Peter Crisp wrote:Mafro wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:I think this Demo finally finishes the debate about whether or not games will look better on next gen.
The lack of pop-in alone will make a huge difference and the overall level of detail is pretty amazing.
Well they weren't going to look worse.
Fair enough but I think some people were unsure if the new gen was going to see any real advance and I think we have.
Obviously we've only got this short video to go on at the mo but so far so good.
This happens every generation now and perhaps is due to the belief that high end PC graphics hardware of the day, eg. a 2080ti, running games designed for current gen at ultra high settings or with some extra effects defines the next gen graphical fidelity benchmark. More realistically they define what next gen cross gen ports could look like when very little effort is made. You won’t see what its graphical power is truly capable of (2080ti) until a game is developed to push the hardware in ways other than dialling every setting up. That’s where next gen consoles come in, massively raising the target spec. The days of a crysis on PC seem to be long gone unfortunately.
I guess it’s never a bad thing to have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised. There will always be launch window and cross-gen games that underwhelm as with any gen, but I’m very confident it will be a very noticeable jump this time, bigger than last due to a number or reasons.