The original version of "Death Stranding" in the PS4 era can be described as stunning, and now when "Death Stranding: Director's Cut Edition" landed on the PC, we compared the game's screen performance on the PC and PlayStation5 platforms from the aspects of light and shadow, texture materials, etc. The following is the report of the comparison.
(PS: The screenshot position of each platform is difficult to completely align with the time, there may be some deviations, please forgive me)
Test platform
PlayStation5
PC
Test machine configuration:
System: Windows 10 64bit
CPU ：Intel Core i9-10900K
Memory: 64 GB (Samsung DDR4 3000MHz)
Graphics: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8G
Contrast of light and shadow quality
This item mainly compares the light and shadow effects and shadow sharpness in the game. From left to right, pc, ps5 (frame rate priority), ps5 (quality priority)
PS5 (frame rate)
PS5 (Image Quality)
From the above figure, we can see that the PS5 is better in terms of near and far sharpness, whether it is the difference in overall contrast, or the line sense of the distant waterfall in the details, the clarity of the sky, the visual experience on the ps5 platform is better. In the two modes of "Picture Priority" and "Frame Rate Priority", the PS5 does not have much difference except for the sharpness of the distant shadows.
As for the shadow of the character, even if you zoom in the following figure, the reflection outline of the character is still quite close, and it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.
Texture contrast
In this case, we mainly compared the sharpness difference between the textures of objects on the two platforms of Death Stranding. Although the lens angles of several pictures are slightly different, it can be seen from the perspective of the shadows that they are in almost the same time as the angle of lighting. Under such conditions, the texture of the PC version of the stone is more obvious, but the sharpness of the two in the grain is not too different.
The details of the equipment presented on both platforms are very close, and the details of the damage and stains of the equipment are clearly displayed; however, the facial expression of the characters is still somewhat different, the former's hair is slightly jagged, while the latter's excessive detail is obviously more natural.
Vegetation effect comparison
In terms of comparing the effects of vegetation, we took a screenshot of the grass on the hillside at the beginning of the game. If you enlarge the following picture, it is not difficult to see that compared with the PC version, the grass of the ps5 version is more lush and longer, and its highlights and shadows are more obvious than the PC version, and the overall sense of hierarchy is stronger.
Comparison of water effects
From the comparison chart of the water effect, it can be clearly seen that the water color level of ps5 is more abundant, with dark areas that are not available in the pc version, and the wave performance of the water flow impacting the stone is also more realistic.
epilogue
Overall, Death Stranding; Director's Cut performs better on the PS5 than the 2070 series tester we used. If you don't have a high-profile computer and want a better gaming experience, then enjoying this "express trip" on the ps5 is undoubtedly the best choice - of course, if you are using the 3060Ti or even higher, it is a different matter.