The official YouTube channel for Blood of Dawnwalkers released console gameplay footage, showcasing the Quality Mode on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X.
Blood of Dawnwalkers is the first chapter in a new RPG series from Rebel Wolves, a studio led by the former director of The Witcher. From the released gameplay footage, this game is extremely similar to The Witcher 3, evident in aspects like art style, sword fighting, and inventory.
These similarities indeed evoke nostalgia for playing The Witcher 3. The game environments look excellent, and certain locations and even plot points inevitably remind one of The Witcher 3.
However, some aspects shouldn't be similar, such as the inventory and combat. Because The Witcher 3's inventory is considered cluttered and not intuitive enough by some players. Additionally, players have also had complaints about the sword fighting in The Witcher 3.
PS5 Pro:
Quality Mode: Dynamic 4K/30FPS
Balance Mode: Dynamic 4K/40FPS
From the video, the game looks very clear in "Quality" mode, so the dynamic resolution scaling feature likely often reaches close to 4K resolution.
Although it's disappointing that the PS5 Pro cannot achieve a 60 FPS experience in Blood of Dawnwalkers, considering it uses Unreal Engine 5 and Rebel Wolves is a smaller team unable to fully optimize for the system and demanding PC setups like larger teams with sufficient manpower, this isn't entirely unexpected.
However, 40 FPS is a decent compromise, and under the same display mode, its image quality will definitely surpass that of the base console. Sony's mid-generation upgraded console will bring players the best gaming experience on the console platform.
Blood of Dawnwalkers is priced at 298 CNY in the Steam China region, supports Simplified Chinese, and will be released on September 3rd.
