God of War Ragnarok Graphics Comparison: PS5 vs. PS4 vs. PS4 Pro

The long-awaited follow up to the stellar God of War (2018) is almost here, and there are a lot of ways to play the game. God of War Ragnarok will be launching simultaneously on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. So whether you're up to date with a PS5 and want to see how Sony Santa Monica has utilized that extra hardware, or if you're still rocking a base model PS4 or even a PS4 Pro, this video should give you an idea as to what you're visually in for. Make sure to sound off in the comments how you'll be enjoying God of War Ragnarok!

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God of War Ragnarok has a lot of different graphics options to choose from. If you're playing on a base model PlayStation 4 or PS4 slim, unfortunately you won't get acesss to any visual options. The game still looks stellar, but when playing on that platform, you get what you get. However, owners of both the PS4 Pro and PlayStation 5 get a few more options. Both the Pro and PS5 allows user to select if they'd like to play the game in a mode that Favors Resolution, at the cost of a lower frame rate, or Favor Framerate, that smooths out the gameplay all while lowering the visual fidelity.

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[MaxKosecki]

Me trying to figure out the difference while watching this in 480P on the bus

[Brunosmith]

For a console that is 9 years old this looks seriously impressive on the ps4

[tippydaug]

For the PS5, favor performance looks like the way to go. The graphics are almost identical but the FPS is significantly better imo

[yoomoron]

Ps1 vs Ps2: Different world
Ps2 vs Ps3: Amazing enhancement
Ps3 vs Ps4: Noticably Better
Ps4 vs Ps5: bad eye sight, no difference
Ps5 vs Ps6: Different looking console

[ArtbyOscarMejia]

The amount of care that went to this game is incredible. The optimization on PS4 and PS4 pro is just top notch. Does the ps5 version look better? Yes it does but the PS4 and PS4 pro's version look beautiful

[alvybar]

PS4 version still holds up as expected.

[bigpoppa]

May this game have mercy on people's ps4's.

[ZeroAxle]

The game was designed and optimized so that it would be playable on the ps4 as well so no shock there

[attis]

This makes me really curious about how far the ps5 can be pushed graphically, because clearly we aren’t seeing it’s full potential.

[amarolidris]

Me looking at my 2017 PS4 slim:
We know what we"re doing next week

[foosofthestoneage]

So basically, the game looks amazing on all of them.

[trentonbonk]

There are definitely differences. However, for people wondering why there isn't that much of a graphical difference (but definitely a performance difference) it is because they needed to create it first and foremost to run on PS4. Until game developers create games only and specifically for PS5, these sorts of games will be held back.

[primordialscorpion]

The game looks amazing on all 3 Consoles. It is optimized at a very high standard. The new quest tracking display looks amazing as well.

[jifij]

i’m glad ps4 users will still have an excellent experience!

[esho]

It’s hard to grasp the difference over a compressed YouTube video. I’ve got a ps5 and xsx and have done multiple comparisons between games on old vs new consoles and the differences in real time are very appealing on the eyes. Days Gone felt like a brand new game on ps5 compared to a ps4 pro. A few things these last few years caused this console generation transition to take longer than usual which is why we’re still getting games made for ps4 and upgraded with ps5.

This will change soon and we will start seeing changes and features/gameplay elements that just wouldn’t be possible on old hardware. Until then the amount of backwards compatibility upgrades and the few current gen exclusives we have received have absolutely made the current gen machines worth it, and it’s only up from here. I’m just glad everyone will get to enjoy GOW Ragnarok

[waliqadri]

Wow, the PS4 is truly a gaming marvel! Over a decade and it's still going strong, with mind-blowing graphics that continue to impress. The sheer quality and efficiency of this hardware are simply remarkable. And let's not forget the incredible selection of games it can run flawlessly, even to this day! The PS4 is hands down the longest lasting and most impressive console in gaming history. Kudos to Sony for creating such an enduring masterpiece

[nathan]

Mad kudos to the devs for releasing this on last gen. I'd imagine they are using proprietary again for this new release. Just goes to show the level of work they've done and its commendable.

[Darksider]

Getting this on ps4 pro, holds up surprisingly well.

[dude_]

Looks great on the PS4 which is 8 years old!!

[SQOUREE]

It's impressive for a 10+ year old console because PS4 got released in 2013 but the hardware it's older than that, it's also sad because the developers had to do the game for the old gen first and then the current gen, that's why the design might feel outdated in a way but we need to wait another 2-3 years in order to see that improvement because cross gen games are going to go away by next year, in 2023 we are going to get games that are already made for cross gen but after that you better expect some improvement in graphics