HouseQuake

5 Years since #DeathStranding came out?! Time flies. Arguably @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN 's best work. I had the pleasure of meeting the legend AND the other legend that is Yoji Shinkawa at the DS world Tour back in 2019 (UK). Great times!

Well Crimson Desert is fantastic so far! Runs well too. Everything at Cinematic (max), 4K with DLSS Balanced, Ray Reconstruction and RT on, FG on and I'm well over 100fps.

@PureCinemaPCG @PeterP_1985 @NixxesSoftware @KojiPro2015_EN @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Judder. Like a stutter but not as it doesn'taffect frame rates. Hard to explain. Apparently it's a known issue and widely reported.

@jay_quake @PeterP_1985 @NixxesSoftware @KojiPro2015_EN @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Using 4x and no issues so far in any cutscenes or ingame. What issue do you have with fg? Tearing?

If this is indeed the last Playstation published single player game on PC, then it's potentially @NixxesSoftware swan song if initial impressions are anything to go by (with input from Kojima I'm sure) Stunning to look at, smooth and perfectly optimised, ray tracing features (first time for Decima), full duelsense support, great settings menu, new upscaler (pico), trophy support. Its got it all, a perfect example of a console first game, ported to PC. #DeathStranding2PC #DeathStranding2

@PeterP_1985 @NixxesSoftware @KojiPro2015_EN @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Oh yeah absolutely, I was just pointing put my general thoughts. Hopefully FG gets patched.

@jay_quake @NixxesSoftware @KojiPro2015_EN @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Not tried FG. Where I'm coming from is its performance, options, the addition of RT, the PSN linking, full duelsense support, great menus. We have seen all these before, but rarely all together for a PS port, at day 1

Actually...I think I'll add to this...because searching Ubisoft got even more disastrous results that collapse these unfounded reportings: -Guillemot (Ubi head) has spoken multiple times about AI being central to Ubisoft’s future: “AI will help us create richer worlds and more immersive experiences.” “We see AI as a tool that empowers our teams, not something that replaces them.” This is from Ubisoft’s own investor Q&A sessions and interviews. -Ubisoft publicly launched Ghostwriter, their in‑house AI tool for generating NPC barks and dialogue variations. Their statement: “Ghostwriter was created to help scriptwriters generate first drafts of NPC lines, allowing them to focus on the creative core of their work.” They even released a full dev‑blog explaining how it works. -Ubisoft’s R&D division (La Forge) has been publishing AI papers for years Ubisoft La Forge has published research on: ML animation ML motion matching ML upscaling ML denoising ML behaviour modelling ML physics prediction They literally have an entire division dedicated to AI research. This is not a studio that’s “anti‑AI” is it...

Insider Gaming isn’t a primary source, so I’d take anonymous quotes with no context with a pinch of salt (a disclaimer you should have added if you are presenting yourself as an agnostic "facts" guy). Even if a dev didn’t know the announcement date, that doesn’t mean they weren’t involved in the tech - marketing teams often keep reveal timings secret even from internal teams. And once again - DLSS 5 doesn’t override artist intent. It reconstructs the same lighting, materials and buffers the engine already outputs. It can’t add new lights, grading or ‘cinematic passes’ because it doesn’t have access to the scene graph or light list. And the Capcom is anti‑AI angle doesn’t line up with reality. Capcom’s leadership has publicly praised AI and said it’s essential for future development. Both Capcom and Ubisoft already use ML tools internally for animation, denoising, QA and upscaling. So the idea that they’d be shocked by DLSS 5 doesn’t really hold up. Finally - a quick search yields these results: From an interview with Google Cloud Japan, reported by Automaton: “Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to help generate the hundreds of thousands of ideas needed for game development.” “We are introducing new technology, including generative AI, to tackle the ballooning costs and man‑hours required for development.” - Interview with a Capcom Tech director. IGN on Capcom’s internal AI initiative: “Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to create the ‘hundreds of thousands of unique ideas’ needed for in‑game environments.” Gamesbeat: “Capcom says they are starting to use generative AI to help manage the tens of thousands of ideas needed for development.” “They are not using AI for gameplay or character design, but for efficiency and idea generation.” Capcom on DLSS 5: “We’re excited to work with NVIDIA to bring DLSS 5 to our games. The technology helps us deliver higher fidelity visuals while maintaining performance, and we’re looking forward to exploring what it can do in future titles.” Nib...you're on Story mode difficulty.

Insider Gaming reports that despite agreeing to DLSS 5, developers at Capcom and Ubisoft were left in the dark about it, and presumably were NOT given the opportunity to tweak things to artist intent. “We found out at the same time as the public” said one Ubisoft developer. "Developers at CAPCOM tell Insider Gaming that the announcement and the publisher’s involvement were particularly shocking, as CAPCOM has previously been historically very “anti-AI” with projects such as Resident Evil Requiem and other unannounced projects in development." insider-gaming.com/dlss-5-gamers-…

It’s not adding new lighting, grading or hero lights - DLSS 5 doesn’t have access to the scene graph or light list, so it literally can’t invent that stuff. It’s reconstructing the same lighting the engine already outputs, just with better shading, material response and temporal data. That’s why it can look different to a PT test: PT is physically accurate, but the game’s own shading pipeline is what DLSS 5 is rebuilding. If the result looks more flattering, that’s because the original shading was the bottleneck, not because DLSS 5 is adding anything cinematic.

@jay_quake @GermanStrands @ReactsYork The highlights in her hair from the overhead street lights is gone. The lighting on her face is now Instagram model ring light. It completely changed the lighting to something that was never intended.

