EDIT: by "only have" I mean I might not be able to play it at the settings talked about in this vid. 4k/60 will be a big ask for this card. I'm not complaining about the card)

@vinyfiny2019 4 жыл бұрын

Based on the RX 580 performance you should get 1440p at well over 60fps with a 5700xt. At least I hope so because I have a 5700xt and a 1440p 144hz monitor, haha. I actually recently bought this on PS4 but will probably sell it and re-buy on PC.

@Lanse1984 4 жыл бұрын

5700xt is no pushover man

@Anonymous-Wolf 4 жыл бұрын

Same card mate.. i own Pulse version

@vinyfiny2019 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lanse1984 Agreed. Basically everything I play at 1440p is well over 60fps with max settings. I'm definitely feeling the lack of that DLSS 2.0 black magic though. Could be approaching my 144hz ceiling in Death Stranding with a 2070 Super...

@takehirolol5962 4 жыл бұрын

I have the RX 5700XT. It can play almost anything from this era at 1440p Ultra or High above 60 FPS with a mid range CPU. The PS3 era? It can easily play at 4K Ultra.

@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos, thanks!

@GalactusTheDestroyer 4 жыл бұрын

I was very much anticipating this game's release on PC. I hadn't realized that today was release day until I saw this video title. I started this video, watched maybe a couple minutes. Paused, went and bought the game. I'm super stoked to try this on my newish computer. Ryzen 7 3800X, 16gb 3000hz ram, RTX 2060 FE, 256gb m.2. I'll get flack for listing my specs. I did this so I can come back and update my comment with how it is running on my PC. :) Metrics! Also, thanks for another informative video DF!

@offlinegamer6756 4 жыл бұрын

Horizon Zero Dawn for the PC gonna use this engine, I'm very happy to see how it perform, my RTX 2060 Super and Ryzen 5 3600X combo will run it like a charm ...

@bearpuns5910 4 жыл бұрын

AY! I have the same GPU! 144fps Aloy here we GOOOOOOO

@offlinegamer6756 4 жыл бұрын

@@bearpuns5910 yes bro! i played it on PS4 (not finished yet) but i'm willing to continue on my PC, more FPS, updated engine , Aloy will be much prettier , maybe some new stuffs who knows , can't wait !

@bearpuns5910 4 жыл бұрын

@Ya_ _Ləə oh no

@offlinegamer6756 4 жыл бұрын

@Ya_ _Ləə I hope it's not gonna be the naked mods ones lol...Aloy's deserve better than that...just some 4k textures pack or something raytraced related ...

@yogeshkandare3214 4 жыл бұрын

I am from the future, OH BOI

@raf.nogueira 4 жыл бұрын

I think Kojima have one of the best rendering engineers of the world, since metal gear phantom pain, in Fox engine, The game was incredible beautiful, with almost perfect faces rendering, with smooth FPS.

@Gadget-Walkmen 3 жыл бұрын

yep. love him and his games!

@christopherarocha92 4 жыл бұрын

Just got this on PC and playing in 4k 🤩 it looks amazing and runs smoothly! Really impressed on this port compared to other games the past couple years.

@snozbaries7652 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for testing on multiple hardware configs.

@niergestalt6343 4 жыл бұрын

Really hope they would add 60fps patch for this on ps5.

@AnANas00-x3p 4 жыл бұрын

Don't buy 30fps games in the first place.

@Rakmarok 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnANas00-x3p Why? You would rob yourself of many great experiences.

@abdullahalharbi6217 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnANas00-x3p that all ps4 games lol.

@shakengandulf 4 жыл бұрын

Patch? Cant patch something that isnt out.. And if it exists, its probably already 60fps.

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnANas00-x3p I played Rise of the Tomb Raider at 4K30 on a PC. I'm all about that fidelity for controller games.

@SkatingOnTheRocks 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I can't wait for your Horizon Zero Dawn PC Tech Review.

@craigharris41 4 жыл бұрын

Same Engine,

@funbrute31 4 жыл бұрын

@@wizzenberry and then It goes to PC, and the cycle continues

4 жыл бұрын

NPC #76 Not spoiling that at 30fps again i'll be smart and wait for the pc version this time.

