Wild Hearts - PS5/Xbox Series X/S and PC DF Tech Review - A Next-Gen Monster Hunter?

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Digital Foundry

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The complete tech breakdown of developer Omega Force's new action RPG. Built on its proprietary Katana Engine, the team focuses only on newer PS5, Series X and S consoles and PC here. The result? A game with incredible visual ambition - and clearly with a debt owed to the Monster Hunter template. But technical issues, such as bugs, frame-rate drops, and hitches on PC make Wild Hearts a less assured recommendation.
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@alansilva4211
@alansilva4211 Жыл бұрын
A next gen game with last gen graphics and performance
@samgoff5289
@samgoff5289 Жыл бұрын
Next gen price for worse than last gen performance
@mattfm101
@mattfm101 Жыл бұрын
beat me to it
@Kiwiiizzz
@Kiwiiizzz Жыл бұрын
Not even last gen since mhw looks way better then this
@MrSamPhoenix
@MrSamPhoenix Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@joelananna1116
@joelananna1116 Жыл бұрын
Graphics do not matter to the kind of human that loves these games It's mechanics Look at rise omg 😲 lol
@FooMaster15
@FooMaster15 Жыл бұрын
Man, the image quality is really rough on this one. Even before the analysis, the problems are really obvious.
@macsmith2013
@macsmith2013 Жыл бұрын
Yep, I started rolling my eyes at 0:20 with the first huge world shadow pop in, and it only went downhill from there.
@existentialselkath1264
@existentialselkath1264 Жыл бұрын
I struggle to stomach TAA at the best of times but this is just comical. It's like there just aren't any motion vectors at all in a lot of cases, just leaving perfect copies of previous frame data.
@brianlovin741
@brianlovin741 Жыл бұрын
Something about the color I really dislike. Its seems washed out in alot of the cilps shown to me. Watching on a LG Oled C9 which is professionally calibrated. Monster hunter world looked washed out like this also to me. Highly dislike that style so much.
@chriswinslow8969
@chriswinslow8969 Жыл бұрын
Sucks too cause the gameplay is incredible. I'm obsessed with this game right now, can't stop thinking about playing it.
@valk5041
@valk5041 Жыл бұрын
Damn they really gave the series S the Nintendo switch version
@bltzcstrnx
@bltzcstrnx Жыл бұрын
Does this game even run on Nintendo Switch?
@xenowatashi6590
@xenowatashi6590 Жыл бұрын
@@bltzcstrnx if it runs like this on current gen then the Switch version would blow up the console.
@PMP_
@PMP_ Жыл бұрын
Series S is a potato bro!!
@notmandolorian
@notmandolorian Жыл бұрын
​@PMP_7997 your brain is the only potato thing here
@oliverolivar7884
@oliverolivar7884 Жыл бұрын
​@@bltzcstrnx in it's current state I'm pretty sure it can run on switch, monster hunter rise looks way better than this.
@YarsRevenge
@YarsRevenge Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't hold my breath expecting Koei Tecmo to fix most of these issues. They have a long history of abandoning games that suffer from performance issues. :/
@korinogaro
@korinogaro Жыл бұрын
They lack talent able to pull off proper optimization but are too cheap to hire some specialists.
@lucasguimaraes3029
@lucasguimaraes3029 Жыл бұрын
You’d think it’d be different since EA is publishing. I think if they wanna compete with Capcom they definitely need to fix the performance issues or else the game will be forgotten
@sly2409
@sly2409 Жыл бұрын
Don’t think so , since this game has post launch support planned
@macsmith2013
@macsmith2013 Жыл бұрын
@@sly2409 "Planned" is the keyword here. There's no way of knowing how many of the games problems actually CAN be fixed without completely re-writing the engine.
@bigkabuto
@bigkabuto Жыл бұрын
Wo Long demo in fps mode seems to run very smooth. The resolution mode has a weird hiccup every few seconds, hope they iron that out because other than that it's very smooth too.
@yikesmsmsmsm
@yikesmsmsmsm Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh yes. Omega Force (/ Koei Tecmo as a whole) haven't known a render target they couldn't miss. A frametime budget they couldn't overshoot. Never free of technical hiccups. I hope this game makes them realise how many people you can lose with a poor launch, cause the amount of people ravaging it without having played what is largely a brilliant game is very unfortunate.
@zigzog5671
@zigzog5671 Жыл бұрын
yea was about to buy it for my ps5 but wanted to try it first on my pc with gamepass/ea 10 hr trial. Was dissapointed with performance on my 1070ti so wanted to look at performance on consoles and seems like im not buying it even im a huge fan of MHW. %100 performance issues here :/
@KiNg0fShReD
@KiNg0fShReD Жыл бұрын
@@zigzog5671 it just got updated and consoles is running real smooth. I got 150 hrs in on series x and it’s smooth with co op now even
@tylermartin7245
@tylermartin7245 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why it looked so similar to Wo Long.
@morganwhaley9119
@morganwhaley9119 Жыл бұрын
Considering what Capcom was able to do with Monster Hunter Rise on Switch, the next Monster Hunter is going to blow this game out of the water.
@aerus3446
@aerus3446 Жыл бұрын
For perspective, the next game has at least twice the dev budget of RE4R, and that was before it was internally delayed by 9 months, before the 30% payment raise in the company and before the economic crisis. It had a dev cost of 84M usd in 2020, thats without including the guaranteed expansion to it which would add easily another 60M in the future. It is only measuring development costs, so it is unknown how much the marketing and other costs would add on top of it. It is known that it is planned to be revealed this year, so expect something at E3 State of Play timeframe and Tokyo Game Show. Next year is the 20th year annivesary for the franchise so it will release around January to March 2024.
