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Resident Evil 4: Chainsaw Demo will be available today for download (No Time Limit)

Spaceman292

Member
So uh….how bout them Ganados? Have any fun kills you’d like to share? What’s your best score? Found that TMP yet? How bout that Parry system?

No? Ok we’ll keep talking about resolution and aiming for another 10 pages. Sorry, thought we could talk about the game. My bad homies.

Edit: Ok! So there was like one moment where I got to the top of the stairs, and I shot a Ganado, and he fell down the stairs. Like an actual animation for falling down the stairs. He knocked down other enemies too. It was hilarious and felt awesome! And then there was this one guy who baited a Ganado into a bear trap-

Oh oh fuck sorry. What came over me? Right graphics. Aiming. Deadzones. Uh pre-order cancelled.
Hey boi you're not allowed to like video games here. Only complain about the most tiny minutiae.
 

TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
But do you have both consoles? I mean, for sure you can pick a screenshot from PS5 that looks sharp, game looks amazing, but that doesn't invalidate that in same scene it looks less sharper than series X, that's a fact you can check if you have both versions.

However, that's irrelevant. In fact it bothers me way more the difference in accuracy when aiming than the difference in resolution. It's easier to aim in Ps5 than in series X. Analog deadzone in this game for Xbox is HUGE 😪
Your Xbox Series X shot
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My PS5 shot
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🤔
 

Madflavor

Member
Still haven't unlocked Mad Chainsaw Mode despite playing the demo 10x now. I did manage to get 10k in my last run though, so that was nice. The gameplay is so damn fun, Mercenaries Mode is gonna be crazy good in this.
 

64bitmodels

Reverse groomer.
Still haven't unlocked Mad Chainsaw Mode despite playing the demo 10x now. I did manage to get 10k in my last run though, so that was nice. The gameplay is so damn fun, Mercenaries Mode is gonna be crazy good in this.
I unlocked it once, but the first time my PC crashed on me
the second time, i died (and you can't just retry like in normal mode so i was fucked)
 

Madflavor

Member
I unlocked it once, but the first time my PC crashed on me
the second time, i died (and you can't just retry like in normal mode so i was fucked)

Aw shit that sucks.

I will say the one thing I actually really don't like about the demo is that you can't save at that typewriter. It'd be nice if you could just keep playing the Village over and over, but you gotta keep doing the intro.
 

64bitmodels

Reverse groomer.
downloaded it on PC to get around the horrible controls on console.

runs pretty well on my 3060ti.
with RT on "normal" I get between 60 and 80 fps without any reconstruction.
when using checkerboarding (interlacing) I get 90fps+

with FSR2 (which doesn't look that great here imo) I get around 80fps to 90fps

here are my settings, I didn't optimize much, so these might not even be optimal for my card.

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1440p, no reconstruction, most settings high, RAYTRACING ENABLED, 60-90 fps.
on a 3060ti.
that's not right
 
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01011001

Member
thats really high considering the RT being enabled and the settings.
one guy with a 3080 here said that their frames dropped to under 60 when they enabled RT. how is it that fast

at what resolution was he playing tho?

I can record a video later showing my performance with the exact settings I posted.
 

TonyK

Member
Your Xbox Series X shot
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My PS5 shot
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🤔
I think anyone with both consoles can confirm Xbox version looks better (all people here and in Era with both consoles agree on this). It's not trolling, console warring or whatever, it's a fact. People as me that have both consoles don't give a shit about team blue or team green, we only like videogames and we want to choose the best version.

It's because that I have no problem pointing out how bad is the aiming for the Xbox version. And you will not see anyone doubting about that and saying aiming is better in Xbox than in Ps5, because again, it's a fact, not an opinion.

Is IQ horrible in Ps5? Of course not, it looks great. Is it unplayable in Xbox because of aiming? Of course not, it's perfectly playable. So for people with only one console there is no problem, it's an amazing game independently of the platform.
 

64bitmodels

Reverse groomer.
at what resolution was he playing tho?

I can record a video later showing my performance with the exact settings I posted.
Of course fully maxed out at 4k.. Fps around 50.
i stand corrected. he was playing 4k fully maxed while you're playing 1440p med-high. getting upwards of 60-80 fps with raytracing is what gets me though. normally on midtier cards like the 3060ti you'd get like 20 fps less than that with raytracing
 

01011001

Member
i stand corrected. he was playing 4k fully maxed while you're playing 1440p med-high. getting upwards of 60-80 fps with raytracing is what gets me though. normally on midtier cards like the 3060ti you'd get like 20 fps less than that with raytracing

no you don't o_O
I always play single player games that offer it with RT on.
I literally played a few hours of Cyberpunk with RT reflections at ~60fps. at 1440p with DLSS
and Cyberpunk is one of the most demanding RT games out there.

in more toned down RT implementations like in the RE games or in FarCry 6 for example, having RT on barely makes a dent in performance on the 3060ti.

the RT in resident evil is really easy to run, I mean the consoles run the game with RT at 60fps and the RT hardware in the consoles is a joke compared to the 3060ti's RT performance
 

TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
I think anyone with both consoles can confirm Xbox version looks better (all people here and in Era with both consoles agree on this). It's not trolling, console warring or whatever, it's a fact. People as me that have both consoles don't give a shit about team blue or team green, we only like videogames and we want to choose the best version.

It's because that I have no problem pointing out how bad is the aiming for the Xbox version. And you will not see anyone doubting about that and saying aiming is better in Xbox than in Ps5, because again, it's a fact, not an opinion.