@ghost656metal8 4 жыл бұрын

@ you will be waiting several years before you see horizon 2 on PC

@dsbdsb6637 4 жыл бұрын

@@ghost656metal8 Why can't everyone just enjoy the games ? I am glad that exclusives are made with great care but would really love to see them shine on PC's even if they release on it later. It will be a win-win for everyone.

@nevarran 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear about the 21:9 support. I had to use some user mod for Detroit.

@EspHack 4 жыл бұрын

3:58 or ignore it and apply the one it wants anyway, like Detroit does, even though its not normal fullscreen, it changes my monitor to 60hz every time I launch it, I had to delete(YES) the 60hz option using CRU and only then could I get higher than 60fps on that game with vsync off, and its a sight to behold indeed

@soyfemboy 4 жыл бұрын

14:42 ps4 pro settings and Alex's setting

@Nukefest2179 3 жыл бұрын

*bump*

@krzysztof6591 4 жыл бұрын

This proves that Decima was ported solid to PC, and now can't wait for Horizon to launch on PC.

@solarstrike33 4 жыл бұрын

Prepare to be disappointed!

@Outplayedqt 4 жыл бұрын

pepelaugh

@K-RMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@rogerbowen5753 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'll definitely try out your optimised settings, I have a Ryzen 5 2600 and an Asus RTX 2060 Dual 6gb. My monitor is only 1080p but I think DLSS will still work. What I really like about the Steam version is that, if you have a Dualshock 4 and an official Sony bluetooth dongle, Steam recognises them and you get a full PS4 configuration for the controller. This is brilliant as I can watch any tips videos from PS4 users and be able to do exactly what they do. Regarding PC ports of PS4 titles, you might think that an AMD processor and graphics card would be an ideal combination for a PC as the PS4 and 5 have AMD processors and graphics hardware in them.

@paul1979uk2000 4 жыл бұрын

It's remarkable how reconstruction the image at a lower resolution is offering better visuals than a native resolution at much higher resolution, it's becoming more clear that DLSS 2.0 is becoming the killer feature to have and AMD needs it's own version for RDNA 2 gpu's, otherwise it would be a hard sell for many when Nvidia hardware can use a much more modest gpu and get better visuals and performance by using DLSS 2.0, it will also be interesting what the next gen consoles will have for reconstructing of the image. If AMD's RDNA 2 gpu's on the PC or the next gen consoles don't have something like DLSS 2.0, that could be a costly mistake.

@alexjay8257 4 жыл бұрын

Sooo... in other words.... SIXTEEN TIMES the Anisotropic filtering!

@kylerclarke2689 4 жыл бұрын

WOW, that's a lot! Kojima has done it yet again!

@WayStedYou 4 жыл бұрын

4 times the AF 4 to 16x

@Zeegoku1007 4 жыл бұрын

Good lord 😱....

@Inhuman0 4 жыл бұрын

4x actually, compared to standard PS4.

@alexjay8257 4 жыл бұрын

yeah 16x is still 16x tho. I know 4x4 is 16 lol. It was a joke referencing when Todd Howard said "16 times the detail" about fo76. I'll say it again cuz I'm sure there will be more comments telling me that my joke math isnt real math (even though if you read 16x, without referencing the ps4pro's 4x, it still says 16x) YES 4 TIMES FOUR IS 16, AND 16 IS NOT SIXTEEN TIMES 4. happy?

@creativebusinessunit7506 4 жыл бұрын

This is what I have been waiting for. Can't wait for the FF7 Remake port.

@potatotablet727 4 жыл бұрын

Just gotta chill out and enjoy the flow of PS exclusives, and also Halo Infinite's coming. FF7 Remake at 60 fps and above?? Hell yeahh.

@kyle_284 4 жыл бұрын

@@Supernerd471 yeah my impression was that VIIr is hitting a memory budget that won't be an issue on PC I hope anyway, the visuals were really disappointing

@redhunter1535 4 жыл бұрын

Same, you just remembered me how useless ps4 is lol

@ghost656metal8 4 жыл бұрын

@@potatotablet727 the only Sony 1st party exclusive coming to PC is Horizion Zero Dawn every other Sony game that is already on PC or coming to PC a 3rd party timed exclusives

@strohhuttv8848 4 жыл бұрын

@@ghost656metal8 You also forgot Quantic Dream they are 100% Sony 1st party studio and they released all they PS3 and PS4 games recently on PC.

@Naglfar 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video DF. I just love how good DLSS 2.0 is, it really shines on this title.

