State of Play Recap, Dying Light Patch & Tech Discussions

Sony State of Play Recap

Sony's latest State of Play presentation focused on Japanese titles, offering a refreshing departure from the usual AAA juggernauts. Highlights included:
• Exoprimal: A bizarre tactical shooter featuring massive dinosaur hordes; questions loom regarding its visual performance and cross-gen status.
• Ghostwire Tokyo: Praised for its unique setting, the game adopts a first-person perspective in a fictionalized version of Tokyo, shifting to the Unreal Engine.
• Square Enix Titles: Discussion touched upon Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Forspoken (noting its DirectStorage API implementation), and Valkyrie Elysium.
• Turtles Cowabunga Collection: A highly anticipated, comprehensive package bringing classic arcade and console titles under one roof.

Technical Analysis and Industry Updates

Horizon Forbidden West

Discussed the 1.007 patch regarding image quality. The team examined the use of checkerboard rendering and its impact on foliage shimmering. While the patch mitigates some issues, the TAA (Temporal Anti-Aliasing) implementation and aggressive resolution scaling to hit 60 FPS remain central to the visual experience.

Dying Light 1 Next-Gen Patch

Techland released a surprise update for Dying Light 1 on current-gen consoles, providing multiple performance targets. The team commended this commitment to a 2014 title.

OLED Technology and Burn-in

Following a 3,600-hour stress test on a Switch OLED, the team addressed the lingering burn-in anxiety.

"I feel like we're getting to the point where OLED is more like a CRT in terms of overall durability, at least as far as burn-in is concerned."

Supporter Q&A: The Elden Ring Performance

The team tackled the technical state of Elden Ring.
• The discussion confirmed that performance on current-gen hardware is inconsistent, and VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) is currently the best mitigation for console players.
• Regarding PC performance, tests showed improvements in some areas but identified new, severe stalling issues linked to frame time spikes, leading to zero-GPU utilization.