@TristanTheVRGamecat
@TristanTheVRGamecat Жыл бұрын
Yeah this feels like a don't bother situation
@willuigi64
@willuigi64 Жыл бұрын
yep. maybe even next gen only, huge budget, man it’s gonna be insane
@morganwhaley9119
@morganwhaley9119 Жыл бұрын
@Robbie Mulvany it’s 540p in handheld mode and 756p docked and yes both modes are 30 FPS. But it’s also running on an 8 year old mobile chip. Imagine what they could do on modern consoles.
@aerus3446
@aerus3446 Жыл бұрын
@Robbie Mulvany And looked better than all but 5 Nintendo Switch games and 4 of them were made by either Nintendo or its subsidiaries so thats a huge achievement. Thats why it became the best selling third party game in the platform, its the biggest game not made by Nintendo by far. Switch was underperforming in technology at release also. Rarely uses 100% of its performance or it would heat up too much and drain all of its battery.
@Dratio
@Dratio Жыл бұрын
Funny he says the "payoff is clear" for it being next gen exclusive over last generation, then spends the next 19 minutes making the best case for how the payoff is not clear at all. Monster Hunter World smokes this game visually.
@TheOldest
@TheOldest Жыл бұрын
Monster Hunter World blows this away and it's running on their old MT Framework engine and that got developed for PS3 and 360. RT reflections, shadows, and GI are neat but so many titles release with it and either have awful performance, poor utilization, or require a $1,500 GPU to have it look and run worthwhile. Sorry I'm always gonna choose performance and framerate, if it means using old techniques (that don't look bad if done artistically) then it's not even a decision. Hey let's hope with patches maybe this is get worked out.
@RightNowMan
@RightNowMan Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is funny!!
@Vegan_Ape_2018
@Vegan_Ape_2018 Жыл бұрын
Sure, visually. But gameplay wise? MH < WH
@steel5897
@steel5897 Жыл бұрын
MHW was a visual masterpiece when it came out.
@melonytoni9016
@melonytoni9016 Жыл бұрын
I was also like "what?". Had to check if this was a sponsored video. Then just goes into a rant for half the video about the lack in visuals and perfomance. Like, there is barely anything good to say apart from maybe the art direction.
@makiskitsinelis3002
@makiskitsinelis3002 Жыл бұрын
What is happening here? Are we dealing with a PS5 - XSX or PS3 - X360 game??
@applehazeva2739
@applehazeva2739 Жыл бұрын
Don't you dare insulting 7th Gen again like that, lol
@Youtube-Censorship-Police
@Youtube-Censorship-Police Жыл бұрын
nah, we are dealing with a tecmo koei game lol
@jayg339
@jayg339 Жыл бұрын
We talkin bout that ps triple. I mean cmon…series s? What does that stand for, series stink? Ballin!
@biglevian
@biglevian Жыл бұрын
The art direction looks great. That said this feels and looks like an alpha version of the game.
@RobVespa
@RobVespa Жыл бұрын
Ha. Thanks for this. It made me laugh. An alpha version...
@GhostStalker16
@GhostStalker16 Жыл бұрын
Like every AA to AAA game released now a days. We are paying them to qa/qc test their rushed release games...
@oozly9291
@oozly9291 Жыл бұрын
@@RobVespa they’re not wrong either
@vladislavgritsenko3636
@vladislavgritsenko3636 Жыл бұрын
@@GhostStalker16 Not every.Many,but not all.Look at Hi Fi Rush or Dead Space Remake.They were quite solid.
@bamster64
@bamster64 Жыл бұрын
Next gen performance, last gen graphics. Classic.
@frankie5821
@frankie5821 Жыл бұрын
Next gen because the next frame won't be generated until the next generation.
@Haz3Nation
@Haz3Nation Жыл бұрын
Hardly next gen perf at that
@SvensPron
@SvensPron Жыл бұрын
I think even calling this last gen is being pretty generous
@Scholarsofsunnah
@Scholarsofsunnah Жыл бұрын
@@SvensPron indeed
@applehazeva2739
@applehazeva2739 Жыл бұрын
I said it before and I'll say it again 9th Gen Devs are the worst
@megapro125
@megapro125 Жыл бұрын
honestly this looks more like *last-last*-gen in many areas shown. Some of the well optimised PS360 titles probably even look better.
@DrJones20
@DrJones20 Жыл бұрын
No, just no
@megapro125
@megapro125 Жыл бұрын
@DrJones20 geometric detail of character models as well as secondary character animations might be a step above in this game but many other aspects have been better presented in games for 7th gen consoles.
@SpiraResident72017
@SpiraResident72017 3 ай бұрын
They don't. I am playing it right now and I really need to think hard of a PS3 game looking better than this.
@apgdanielricardo8196
@apgdanielricardo8196 Жыл бұрын
Series x again behind PS5, I don't know if devs just don't care that much about Xbox anymore, or it's the hardware but man, it's a trend. All that "most powerful console ever" talk isn't looking good
@kasjamm
@kasjamm Жыл бұрын
That's one advantage they can't use anymore lol
@dickdanson
@dickdanson Жыл бұрын
Playstation has just been more popular since last generation so it becomes the target platform and gets more of the initial focus it seems
@statesman6379
@statesman6379 Жыл бұрын
No third party developer so far utilizes the current gen tools of the Series consoles that would give it perfect performance.
@TheBean87
@TheBean87 Жыл бұрын
This game doesn’t run well at all on the ps5 either.
@ardasevmis7583
@ardasevmis7583 Жыл бұрын
We are not playing games on paper so “Better on paper” statement is bollocks
@killerfugu2659
@killerfugu2659 Жыл бұрын
I don't think it's fair to blame the Series S' specs for the bad performance and visuals, it's very clearly an all round technical mess on all platforms, with last gen visuals that run worse than something like the fully ray traced Metro. Japanese devs seem to be really struggling with optimisation in newer games especially on DX12. Forspoken, Wo Long demo also has very poor optimisation for the visuals on show, and Elden ring last year also had similar performance and stutter issues.