@Belfor09 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yea PC focused video! Thank you!

@livewireredb.9953 4 жыл бұрын

Not my cup of tea but there's no disputing how gorgeous this game looks.

@ChrisOnPS4 4 жыл бұрын

LiveWireRed B. I loved it. My cup of coffee.

@METALFACEDOOMXXXX 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisOnPS4 trash

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

@@METALFACEDOOMXXXX Thank you for your contribution.

@MercerVerse 4 жыл бұрын

@@METALFACEDOOMXXXX Such an in-depth review, totally blows Alex's out of the water. You should intern for IGN.

@METALFACEDOOMXXXX 4 жыл бұрын

@@RockLoi snore stranding is a flop!

@P4shaPlays 4 жыл бұрын

Damn DLSS looks better than 4K, but all the AMD fanboys kept telling me that DLSS is just upscaling with sharpening 🙄🙄🙄

@naytny5819 3 жыл бұрын

facts

@tek1645 3 жыл бұрын

That was a before dlss 2.0, dlss 1.0 was completely garbage.

@alef321 4 жыл бұрын

I think shadow 'quality' might be the quantity of possible shadow casting and distance as the shadows on ps4 tend to fade in or be bound by camera depending on the spotlights

@GerdionXT 4 жыл бұрын

Great job! I can just image how much time it all took to crate that vid. It's nice to see how good DLSS work (Nv do something really good) PS Can You see Ubi$of how You should do optimizations/ port from consoles !

@prototype8137 3 жыл бұрын

This game is beautiful. I was very skeptical at first but after playing it im finding it refreshing from a game perspective.

@madfinntech 4 жыл бұрын

16:53 It's funny that the upscaling and reconstruction techniques on consoles make the image look worse than the real thing but on PC it' makes the image look better than the real thing. Kinda ironic and huge win for Nvidia and DLSS!

@TheBrainfuckler328 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Star Citizen music in the background lol. But fantastic video as well.

@Kira-qc4qi 4 жыл бұрын

A heads-up: 21:9 is broken. It shows up as 3360x1440 in the menu and results in black vertical bars on the sides of screen. 32:9 users are reporting the same problem. Used a hex edit to fix it, but pretty unbelievable considering how they touted UW support.

@shervinxv5969 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best games i have ever played. Already got the Platinum trophy. Hope PC players enjoy this masterpiece as well

@Granhier 4 жыл бұрын

I would call this an experience, but hardly a game

@trentonuab 4 жыл бұрын

Aysei good thing we can all agree to disagree. It was loads of fun for me and offered me satisfaction and stress as any mainstream single player experience offers. It’s definitely a game, it’s just a massive experience as well.

@shervinxv5969 4 жыл бұрын

@@Granhier Hardly a game because it's not a Shooty Bang Bang experience? Never forget that AAA games are supposed to move the industry forward. Not everything has to be a Witcher/Cod/Battle Royale etc. clone to satisfy your "Gamey" Need.

@Granhier 4 жыл бұрын

@@shervinxv5969 Broski, don't be the "Last of us 2 is the Schindler's List of videogames" kinda guy. There's much more outside of shootybangbang, that still engages you in actual activities. But Death Stranding is really fucking passive in what it allows you to do. If you find that type of thing fun, more power to you, but watching paint dry is about equally riveting.

@RockLoi 4 жыл бұрын

@@Granhier People say the same thing about turn-based games. An "actual activity" doesn't matter when you're moving a stick and pushing some buttons either way.

@cs3705 4 жыл бұрын

Just to spare those with HDR monitors some time: the video is NOT in HDR. Hey DF, I love your videos and your technical breakdowns. I love them even more when they are in HDR! Gotta justify this $1200 purchase somehow amirite? Would you mind recording in HDR more often when you do technical reviews of HDR games? I'd really like to see the implementation without purchasing the game.

@aaaaaahhh9537 4 жыл бұрын

youtube don’t support it boi

@cs3705 4 жыл бұрын

@@aaaaaahhh9537 Sure it does bro. DF has a whole playlist of HDR videos, though most are from a few years ago. You can only watch HDR in KZfaq though if you load it on Chrome and have HDR enabled in Windows Settings.

