The Finals: Destruction Showcase

I was given a beta key to THE FINALS from Nvidia and jumped in to see how good the destruction was

0:00 - THE FINALS
1:13 - VS Red Faction Guerilla
2:03 - Bots?
2:38 - Destruction analysis
3:37 - Buildings collapsing
5:02 - Raytraced global illumination
6:25 - Previous methods to light destruction
7:32 - Competitively viable lighting?
9:00 - Destroying a cathedral

[Hanstra]

I love how all the other youtubers making content about this game focused on the game feel, gadgets, and guns... and Philip just runs around breaking as many things as humanly possible. A true gamer's gamer.

[nitnurray]

It's amazing to me how well the destruction in red faction works, considering how old it is!

[sulphurous]

"I also tested smoke grenades in the hope they wouldn't pass through walls, but the technology still isn't there for that."
*cries in PhysX*

[Xyos]

It would be cool if you could interview a Red faction guerilla dev someday. I still don't understand how they were so ahead of the game over a decade ago, and how amazingly well it ran for what was going on!

[IsaiahCreati]

That after death spectate @ 1:55 is identical to battlefield. Movement and everything. pretty wild

[MultiZymethSK]

6:34 - you made this map??? that's some insane nostalgia trip for me, completely forgot about it. Used to play this and similar maps so much.

[MrJinxmaster]

It's a crime that nobody has been able or wanted to license Geo-Mod. Also astonishing that no devs have been able to independantly rival it in over a decade of gaming.

[BlakeGillman]

My theory regarding older destruction is that because there was less things to render in the world overall they could focus all of their effort on to the things that were. For example, if I don't need to render a forest (because I'm in a desert) imagine how many more ways I could break up a building and not worry about rendering from having no trees/bushes/various other things. Even beyond setting older games could get away with having less meshes/props scattering the world and could focus on those important bits (like Battlefield 2).

Also SP. Anyone who has worked with networked physics knows there are only trade-off's & no solutions.

[sahildhanju]

Philip! I have been watching your videos for YEARS. I've always loved the way you've analyzed Counter Strike and other games.

It is absolutely surreal you've now done this on a game I actively work on and have given so much high quality feedback! Absolutely loved this video 🎉

[hundvd_]

From creating levels in source, to leveling levels, you really leveled up

[oposdeo]

"I checked if smoke grenades don't pass through walls, but the technology isn't there for that yet it seems". Looking forward to the CS2 vid lol

[DelahayeChristophe]

I had no idea this was your map with the boulders ! I have very fond memories of playing with my two brothers back in the day on this very Map, thank you !

[CatsT.M]

The first time I saw the CS2 trailers I instantly thought of this video and how you mentioned smoke grenades going through walls. Honestly, perfectly timed posting of this video.

[crestofhonor]

Destruction is great to see in some modern games again. I'm also always glad to see any form of ray tracing added into games

[sirreoser]

Red Faction and Bad Company set my future expectations way to high. I thought the future of gaming was more and more game mechanics, ended up being more about graphics and accessibility sadly.

[FreshTillDeath]

What's great about the Finals is, it's not just for spectacle. It genuinely opens up tactical options.

[TheGodCold]

There is a game called Instruments of Destruction from ex-Volition dev (that made Red Faction), it spots pretty nice destruction as well!

[KrberoZ]

I always wondered why the lighting is so dark in destroyed buildings but i didn't bother to test the GI settings since performance is already bad enough for me. You're doing the lords work philip

[danielmadstv]

You're really spoiling us with all these videos across the empire. I was considering asking if you were going to cover the game but of course you were already working on it. Thank you for the video!

[Sarsour_]

Your writing, content and humor is so good!