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Infamous Second Son HDR Comparison Screenshots Highlight Huge Improvements

The PlayStation 4 exclusive game Infamous Second Son has received a new update introducing HDR support. Comparison screenshots highlighting some definite improvements also emerged online

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GTgamer3487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

Good God that lighting is insane getting my pro nextweek can't waittttt.

Babadook73487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

Why oh why did I get a 4k tv but no HDR?? Had no idea! :(

Oh well I'll tell myself HDR will keep getting better and a better time to buy one will be in 2017.

Aceman183487d ago

Hahaha i did the same damn thing last year around black friday a 55" OLED, I'll just have to take the L for now because I'm not spending another 2k for a tv no time soon lol.

lipton1013487d ago

What kind did you get? I got nervous when I read your comment and checked mine. I have a Samsung SUHD js8500. It doesn't say HDR but has something called "peak illuminator pro" which is Samsung speak for HDR.

Babadook73487d ago

I got a Visio m60-c3. I was hoping for a patch to make it HDR (ish). Lol. Not happening.

BoriboyShoGUN3487d ago

@Lipton
Hey bud I have a Samsung SUHD the (2016) model and mine supports HDR ! pretty sure you're good dude

Razrye23486d ago

I just bought a Samsung 4k with hdr yesterday. All ready now for my pro next week. Along with my PSVR

TankCrossing3486d ago

If it helps you feel better HDR will almost certainly be better on 2017 models, when hopefully manufacturors conqueur the brightness levels of HDR10.

ChronoJoe3486d ago (Edited 3486d ago )

@Lipton

Your TV has HDR but people report 37ms of input lag on that TV. That's pretty poor and I would always go for responsiveness over HDR when gaming, if forced to make the choice. 37ms isn't horrendous but it's enough that you would feel disadvantaged playing anything competitive.

That's the issue with a lot of these televisions, they have HDR, they have 4k, but they also tend to have a lot of input lag. Some of them don't even support 4k in game mode. For instance Samsungs KS7000 has 21ms of input lag in game mode, but no HDR, in movie mode (where HDR is enabled) the input lag is 112ms. That's horrendous and would make just about any game feel very unresponsive.

Not many HDR, 4K displays currently support low latencies (sub 20ms). So that's an issue that manufacturers will need to deal with going forward. Monitors don't generally support HDR at the moment, and monitors tend to be the best in terms of gaming responsivity, so the emergance of HDR supporting monitors may be the answer for many gamers moving forward.

lipton1013486d ago

I appreciate the responses guys. I calibrated my tv but when I read Joes comment I switched to game mode and it made a world of difference. Crazy how much input lag affects gaming performance

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XanderZane3487d ago

Why are the pictures so much darker with HDR? Looks like crushed blacks. Similar to what happens when games were upscaled on XB1 for some of their games. Is this in 4K or is it only with HDR turned on?

Example is look at the picture with the "Poem Tree: Flower Shop. The one without HDR is bright and clear. The one with HDR is dark and black, you can't see the guy on the screen.

Caedus5113487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

Are you viewing the images on an HDR enabled screen?

And before anyone says it, smart phones don't do HDR yet, so you still have to view then on an HDR enabled tv (or monitor, but I'm not sure if there are any HDR enabled monitors yet). And HDR on our phones camera isn't the same as HDR in gaming which makes things confusing, I thought my phone could display HDR b/c I have that option when taking a picture.

Also the images could be suffering from quality issues due to image compression.

Nicolee3487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

because you need HDR TV to see the improvement.

tmisellati3487d ago

Well , you are not far away from the truth. Yes , the games looks darker when the HDR is enabled and this is most probably because the game was developed while the HDR was not in mind. But even through , there are many improvements. The textures when the HDR is enabled , reacts better to the light. They look smoother and more detailed with no more shimmering and There is no more loss of details when light shines on surfaces.

Unspoken3487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

Look at that amazing HDR quality captured by a non HDR phone uploaded as a non HDR photo and viewed on a non HDR screen! That lighting is incredible! I can't wait to get PS4 Pro and replay my games in HDR!

These fanatics are almost as bad as Apple users, and just as blind, literally. Trying to view HDR through the photo... lol

Extra brightness won't save a worthless game.

mozzie3486d ago

probably because they're taken with a camera. the camera is most likely able to capture some of the enhanced colors bot not all. I did some similar shots with the MAD MAX Bluray on my xbox one s.

BizarroUltraman3486d ago

@caedus511,

The Galaxy Note 7 was the first phone to have HDR. But now that its been removed from the market. We're back to square one.

