Can anyone provide a realistic overview of Sony's PC ports to date?
Death Stranding: 4.5 out of 5 on launch, it launched with DLSS2, then received FSR and XeSS, it was the first game to support all 3 upscalers. It has slightly higher visual settings than PS5/PS4. Post launch status is excellent 5 out of 5.
Horizon Zero Dawn: 4 out of 5 on launch (with several visual and performance bugs), several patches later and it's solid port, It has slightly higher visual settings than PS5/PS4. Post launch status is excellent 5 out of 5.
Days Gone: out of the gate it's 5 out of 5. With excellent visual upgrades over the PS4 version (such as screen space global illumination).
God Of War: 4.5 out of 5 on launch, it launched with all upscalers, It has moderately higher visual settings than PS5/PS4. Post launch status is excellent 5 out of 5.
Spider-Man Remastered: 4 out of 5 on launch due to several visual and performance bugs that were fixed later with patches, the PC version has higher ray tracing effects than PS5, and supports all upscalers. Post launch condition is a solid 5 out of 5 with the game receiving modern features such as frame generation.
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves: 3 out of 5 on launch due to several performance, visual bugs and crashes.. most of them got fixed with later patches, DLSS and FSR implementations in the game remain sub par compared to most of the industry. The game still suffers from abnormally high shader compilation times and has limited visual upgrades over the PS5 versions. As such post launch status is 4 out of 5.
Spider-Man Miles Morales: 4.5 out of 5 on launch due to several visual and performance bugs that were fixed later with patches, the PC version has significantly higher ray tracing effects than PS5, and supports all upscalers. Post launch condition is a solid 5 out of 5 with the game receiving modern features such as frame generation.
Sackboy A Big Adventure: 4.5 out of 5 on launch due to compilation stutters and some gameplay bugs, most was fixed after patches, the game has has significantly higher visuals than the PS4/PS5 version (in the form of several ray tracing effects), post launch status is a solid 5 out of 5.
Returnal: 4.5 out of 5 on launch due to compilation stutters and some visual and performance bugs, most was fixed after patches, the game has has significantly higher visuals than the PS5 version (in the form of several ray tracing effects), post launch status is a solid 5 out of 5.
The Last of Us Part 1: 2 out of 5 on launch due to severe performance and visual bugs (especially memory leaks and CPU limitations), and extreme amount of crashing .. most of them got fixed with later patches, DLSS and FSR implementations in the game remain sub par compared to most of the industry. The game still suffers from abnormally high shader compilation times, high CPU limitations and has limited visual upgrades over the PS5 versions. As such post launch status is 4 out of 5.
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart: 4.5 out of 5 on launch due to some visual, performance and fast storage related bugs, most was fixed after many patches, the game has has significantly higher visuals than the PS5 version (in the form of expanded ray tracing effects), post launch status is an excellent 5 out of 5.
Helldivers 2: excellent 5 out of 5 launch score, though the PC version has very limited visual enhancements.
Horizon Forbidden West: 4.5 out of 5 on launch due to some visual related bugs and CPU limitations, most was fixed after several patches, the game has limited visual upgrades over the PS5 version, post launch status is still a good 4.7 out of 5.
God of War Ragnarök: 4 out of 5 on launch, due to several visual and performance bugs (especially severe CPU limitations on older CPUs), most got fixed with later patches, the game still lacks some visual features compared to the PS5 version (such as more accurate reflections). As such, post launch status is 4.5 out of 5.
Until Dawn: 3 out of 5 on launch, due to several visual and severe performance bugs, the PC version has very limited visual enhancements over the PS5 version. The game is still actively recieveing fixes to this day, post launch status so far is 4 out of 5.
LEGO Horizon Adventures: excellent 5 out of 5 score on launch, though the PC version has very limited visual enhancements.
Spider-Man 2: 3 out of 5 on launch, due to severe visual and performance bugs (especially severe CPU limitations, memory leaks) and constant crashes, the game has a very high amount of visual upgrades over the PS5 version, it's still actively being fixed right now.
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