Resident Evil 7 Biohazard has now got a demo available for PC users through Steam.
I know, we’re a few days late reporting this, but hey, I had to wait five months for the demo. No hard feelings though, because PC users now have access to the demo!
The Steam update page shows a list of graphic settings that will be available in the PC version, quite a list.
- Screen Resolution…self-explanatory here, but the game will list arbitrary resolutions supported by your monitor and Windows desktop environment.
- Refresh Rate…adjustable to frequencies supported by your monitor. Also supports 144Hz high refresh monitors including Nvidia G-Sync.
- Display Mode…Full screen, Windowed ,and Borderless Window modes are supported. (*Borderless Window mode removed from demo due to a last-minute bug. To be fixed and added in the final product.)
- Field of View…FOV angle can be adjusted here
- Frame Rate…supports 30, 60, and Variable (uncapped)
- V-Sync…ON/OFF
- Rendering Method…Two options available – Normal and Interlaced
- Resolution Scaling…controls the game’s internal rendering resolution. This is akin to upscaling and downsampling of the final video output. Selectable option ranges from 0.5X to 2.0X. 1.0X is 100% 1:1 native output. The higher the number, the better the image quality and more GPU ‘oomph’ required, while lowering it below 1.0 makes the image softer (but also reduces GPU overhead and increases frame rate).
- Texture Quality…option ranges from Very Low to Very High. Higher quality requires additional local video memory.
- Texture Filtering…option ranges from Very Low to Very High. Internally, this is essentially your Trilinear to Anisotropic filter that goes all the way up to 16X.
- Mesh Quality…option ranges between Low to Very High. This option also affects Level-of-Detail (LOD) quality.
- Anti-Aliasing…Selectable options include FXAA, TAA, FXAA+TAA, and SMAA.
- Motion Blur…ON/OFF toggle
- Effects Rendering…Selectable between Low, Medium and High. This controls the intensity and density of certain visual effects.
- Depth of Field…ON/OFF toggle
- Shadow Quality…option ranges from Very Low to Very High.
- Dynamic Shadows…ON/OFF toggle
- Shadow Cache…ON/OFF toggle. When set to ON, shadows for static objects will be cached in video memory.
- Ambient Occlusion…Selectable options include OFF, SSAO (Variable), SSAO, and HBAO+. Note HBAO+[www.geforce.com] is an advanced feature from Nvidia.
- Bloom Effect…ON/OFF toggle
- Lens Flare…ON/OFF toggle
- Volumetric Lighting Quality…Selectable between OFF, Low, and High. This option controls intensity and quality of dynamic lighting including light shafts piercing through window panes and vents.
- Reflections…Selectable between ON, OFF, and Variable. Affects fidelity and quality of screen-space reflections.
- Subsurface Scattering…ON/OFF toggle
- Chromatic Aberration…ON/OFF toggle
- Color Space…Selectable between SRGB and BT.709
The demo has been available for PS4 users since June, and then the Xbox One demo came out earlier this month. The demo has had three updates since being live on the PS4. The first two updates were released in September, and the third update came about this month.
The updates merely served as a content filler, bringing new areas to explore, and secrets, keeping the players wanting to keep coming back to the demo, reminding them that the game is coming out in the new year.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard’s demo is available on Steam now, and will see the games full release apparently in January 2017 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Below is the trailer for the “Lantern” gameplay trailer.
Source: Resident Evil 7 Steam Page
