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[Guilty_AI]

Might try when its 4.99 and denuvo-free

 

[SeraphJan]

The traversal in this game is good, in fact very good

 

[Umbasaborne]

Does it make it look like the first trailer?

 

[UnNamed]

Improved, but facial animation still sucks a lot.

 

[Fake]

Whats up with this nonsense title?

Updates can't save a shit game at his core.

 

[FalconPunch]

What a thread title lol. Revisionist history and all that

 

[Boss Mog]

Kinda had fun with the demo, I'll pick it up when it hits 20 or less.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

The first 2 words of the title are a lie.

I was starting to think you might be ok man.....don't go backwards. lol

 

[StueyDuck]

Performance updates as in vocal performances

Cause if not, I'm out

 

[willothedog]

turd and polish come to mind.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Damn, it's still $70. If it was $40 I would have got it out of sheer curiosity. Added to the wishlist.

If you're planning on getting Forspoken on PS5 check your local used market first. You should find it pretty cheap, maybe around $20.

The traversal in this game is good, in fact very good

It sure is, parkouring in Athia never gets old! I'll have to eventually come back to get the platinum.

What a thread title lol. Revisionist history and all that

Game is pretty fun (traversal, exploration, magic combat and music) so if you can get it cheap you should give it a shot. Also, lmao at this being your first comment on GAF!

 

[Guilty_AI]

This guy got it earlier, shouldn't both be merged?

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/digital-foundry-forspoken-revisited-on-ps5-better-visuals-higher-performance-but-what-about-the-game.1658786/#post-268180365

 

[yamaci17]

Yeah but you also told us that it look amazing before it was patched. And now we see just how atrocious it looked.

secret hdr + oled sauce
if u dont have those u dont have rights to call a game ugly !

 

[rofif]

secret hdr + oled sauce
if u dont have those u dont have rights to call a game ugly !

Absolutely most games look way better with HDR on Oled.
Looking at some of the sdr footage, it looks more flat in comparison.

Some photos, granted from release. THIS IS NOT A BAD LOOKING GAME.

Same places just as screenshots. You can compare yourself

 

[Schorschi]

I like this game too. Over 100 hours of fun for me with very good combat

 

[The Fuzz damn you!]

Didn’t have time for this at launch, won’t have time until the end of the year, but this sounds like a solid list of improvements to a game I already wanted to play. Hopefully there’s a price drop by the time I get around to it.

 

[Quezacolt]

"Awful game gets graphical upgrades"

That should be the title

 

[Valkyria]

This game really rocks. Way better than what the reviews claim. It's obvious that reviewers didn't play for more than a few hours. Cue for 5 years where it will appear in every single hidden gem list.

 

[Buggy Loop]

rofif willed the patch into existence.

rofif : “I willed a patch into existence with my freaking mind! Ha Ha!”

 

[vkbest]

Wow, its kinda impressive how they almost locked the framerate in every mode, while also improving resolution, lightning and AO. It shows how unfinished was the game at launch.

This happened with Plague Tale: Requiem too.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Not interested in this game but this analysis is interesting for a number of reasons.

• Lighting and AO have been overhauled, AO especially seems much improved with crevices and cracks now being properly shaded
• Lighting intensity has been increased, giving the environment more natural sunlight rather than the usual grey and drab look
• Not all improved, however, for AO appears to be too intense in some areas, especially when it comes to foliage where it's too aggressive
• This also results in a significantly noisier image in performance mode where moving foliage has very obvious artifacts it did not have before
• Fog has been pared back
• Hair lighting seems to have been altered with 1.2 exhibiting a strange grey shade in some scenes
• Massive performance improvements. Whereas version 1.0 dipped to the low 20s in intense scenario in Quality Mode, it now mostly remains at 30
• Same for Performance Mode. In areas where it dipped to the low 40s, it now remains mostly at 60 with the odd frame or two drops
• 40Hz mode has also been improved, now it mostly remains locked to 40
• Resolution also seems improved compared to the 1.0 version
• Pixel count in Quality Mode now ranges from 1440p to 1728p vs 1152p to 1584p in 1.0
• Pixel count in Performance Mode now ranges from 828p to 1152p vs 720p to 936p in 1.0
• Overall, significantly improved from its launch and should have shipped like that
• Still fairly unimpressive visually and compares unfavorably to FF XVI both in graphics and gameplay

In short, for people who were bothered by the uneven performance, it has been largely cleared up and for those interested in the game, now seems to be the best time to jump in.

