Assassin’s Creed Shadows Could Be the Best Showcase of PSSR on PS5 Pro Yet

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  • PSSR brings much-needed image clarity for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows on the PS5 Pro.
  • The setting has minimal upsides with such trailing for particle effects and performance issues.
  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows feels the best on Balanced mode with PSSR on.

Fans might have different verdicts on Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, but there’s no denying that its port is easily one of the year’s most impressive. The title already showcased the PS5 Pro’s full capabilities with remarkable visuals for a fair performance tradeoff.

Ubisoft has finally added the option to enable PSSR for the game on the PS5 Pro console, and the result in image quality is substantial. Assassin’s Creed Shadows might also be the best use of Sony’s upscaling technology.

Why it matters: Fans severely criticised the PS5 Pro’s PSSR and console. However, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a testament that the mid-gen refresh console is impressive and capable of producing impressive visuals.

Digital Foundry deep-dived into Assassin’s Creed Shadow’s latest update, which introduced PSSR and RT Reflections to balanced mode, previously limited to quality mode only. 

The result is a much clearer image quality with more stability and less aliasing overall. The image now appears clearer and softer in terms of foliage, which is perfect for the art style Ubisoft aimed for with the Japanese setting.

Due to the game’s heavy foliage, panning the camera causes visual trailing, which is less noticeable when PSSR is turned on. Particle effects also cause trailing patterns, a problem otherwise absent from the TAAU mode.

Overall, the result is much better as shown in the images above. Compared to other games utilizing PSSR, Assassin’s Creed Shadows looks much better with minimal visual noise, a well-known issue caused by PSSR across different titles.

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A Comparison Of PSSR And TAAU Mode.

That said, the PSSR is taxing on the PS5 Pro’s GPU, resulting in performance dips. While in performance mode, the PS5 Pro reaches its lowest resolution of 864p, which is the lowest PSSR it can go.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows looks and performs the best on Balanced mode with PSSR enabled.

What are your thoughts on PSSR? Do you think Assassin’s Creed Shadows looks much better with the setting enabled? Let us know in the comments below or at the official Tech4Gamers forums.

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