@MoonSarito
@MoonSarito Жыл бұрын
Since the Xbox Series S is much weaker in GPU and has considerably less RAM available than both Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 I think the differences in more demanding games are only going to get bigger going forward. Whether or not the Series S is a very modest machine, in some specs it even loses to the Xbox One X, it will be interesting to see how it will do throughout the generation, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. If Microsoft were to remove the mandatory parity between versions as some devs have asked, it would at least give the devs extra time to release the Series S version later and have more time to polish the game on weaker hardware like the Nintendo Switch.
@killerfugu2659
@killerfugu2659 Жыл бұрын
@@MoonSarito I think one of the main problems there comes from that the Series S has sold more than the Series X, so if the versions were different it would make financial sense to do the S version first. But then that in itself would be a cut down version of PS5 which would be a cut down from PC. It's a tricky one for sure, but it shouldn't be a issue with games that look decidedly last gen like Wild Hearts
@alexgonzalez9053
@alexgonzalez9053 Жыл бұрын
Seems like a solid game much in need for some technical patches or mods. Hoping you will keep us informed if those problems get adressed either officially or nofficially.
@lemmy154
@lemmy154 Жыл бұрын
mods?
@Sur_GalaChad2189
@Sur_GalaChad2189 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes a game just needs a delay. Thanks beta testers for supporting the broken game they may fix it eventually
@Daigon95
@Daigon95 Жыл бұрын
*looks at his 65+ hrs in the game already* welp lol
@KingfishWatch
@KingfishWatch Жыл бұрын
For "A Next-Gen Monster Hunter" we shall wait a bit longer ill tell ya that
@pemuda7075
@pemuda7075 Жыл бұрын
true unfortunately, mh gen 6 is not gonna come anytime soon
@aerus3446
@aerus3446 Жыл бұрын
@@pemuda7075 It will be likely revealed around June since Rise Sunbreak big updates will end in April. If not then in late September for an announcement at TGS. I would consider 4-7 months kinda soon.
@KingfishWatch
@KingfishWatch Жыл бұрын
@@pemuda7075 According to 2 huge leaks (the Jensen's Prophecy and Capcom email hack) it's coming out next year, probably first half of it even so i'd surely expect some sort of announcement this year either at "E3" or TGS (especially in pre-New Year interview to Famitsu MH series exec Ryozo Tsujimoto specifically said to look forward to TGS)
@RetroniOS
@RetroniOS Жыл бұрын
So this is the "Pokemon Scarlet + Violet" for current gen consoles and PCs.
@tomohawkcloud
@tomohawkcloud Жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this review. I wanted to get this game but it seems like they don’t have it down pack with the console versions either. Will wait for a price drop
@phant0mdummy
@phant0mdummy Жыл бұрын
The phrase is "down pat", not "have it down pack".
@SuperBiff89
@SuperBiff89 Жыл бұрын
The game is actually very good. They have made updates since. I don't think you need to wait for a price drop
@deepblue8143
@deepblue8143 7 ай бұрын
​@@phant0mdummyI bet you're a blast at parties.
@reyesarsenal9
@reyesarsenal9 Жыл бұрын
Just looking at this makes me appreciate ps studios even more. Just compare this to a last gen game like Ghost of Tsushima or crossgen Horizon Forbidden West. It's just miles ahead of this.
@m.h.4907
@m.h.4907 Жыл бұрын
But this game has good gameplay, something what PS studios are lacking. But hey they have good graphics and story at least
@cliverosfield69
@cliverosfield69 Жыл бұрын
​@@m.h.4907 Lol no
@NiceOneKarenGaming
@NiceOneKarenGaming Жыл бұрын
@@m.h.4907lol are you drunk?
@DZ-rt7hb
@DZ-rt7hb Жыл бұрын
​@@m.h.4907 Most PS games have great gameplay and are really fun to play. Perhaps you should play them and not just form an opinion based on what you read online.
@ikhwanelias9997
@ikhwanelias9997 Жыл бұрын
@@m.h.4907the idea is great but devs need to do better for it to run smoother
@lyconxero457
@lyconxero457 Жыл бұрын
Seems like yet another game that could've used another 6 months or so of polish. It's honestly hard to get excited about most games nowadays because the vast majority of them seem to come out in less than stellar shape. Sure, a lot of them get fixes down the line but these typically take MONTHS to get them into the shape that they SHOULD have been in at the launch of the game so more often than not I just end up waiting for patches and sales which in a lot of cases can't be good for the bottom line of these games. I really do wish more third party devs wouldn't be so rushed to put out these games without giving them more polish because it's really hard to claw your way back from negative first impressions even if the base idea for these games can be really cool.
@existentialselkath1264
@existentialselkath1264 Жыл бұрын
The TAA and ghosting is so absolutely awful its visible through video compression. A reminder as to why the ability to disable anti aliasing is so important. This is clearly worse than usual, but most modern games have similar issues to a lesser extent that a surprising amount of players pick up on, and it can sometimes cause nausea. TAA is great tech, but even if it works perfectly, nothing will ever beat disabling AA entirely and supersampling.
@Vsevolod3788
@Vsevolod3788 Жыл бұрын
Finally, someone with eyes! I hate it about modern games. All games are drowned in ghosting, smearing, noise and all kinds of visual artefacts making picture look "artificial". Everything is "reconstructed", faked nowdays.
@TBCMV
@TBCMV Жыл бұрын
Good review on a truly messy implementation of a game. I just wish that PC versions in DF reviews would be given as much attention as the console version - I bet we are a lot of PC players watching all the many DF console reviews to get just some measure of the game tech, with our own version getting very little attention in the DF reviews compared to the console versions.
