Yesterday, NVIDIA and Bethesda announced that Wolfenstein: Youngblood will support real-time ray tracing effects. Although the publisher did not reveal the effects for which ray tracing will be used, it released a new trailer that featured scenes with ray tracing enabled.
Now the good news here is that some scenes were identical to those featured in the previous non-ray tracing trailers, thus giving us an idea of what NVIDIA’s RTX will bring to the table. As such, YouTube’s Cycu1 has made a comparison video between all the similar scenes that were featured in the ray tracing and non-ray tracing trailers of Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
As we can see, the lighting seems to be more “realistic” in the ray tracing version, with noticeable reflections and light bounces on various characters. From the looks of it, the shadows have not been improved and I’m not sure if ray tracing has been used for ambient occlusion/global illumination.
Here is hoping that NVIDIA and MachineGames will reveal more details about the ray tracing effects in the coming weeks. Until then, and based on what we’re seeing here, ray tracing has been used in order to improve the reflections of the game (similar to what we saw in Battlefield 5).
Enjoy!
UPDATE:
Cycu1 got in touch with us and clarified some things. As he told us, NVIDIA’s representatives reached out to him and clarified that the gameplay showed in the RTX trailer was not using any real-time ray tracing effects. As such, the minor visual differences we spotted could be between two different builds for the game. Moreover, NVIDIA plans to release a new trailer that will showcase the ray tracing effects soon.
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Wow, I was astonished how much worse is for me personally with RTX on. Also wtf is with that increased motion blur on PC ?
I’m going to politely disagree, and say RTX has been used for global Illumination as opposed to reflections.
ray Tr. effects should run on an add on card. similar to the old ageia physx.
I thought about that, but I’m not sure it would work that way. I feel like the latency would cause some issues as it basically has to happen at the same time as other processes. It would likely slow down considerably more than it already does (FPS).
Why are we comparing PC to console here? Trying to make it look as good as possible?
It doesn’t quite look right. Sometimes it’s a little better, often it is a lot worse.
Better get used to it, Next gen consoles will also have ray tracing!
Seems unlikely. Navi is already confirmed to have no hardware level Ray tracing support.
That’s not true since Navi is not GCN… They only talked a small bit about Navi… All the beans will be spilled at E3 😀
PC gamer confirmed it in an interview with them. It’s on their channel. LTT covered it too.
Cool. These seem like a cool set of protagonists to further enrich the Wolfenstein universe. TNC was a overloaded with story bloat, but damned if the the characters weren’t a step up from a lot of other games out there.
Wolfenstein without BJ? Sure. It’s like saying Doom without Doomguy / Slayer.
That’s called Quake and it’s a terrific game series.
I don’t care about Quake. Never played those, actually. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that Wolfenstein wouldn’t work without BJ.
Why? BJ barely talks.. he’s as interesting as wallpaper. He had a lover he lost, and he needs to kill Nazis. That’s all it is. Also, it’s a FPS which means you’re looking at guns and the environment 99% of the time, so changing the main character is mostly superficial to the actual gameplay experience. So yeah, as someone who had played Quake, a FPS that was basically an extension or spinoff of Doom, I’m qualified to tell you that you can have the Wolfenstein experience without the main character being BJ. Just in the same way you could have a Doom experience with Quake. Really good games.
It’s a Wolfenstein game though, so that’d be a bad idea.
Yeah, and creating a game with political agendas and excluding the main protagnist that we played as for the last 27 years isn’t a bad idea?
They named it Wolfenstein because they know how popular this franchise is, and they try to milk it as much as possible.
So? Doom Guy and Gordon Freeman don’t talk at all, and i can’t imagine playing as someone else in Half-Life or Doom. It doesn’t matter if they talk or no, it matters who they are, their legacy. Especially for someone who grew up with these games and characters.
Exactly, and no one can compare with BJ when it comes to killing Nazis. Those 2 “girls” are powerful only because they have those suits, BJ is powerful on it’s own. Don’t try to tell me that a teenager “girl” can overpower a grown up man, or even worse, a robot. That’s BS at it’s finest.
That’s a good point, and it’s mostly true. Even so, you still know who you’re playing as. The last thing i want in Wolfenstein is to play as an teenager who curses every 10 seconds.
Maybe, if we would’ve had better protagonists, maybe BJ not being there wouldn’t have been a problem. But we don’t.
And yet Doom survives even when they added glory kills or other gameplay adjustments.
Half-Life had 2 the Blue Shift and Opposing Forces expansions which were perfectly fine Half-Life games where you didn’t play as Gordon. It didn’t ruin the franchise (though Valve is trying). They were titled as “Half Life: Blue Shift” and “Half Life: Opposing Forces”. Same as “Wolfenstein: Youngblood”.
The last game had your head transplanted to some fake body or whatever, and the series has zombies, mecha-dudes and sci-fi armor.. having a girl kick some a*s doesn’t effect the realism factor whatsoever.
To your other comment, It’s not like you’ll never see BJ again. it’s just a little departure. This change with co-op and maybe hearing a different protagonist. I don’t know why every single game that features a female protagonist is suddenly politicized. A woman can’t have a main role in a game without it being a political statement? Kind of insulting to believe that.. I walk around outside and I see people of all variety, and to have characters in a game that doesn’t match your own skin colors or gender.. well it’s just kind of something else to have. There’s tons of choices, if this game isn’t how you’d prefer it, then maybe the next one will be!
