Death Stranding 2 graphics thread - Next-gen doesn’t start until Kojima says so

Is Death Stranding 2 the best looking game of all time?

  • Yes

    Votes: 168 53.8%
  • No

    Votes: 144 46.2%

  • Total voters
    312
Games not even out yet. If we're judging trailers from unreleased games, GTAVI looks better and is doing way, way more. But DS2 still looks really good.

Also no need for all the platform warz, we all know this game will eventually be on PC and Xbox.
 
Nah, so far it is Wukong though this looks extremely good and proper new gen at least. I am impressed nonetheless and few things have done that. Has a unique look and art direction is doing a lot of the heavy lifting; asset quality is great too but it better be this far into the gen. Big productions like these are supposed to look good when you are born on 3rd. I'll say this though, it has the best looking baby i've seen in a video game.
 
Difficult question to answer at the moment. As someone who believes character facial/skeletal animation is a key aspect of visual fidelity, I was surprised to see so much stiffness in the DS2 trailer. Still looks phenomenal though. For now I think GTA VI and DS2 are neck and neck with each other for best visuals going off of their respective trailers. Picking one over the other would come down to artistic and environmental preference.
 
The best character models yet

But find Flight Sim 2024, Avtar and Alan Wake 2, and A plague Tail 2 have better in-game realtime graphics.
 
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I have played it when it was given free, stopped at around 10 hour mark. The gameplay simply didn't do it for me. The market is diverse, let people enjoy what they want, no need to get so defensive lol, this game isn't for me and likewise there are or will be many games that are not for you.
Just wondering. You're asking the "gameplay" in a sequel for a game you played 10 hours of. Honestly, what exactly were you expecting, Arkham Knight? Street fighter? Do you think a sequel is going to redo its gameplay systems?
 
Well, people are too safe about PSSR, but after Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster there are a possibility of Kojima using Decimas AI upscaler instead.

They could used PS5pro for the show,but opted to use base PS5 and thats what impress me.

This should be interessing.
 
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The cinematics looks amazing. The gameplay looks very much current gen. Seems ok, but is the gameplay any good? I own it for free from Epic Games, just never got around to playing
 
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A zoomed in Jpeg cut out from a jpg. We need to go deeper until we reach compresception.

Is this what we are really doing in 2025?
It's just cropped, there is no zoom other than whatever your browser might do. Pretty sure that would be readily visible while playing on a 4K screen.
 
No TLOU2 still holds that title
TLOU2 kinda reminds me of TLOU Remastered on PS4 with how it looks Vs other PS4 games at the time
and I'm referring to the Pro version, I mean it looked good when it released originally but when I tested the Pro patch it looked a bit ruff, especially in gameplay.
Death Stranding on the other hand still looks stunning.
 
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TLOU2 kinda reminds me of TLOU Remastered on PS4 with how it looks Vs other PS4 games at the time
and I'm referring to the Pro version, I mean it looked good when it released originally but when I tested the Pro patch it looked a bit ruff, especially in gameplay.
Death Stranding on the other hand still looks stunning.
Amazing i really don't get this.
The gameplay animations during battle dynamically are industry leading.

Death stranding is no ugly game tho.. but the photo scanning is obvious of nature chunks
 
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The actual gameplay segments don't look any more impressive than what we've seen this generation. Doesn't look better than this.


Avatar is the most unimpressive game this gen. I have no idea why anyone brings it up.
Death Stranding 2 looks like ... like the best looking game ever made
 
Avatar is the most unimpressive game this gen. I have no idea why anyone brings it up.
Death Stranding 2 looks like ... like the best looking game ever made

I wouldn't say it's the most unimpressive, but Ubisoft definitely bullshotted us with that one. The final release, even maxed out on PC doesn't look as good as all the pre release material led us to believe, and overall the final result is very much underwhelming.
 
Amazing i really don't get this.
The gameplay animations during battle dynamically are industry leading.

Death stranding is no ugly game tho.. but the photo scanning is obvious of nature chunks
I never said anything about Animations, asset and artistically the game is great but the way the engine resolves looks a bit dated to me, like it could do with cleaning up or remastering again, even on Pro I was wondering did it always look like this and wtf is going on Dina face as she follows me around.
To me this looks dated
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Compare this to DS1 that's doesn't even have Pro support
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TLOU2 isn't even in the same league
And I think it's the engine
Granted the cutscenes are better because they up the IQ and graphics ( and you might think I'm crazy when using them as reference) but in general when I really look at it in-game especially, it's looks a bit dated and the Remaster could of been better.
 
