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[MidGenRefresh]

Do PC gamers even like games like this? Sony might as well port it to Nintendo where it would actually find success.

Quality game will always find success on PC, regardless of the genre. Platformers like A Hat in Time, Psychonauts 2 or SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom are all rated 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam.

 

[Holammer]

Knocked down Dynamic Shadows & Anti-Aliasing a notch to High and it gave me a solid 1440/60. Not bad for a humble GTX1080.
As others mentioned, the game drops frames during cut scenes, but it's no biggie as VRR sorts it out.

Plays great and it gave me good chills.

 

[Ansphn]

That's a daft thing to say. All games will be liked by someone on all platforms.

But will it sell enough copies worth the cost to port the game?

 

[rofif]

Seems like it is good port aside from ULTRA ray tracing and it seem high rt runs great.
PS5 version don't have any RT?
And I've seen some reports about pc version having no HDR. is it true or ps5 version also don't have hdr ?

I am still deciding which version to get. This game looks cute as fuck and music is funky. I regret not getting it 2 years ago now that I look at some videos

 

[ACESHIGH]

Seen some reports of shader cache related stutter... I don't understand why devs don't choose to cache shaders at the first loading screen of the game "optimizing for your PC" like Forza games do.
In game caching will never work on PC.

 

[Midn1ght]

Seems like it is good port aside from ULTRA ray tracing and it seem high rt runs great.
PS5 version don't have any RT?
And I've seen some reports about pc version having no HDR. is it true or ps5 version also don't have hdr ?

I am still deciding which version to get. This game looks cute as fuck and music is funky. I regret not getting it 2 years ago now that I look at some videos

You can't go wrong with either version, the game looks and runs great on PS5 as well.
Regarding HDR, it seems it's missing on both version but I could be wrong.
No RT on PS5 I believe.

 

[Fabieter]

Seems like it is good port aside from ULTRA ray tracing and it seem high rt runs great.
PS5 version don't have any RT?
And I've seen some reports about pc version having no HDR. is it true or ps5 version also don't have hdr ?

I am still deciding which version to get. This game looks cute as fuck and music is funky. I regret not getting it 2 years ago now that I look at some videos

It has RT just on reflection u think

 

[Holammer]

Seems like it is good port aside from ULTRA ray tracing and it seem high rt runs great.
PS5 version don't have any RT?
And I've seen some reports about pc version having no HDR. is it true or ps5 version also don't have hdr ?

I am still deciding which version to get. This game looks cute as fuck and music is funky. I regret not getting it 2 years ago now that I look at some videos

No HDR options in-game, turned it on in display settings and tried windowed fullscreen with no effect.
If you get in PC, you can play it on the Deck too.

Steam Screenshots get fucked up colors when you have HDR enabled, a problem for Elden Ring for example. No such problem here, but the colors and presentation are (dare I say?) fabulous.

Example of missing HDR metadata.

 

[Midn1ght]

It has RT just on reflection u think

It's (very good) SSR on PS5. The game looks gorgeous on console regardless.
Digital Foundry PS5 Review

PC Port Review



Nvidia Drivers for Sackboy are available.

 

[ArtHands]

But will it sell enough copies worth the cost to port the game?

PC games tend to have insane long legs so I wouldn’t worry. People judging only the initial sales on PC are morons.

 

[playsaves3]

It's (very good) SSR on PS5. The game looks gorgeous on console regardless.
Digital Foundry PS5 Review

PC Port Review



Nvidia Drivers for Sackboy are available.

It’s missing uncapped vrr support on console unfortunately so cause of that I think I’d go pc

 

[BadBurger]

I can run this at ultra, but isn't the PS5 version (which I own) already native 4K and 60 fps?

 

[Midn1ght]

I can run this at ultra, but isn't the PS5 version (which I own) already native 4K and 60 fps?

• 720p@60fps on base PS4 and PS4 Slim
• 1080p@60fps on PS4 Pro
• Dynamic resolution on PS5, averages around ~75% of 4k, 60fps as other versions

 

[BadBurger]

• 720p@60fps on base PS4 and PS4 Slim
• 1080p@60fps on PS4 Pro
• Dynamic resolution on PS5, averages around ~75% of 4k, 60fps as other versions

Much appreciated

If my friends are down playing through this again I just might get it then

Edit: man watching the video on Steam with all of the features, Sony really goes all out with these PC ports. They don't fuck around. Love to see it.

 

[sainraja]

I wish Sony would put their games on GOG again. After Horizon, they haven't done so and I can't understand why. I would totally double dip on every release if they did so. I might pick this up on EGS but.....please get them on GOG.com! Outside of Horizon, the only other game I bought on PC has been Uncharted (fav series). I like God of War also but had been hoping for a GOG release but will probably pick that up soon.

I'm buying it just to support Sony's porting efforts. I have no interest in actually playing it.

It is a good game, you should play it. Some levels are pretty easy (specially the earlier ones) but it does have some challenging levels too. Some levels also require co-op play.