@MadViking82
@MadViking82 Жыл бұрын
Give it a patch or two and you can run it with the same settings as PS5 and Series X for sure at the same FPS without the shader compilation stutters. This should run at 60fps+ 4K native on 4090 everything maxed out, and 120fps+ 4K with DLSS Quality.
@TBCMV
@TBCMV Жыл бұрын
@@MadViking82 With settings comparable to PS5/Series X I belive it would easily run >150 fps on a RTX 4090 besides the compilation stutter identified and what seems to be a rather CPU-bound game-engine, esepcially if you play @4K max setting; I can both find videos on youtube of a 4080 not being fully utilized (load percentage in the 80'ies) with a i9 13900 @native4K+max setting running 55-75 fps and a 4090 running >150 fps in "4K" with upscale enabled and the GPU only still at 60-70% utilization. And that is just the thing. As PC players we are left guessing things like what settings above and beyond console the PC version offer, what and when and how the gameengine especially taxes the CPU, how is fails to utilize the GPU etc. Is there shimmering, does the lightning works or is it perhaps better than what we see on console and so on. It is really a shame so many games getting a console tech review while the PC gets left out in many such multiplatform titles. I know that sometimes there is a PC special on multiplatform games, but SO many games only gets a console review, where what one can hope for as a PC player are mere breadcrumbs.
@TheAsenkah
@TheAsenkah Жыл бұрын
This right here. Like why is PC even mentioned in the video's title? Its like a 10 second mention in the video. WTF.
@movingtarget12321
@movingtarget12321 Жыл бұрын
@@TheAsenkah And only a single, high end rig too. No real mention of lower end/minimum specs and how they perform in comparison. Seems like that section was just there to reinforce the points about performance and visual glitches not being down to simply hardware limitations. Some reviews they do have recommended settings and such, alongside their performance impacts, but not even a hint of that here. Really is sad.
@drinkwwwaterrr
@drinkwwwaterrr Жыл бұрын
Will you do a tech review of Sons Of The Forest? It's arguably the best looking game ever made in Unity
@rpglover101
@rpglover101 Жыл бұрын
Man, World 2 is gonna look insane in comparison.
@nuke2099
@nuke2099 Жыл бұрын
World 2 won't exist. Capcom said a while back they aren't using numbers anymore and even if they did it's internally called MH6.
@rpglover101
@rpglover101 Жыл бұрын
@@nuke2099 World 2, MH6, MHNext, it's all the same shit because we don't know what it's actually called anyways.
@nuke2099
@nuke2099 Жыл бұрын
@@rpglover101 We know it's called MH6 internally. So that's what it's actually called. "World 2" is proof of someone being a fiver because otherwise they would know Capcom said they were done with numbers in the official title.
@DuncDog
@DuncDog Жыл бұрын
FYI, as of today, there is a standing cascading audio queuing bug on consoles that eventually will brick the game if it goes long enough without a restart. PC just got that fix a few days ago if I remember correctly. Running at 5.1/7.1 will maximize how long you can run at optimal fps before it tanks. TL;DR - It chews up more and more and more CPU and RAM until the FPS hits basically single digits. When it was still an issue with PC a week ago, it could take a 12900K/4090 to ~10 fps after a long enough period.
@franzusgutlus54
@franzusgutlus54 Жыл бұрын
Smart, they used the next gen power to skip optimization on their last gen game...
@aeoluxjorge
@aeoluxjorge Жыл бұрын
I REALLY want to play this game SOOOOOOOO hard, but I'm not playing a stuttered version.
@DBTHEPLUG
@DBTHEPLUG Жыл бұрын
Same.
@luiiibilll00
@luiiibilll00 Жыл бұрын
A few frame dips aren't gonna kill you jeez
@anthonyshield7303
@anthonyshield7303 Жыл бұрын
The game plays great & is hella fun
@7amid-
@7amid- Жыл бұрын
@@anthonyshield7303the game is harder than monster hunter ? Or hardly punishing?
@visceraeyes525
@visceraeyes525 Жыл бұрын
or paying $70 for a shitty monster hunter world/rise clone when those games cost $60 on launch. not to mention rise on switch looks and runs better than this
@blackstar-genX
@blackstar-genX Жыл бұрын
Dear God when I hear wild hearts using a new in-house engine that explains a god damn lot. Still no excuses for launching the game in this state but it explains a damn lot.
@BTMaverick707
@BTMaverick707 Жыл бұрын
I was pumped from the trailer and saw how it really looks on PC and it was a definite eye sore... even on a 3080ti.
@Lukashoffmann94
@Lukashoffmann94 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, so true. Considering the visual fidelity, this game should easily run at 60fps in 4K on console equivalent hardware.
@petrlazar5240
@petrlazar5240 Жыл бұрын
Apparently "no last gen responsibility" translates to "meh visuals and meher performance".
@TheBean87
@TheBean87 Жыл бұрын
Yeah honestly terrible game, due to proprietary new engine
@Walamonga1313
@Walamonga1313 Жыл бұрын
And stupid price
@soniculd
@soniculd Жыл бұрын
Sadly the problem is not the console's power and it will continue not to be in most games :/
@astreakaito5625
@astreakaito5625 Жыл бұрын
Disapointed that this is the Katana engine, I was sure it was going to be Team Ninja's new engine as they sorely need a new one for Nioh.
@Stereotypical_Cat
@Stereotypical_Cat Жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about doing a look back upon games that have had shader compilation stutter in their DF Tech review and quickly look through how each has improved?
@Dorraj
@Dorraj Жыл бұрын
I really wish they did look backs on most if not all games they cover with issues, but unfortunately they only do that with games that are really popular. So most likely not this game.
@TerraWare
@TerraWare Жыл бұрын
@@Dorraj They probably have so much on their plate they probably don't have the time to do it unless it's a major popular game. In Wild Heart's case though I had really bad performance issues on pc with stutters and inconsistent frametimes. They did patch it though and game runs pretty well now.