SublimeStylee3486d ago (Edited 3486d ago )

Yup I've been questioning this and get dissagrees. i'm playing it now on my 4k hdr and its ridiculously dark and you say it looks dark, and get dissagrees? when I'm actually playing the game on my tv and its absolutely the worst hdr I have seen for blacks! no other games on ps4 and Xbox with hdr look like this!!!insanely dark....every other game just happens to be amazing but the denial is insane the hdr actually takes away from the picture!! Don't see how blacking out your guy and all the detail around you is a step forward...most of you are seriously so uneducated and don't even have the devices to see first hand and you praise something you don't even have and dissagree about how dark it is.....can't wait for those articles of how dark it is when people who own proper hardware discover this!! How is every other game hdr perfect lighting the last of us, gears, forza uhd movies/Netflix all perfect don't have to touch a setting...load up second son can barely see ur guy or stuff around you? But sure dissagree lol makes no sense. I'm not even bashing the game I love the game but you can't fucking see....its that simple!!!

NotEvenMyFinalForm3486d ago (Edited 3486d ago )

HDR means whiter whites and darker blacks. So the darker blacks will look crushed on your screen because it doesn't has the gamut to display it correctly, so there'll be multiple shades of black that will look the same. The opposite happens too, where the white is too white and you actually lose detail in bright scenes.

Only new 4k displays have HDR BTW, so at least 90% of the people in this comment section doesn't even have one in order to be able to appreciate the differences. But these shots here were taken with a camera from a phone, so even if you had an HDR screen you won't be able t see anything anyway. I had tons of respect for this website, wccftech, but the idiocy there is outstanding.

XanderZane3486d ago (Edited 3486d ago )

@Caedus511
Viewing it on my laptop. So the pictures on a computer or tablet will look very dark, but on a UHDTV with HDR it will look brighter? So if someone took a picture of the HDTV with a camera and posted it, it would still come out very dark as well? If that's the case, there's really no reason for anyone to post HDR game pictures online. You'll never see the game the way its suppose to be seen, unless you view them on your HDR TV.

@SublimeStylee
So it's just with this particular game then. It's not like this will happen with all the other games.

tmisellati3485d ago

I have found a solution to resolve the darker image problem.
I changed the RGB setting of the ps4 to full and then changed the black level on the TV from low to high. Now no more darker areas problem.

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bouzebbal3487d ago

This is one amazing looking game

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respekanize913487d ago

ME TOO!!!! Got 10 of games that are being patched. I knew i waited to play TLoU again.

BoriboyShoGUN3487d ago

@Lipton
Hey bud I have a Samsung SUHD the (2016) model and mine supports HDR ! pretty sure you're good

SojournUK3486d ago

@Lipton, all Samsung SUHD (Quantum Dot/Nano Crystal etc) support HDR

Muzikguy3486d ago

I wish I was getting mine. I still need a new tv too

So these screens remind me of what Watch Dogs was supposed to look like. I'm curious if it would now if on the Pro. I'm not interested in buying it, just wondering.

uth113486d ago

It already looked amazing on standard PS4. Can't imagine how it could look much better

IamTylerDurden13486d ago

Excited that 30+ games will have Pro support on November 10th.

Games like..

Battlefield 1
Ratchet and Clank
Titanfall 2
CoD BO3
CoD Infinite Warfare
CoD Modern Warfare
Uncharted 4
Infamous
TLoU
Skyrim
Fifa 17
NBA 2K17
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Xcom 2
Paragon
Smite
World of Tanks
Hitman
Mafia III
Deus Ex MKD
Elder Scrolls Online
Helldivers
Firewatch
Shadow of Mordor
Knack

And virtually every major VR game will receive Pro support on day 1.

UltraNova3486d ago

This game still holds up even today...

That said what the hell is Sucker Punch up to?? I hope they reveal their next game in this year's December PS meeting.

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Jayszen3487d ago

Infamous Second Son had some really lovely locations that looked exquisite in the nighttime, especially with some rain. 30 months after release and the game still looks better than many new games released this year even using the vanilla PS4 so I expect Second Son and the expansion will look even better using the PS4 PRO, especially during the fight sequences.

KeeseToast3487d ago

And especially with the Neon powers

Jayszen3486d ago

@KeeseToast

So I guess like me, you will be giving the game and the expansion another go after PS4 Pro hits?

Mikerob20073487d ago

Doesn't look all that much different too me. If this is the only difference between a £1000 4K TV and PS PRO and my normal hd tv and ps4 i think ill just wait 5 years or so.