Is IQ horrible in Ps5? Of course not, it looks great. Is it unplayable in Xbox because of aiming? Of course not, it's perfectly playable. So for people with only one console there is no problem, it's an amazing game independently of the platform.
I was just pointing out that both of those shots you posted looked like shit and don't represent the quality of the game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm not sure what you use to capture it or did to make it look that bad but it was a disservice to both platforms
 

64bitmodels

Reverse groomer.
no you don't o_O
I always play single player games that offer it with RT on.
I literally played a few hours of Cyberpunk with RT reflections at ~60fps. at 1440p with DLSS
and Cyberpunk is one of the most demanding RT games out there.

in more toned down RT implementations like in the RE games or in FarCry 6 for example, having RT on barely makes a dent in performance on the 3060ti.

the RT in resident evil is really easy to run, I mean the consoles run the game with RT at 60fps and the RT hardware in the consoles is a joke compared to the 3060ti's RT performance
looked it up and holy shit you're right
benchmarks show consistent 60fps. if it's that good on a 3060ti i cant imagine how good itd be on a 3080
that's actually really impressive. I'd buy but Nvidia + RT support on Linux isn't very good :(
 

TonyK

Member
I was just pointing out that both of those shots you posted looked like shit and don't represent the quality of the game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm not sure what you use to capture it or did to make it look that bad but it was a disservice to both platforms
Is your screenshot from performance mode?
 

deriks

4-Time GIF/Meme God
So a few things from the demo
- tower has a little twist
- you can have two chainsaw guys
- you can find a secret area and the TMP in the village
- there's a random optional hard mode
- there's a locked drawer. Nobody found the key yet
 

rofif

Member
Played the demo few more times on ps5 and pc...
honestly I am not happy with ps5 version. It only holds in vrr (48fps+) window in performance mode without Rt and without Strand hair. Any other combination and the game craps it's pants and goes below 48fps often.
On top of that, strand hair looks like shit in comparison to pc and normal hair is very pxielated.
The game looks soft and dithered over all....

On pc it looks much better and performs better aside from crashes. I found that at 4k maxed, textures vram high 2gb and interlacing seem rather safe. Around 9gb of vram used out of 10 on 3080. Anything more than that, even fsr ultra quality and it has a high chance of crashing.\

Of course ps5 got much better dualsense controls and 3d audio. PC got mouse and keyboard
 
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So a few things from the demo
- tower has a little twist
- you can have two chainsaw guys
- you can find a secret area and the TMP in the village
- there's a random optional hard mode
- there's a locked drawer. Nobody found the key yet
I can’t wait to try out the magnum. Does some major damage leveled up to max damage.

I got the TMP. That was fun to use. I saw that locked drawer too. I wonder where the key is.
 
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adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
So a few things from the demo
- tower has a little twist
- you can have two chainsaw guys
- you can find a secret area and the TMP in the village
- there's a random optional hard mode
- there's a locked drawer. Nobody found the key yet


I have yet to be able to trigger the second salvador that people say is inside the house opposite of the shotgun house.
 

OZ9000

Member
The original RE4 is much better.

The controls are fucking garbage. Enemies are bullet sponges yet there is so little ammo.

It's a shame because I was looking forward to this so much.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
GUYS! We found a fucking way to get the mad chainsaw mode 100% consistently!

Go to the start menu, and I shit you not, do the following:

Hold L1 + R1
Up left down right
Square triangel cirkel x x

Enjoy 100% mad chainsaw mode!
 

SlimySnake

The Contrarian
Played the demo few more times on ps5 and pc...
honestly I am not happy with ps5 version. It only holds in vrr (48fps+) window in performance mode without Rt and without Strand hair. Any other combination and the game craps it's pants and goes below 48fps often.
On top of that, strand hair looks like shit in comparison to pc and normal hair is very pxielated.
The game looks soft and dithered over all....

On pc it looks much better and performs better aside from crashes. I found that at 4k maxed, textures vram high 2gb and interlacing seem rather safe. Around 9gb of vram used out of 10 on 3080. Anything more than that, even fsr ultra quality and it has a high chance of crashing.\

Of course ps5 got much better dualsense controls and 3d audio. PC got mouse and keyboard
Turn off rt, hair and increase textures to high. Rt makes zero difference in this game. Native resolution is much better.
 

Generic

Member
The original RE4 is much better.

The controls are fucking garbage. Enemies are bullet sponges yet there is so little ammo.

It's a shame because I was looking forward to this so much.
Yeah, the RE2 Remake team can't make good action games. Capcom should've let the RE3 Remake do this game instead.
 

Shakka43

Member
The original RE4 is much better.

The controls are fucking garbage. Enemies are bullet sponges yet there is so little ammo.

It's a shame because I was looking forward to this so much.
Enemies are bullet sponge on the original too, the games have a weapon upgrade system for a reason. I have run the demo several times killed enemies in the 20's until the Bell sounds and still have some bullets left on me most of the time as enemies drop a good enough amount.
 

Roufianos

Member
Enemies are bullet sponge on the original too, the games have a weapon upgrade system for a reason. I have run the demo several times killed enemies in the 20's until the Bell sounds and still have some bullets left on me most of the time as enemies drop a good enough amount.
I think the difference is that Gonados in the original react to every shot whereas here they take everything in their stride unless it's a headshot. We'll have to see how the upgrades affect that.
 

DavidGzz

Member
Yeah, the RE2 Remake team can't make good action games. Capcom should've let the RE3 Remake do this game instead.

Idk about that but I do wish the roll from 3 returned without the slow mo since that's too OP here with no Nemesis chasing you. The crouch to escape grabs looks a little looney tunes.
 
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