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Everyone who says no, is expected to give example of better graphics.
hint - you can't.
These characters look so realistic, it's beyond what gta 6 trailer even is. Already were the best in DS1
 
Everyone who says no, is expected to give example of better graphics.
hint - you can't.
These characters look so realistic, it's beyond what gta 6 trailer even is. Already were the best in DS1
I mean it looks like Death Stranding, but yeah soon as the Trailer starts it's a bit striking and you can tell Kojima up his game.
They're probably using Decimas new Upscaling method that FW uses on Pro.
 
Lmao not in a year that include gta6.

Rdr2\tlou2 already massacre the animations of ds1, a lot of them are goofy and weightless.

I don't expect jap devs to beat us devs when it comes to heavy, realistic animations anytime soon.
i remember the animations in DS1 and horizon being weighty , characters also react in a very realistic manner when traversing environments
maybe the jumping animations feels floaty
also the controls are less laggy when compared to RDR2
 
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So far yes, best looking game of the generation.

ND could learn one of two things.
Are we really comparing a trailer that was just the inside of a space ship, from a game years away from release with a game that has shown way more than that?

Also...face animations from that trailer were not far from Death Stranding 2 tbh.
 
It's just cropped, there is no zoom other than whatever your browser might do. Pretty sure that would be readily visible while playing on a 4K screen.

What you posted is not what will be visible when playing on a 4k screen.

You cut out part of a jpg and then compressing it further with jpeg, what makes you think any of that would be an accurate representation?
 
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Noticeable, a certain group of people have been overly aggressive lately, wondering why?
 
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i remember the animations in DS1 and horizon being weighty , characters also react in a very realistic manner when traversing environments
maybe the jumping animations feels floaty
also the controls are less laggy when compared to RDR2
controls are more arcadey yes, but the animations are not quite as good.
 
gta 6 trailer was not real.
All you've seen in Death Stranding is real and there will be 0 downgrade.
There was ton of gameplay in this trailer
What the fuck? Everything in the GTA6 trailer is just as real as this DS2 trailer. But also, the gameplay portions of the DS2 trailer, weren't very impressive. The difference between these two games is one is full of simulations, the other is not.
 
What the fuck? Everything in the GTA6 trailer is just as real as this DS2 trailer. But also, the gameplay portions of the DS2 trailer, weren't very impressive. The difference between these two games is one is full of simulations, the other is not.
It's not.
Rockstar has a history of downgrading trailers.
Kojima does not. Not with Death Stranding 1.
Gameplay portions of ds2 trailer were very impressive. I don't know what you are talking about.
 
It's not.
Rockstar has a history of downgrading trailers.
Kojima does not. Not with Death Stranding 1.
Gameplay portions of ds2 trailer were very impressive. I don't know what you are talking about.
Ok, keep jerking off to the Kojima poster on the ceiling above your bed, bud.
 
Ok, keep jerking off to the Kojima poster on the ceiling above your bed, bud.
gotta know when to give the deserved credit. It's not when Remedy uses brainless RT and terrible SSR to achieve good results vey heavily.
It's when teams like Kojima productions make smart decsions and put everyone else to shame with results like this.
You should notice that cutscene vistas they are showing are almost static(less prone to compression).
And gameplay they are showing, sam is either moving or running and compression eats up the image.
Besides, there is way more to the picture than raw sharpness of a fucking youtube video.

This looks incredible and it's supposedly gameplay. I can't name a single fault with these scenes. To me, nothing is incorrect here.. maybe the grass is a bit spare in the distance? but idk. it's being an asshole.
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This might not be gameplay. not sure.
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What's wrong here? You might think it looks a bit flat but part of this image is in shadow and it's s bit gloomy.
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I never said anything about Animations, asset and artistically the game is great but the way the engine resolves looks a bit dated to me, like it could do with cleaning up or remastering again, even on Pro I was wondering did it always look like this and wtf is going on Dina face as she follows me around.
To me this looks dated
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Compare this to DS1 that's doesn't even have Pro support
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TLOU2 isn't even in the same league
And I think it's the engine
Granted the cutscenes are better because they up the IQ and graphics ( and you might think I'm crazy when using them as reference) but in general when I really look at it in-game especially, it's looks a bit dated and the Remaster could of been better.
what mode you used in Death Stranding for these shots?
Look great
 
Personally think it's two early to compare the two game(gta 6 and DS2). We don't have unedited final gameplay footage running real time on same system from either of them. Not to mention they have different artsyle and are going for different directions and implementations. Just happy we are getting so many great games this year, imo.
 
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I wonder about the dynamic water tech. They show it in few scenes. That's something that is not even in horizon2.
So really interesting. You see this dirty water mixing with normal water. Maybe a dam broke.
this scene
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It's pretty easy to answer op question by just looking at this trailer reception and gta6 reception, not a soul think ds2 is gonna get a dowgrade because it looks feasible (worse i heard was some people doubting if this is hobo ps5 or pro), on the other hand, half the planet think that gta6 is gonna get downgraded because it looks too good.
 
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