At the cost of an unoptimized game. Tech Reviewers will use this game as their benchmark to see how many FPS they get.
NashDaypring1987
I saw the PC requirements to play at 4K. Wow! Will the console version be watered down visually? Running at 1080p and upscaling to 4k?
ginongo
The animations and combat are dated as hell though
RetnikLevaw
Gameplay looks mid AF.
GrandJuif
Was forced to use lower setting than their req listed and use FSR3 quality to even acheive 60fps while still having some ocasional dips and the usual shitty stutter UE have. The cutscens couldn’t even run at their cap 30fps and was constantly going under 15fps while it was super pixelated.
I wish they take more time optomising it because the game really pick my interest, especialy since it’s a souls like with a lower difficultt option. Combat would also need some polishing, it felt unresponsive. Not a fan of enemies that need to kill their red thingy before killing them making you fight multiple enemies at once.
The stamina reducing if your health is damaged ain’t my cup of tea but since you can heal mid fight after each atack as a skill it maybe can pass.
Enemy design is just bad imo.
TheAntiAirGuy
Unreal Engine 5 slob
Making a game look decent on this engine isn’t hard, what’s hard is coming up with good gameplay and performance optimization
Also, I’m already getting tired of seing the same visuals over and over again, slowly but surely I’m starting to appreciete artstyle more than pure graphical fidelity.
Black Myth: Wukong, Stalker, Tekken, Silent Hill 2, InZOI … It’s getting ridiculous
Would arguably call Kingdome Come II more pleasing to the eye than this. Just how crisp and sharp everything looks compared to UE5
techtimee
I don’t even care about graphics anymore after the abuse of UE5 by developers. So many games now look great until you begin to play and there’s just jank everywhere and busted mechanics.
gideon513
Bro is doing the developer slow walk and pan up/around
danigiorgio
awful gameplay , just plain .. and performance is beyond bad..
I really want this game to be good, mostly because of the old school exploration. Keep hearing the combat is mid though.
stop_talking_you
“picks ultra settings” and is confused why an experimental game setting is bad performing. just pick medium to high and you gain 50% more fps and it will look the same.
Nic1800
It definitely looks pretty good, but there are way better running games (like Horizon FW) that simply look so much better.
7orly7
Another UE5 unoptimized garbage
I’ll take a pixel graphics game with original art style over this
TheIndulgers
Game has terrible performance, and mid combat. Demo was unimaginably boring.
endlessEvil
Looks mid.
melanthius
Looks about the same as any 3rd person hack and slash these days IMO, not exceptional not bad
Soopah_Fly
Another game brute forced through UE5. I don’t think any major developer out there is willing to properly optimise games nowadays. They’d rather you just buy a beefier GPU and it’ll still run like shite.
No_Store211
Does it?! Looks MID
doomenguin
Mods for Crysis 1 and 2 look better than this trash; is this what impressive visuals are these days?
shadowmage666
Only in 2025 is 70-90 fps “awful” performance for a brand new title that is pushing the limits of current gfx, smh
Top_Result_1550
Looks lame beyond fidelity.
kazuviking
All it took is one second to know its looks like how EVERY UE5 game looks. Its the UE5 looks that you just cannot get rid of.
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At the cost of an unoptimized game. Tech Reviewers will use this game as their benchmark to see how many FPS they get.
I saw the PC requirements to play at 4K. Wow! Will the console version be watered down visually? Running at 1080p and upscaling to 4k?
The animations and combat are dated as hell though
Gameplay looks mid AF.
Was forced to use lower setting than their req listed and use FSR3 quality to even acheive 60fps while still having some ocasional dips and the usual shitty stutter UE have. The cutscens couldn’t even run at their cap 30fps and was constantly going under 15fps while it was super pixelated.
I wish they take more time optomising it because the game really pick my interest, especialy since it’s a souls like with a lower difficultt option. Combat would also need some polishing, it felt unresponsive. Not a fan of enemies that need to kill their red thingy before killing them making you fight multiple enemies at once.
The stamina reducing if your health is damaged ain’t my cup of tea but since you can heal mid fight after each atack as a skill it maybe can pass.
Enemy design is just bad imo.
Unreal Engine 5 slob
Making a game look decent on this engine isn’t hard, what’s hard is coming up with good gameplay and performance optimization
Also, I’m already getting tired of seing the same visuals over and over again, slowly but surely I’m starting to appreciete artstyle more than pure graphical fidelity.
Black Myth: Wukong, Stalker, Tekken, Silent Hill 2, InZOI … It’s getting ridiculous
Would arguably call Kingdome Come II more pleasing to the eye than this. Just how crisp and sharp everything looks compared to UE5
I don’t even care about graphics anymore after the abuse of UE5 by developers. So many games now look great until you begin to play and there’s just jank everywhere and busted mechanics.
Bro is doing the developer slow walk and pan up/around
awful gameplay , just plain .. and performance is beyond bad..
Looks pretty generic to me
Impressive, very nice.
https://preview.redd.it/uddpr5mv8q4f1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=42d2920f681f82bf85c4cbcecac2ecee00fbb45c
Now let’s see Native Performance.
You’re not playing on “4K max settings” You’re playing on 1080p max settings upscaled.
NVidia tricked their population by obfuscating the render resolution behind terms like “performance” and “quality”
https://preview.redd.it/rh3wm5cx9q4f1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=732d8d22e6892413f5b51ddcbb06197d1a32404e
I really want this game to be good, mostly because of the old school exploration. Keep hearing the combat is mid though.
“picks ultra settings” and is confused why an experimental game setting is bad performing. just pick medium to high and you gain 50% more fps and it will look the same.
It definitely looks pretty good, but there are way better running games (like Horizon FW) that simply look so much better.
Another UE5 unoptimized garbage
I’ll take a pixel graphics game with original art style over this
Game has terrible performance, and mid combat. Demo was unimaginably boring.
Looks mid.
Looks about the same as any 3rd person hack and slash these days IMO, not exceptional not bad
Another game brute forced through UE5. I don’t think any major developer out there is willing to properly optimise games nowadays. They’d rather you just buy a beefier GPU and it’ll still run like shite.
Does it?! Looks MID
Mods for Crysis 1 and 2 look better than this trash; is this what impressive visuals are these days?
Only in 2025 is 70-90 fps “awful” performance for a brand new title that is pushing the limits of current gfx, smh
Looks lame beyond fidelity.
All it took is one second to know its looks like how EVERY UE5 game looks. Its the UE5 looks that you just cannot get rid of.