Raider693487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

You have to see the shoots in HDR TV .Im seeing them on my Plasma and its obvious the HDR pictures pops more detail.Now been a new feature i expect TV makers start releasing more UHD TVs that have HDR in game mode and also start focusing in making UHD Tvs with lower input lag when using HDR and Game Mode.

mozzie3486d ago

If i'd fire this up on my TV would it really be displayed in HDR? My TV always shows a little speach bubble "HDR" when i launch Netflix a Bluray or a game like FH3. I know I'm speaking about xbox but my question is if can just view HDR images in HDR e.g. in the browser or if the APP needs to tell my TV "yo this is HDR, switch to HDR" mode? I think it's the latter because when i launch HDR enabled contet i also hear my speakers "click" for a few milliseconds (sound goes from xbox via hdmi to tv and from tv to optical soundbar) this means the xbox disconnects the non HDR hdmi connection an makes an HDR HDMI connection. so I'm not entierly sold on the you have to view it on an HDR screen..

The_Sage3486d ago

I thought they stopped making plasmas before HDR was a thing.

Bennibop3487d ago

You are viewing the pics in sdr not hdr, you need to see the game on hdr TV to actually see it properly

mad-dog3487d ago (Edited 3487d ago )

You can only see the differences in those screens correctly on a 4K screen that supports HDR.
In a lot of Pro games it's not just the colours that are improved ofcourse. Resolution, AA, Shadow quality, texture streaming quality, more effects, more things on screen, etc.
But we all can make the decision for ourselves if that is worth the upgrade. I can totally understand people rather waiting till the scorpio or PS5.

But i'm buying the Pro even just for 1080P.

abstractel3486d ago

Format that PS4 (and Pro, don't forget vanilla PS4 can do HDR now too) supports is called HDR10.

G20WLY3487d ago

Erm...what does PS Pro have to do with anything?

These shots are comparing PS4 without HDR to PS4 with HDR! And the HDR update is FREE! lol

mad-dog3486d ago

Ah right. Still need a 4K tv then ;P

GTgamer3486d ago

It's not being played on the pro tho so imagine it on the pro

Rude-ro3486d ago

Pssst... this is the PS4 vs PS4 with hdr.
The pro is not even at hand here.

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iTechHeads3487d ago

If you think it looks good in the screenshots just wait until you see it on an actual HDR 4K TV :D

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inFamous 3: Is PlayStation Working On A Second Son Sequel?

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-Foxtrot672d ago

They really need to

Go off the evil ending off Second Son

Delsin absorbs all those powers

Revealed he’s the real Beast and John in Infamous 2 was just an anomaly created by timelines being messed with by Kessler.

Cole vs the Real Beast

gold_drake672d ago

quite honestly, i dont remember a whole lot about 2 amymore, but i absolutely hated the guy in second son haha.

chicken_in_the_corn671d ago

It would make more sense to go off the evil ending of 2 and the good ending g of SS where Cole is The Beast.

Cacabunga670d ago

Doesnt make any sense calling second son 2 as infamous 3..

OtterX671d ago

Ha, yea Delsin was obnoxious.

I wouldn't mind another new character, but somehow bring Cole into the story.

We can just pretend like Delsin never existed. :)

thejigisup671d ago

Everyone that age is obnoxious. It's been years and is like to think delsin has grown

neutralgamer1992671d ago

Until we wait for a potential new entry it would awesome to have infamous collection for PS5

RaidenBlack671d ago

Umm ... how about this?
First we get the Tushima sequel(coz its most rumored)
Then a new Resistance (need new PS SP FPS)
Then a totally new IP (new IPs are always interesting)
And then a new inFamous?

Pepsi_Man3000671d ago

resistance is insomniac I think

xHeavYx671d ago

Can we also get a complete remaster of InFamous 1 and 2?

fr0sty671d ago

Gimme a new Warhawk and MAG while we're at it.

DivineHand125671d ago

I had a great time with the second son. Never got to play the originals and hope they get remastered one day.

DazaMc671d ago

The graphics were amazing, I got the platinum on that one. Very good.

ChasterMies671d ago (Edited 671d ago )

If I had a choice between another Infamous game and another Spider-Man game, I choose Spider-Man. Sony should spend its resources on its winners.

Tacoboto671d ago (Edited 671d ago )

Infamous was such a winner its studio was given the freedom (after 3 titles + their expansions) to do a new IP with GoT, just like with Sly Cooper before infamous.

I'd welcome a 4th title even more than another Spider-Man, it'd be exciting what they could do with new powers fit for the hardware outside the limits of a licensed superhero game.

jznrpg671d ago

Spider-Man is guaranteed and is made by Insomniac so why not both as Sucker Punch would make Infamous.

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