Former Red Dead Redemption 2 developer reacts to the DLSS 5 Grace (RE9) change: "Whoa. Hold on. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This isn't just some lighting, dude. What the f... I'm telling you, this is like a complete AI re-render. You're no longer looking at the game anymore. Does that make sense? This is scary." youtube.com/watch?v=xKPeN8…

It’s not adding new lighting, grading or hero lights - DLSS 5 doesn’t have access to the scene graph or light list, so it literally can’t invent that stuff. It’s reconstructing the same lighting the engine already outputs, just with better shading, material response and temporal data. That’s why it can look different to a PT test: PT is physically accurate, but the game’s own shading pipeline is what DLSS 5 is rebuilding. If the result looks more flattering, that’s because the original shading was the bottleneck, not because DLSS 5 is adding anything cinematic.

It’s not adding new lighting, grading or hero lights - DLSS 5 doesn’t have access to the scene graph or light list, so it literally can’t invent that stuff. It’s reconstructing the same lighting the engine already outputs, just with better shading, material response and temporal data. That’s why it can look different to a PT test: PT is physically accurate, but the game’s own shading pipeline is what DLSS 5 is rebuilding. If the result looks more flattering, that’s because the original shading was the bottleneck, not because DLSS 5 is adding anything cinematic. You can check the posts of a graphics artist below for more understanding. x.com/nimlot26/statu…

You wrote "to rebuild the intended lighting and shading" and "reconstructing the same lighting the engine is already trying to produce, just with far more accuracy" But that's just it, for it to look so drastically different to path traced lighting, which is already completely accurate, means there's some potentially hollywoodised exaggerated unrealistic lighting amendments going on, in addition to the shaders and materials. Again, path tracing is already as accurate as it comes, so why is DLSS 5 lighting so different? To me it looks like it's adding its own cinematic highlight and lighting passes (think artificial hero lighting in Horizon Forbidden West), turned up to 11. Everything is essentially amped up for added glamour and impact, and it's probably not surprising it shares huge amounts of commonality in aesthetics, with video and photo editing LLM's with that same Instagram hollywoodised type amendment to faces etc.

$500 #PS5 Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores GAMEPLAY (not cutscene) NPC character model VS $8000+ #PC 2x 5090 DLSS 5 Resident Evil Requiem gameplay MAIN character model

William is...something. I make sure to never insult anyone, but here...this is the epitome of someone living in a fantasy. He has created a persona of a wannabe industry analysis/leaker when he is nothing of the sort - complete with exec-style profile pic. The cringe is too much from that guy.

I have spoken to how great PSSR2 is, but the below is not accurate. Firstly, DLSS 4.5 is still quite a lot better and secondly.....it does not only operate on HW thats costs £2.1k 💀. It is possible to praise something, without then losing credibility in the same breath by making a silly statement

@NickBorrell1 @OLaverly @GermanStrands @ReactsYork Always do. I appreciate the compliments. Thank you.

@jay_quake @OLaverly @GermanStrands @ReactsYork Write your own tweets man.

@NickBorrell1 @OLaverly @GermanStrands @ReactsYork Thank you for the compliments.

@OLaverly @jay_quake @GermanStrands @ReactsYork Still surprised by how many people can’t immediately pick up on AI-generated text. The largest tell has to be “That’s not x. It’s y.”

@jay_quake A canyon worthy of the name Cosmo

Checked out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth with PSSR2. This is a game that had very little extra on PC over the console version. Slightly better draw distance and far geometry detail, slightly better lighting but MUCH better image quality with DLSS. PSSR2 brings the PS5 Pro version much closer to PC, close enough in this game that I would call it a comparable experience given the otherwise modest PC version upgrades. Excellent stuff!!

Yes, I knew this is what you meant and I fully agree. I have seen the Pro footage. Rebirth on PC mostly offered enhancements as to what your hardware can provide, but that was enough. And yes, if you compare games that are optimised more extravagantly on PC, it is a grand Canyon gap.

Yes I agree, I own on PC also. What I meant was, it didn't add loads on PC features like RT or a significantly better graphics option. Base console was awful, pro now is very good and less of a sacrifice vs a high end pc. Obv games likes Cyberpunk, Resi R Alan Wake 2, Avatar etc etc etc exhibit a much wider gap

@Wessibley1 @nib95_ You get out of here! Go on...GET OUT!

Love seeing @nib95_ vs the anti nib @jay_quake

@beyond_fps And the naysayers NEVER respond with the knowledge. You quoted a post that is defending DLSS 5 and ironically goes into great detail with screenshot evidence to back up his points...lol.

It's funny how most of the people I see defending DLSS 5 are basically just "you're too stupid to understand it". Kinda reminds me of how we were too stupid to understand NFTs.

@TheSheriffCNFT @GermanStrands @ReactsYork

@jay_quake @GermanStrands @ReactsYork Ser... are you sitting down? I have something to tell you... You... are... retarded...

It’s not PR, it’s just how the tech works. DLSS 5 isn’t trying to out‑do path tracing - it’s reconstructing the same lighting and materials the engine already outputs, just with better shading, motion handling and temporal data (I never said just lighting, please read before you respond). That’s why it can look different: the original shading was the limitation, not the art. Theres no ‘Hollywood lighting’, no new lights, no filters, no grading. DLSS 5 doesn’t invent anything - it uses the game’s own albedo, normals, roughness, motion vectors and lighting buffers to rebuild the frame at higher fidelity. If it looks better, that’s because the base render was leaving detail on the table.

I fear you've bought into the PR if you think it's just lighting, and that the lighting is always "far more accurate", especially when it's versus path tracing, which is the gold standard for accurate lighting. By the looks and sounds of things, there's hollywoodised exaggerated lighting also taking place, along with adaptation of materials, textures, grading etc.