Genre: Action-Adventure
Developer: Pearl Abyss
Publisher: Pearl Abyss
Release Date: March 19, 2026
PS Studios Game? No
PSVR2 Compatible? No
Metacritic Score: 78
PSSR? Yes
RT? Yes
RT Types: Ray traced diffuse global illumination (including local lights) and reflections.
Highest Resolution: 4K
Highest FPS: 105fps
quality: 4K at a mostly stable 30fps (1-8fps dips in effect heavy scenes) with RT quality set to Ultra.
balanced: 1440p to 4K PSSR2 at a basically locked 40fps, or usually around low 50s with VRR. RT quality set to High.
performance: 1080p to 4K PSSR2 at a very stable 60fps (1-8fps dips in effect heavy scenes), or up to 105fps (usually around 65fps) with VRR. RT quality set to High.
Framerates can tank into the mid 20s in all modes in very select CPU-heavy scenes. Of the 12 graphics settings presets, the only other difference between quality and balanced mode is lighting quality going from ultra to high. While most settings are reduced in performance mode (some of which by more than 1 preset like model quality), the image is actually sharper than quality mode and balanced mode (which itself is sharper/cleaner than quality mode too due to PSSR2). Digital Foundry theorizes this is due to the lower post processing preset which is blurring the image at ultra settings on balanced/quality mode. With performance mode presets still being good (only slightly worse than base PS5 quality mode), Pro performance mode is actually the best way to play considering it also has the clearest image and highest framerate.
Base PS5 has the same 3 modes with worse framerates, but it's performance mode is especially far less stable - regularly falling out of the VRR window and it's even worse with the fixed 4K output setting toggled on. Base PS5 also uses FSR3 which is significantly worse than PSSR2 with added issues like ghosting/artifacting, and it upscales at lower internal resolutions (1440p in quality mode, 1280p to 4K in balanced and 1080p in performance (with fixed 4K output toggle, otherwise native 1080p without)) Finally, RT quality is also only set to High in its quality mode and Low in its balanced/performance modes.