@ComeForPeace
@ComeForPeace Жыл бұрын
That is a wasting of time. Basically none of the games has been fixed
@Games-tt9hu
@Games-tt9hu Жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard on that motion blur in the snow scene. That whole NEW engine seems like a complete failure.
@Rebelscum264
@Rebelscum264 Жыл бұрын
Ummm I mean it wasn’t that funny
@mroutcast8515
@mroutcast8515 Жыл бұрын
Putting "next-gen" and Wild Hearts in the same sentence is criminal.
@lordspalse0062
@lordspalse0062 Жыл бұрын
This is a current gen game. Blame your pathetic consoles that can't achieve 1440p on an actual current gen game. Sony and Microsoft fooled you with the cross gen era. These consoles are sub 1080p and 60fps for current gen games.
@mroutcast8515
@mroutcast8515 Жыл бұрын
@@lordspalse0062 Have you played the game? I played on PC, max settings and looks so last gen, lmao - and it also runs like shit on PC - hence so negative reviews on steam. Stop bein such a shill, lmao.
@lordspalse0062
@lordspalse0062 Жыл бұрын
@@mroutcast8515 Alright sir.
@tmquietman73
@tmquietman73 Жыл бұрын
Later in the game there is a snow effect and then eventually a rain effect that really make the game look like it drops to a lower resolution, my guess is that this performance review was based on early gameplay. All little issues aside, the game is an excellent alternative to Monster Hunter which I also enjoy (and also has issues.)
@real_TG
@real_TG Жыл бұрын
I was looking over it earlier and on a 65 inch 4k screen, in performance mode, I can see what they are trying to do. If you look closely you can see they are trying to mimic some wet effect as if you are looking through rain/snow. It’s an odd artistic choice and completely makes it unplayable on my 28 inch 4K monitor. It looks like poop. The effect looks good standing still but as soon as you start moving it looks like shit lol.
@olotocolo
@olotocolo Жыл бұрын
(and also has issues.) If MH has issues, this one is utter crap. Don't sugarcoeat utter incompetence because it's spreading. Right now well working games are the exception from the norm
@SvensPron
@SvensPron Жыл бұрын
"No last gen machines to hold back Omega Force's ambitions" This game looks like a Switch port of a PS4 game
@Schizm1
@Schizm1 Жыл бұрын
This game (and players) deserver better tech :( Such a shame but it looks like it's gonna need some SERIOUS patching:/
@gamez12100
@gamez12100 Жыл бұрын
There's substantial work needed here in my opinion. Imagine if they had an additional 6 months to iron out the engine and the viuals.
@ragoon75
@ragoon75 Жыл бұрын
4k/60fps and 720p/60fps on 4080 Killer optimization
@subjectivereviews
@subjectivereviews Жыл бұрын
A digital Series X would have made sense, Series S shouldn't exist
@TheGameLecturer
@TheGameLecturer Жыл бұрын
I hope there will be a video about Kerbal Space Program 2. I heard the wildest claims about its optimisation.
@Lahey3
@Lahey3 Жыл бұрын
Guys, one correction. SeriesX/PS5 version looks like prev gen game. Series S looks like x360/ps3 game.
@0Dase
@0Dase Жыл бұрын
That was a very short PC segment. Guess they are waiting for the updates.
@zeus1117
@zeus1117 Жыл бұрын
Nice work Tom!
@danimals6667
@danimals6667 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion as someone with 40 hours in the XSX performance mode. The gameplay is very fun and the building aspect adds a surprising amount of depth. Monsters are cool, gear is cool. Weapons are very cool. But the 60fps is only held up about 85-90% of the time. With not drastic, but noticeable frame drops every once in a while. If that's a problem for you, wait for a price drop/sale and cop it for between 50-60$. 70$ is much just for it to still have these issues, but below 50 is just a crime. Like I said, the game is very fun and I have sunk 40 hours into it so far (if that says anything for it's enjoyability). They definitely knew their target audience. If you like monster hunter then you will like this game.
@GhostStalker16
@GhostStalker16 Жыл бұрын
Yeah but thats only at 1080p! What is this, release of the ps4? Why are people so accepting of shit rushed releases that are unfinished technically? No wonder companies still pull this shit everytime
@danimals6667
@danimals6667 Жыл бұрын
@@GhostStalker16 Its cuz at the end of the day, Im playing the game to have fun. Eventually in the future we will get to a point where every game will be able to do 4k 60fps or even 4k120fps but we arent their now. Hell, even Hogwarts performance mode is 1080p60fps but I heard that game was great. Deadspace and GOWR performance modes cap out at 1440p (and if u wanna be a stickler, 1440p is relatively old. Coming out around 2010). Im not saying games should be allowed to run like GARBAGE, but at what point are we letting performance stop us from having fun.
@fernando_alfradique
@fernando_alfradique Жыл бұрын
​@Danimals are you comparing GoWR to THIS?????? 🤡 GoWR could be running at 720p or lower and would still look A MILLION TIMES BETTER! There's just no excuse for a game to look THIS HIDEOUS in early 2023, especially on current gen! Even The Last of Us for the PS3 outshines this piece of crap, and that gem is turning 10 YEARS OLD in June! The lack of polish is very obvious here, developers should be ashamed. 😡
@danimals6667
@danimals6667 Жыл бұрын
@Fernando Alfradique ur definitely OD'ing it bro. This game does not look THAT bad graphically.
@yvessimon198
@yvessimon198 Жыл бұрын
Wait for a price drop or wait 6 to 12 months to get it fully in the Xbox Game Pass via Ea play. With some luck the game would be in a better state 😉
@AstralFrost
@AstralFrost Жыл бұрын
You did a great job, Tom. I hope you are feeling better. I will play the 10 hour free trial with my EA Play subscription and then, if I like it, I'll wait for patches and a sale. Looks like a game I might enjoy.
