PS5 Pro has endured a turbulent first year on the market, occasionally turning in exceptional results, but often disappointing ones, too.
Resident Evil Requiem bucks that trend with a benchmark showing that’s, according to tech experts Digital Foundry, “head and shoulders” ahead of all other consoles. It’s what you’d expect from such an expensive piece of hardware, but that hasn’t always been the case.
Analyst John Linneman points out that while the supercharged system’s goal was to deliver 30fps quality modes at 60fps performance levels, Capcom’s effort goes beyond that here.
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The game’s main 60fps mode includes transformative raytracing and an upscaling solution so good it looks close to native 4K resolution under the microscope.
While there are some very minor issues with low reflection noise, we’re talking about exemplary image quality here, at an almost flawless 60fps, with raytracing enabled.
There’s also a 120fps option which is impressive in its own right. This matches the image quality of the base PS5, so raytracing is disabled and you lose the fancy upscaling technology mentioned above. But performance is sturdy enough to make it an adequate alternative with VRR enabled.
Digital Foundry also notes that the sheer quality of the assets, including the character models and texture details, make this among the best-looking games ever released.
Capcom’s art team, when empowered by the RE Engine, has been at the top of its game for a while – but this is shaping up to be some of its best-ever work.
And don’t worry if you’re on the base PS5, because performance and visual quality at 60fps is still exceptional there too – it’s just the upscaling and raytracing of the PS5 Pro version take the presentation into an entirely different dimension.
So, the PS5 Pro is categorically the best place to play Resident Evil Requiem then, but you can’t really go wrong with any console. Capcom’s done some staggeringly good work to scale this title across various different hardware targets, and it looks like each system has been adequately optimised to deliver the best experience possible.
If you’re looking for more on this game ahead of its launch, don’t forget to check out our Resident Evil Requiem PS5 review. And we also have a full Resident Evil Requiem guide to get you through the full game once it’s out.