Who'd have thought that PlayStation 4 black sheep Rise of the Tomb Raider would become the best example of graphical options on the PS4 Pro? The game β which allows you to select from three very distinct modes β not only caters to 4K television owners with a stunning Ultra High-Definition version, but also includes two 1080p toggles that will appeal to the needs of different players.
The first focuses on enriching the visual experience at 30 frames-per-second, boosting graphical effects such as lighting, shadowing, tessellation, and even Lara Croft's hair physics. Meanwhile, the other drops the quality of each of these, focusing instead on targeting a 60 frames-per-second experience. It's easy to select which option that you prefer, and you can switch at any time.
It's something that we'd like to see more games do moving forwards. The options don't need to be complicated or overbearing β just a simple toggle between two or three modes that favour either performance or visual fidelity. inFAMOUS: Second Son's another game that's almost there in that regard, but we may need to wait until next year for the rest of the PS4 library to catch up.
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It's a lovely looking game on the PS4, I bet it will look stunning on the Pro, especially the part in the Geothermal Valley.
@ApostateMage I'm a bit disappointed with the way YouTube has compressed my video actually. It looks better than what's in the embed in my opinion.
I see the 4k comparison video between rise of the tomb raider ps4 pro and pc with core i7 and nvidia pascal on digital foundry, it's crazy that the graphics can be compared at all, pc is of course better with true 4k and 60 fps, but the checkerboarding is nearly incomparable to true 4k. Considering one machine is $400 console and the other is $1200 for the graphics card alone (!!) it's amazing what the ps4 pro can do. And ps4 pro have additional graphics that's not available on pc like radio that hanging on lara waist
Youtube are bringing the ability to play HDR to its site. At the moment, only Samsungs 2016 TV's are confirmed for the app but could come to the Pro (and XB1s) too. Of course that may not be the same quality as native sources but it may help sell HDR games etc.
Tomb Raider was one of my favourite games of last year. Because the game has been out a while, Crystal Dynamix have been in a better position to spend time on PS4 Pro modes. Most of the games releasing around this time have still been in development, trying to get the game ready for release.
No doubt as we move forward, developers will see what has worked well and understand the Pro better too. We could see more choice given as developers have more time with the hardware.
Anyway you can do comparison side-by-side videos of the games that do get improvements on a 1080P on Pro next to a normal PS4.
As I've seen a a few videos and I am tempted to get one also knowing I will get a 4KTV with in the next 3 months or so.
For a port of a year old game, Nixxes and Crystal Dynamics have done a brilliant job with the game.
Dat shimmering though...
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