Honestly I'd be happy if games called the current gen graphics good. Let's stop racing to better. We have great. Who cares?

It's consoles that are keeping gaming being, devs want to put their games on as many players and that mean building a version for last gen and not prioritize this gen. Also to be fair, from soft aren't the best at performance to be honest.

Well yeah it’s also deinflating performance and stability expectations too.

No shit

Yep....I went over to Seemless Coop Mod & the Ultrawide Fix Mods so I don't have to worry about getting my hand slapped for playing the game in the actual resolution of my monitor without giant fucking black letter boxing.

But the fact that the game sometimes would "accidentally" load Ultrawide on it's own just makes me so fucking mad they are actively stopping it.

I completely agree. It's one of those things that you either add at launch or don't bother with. It's like ordering an ice-cream and then getting the sprinkles the next day. It's nice to have sprinkles but I would have rather had it with my ice-cream. I'm of the mind that we aren't really ready for ray tracing. Performance is rarely good enough to warrant turning it on and it seems like a lot of Devs have trouble with optimisation or just aren't bothering because they know DLSS has their back

Why is the engine still capped at 60fps in 2023?? (Not interested in because of Physics comments)

Its 2023 they had plenty of time to rework the complete engine

120+fps feels so much smoother than 60 hell even 90.. just imagine how much crisper the animations and hitboxes would be ....

There is a reason for that. To sell 4000 series cards.

I don't give a shit about ray tracing. If there's a performance mode I turn it on and don't look back. I don't notice ray tracing or even 4K vs 1440p from my couch, but I DO notice 60FPS vs 30FPS. I get that it's a bigger deal for PC gamers because (most of them) sit arm's length from their screen and can see and appreciate the details - but from 10ft away? Not so much.

Sad times

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This on maximum settings with RT, https://imgur.com/a/f53M9i5

So I don't see where the performance issue is, FromSoftware only implemented RT Shadows which is quite light on performance in comparison to RT Reflections.

No PC release yet? Last time I played this was the original on PS2.

They only implemented RT Shadows, so DLSS is not needed.

How unexpected

Good guy Pokémon over here trying to disinflate graphics expectations, but people just keep hating on it. /s Edit: adding /s because idk if people think I’m serious or just being downvoted by Pokémon fanboys…

To be honest what it says to me is that FromSoftware aren't that good at optimisation or polishing their games. There's a reason Soulsborne fans, especially the PvP players, joke that the jank and bugs are part of the experience.

Native Ultrawide support would’ve been an actual game changer unlike half-assed rtx.

Really annoyed that you have to jump hoops to play ultrawide and not get banned because of easy Anti cheat. Feels like the console version is the definitive version with the amount of weirdness happening

There hasn't been any games that have made RT worth turning on for PS5.

Such a minor change for a massive drop in performance.

Yes

I think one of the worst things a game can do with its lighting is add rtx after a year of being released. No one's going to use it. People have been playing this game for a whole year now, people are used to the way it looks. Sure, there are some people who will use it, but 99% of players will turn it on once, notice ot's not worth the performance tradeoff at all, and turn it off forever. Halo: Infinite is experiencing the same thing right now, they just added rtx, not a single person cares (and that game DOES have DLSS I'm pretty sure).

And ultrawide support still not a thing, even though every now and then you'll launch it and it loads flawlessly in 32:9 aspect ratio before "magically" rescaling itself into shitmode.

ITs not been jaw dropping in my own tests on PC but it has helped the lightling all feel more solid in the world. Its not had much of a performance hit as far as I can telll, but then again I have not run an FPS counter ofr anything. That and Butterflys all seem more visible now!

In walks Breath of the Wild

Frankly, the PS5 version of elden ring still pops in terrain like ass on Performance mode.
The PS4 version on PS4 is probably the best version of Elden Ring.

All this says to me is that Gamers^(TM) have overinflated expectations of graphics, and frankly . I wish studios would dial back trying to push multiple 'modes' and just create something that runs cleanly and with some polish, even if it isn't the most high-fidelity thing in the world. Prioritize the actual gameplay, world, characters, scenario and experience over the pure graphical power. Give us cool, smooth, 'okay looking' experiences over the 'Tripulh Ayyeeee' fidelity.