@seekingsolutions7078
@seekingsolutions7078 Жыл бұрын
I'm worried that this game might be overlooked- I understand the technical issues, but this game should not be skipped! The gameplay is fantastic and there so much complexity in the environments that it is a joy to explore. It runs well enough (for now) and the sights are a marvel to behold, if you can see beyond the imperfections.
@griffgames9538
@griffgames9538 Жыл бұрын
It's good that Sony has added VRR support for the 1440p output mode. That was a glaring omission when they initially rolled out the PS5's 1440p display support.
@Mundus66
@Mundus66 Жыл бұрын
PS5 VRR still needs work though.
@ardasevmis7583
@ardasevmis7583 Жыл бұрын
1440p vrr is useless. There arent even any hdmi 2.1 1440p monitors so they wont be able to use vrr
@Ast0sH
@Ast0sH Жыл бұрын
Im 100% sure the problem is the way the engine is actually optimized at the time
@velosiped135
@velosiped135 Жыл бұрын
Two and a half years in...is the next generation going to start soon?
@DrJones20
@DrJones20 Жыл бұрын
It already has
@Rebelscum264
@Rebelscum264 Жыл бұрын
Any year now…
@dnzlwshnktn2092
@dnzlwshnktn2092 Жыл бұрын
Series S be like: Bruh, how do I make ramen?
@AliAbidalkareem
@AliAbidalkareem Жыл бұрын
Lol, series S version looks like a 360 version.
@taffpower1
@taffpower1 Жыл бұрын
buy eyes
@Jas0915
@Jas0915 Жыл бұрын
They dropped last gen support just to bring us a last gen game 😫
@sferris33
@sferris33 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Glad I waited for a review. I’ll wait for them to fix the issues.
@mas8705
@mas8705 Жыл бұрын
Wild Hearts is a lovely Monster Hunter alternative, but it does have some issues in its performance that does keep it from truly excelling. Who knows if we will see those performance improvements, but if they can even out the issues, this could definitely be a standout title.
@olotocolo
@olotocolo Жыл бұрын
"performance issues, keeping from excelling" No, it has unacceptable performance, blatant errors on and post release and downright laughable graphical fidelity considering it is next gen only title. Would you all stop fucking sugarcoating utter incompetence? This game runs and looks like shit. it's performance keeps it from being truly PLAYABLE. This is how you get worse and worse and worse performance in games every year. How many games actually work well from last year? What else will we accept?! No. Wild Hearts WOULD be a lovely MH alternative if it was done properly, but NUMEROUS issues and ERRORS in it's performance AND FIDELITY keep it from being fully PLAYABLE. There, fixed it for you. Now you can hope devs would also fix the game as well P.S. in DF Direct they called this mess "not worth reviewing" because of as you call "some issues that prevent it from excelling".
@Ravage27
@Ravage27 Жыл бұрын
Is it me or is this yet another case supporting the trend of PS5 outperforming XSX ports? That wasn't supposed to happen after they caught up on the tools side of the house.
@completelyaverageviewer
@completelyaverageviewer Жыл бұрын
it’s because optimization is different for the two consoles. they are roughly the same when it comes to most aspects, and on paper, the Series X is only slightly more powerful, but to a negligible amount. issues you see here are the results of bad optimization and bugs, which are present on both PS5 and Series X/S as you can see. using such a buggy mess like this as evidence that “games run better on PS5” is actually pretty embarrassing if you ask me, because this looks like a game that would be released for last generation instead of current generation.
@fernando_alfradique
@fernando_alfradique Жыл бұрын
I could've never imagined I'd see a game look this bad on current-gen consoles. 😳 How can Horizon Forbidden West run at a capped 60fps (while looking like a dream) after what we saw here? This is UNBELIEVABLY bad! 😳
@EldenLord.
@EldenLord. Жыл бұрын
6:44 how can devs release a game with a setting like this on by default? What part of their brains wasnt working?
@visceraeyes525
@visceraeyes525 Жыл бұрын
quick cash grab before monster hunter 6 releases
@bltzcstrnx
@bltzcstrnx Жыл бұрын
​@@visceraeyes525 I would say Koei Tecmo, they always subpar in terms of technical performance. Basically legacy Japanese developer where performance and technical advancements often neglected.
@burgerpirate
@burgerpirate Жыл бұрын
@@visceraeyes525 It's not a cash grab. It's an otherwise legitimately great game by most accounts that is ruined by awful performance.
@AbysmalEnd
@AbysmalEnd Жыл бұрын
Maybe an in-house engine wasn't a good idea....
@XiphosGaming
@XiphosGaming Жыл бұрын
I've put a lot of hours into it on my Series X and never even noticed the missing shadows 😅
@Plusimurfriend
@Plusimurfriend Жыл бұрын
@@Worthless. Playing a game with next gen price on a next gen console with 1080p and 40 fps is not a win.
@Daigon95
@Daigon95 Жыл бұрын
@@Plusimurfriend Not a "win" but end of the day as long as the hours and fun spent is still there. I already hav 65hrs in the game despite the technical issues, and im only in Chapter 3. lol
@seekingsolutions7078
@seekingsolutions7078 Жыл бұрын
I hear you. I never thought about shadows, resolution, anti-aliasing, texture quality, etc. I used to just play the games. If it looked cool and ran well enough, I was happy. We only know about these things because it's pointed to us. I love this game!
@itycagameplays
@itycagameplays Жыл бұрын
Less shaders and less performance... so much for the "12tflops of powah".
