Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This one's late as we had no access to the game pre-launch - and there's a lot to cover. In this video, we look at Game Freak's first action RPG and its debut outing on Unreal Engine 5. There's lots to go through here as we cover multiple modes on each console, along with PC analysis and optimised settings.

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00:00 Introduction
00:59 Sponsored by NTE
02:17 General Observations
03:04 PS5 Pro Performance Mode Visuals/Resolution/Perf Test
04:23 PS5 Pro Quality Mode Resolution/Perf Test
04:408 PS5 Pro Enhanced Mode Resolution/Perf Test
05:15 PS5/Xbox Series X Quality Mode Resolutions/Perf Test
06:06 PS5/Xbox Series X Performance Mode Resolutions/Perf Test
06:28 Xbox Series S Issues
07:09 Xbox Series S Performance Mode Visuals/Resolution/Perf Test
07:43 Xbox Series S Quality Mode Resolution/Perf Test
08:07 Console Versions Summary
09:03 PC Intro + Shader Compilation
10:02 Optimised Settings Inro
10:22 Optimised Settings: Mesh Quality
10:34 Optimised Settings: DLSS 4.0 Balanced
10:56 Optimised Settings: Ray Tracing
11:16 Optimised Settings: Post-Processing
11:33 Optimised Settings: Texture Quality + VRAM Sliders
11:48 The Final Optimised Settings + Console-equivalent Settings
12:04 Optimised Settings: Performance Gains
12:45 Beast of Reincarnation Summary
13:34 And Now, The Conclusion