Kena: Bridge of Spirits [PS4, PS5, PC, XBSX|S]

[PSman1700]

Looking forward to this one (graphically its impressive). Its coming to Steam so thats great.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

It seems the game is 60 fps

It's going to be a brave choice to ship any game on the new hardware with 30fps. I think only Watch Dogs Legion has done it.

When I first saw the game, it looks too good to be true but I've had my expectations re-calibrated by Ratchet & Clank.

 

[chris1515]

It's going to be a brave choice to ship any game on the new hardware with 30fps. I think only Watch Dogs Legion has done it.

When I first saw the game, it looks too good to be true but I've had my expectations re-calibrated by Ratchet & Clank.

And for Watchdogs they did a patch.

It is in french but here a 4k 60 fps youtube video, the same b roll movie but bettter quality

 

[Deleted member 11852]

And for Watchdogs they did a patch.

Way too late. The game launched in November and the patch came in May.

 

[Karamazov]

It's going to be a brave choice to ship any game on the new hardware with 30fps. I think only Watch Dogs Legion has done it.

When I first saw the game, it looks too good to be true but I've had my expectations re-calibrated by Ratchet & Clank.

lot of their cutscenes are CGI though.

 

[chris1515]

lot of their cutscenes are CGI though.

All big cutscene are CGI, they said it it comes from their background in offline rendering animation. They have 45 minutes of CGI movie.

 

[zed]

It seems that sony are really on the ball at the start of this gen with their game conveyor belt, the hype for one game finishes and then the next one commences next month.
Though if its true 30fps gameplay speed then that sucks, esp now I think ppl have become used to 60fps, going back will be difficult for a lot as one becomes quickly accustomed

 

[Deleted member 11852]

All big cutscene are CGI, they said it it comes from their background in offline rendering animation. They have 45 minutes of CGI movie.

A lot games are now doing the cutscenes realtime in-engine. This saves a huge amount of storage space.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Pre-load has started.

Also an article on how they brought Kena to life.

Bringing the lead character of Kena: Bridge of Spirits to life

Ember Lab on the design decisions and techniques that shaped the look of its hero.

Ember Lab is very excited to share our first game with the world next week. In the game, you play as Kena, a young Spirit Guide who travels to an abandoned village in search of a sacred mountain shrine, and who must help the wandering spirits trapped there.

Read More: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/0...f-kena-bridge-of-spirits-to-life/#sf249543896

 

[Karamazov]

Nice !

 

[London Geezer]

No reviews for this yet?

 

[Nesh]

Such beautiful art

 

[SmooTh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1439961388244508672

Dunno if he's alone/late or that's just a "late review" for Kena

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Nesh]

Eurogamer says it's just an ok game.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...review-gorgeous-looking-yet-wholly-unoriginal

But Metacritic has an average of 85 with 19 reviews in so far.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/kena-bridge-of-spirits

I hope this game is good enough to get some deserved love, because, at least in the artistic and animation area this is lovely. A lot of work has been put in it from a small studio and the devs need the support.

 

[Pressure]

Ars Technica has their review up here. They call it a contender for GOTY despite only being 15 hours long.

Not sure why they need to compare it to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild instead of just letting the game stand on its own.

 

[cheapchips]

Not sure why they need to compare it to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild instead of just letting the game stand on its own

Ember Labs are most famous for a Zelda fan animation. Kena does wear it's influences on it's sleeve. Sam's a huge Nintendo fan.

 

[Globalisateur]

I am surprised the game seems to have good gameplay. It's not only a good looking game, the whole package looks solid.

 

[zed]

Sony seems to have dropped the ball on the marketing on this one, Sony was all deathloop the last couple of weeks. MS I feel would of done a better job.

Speaking of reviews for the game, Heres the lowest rated review so far

https://www.pcgamer.com/kena-bridge-of-spirits-review/

"Reviewed on: GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAM"

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/kena-bridge-of-spirits

Minimum specs: FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or Equivalent 12 GB RAM Radeon R7 360 2GB/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB or Equivalent
Recommended specs: Ryzen 5 2600X/Intel i7-6700K or Equivalent 16 GB RAM Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB/ Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB or Equivalent

The guy was complaining about performance not being the best, yet hes playing it on a PC that doesnt even meet the minimum spec requirements

 

[Karamazov]

i'm curious to see a ps4 vs PS5 comparison.