According to this leak, he breaks down into 11,000 'ashbit' particles during a single smoke-dash through the air, with the character itself composed over 60,000 polygons.Īlso worthy of note is the implementation of state-of-the-art anti-aliasing, believed to be a variant of SMAA T2X, as found in Crysis 3. Other highlights in the rendering include the realistic, wispy smoke and the multitudes of particles that represent the physical manifestation of Delsin's newly acquired powers.
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The results can be absolutely beautiful to behold - reflections in particular (what looks like an expert blend of pre-baked and full real-time) can look sublime. An energy-conserving model like the one used here treats light as energy, calculating how light spreads across the surface over the material according to its physical properties. Similar to Guerrilla Games' latest work, inFamous operates with a materials-based deferred renderer, which not only allows for a multitude of dynamic light-sources, but also lights the scene according to the physical properties of the objects present - for example, reflectivity and the roughness. It's hardly a massive issue, but a Killzone-style frame-rate limiting option would be welcome.Ĭertainly, the game is a visual feast.
inFamous: Second Son spends much of its time between 30-40fps during gameplay - those additional frames over 30fps manifesting more as judder as opposed to a significantly smoother experience. A locked 30fps or 60fps gives a level of consistency that is considerably easier on the eye, and helps to ensure a level response in terms of controller input lag. Here, we study the amount of time each individual frame is on-screen. However, the disadvantages of the unlocked frame-rate are pretty clear when looking at the frame-time graph.
Across a general run of play, inFamous: Second Son spends most of its time north of 30fps." "This is an absolutely beautiful game - and a strong performer. Bearing in mind the high levels of detail, and the overall complexity of the rendering pipeline, that's a stunning achievement.
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The difference here is that while the previous titles in the series would frequently drop beneath the 30fps threshold, it takes a mass of action and GPU-intensive post-processing effects to truly impact inFamous: Second Son's performance.
There's been some discussion about the performance of the game, particularly in terms of a fluctuating frame-rate, and what quickly becomes evident is that Sucker Punch has opted to continue the strategy it used on its PlayStation 3 titles: a solid v-sync working in combination with a completely unlocked frame-rate. In short, what we have here is a range of scenarios to show how the new engine performs - and the results are rather intriguing. The virtually uninterrupted captures include stunning vistas, detailed cut-scenes, exciting set-pieces and intense combat, spoiling nothing other than establishing the characters, seeing how Delsin gets his powers and witnessing his journey to Seattle - and his first brush with the anti "bio terrorist" forces that have occupied the city. We loaded up the game and played through the first hour, bringing you this initial performance analysis, covering off a range of different gameplay scenarios where we can see how Sucker Punch's brand new PlayStation 4 engine performs. Unfortunately, owing to a combination of factors (GDC, Project Morpheus, Metal Gear Solid and the late arrival of inFamous code, if you're wondering), we didn't have the time to bring you a full tech analysis at launch, but we couldn't mark the arrival of this beautiful title without a spot of Digital Foundry coverage. Following in the wake of technological showcase that is Killzone: Shadow Fall, Sony's first-party studios surprise and delight us once again with a stunning new workout for the next-gen PlayStation 4 hardware - inFamous: Second Son.
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