 

[Pey.]

It runs at 35-40 FPS on a Ryzen 9 5950X and a RTX 3080 Ti with DLSS on Quality Mode at 4K @ Max Settings. It's not even CPU limited. It just needs an RTX 4090 to play it at 60 FPS with everything maxed out. Poorly optimized if you ask me.





Some 4K screenshots on my website: https://www.pcmrace.com/2022/10/27/...a-big-adventure-en-4k-con-detalles-al-maximo/

 

[BadBurger]

It runs at 35-40 FPS on a Ryzen 9 5950X and a RTX 3080 Ti with DLSS on Quality Mode at 4K @ Max Settings. It's not even CPU limited. It just needs an RTX 4090 to play it at 60 FPS with everything maxed out. Poorly optimized if you ask me.





Some 4K screenshots on my website: https://www.pcmrace.com/2022/10/27/...a-big-adventure-en-4k-con-detalles-al-maximo/

How's that CPU compare to a i9-11900KF?

 

[Pey.]

How's that CPU compare to a i9-11900KF?

Pretty much on the same level. The problem is not the CPU, the GPU is running at 99%.

 

[Midn1ght]

It runs at 35-40 FPS on a Ryzen 9 5950X and a RTX 3080 Ti with DLSS on Quality Mode at 4K @ Max Settings. It's not even CPU limited. It just needs an RTX 4090 to play it at 60 FPS with everything maxed out. Poorly optimized if you ask me.





Some 4K screenshots on my website: https://www.pcmrace.com/2022/10/27/...a-big-adventure-en-4k-con-detalles-al-maximo/

Ray Traced Reflection on Ultra is ridiculously taxing even on a 4090. putting it down one notch seems to do the trick. A video I posted shows the game running at 1440p60 with RT and DLSS on Quality on a 3060 Ti (Even reach 4K60 with DLSS on Performance). It's just that particular "Ray Tracing Ultra" setting that seems to tank performance.

It also seems like there's shader compilation at the beginning (but no visual indication to confirm so don't quote me on that). Port seems fine, hopefuly DF gets a look at it.

 

[Hot5pur]

Literally the least desired port, just why lol
Also sending this out in a middle of a busy holiday season. I guess some parents will buy it to play with kids...except that's not how PC works

 

[Stuart360]

Literally the least desired port, just why lol
Also sending this out in a middle of a busy holiday season. I guess some parents will buy it to play with kids...except that's not how PC works

It looks like a silly port on paper but i have the feeling they released this just to show PC gamers that Playstation also make other types of games other than third person action games lol.

Anyway is this worth playing my Sony guys?, i'm not against giving the game a try.

 

[Lillie]

PC has acquired another One

 

[OverHeat]

It looks like a silly port on paper but i have the feeling they released this just to show PC gamers that Playstation also make other types of games other than third person action games lol.

Anyway is this worth playing my Sony guys?, i'm not against giving the game a try.

Game is awesome give it a go!

 

[BadBurger]

Alright, a bunch of people in my favorite Steam group bought it so I am in. I'll let you know my experiences with performance. RTX 3080 (10 GB), i9-11900KF, 32 GB DDR 4, some super fast NVM.e drive, 4K 144hz display, should be fun

 

[playsaves3]

• 720p@60fps on base PS4 and PS4 Slim
• 1080p@60fps on PS4 Pro
• Dynamic resolution on PS5, averages around ~75% of 4k, 60fps as other versions

Wish it got vrr support

 

[playsaves3]

Pretty much on the same level. The problem is not the CPU, the GPU is running at 99%.

I don’t buy that it’s not the cpu

 

[playsaves3]

Ray Traced Reflection on Ultra is ridiculously taxing even on a 4090. putting it down one notch seems to do the trick. A video I posted shows the game running at 1440p60 with RT and DLSS on Quality on a 3060 Ti (Even reach 4K60 with DLSS on Performance). It's just that particular "Ray Tracing Ultra" setting that seems to tank performance.

It also seems like there's shader compilation at the beginning (but no visual indication to confirm so don't quote me on that). Port seems fine, hopefuly DF gets a look at it.

Wonder if ultra rt is doing the cyberpunk overdrive mode technique

 

[BadBurger]

OK, I played the first three levels (edit: two, I guess the first doesn't really matter as it's an intro) with Steam friends. All max settings aside from that "extra raytracing" option or whatever it is - so 4K, ultra, and I am getting between 57-59 fps and the HDR looks amazing. With that option enabled I get 50-52 fps.

So if anyone is getting poor performance with a RTX 3080, might wanna look into if you have other processes eating up compute or something.

Oh and the Windows support for the DualSense is commendable. Feels the same as when playing on the PS5 as far as I can tell

Edit: ugh I got a Gingerbread crash twice in a row while joining an online session. Good news is the game is super active now, finding sessions instantly. Just hope you don't crash

 

[Md Ray]

Seems like it's a good port? How surprising isn't his ends up being a better port than all other Sony games.