@completelyaverageviewer
@completelyaverageviewer Жыл бұрын
not the consoles fault, the Series X is easily capable of that stuff and i don’t see how you think it’s the consoles fault. you can easily see in all versions of this game that it’s got issues, both with optimization and bugs, and the shadows and performance are no exception. the PS5 and Series X are roughly equivalent machines and could both run this game far, far better.
@Prohass
@Prohass Жыл бұрын
Man the ui, fonts, icons, they really didn’t shy away from straight up copying monster Hunter with those
@jonny-b4954
@jonny-b4954 Жыл бұрын
None of these games has matched Shadow of the Colossus or Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen when it comes to combat with ENORMOUS monsters.
@tomohawkcloud
@tomohawkcloud Жыл бұрын
Shadow of the colossus combat was donkey doodoo and the horse riding was worse than zelda
@LN.2233
@LN.2233 Жыл бұрын
Monsters in monster hunter aren't enormous except Grigori and Grigori doesn't match the big monster hunter bosses. Even at that monster hunter directly influenced dragons dogma and has better combat.
@Walamonga1313
@Walamonga1313 Жыл бұрын
Shadoe of the colossus didn't have combat, except for like 2 or 3. They're mostly puzzles. Don't get me wrong I love that game (mostly due to the soundtrack) but it has no business getting compared to actual combat heavy games like MH, DD or GE
@jonny-b4954
@jonny-b4954 Жыл бұрын
@@Walamonga1313 I'm referring mostly to the scale and the way you approach combating the giant monsters. Shadow of Colossus wasn't combat but you were still battling the monster. And I liked how you could jump up on and climb the monsters in Dragons Dogma like SOTC but actually had combat. Instead of just hacking at their shins in other games (I assume that's what you do as every clip I've ever seen shows that)
@a8uella
@a8uella Жыл бұрын
The series S version is like a switch port
@carlosnascimento9269
@carlosnascimento9269 Жыл бұрын
It's actually shocking how rough this looks, especially considering it's current gen only.
@jamescole3143
@jamescole3143 Жыл бұрын
Thank you DF !
@Gedankenblitz15
@Gedankenblitz15 Жыл бұрын
The transition at 14:18 between cinematic and gameplay is very odd. The scene looks perfectly fine, but when it switches to gameplay, distance shadows, ambient occlusion, motion blur and LODs break. But the performance is not dropping significantly. Something went seriously wrong with the visuals in late production.
@tontonyoyo9887
@tontonyoyo9887 Жыл бұрын
All cutscenes are played in quality mode, what you see is the game switching to performance
@thedarkness6652
@thedarkness6652 Жыл бұрын
Enabling async frame limiter by rtss almost completely fix stuttering on PC. Pretty strange that DF did not suggest this workaround. The latest update also helped with this.
@verymental6999
@verymental6999 Жыл бұрын
RTSS does not help with the framedrops during heated battles… even down to 30-40fps if there is a lot of effects. I tested 4k on highest + 1080p on lowest… same fps drops. But yes, RTSS helps with minimize stutter.
@cad3nce
@cad3nce Жыл бұрын
The textures on series s don't look last gen they look like something from the N64!!
@balaam_7087
@balaam_7087 Жыл бұрын
Cool, we get two current gen versions that look like last gen, and an Xbox series Switch version.
@philbln
@philbln Жыл бұрын
God good, the Series S version looks like a Switch game. 😁 I played a bit of the 10h Trial on Series X and this game really catched me. I'm absolutely not into Monster Hunter, but I really enjoyed my time with Wild Hearts.
@youtindia
@youtindia Жыл бұрын
900p 30fps lower than low settings Series S is just bad
@Chris-PCr33m
@Chris-PCr33m Жыл бұрын
Didn't expect this review after the griping in the DFWeekly
@GhostStalker16
@GhostStalker16 Жыл бұрын
Same. Swear they said its not even worth reviewing as its just so bad
@Hadeshi.
@Hadeshi. Жыл бұрын
1:18, wait,what!? You can cut the tail with a hammer?
@apgdanielricardo8196
@apgdanielricardo8196 Жыл бұрын
I really want to buy this game to play with my buddy, but I'll wait for a few patches
@Housian
@Housian Жыл бұрын
More like several, this won’t be a good game till at least a year from now. This is cyberpunk 2.0
@AzaiaMonota
@AzaiaMonota Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how in 2023 all the consoles still can't hit a locked 1080p 60 fps
@GhostStalker16
@GhostStalker16 Жыл бұрын
Ps4 was doing 1080p 60 ffs.
@AzaiaMonota
@AzaiaMonota Жыл бұрын
@@GhostStalker16 on some games sure but most games were 30 fps
@MsUltraBob
@MsUltraBob Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t blame the consoles for that it’s definitely the developers fault. Even high end pc’s are getting a lot of bad ports this gen. It’s like they don’t even try to optimise their games for these platforms.
@AzaiaMonota
@AzaiaMonota Жыл бұрын
@@MsUltraBob No joke if devs would fully optimize their games and used game engines that actually used all the CPU cores we would easily see a 2-4X improvement in performance
@Shadow_Play3r
@Shadow_Play3r Жыл бұрын
great coverage as always!
@lucasrafael666
@lucasrafael666 Жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention the absurd lag and "slow motion effect" when playing with others in certain areas. Its just impossible to play online right now. Im playing on PS5
@muuhnkin4611
@muuhnkin4611 Жыл бұрын
Never noticed slowdowns tbh. The game has a memory leak though, it's probably that. The thing is that I usually don't play this game more than 2h a day so it might be that.
@lucasrafael666
@lucasrafael666 Жыл бұрын
@@muuhnkin4611 never though about it. Thanks for the info!
@Blitzz1907
@Blitzz1907 Жыл бұрын
The game is really good but Koei Tecmo has to invest some more money for their engines.
