Ubisoft has today patched official PS5 Pro support into Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, allowing it to run at 60 frames-per-second in its Quality Mode. The internal resolution has been increased when running on Sony's enhanced system, and PSSR is also in effect. PS5 Pro owners will experience "better quality and performance", Ubisoft explains in a blog post.
The patch weighs in at 18GB, and also brings support for the game's second expansion to all players, named Secrets of the Spire. It costs £15.99 / $19.99 standalone, or you can get it as part of the season pass. The DLC takes place after the events of the base game and introduces a new area to explore, along with further story quests, new skills, and extra weapons.
"Encounter new aerial threats and master your abilities to overcome them" and "Interact with new flora and wildlife and discover new ways of gathering and traversal". For anyone playing, the new quest you will need to start the DLC is called Anufi's Favor.
When tech experts Digital Foundry ran its piece on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora at launch last year, it found the Quality Mode on base PS5 to output at anywhere between 1296p and 1800p. Those resolutions now run at 60fps, and the PS5 Pro's PSSR feature could improve it further.
In our Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PS5 review, we awarded an 8/10 rating and praised its immersive world and blend of exploration and crafting. "The level of detail is second to none, and fans of the series will have a whale of a time spotting little references here or there to the mainline films." Will you play Avatar on PS5 Pro? Let us know in the comments below.
[source ubisoft.com]
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Don't you have to buy the DLC to even to play the base game?
Is good patch or is bad patch? Game is on a decent-ish sale right now via PS Plus £28
Image Quality overall is greatly improved over the old performance mode but all bodies of water now have a truly awful shimmering akin to how Silent Hill 2 looked before it’s recent patch.
Not a good enough improvement and is becoming a theme with Massive and their pro patches so far.
This game is a weird one for me as I got super into wandering around it's world as a distraction from the death of my best mate at the time. It's a bittersweet feeling as a result every time I see it mentioned. I think it's a testament to a fantastically absorbing environment though, being one of the best Ubisoft have ever done.
I've been holding off playing it for the Pro patch and I'm glad to hear it's basically quality mode at 60fps - that's awesome! Much less happy to here that this is another game with weird PSSR issues (thanks, @DonJorginho). Hope they fix this quickly but knowing Massive it might be some time yet.
After the Starwars Outlaws patch I don’t have high hopes for this one!
I "super" hope its a decent patch because ive been "super" waiting to play this again (god i hate the overuse of the word "super")
@Jrs1 Hope you’ve had a super day chap 🍻
@Oram77 Not at all, I have the base game and not the DLC.
Though with the season pass being on sale at the moment I may pick it up.
I've had this game for about a year and not got around to playing it yet. I think it is one of the few third party games on ps5 to use the 40 fps mode? I have a LG C1 so will play it in that mode i think. So far I haven't felt the need to get a ps5 pro and dosent seem worth it to me personally, and my TV is only 48 inch so even in lower resolution it still looks good. I might still get a pro though at a later date or just wait for ps6.
@DonJorginho Yeah man im like super stoked and super pumped 😃
Apparently it has the same shimmering/flickering on ambient occlusion, water and fog as Silent Hill 2 has.. not a good time for PS5 Pro updates or PSSR.
@Oram77 i don't even know why you would think that....weird
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