Wow, amazing tweaks. How hot did this game launch? Crazy

 

[WX3]

I don't have a PS5. Bought the game on PC only a couple of weeks ago. I am having some fun with it, and it runs great on my system. But let me tell you, never before have I wished for a main character mute option in the menus. That bitch drives me nuts, and her fucking cuff is not much better!

 

[Kakax11]

I like the game and the very short DLC, but that girl cursing all the time is so annoying i just can't get back in there

 

[-Zelda-]

Now if only they could fix the garbage writing and weak story. I wanted to like this game, but the mc is so insufferable, and not in the way that she grows beyond it, because she never does. At least she isnt ugly looking like Aloy and Abby, so that's something, thought it does not help her, so it does not matter in the end. Also hated the earth magic in the early areas of the game.

 

[Schorschi]

I like the game and the very short DLC, but that girl cursing all the time is so annoying i just can't get back in there

In the german Translation for this game there is no F-Bomb etc, much better.

 

[Boss Mog]

This gives me hope that they'll fix FF16's Performance mode soon because it's not very good right now.

 

[TrueGrime]

I like the game and the very short DLC, but that girl cursing all the time is so annoying i just can't get back in there

That "Fuck off" in the middle of fighting seems so out of place, lol.

 

[Tomeru]

I dunno how cringe this take is, but imho, the combat in forspoken is much better than that shallow ass dancing in ff16.

 

[damidu]

so is this better to buy on pc or ps5 now?
will give it a try at some discount, gameplay always looked fun.

 

[Mr Moose]

Did the demo get updated too? Might give it a try again on my PC before I decide if its worth getting (probably wait until its below £30).

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Absolutely most games look way better with HDR on Oled.
Looking at some of the sdr footage, it looks more flat in comparison.

Some photos, granted from release. THIS IS NOT A BAD LOOKING GAME.

Same places just as screenshots. You can compare yourself

What it is with you and taking pictures of your TV?

 

[rofif]

What it is with you and taking pictures of your TV?

You cannot transfer HDR format screenshots from your ps5.
iphone takes hdr pics and converts them to sdr. at least this is a relative way to show how vibrant it looks in real.
Not the best way to show it but while some screenshots can look flat, it might not always be the case with hdr with your own eyes

 

[SenkiDala]

I know that it might not be a popular opinion but the time I had on the demo of Forspoken was better than all my playthrough of FFXVI and I'm at 80% of the game.

FF is my favorite series ever, I defended even FFXIII and FFXV to the core, like they are a part of me. But XVI is... Something else. Lame music, pathetic orchestration, shallow gameplay, no sense of epicness, pathetic characters, pathetic character design outside of 2 or 3 characters... The main quests are worst than the worsts side quests of the worst Bethesda game.

If it was not a FF game it would be at max 60 on MC, and nobody would talk about it, or just to say "ahah what a ridiculous FF ripoff".

I know I'm totally off topic but I had to say it.

I've yet to play the whole Forspoken game but from what I've played it was way more enjoyable.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Never ever preorder. But I have my doubts people have learned their lesson.

But after all inprovements still not interested in the game.

 

[oji-san]

Good news, I'm waiting for a bigger discount or it to be on PS Plus, liked the demo and now it seems even better.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Feels like a good time to jump in now. Patched up and playable, plus I got it for 25 bucks when it was on sale a couple of weeks ago. Another win for not pre-ordering. Next up is Cyberpunk.

 

[tryDEATH]

This game has potential to become a franchise if it goes the CP2077 route. The bones seem good, but it just lacks vibrancy in the open world and needs the world to be filled up and expanded in features.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I really liked the magic/combat system and the world traversal. I also like picking up "all of the things" so this really leaned into my ocd. ALSO....I curse pretty much every other word so me and the protag got along swimmingly.

I can also appreciate why folks would not like the game....take Starfield for example...that game is going to be a truckload of stinky dog shit for me anyway....but I understand why people would really enjoy it and will dump hundreds of hours into it.