You’re mentioning characters mostly from so long ago before the internet became the dumpster fire of both alt-Right incels that go on rants about everything that offends them (women, race representation) and also the small but very vocal minority on Twitter of way-beyond-Leftists who do complain about any single time there is a woman who isn’t represented as perfectly as they like. Both of these sides are annoying to moderate everyday good people. Okay though, I guess some of those are legit that are from recent times, but DMC.. those girls are sexualized, which is fine, whatever, but you don’t see the politics in my gaming people complaining about these types because they are very used to it.
Also.. and think about this.. you’re unqualified to judge if they have character or character development. just because you say something is true doesn’t make it so. So you can throw most of what you’ve said out the window because, 1. they do have character, it just might not be what you like. 2. You DON’T know if they will be more than quipping cuss words. The trailers have kept serious story elements hidden and it’s a hyper trailer, with just quick action moments. It’s a bit of a premature judgement call. And no offense, but it seems like you are making this political. The game has 2 female players and you’re bringing politics into it. If it was the Battlefield V situation, even though it’s completely fine with me, it was stated by the lead dude that he did it bc of his daughter, This seems like a perfectly artistic choice and it’s fine. But you’re making a really big deal about it if you won’t play it or won’t support it because that game moved forward and his two daughters from the last game’s story have the lead.
Yes, as far as culture wars, 2013 was pre gamergate where this became the trend. And yeah Lara Croft is TOTALLY not complained about by feminists, at least not as much as you see guys calling her redesign fugly – which insane – but it’s mainly because they think she’s flat chested, though she is not. Sorry, that’s an argument in my corner. But yeah, I don’t feel hot, sexual DMC girls get complained about as much by people like yourself, because they are portrayed as hot and sexy. But have a girl with really short hair and you hate it. There seems to be a link here.
Whole community of people here might feel that way, but not the community online where I go. And it’s not one of the most popular sites like Polygon or Kotaku, but hey those people have different opinions than yours, I’m sure. In any case, sure other people feel your way, I’d suggest waiting. You can bet on it if you’d like, but it’s still a bit of a gamble. The edgy thing, sure, probably a healthy amount of that, but that’s not political related. Still they can have more to them than that.
Lol, you managed to read my comment? I thought when is flagged as “spam” you can’t see it.
Nah, feminists actually always complained about Lara. She’s white, straight, has a nice body, and she’s beautiful. Lara Croft is almost all things that feminists hate in a single pack. No one called her redesign fugly, people just complained that she got old. I’m persoanlly not a fan of her face from SOTTR, but i love her face in ROTTR, and her face in the definitive edition.
The only persons that complain about DMC’s girls are sjw, feminists and video game “journalists”. They know they can’t do shi t, because Japan doesn’t care about what they think, but what the long time fans, who buy their games think. Sadly, not every developer does that.
No, have a “girl” look like a boy, and also with short hair and people hate it. That’s not a girl, is a boy with makeup on. Change my mind. Just kidding.
I don’t really care about online communites, everyone has different opinions, ideologies, which is fine by me.
We’ll see. I will watch on YT how the game is. I won’t hold my breath though.
Thanks for being able to have a civil conversation, at least.
You too. AS much as I disagree with a lot of what you’re saying, I appreciate that you are able to have the discussion. Makes me see your point as serious and thought out instead of troll-like and knee jerk insults like some people here.
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It looks good i’ll give them that.
I always love Wolfenstein games without RTX effects !!!
And they still look like ugly trannies.
So, much like your mom?
Yikes. Mom insults in 2019? Cringy as fuc*k.
Ray Tracing seems like a pointless waste of resources in most games that use static light sources and environments that already have it baked in or faked through other faster means. Using it in cutscenes in place of artistically placed light sources are used seems like a even worse idea.
motion blur is horrible !
Without the ON / OFF titles, I couldn’t tell the difference. Another title that simply shows that Nvidia’s DXR solution is not up to the job.
RTX ON is not gonna help them SJW mugs.
when the real DXR [ Direct X Raytracing ] releases,wake me up
even low setting + dxr OFF will be much better than console on ultra..
Getting the lighting right is one of the biggest improvements they could possibly make, It will add to immersion in game.
Problem is the waiting game we have to put up with, Will probably be another 1 or 2 years before we see a game with it properly implemented not just patched on.
For sure it will come to mainstream and prices will drop, Have already read about PS5 having some ray tracing also.
We are so spoilt with choice now, I am old enough to remember playing Pong. 😉
Lol I love the name someone gave to this game….
Cringenstein: Periodblood
So accurate! HEHEHE 😀
Raytraced cuckenstein.
Why does Nvidia keep propping up these horrible SJW games. Mass Effect Androgyny, Battlefield Vagina and now this. In before some snowflake says something without realizing Trump’s brothr is on the board of directors at Zenimax, along with Hollywood people that are hijacking this industry and DC lawyers. Enjoy the propaganda. Communism (which the previous game tried to push as allies) still killed 100 million plus in Holocausts that the media has tried to erase. That included things like 20 million Christians in Russia, while only one people are allowed to play a victim card in perpetuity, even though they have an apartheid, racist ethnostate, while they tell you that you have to take in all the refugees.
I’m not about to let a wamen take credit for a man’s fugly