I wish they had cross save and I'd probs double dip.

Shader compilation stutters are pretty bad. I wish it compiled shaders in the main menu like Uncharted and HZD does.

 

[dotnotbot]

Another PC port missing HDR? I hate that. PC version should be the definitve one but once again it's missing something important.

 

[Midn1ght]

Shader compilation stutters are pretty bad. I wish it compiled shaders in the main menu like Uncharted and HZD does.

I've seen a few reports saying the stutters almost completely vanish after a couple levels. Might be a case of shader compiling in the background without any visual indication it does. Don't know if it's a one time thing or doing it every time you restart the game (or if it does at all).

Regarding performance, yeah, seems like they went balls out with RT so native + RT will test any system. The game will run well without RT even on older systems. So refreshing to see Sony delivering the complete package on PC, just wish they would figure out the pricing as well.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Shader compilation stutters are pretty bad. I wish it compiled shaders in the main menu like Uncharted and HZD does.

Every PC game should include an option to compile the shaders.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Another PC port missing HDR?

Enable HDR in Windows Display settings.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This shader compilation shite needs sorting on PC. Its a joke at this point.

 

[MikeM]

Why would you port Sackboy over Returnal or GoT...or Bloodborne......why Sony?

Kids use PC too.

 

[T-Cake]

But will it sell enough copies worth the cost to port the game?

Over time, I would think so. They won't get it back overnight like they do with console releases.

 

[Md Ray]

Purely testing ray-tracing performance impact on CPU (3700X) in this game. All RT effects such as AO, reflections, shadow were enabled/set to max in the "RT: On" run. Huge performance impact here, you lose -38% of perf going from no RT to max RT from a CPU perspective.

GPU/RAM used: RTX 3070/DDR4-3200

 

[ArtHands]

Literally the least desired port, just why lol
Also sending this out in a middle of a busy holiday season. I guess some parents will buy it to play with kids...except that's not how PC works

Yah too many games releasing on Steam recently. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and RE Village DLC today.

 

[Midn1ght]

Purely testing ray-tracing performance impact on CPU (3700X) in this game. All RT effects such as AO, reflections, shadow were enabled/set to max in the "RT: On" run. Huge performance impact here, you lose -38% of perf going from no RT to max RT from a CPU perspective.

GPU/RAM used: RTX 3070/DDR4-3200

Thanks for sharing your results!

Hope someone could run the same test with Reflections on "Ray Tracing" instead of "Ray Tracing Ultra", curious about the difference between the two. The few videos I've watch shows that Ray Tracing Ultra is extremely demanding. Also wonder what's the visual difference between the two.

 

[TrebleShot]

Y’all PC players who want more ports better buy this, I’ll get it on steam deck, doing my part

 

[Guilty_AI]

Y’all PC players who want more ports better buy this, I’ll get it on steam deck, doing my part

$60 for a standard platforming game? No thanks.
I'll consider it when its cheaper, muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Downright retarded to have shader cache issues in 2022. Every dev should call playground games to be shown how it's done.

 

[TrebleShot]

$60 for a standard platforming game? No thanks.
I'll consider it when its cheaper, muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper.

Cdkeys half the price

 

[Guilty_AI]

Cdkeys half the price

Still too much honestly, i'll start considering it at $15, preferably $10.

 

[OverHeat]

Alright, a bunch of people in my favorite Steam group bought it so I am in. I'll let you know my experiences with performance. RTX 3080 (10 GB), i9-11900KF, 32 GB DDR 4, some super fast NVM.e drive, 4K 144hz display, should be fun

Almost my system except I have a 3090 and 64GB of ram and I’m playing at 1440p 240hz all setting max out and DLSS balance and never do it dip below 60 average 90-100fps

 

[BabyYoda]

Still too much honestly, i'll start considering it at $15, preferably $10.

Although I agree the rrp is way too much, $10 is a bit low huh?! I'll get it when it's £20ish myself, cos I have a back catalogue to get through and I'm a patient man!

 

[Aguero9320]

Sony's been weird with this from the start. Almost never goes on sale (unless I missed it) and really should be on their PS+ thing by now. Price on PC is ridiculous, as others have said.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Although I agree the rrp is way too much, $10 is a bit low huh?! I'll get it when it's £20ish myself, cos I have a back catalogue to get through and I'm a patient man!

i'm a cheapo, what can i say

...but i am converting my regional pricing into dollar so what i'm actually saying is i'll wait for a 75% discount or something

 

[rodrigolfp]

This shader compilation shite needs sorting on PC. Its a joke at this point.

It's already sorted since always. Pre compilation before the game starts.

 

[BabyYoda]

i'm a cheapo, what can i say

...but i am converting my regional pricing into dollar so what i'm actually saying is i'll wait for a 75% discount or something

Hey I'm not judging, I never pay full price for games unless I anticipate they will be excellent, so the only game I paid full price for several years was Elden Ring and it was worth every penny! Otherwise, get in line and in sale (unless it's indie I suppose)!