@badz1497
@badz1497 Жыл бұрын
the return of the 900p box
@modermonkula
@modermonkula Жыл бұрын
The only kind of motion blur we need is per object motion blur
@AzaiaMonota
@AzaiaMonota Жыл бұрын
Motion blur should never be implemented in anything if the frame rate is high enough motion blur will occur naturally
@mbsfaridi
@mbsfaridi Жыл бұрын
Indeed, looks so good.
@dark-ix7uv
@dark-ix7uv Жыл бұрын
Please investigate the slow-motion bug that affects all versions
@wwfww
@wwfww Жыл бұрын
I value 60fps above graphics, a good game doesn’t need crazy graphics as long as the art direction is good and gameplay fluid
@HungryGrump
@HungryGrump Жыл бұрын
This isn't hitting 60fps where it would matter. I'd rather a locked 30fps in every situation than a wildly fluctuating not-60fps in combat.
@geminijinxies7258
@geminijinxies7258 Жыл бұрын
I'm all for developers using their own game engine. In this case though, UE4 or 5 probably would've been a better choice.
@zigzog5671
@zigzog5671 Жыл бұрын
or they could've polished it for few months. this doesnt look good AND bad performance. if it was one or other, people wouldnt mind it that much.
@geminijinxies7258
@geminijinxies7258 Жыл бұрын
​@@zigzog5671 That was part of the point of my post. They've spent time and money on making their own engine, still It looks worse AND run worse than most UE4 and 5 games. As it is now, let's hope they will polish things and make it better.
@bkujamjar
@bkujamjar 11 ай бұрын
5 months later and Xbox version of this game is now selling for £12.50. It's such a shame this game wasn't treated better by it's makers. It could have been great.
@jonate79
@jonate79 Жыл бұрын
The music went out on me twice during a hunt.
@jesser4221
@jesser4221 Жыл бұрын
Before watching the video... I played the EA Play trial on PS5 and it's the blurriest game I have play on current gen. The AA is so strong on movement that it's bizarre. On still shots it looks better but it's no way near 4K on resolution mode. The HDR it's broken for what I can tell, the vegetation flicker like crazy with HDR, so yeah. The art design is good but graphically speaking this looks like a PS4 game from 2017 at best and I don't understand why it looks this bad, unless is a bug of the trial version lol. Edit: lmao was the motion blur?
@ancientflames
@ancientflames Жыл бұрын
Several ps3 games look on par.
@fandomkiller
@fandomkiller Жыл бұрын
n64 levels of shadow pop in
@KevinRiggle
@KevinRiggle Жыл бұрын
I really wonder about that "Tsukumo has experienced an error" at 21:00
@followthewolves1991
@followthewolves1991 Жыл бұрын
I have no clue what is happening with this game. No matter what settings I choose, my fps doesn't change. I barely meet the minimum specs for the gpu(I only have a 1070ti) but i meet the recommended in terms of CPU and RAM. I can max the game and play at the same fps as the lowest settings. Something ain't right lol. The game is pretty fun, though I won't be buying it until they fix it.
@Methos_101
@Methos_101 Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for 15s of PC.
@gabrielsemipro
@gabrielsemipro Жыл бұрын
I can't take 1080p 60fps on next gen consoles, it's just a sad note saying "we will NOT optimize our game". My low end pc can run it better, just like Evil West, damn. The generation started so strong with the cross gen releases, now it's just this, seems to me like they're starting to get freaking lazy, they need to start launching things back to ps4, then bump up the res and fps from there.
@Walamonga1313
@Walamonga1313 Жыл бұрын
There's no way your pc runs it fine. Even high end pcs struggle
@snodd8377
@snodd8377 Жыл бұрын
jepp! Something is really wrong here! Lazy devs or totally incompetence devs? Maybe the hired people from the ps1 and ps2 era and just let them out from a hole and they dont now how to develop
@gabrielsemipro
@gabrielsemipro Жыл бұрын
@@Walamonga1313 They struggle because the freaking stutters, that's the only difference, like i said, Evil West is the same deal, and thats speaking for 1080p 60fps, not 4k for sure, stutters out of the way, i'd get the same 60fps experience in a way less powerful pc than the ps5 (5500XT 8GB) where i can run wild hearts at a high-low mix, excluding the stutters, sure.
@gabrielsemipro
@gabrielsemipro Жыл бұрын
@@snodd8377 I hope that's not the case, that'd be desatrous, but there is definetly something wrong with the way they are doing things
@user-qg7oq6qw5c
@user-qg7oq6qw5c Жыл бұрын
Simply this game not using good aa and upsampling tech. For example dead space in 60 fps mode is 1440 p upsampled from 960-800p and looks very good.
@cosbusta
@cosbusta Жыл бұрын
I tried the 10 hour trial and it's a technical mess. I could see there's a good game somewhere in there, but it needs a year of work before it's worth it for me. Might as well just wait for the next monster hunter game.
@TheXavierfull
@TheXavierfull Жыл бұрын
I don understand why is a $70 game, with all those issues
@RyanBurnsRed
@RyanBurnsRed Жыл бұрын
$70 for this…the disconnect between the prices of games and their quality is just inexcusable
@LN.2233
@LN.2233 Жыл бұрын
Games aren't priced by their perceived quality
@Walamonga1313
@Walamonga1313 Жыл бұрын
87usd for me btw lol, mexican steam store. EA pricing is ridiculous. Jedi Survivor is the same
@Airinas96
@Airinas96 Жыл бұрын
Us players are very fortunate to have a channel like Digital Foundry 🙏🏼
@Housian
@Housian Жыл бұрын
“There’s a twist here, wild hearts targets 15fps” cyberpunk 2.0, won’t be fixed for at LEAST a year. Watch.
@kevhavard
@kevhavard Жыл бұрын
Series S almost looks like a Switch version
@adilator
@adilator Жыл бұрын
Nice looking PS3 game.
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