@brandonspikes 4 жыл бұрын

@ Digital Foundry 10:59, the High Shadow looks darker over medium, there you go

@AshtonCoolman 4 жыл бұрын

DLSS 2.0 on my 2080 Super at 4K looks fantastic. I'm only playing on a 4K HDR10 60hz TV but I run it at 90+ FPS. I do see a lot of tearing due to the crappy TV so I'm enabling vsync when I play today. I can't imagine playing this at only 30FPS on a console.

@MrJagermeister 4 жыл бұрын

PS4Pro owner here - I’m excited for everyone on PC to be able to play this game! Be aware that it does teach you to walk before you can run (literally) and at the start of the game even the smallest stream and hill is an obstacle... but over time you’ll be carving paths into the landscape and traversing it in a variety of ways so be patient and stick with it! I do hope that we see some of these improvements come to the PS5 as well!

@conoraq 4 жыл бұрын

I'm expecting Death Stranding to find a larger, more enthusiastic audience on PC and this great port should certainly help with that

@haruyanto8085 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah pc loves indie and unique games

@mememachine5244 4 жыл бұрын

@@haruyanto8085 there is nothing indie about it. And I really beg to differ, the PC community has been ripping on this since it was announced, see "walking simulator" on steam.

@adamkallin5160 4 жыл бұрын

@@mememachine5244 Well, technically Kojima Productions is an independent studio. 😁 I believe Sony did finance most of the game though.

@TexelGuy 4 жыл бұрын

@@mememachine5244 Well, a lot of people who loved the game also labeled it as a "walking simulator". It doesn't always mean that it's an insult.

@mememachine5244 4 жыл бұрын

@@adamkallin5160 So there is nothing indie about it.

@djesgrove 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thanks!

@videogameobsession 4 жыл бұрын

3:16 Display Resolution: 2160p, Maximum Frame Rate: 240... What PC config (GFX card, CPU, RAM) would you need to get 4K @ 240fps, with highest quality visuals?

@sarthakraut3619 4 жыл бұрын

The only game I wish for in my lifetime is the one that has : 1. Environment and Graphics like Death Stranding 2.Combat like Sekiro 3.Stories Like Witcher 4. Combat animations like Nier Automata

@leeboy2k1 4 жыл бұрын

Well I hate to break it to you, but since modern day video games are used as political propaganda Trojan horses masquerading as escapism, you're probably gonna have a long wait.

@xbigjeffe 4 жыл бұрын

@@leeboy2k1 you sound like fun at parties

@polzol2 4 жыл бұрын

@@leeboy2k1 You should know that throwing around big words does not make you look smarter

@WackoWambo 4 жыл бұрын

I like political games.

@leeboy2k1 4 жыл бұрын

@@xbigjeffe You get that from a 1960's Readers digest? Besides, parties are for Apes to mirror each other's behaviour, you're not an Ape are you?

@TexelGuy 4 жыл бұрын

My 2060 is becoming an even more amazing investment by the day. I could probably do 8K 30 fps with DLSS 2.0 in this game using DSR and a custom resolution, just to see if it works. Big oof for AMD and the people who said DLSS was never gonna work at 19:19

@JoshhTW 4 жыл бұрын

Same. My 2060 will outlive the competition if more games implement DLSS 2.0. Much more so if the rumored upcoming DLSS 3.0 allows the option to be enabled on all games.

@Wylie288 4 жыл бұрын

@@JoshhTW Im questioning that. Unless the 30 series cards have a lot more tensor cores than rumored. The reason its not enabled on all games, is there is a lot of pre-calculations done. Which requires you go through nvidia to get done. The amount of tensor cores on these things is enough to scale the image up WITH the pre-calculations. But to do them without requires a lot more than is reasonable to put on GPUs rn. Don't expect support to be given to all games until we have TPUs.

@VonSpud 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent synopsis on an excellent looking piece of software. Graphics have come quite a way since I first saw Pong playing on a crt in a Hudson Bay store back in 1979.

@KuroAno 4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, on the toaster side (an i5-4460 and a GTX 960), I'm happy when I can reach constant 30fps on low settings everywhere in 1080. And cutscenes are often running below 15 fps. I believe the main problem I have is low VRAM (only 2GB). I would love if a mod like the one that got out for Nier Automata also gets out for Death Stranding. Because in Automata, a big problem was the Global Illumination that took a lot of processing power, and the mod allowed to reduce the quality of it, allowing me to be able to reach console-like performance.