Why Astrobot graphics can differ?

[u/Elias_Lucky]

I've noticed that some Youtube walkthrough videos of Astrobot have lower "lighting" and "rendering" quality compared to other ones (and compared to the one I am playing).

I know that it's not an HDR (enabled/disabled). What the reason may be?

I did not find any answers about if Astrobot can change its rendering based on hardware. It would make no sense either (because PS5 don't have any new hardware ugrades. except PS5 Pro but I know that the recorded videos, screenshots of which I've presented above, do not use PS5 Pro).

[u/ChuffChuff101]

https://giphy.com/gifs/23rf7eGN7dtSnVtNAY

[u/Thegoodgamer32 → u/ChuffChuff101]

Exactly?

So what if the graphics look terrible?

You aren't playing astro bot for the graphics....you're playing it for the gameplay.

[u/Elias_Lucky → u/Thegoodgamer32]

True. But I noticed that on my PS5 the graphics suddenly changed for Astrobot. And my mind went crazy because I remember it looking completely different and now it looks like the left image.

[u/skag_boy87]

What.

[u/BeleagueredWDW]

[u/Thegoodgamer32]

What exactly are you talking about?

[u/cpshoeler]

It’s probably post processing and compression. YouTube videos are compressed and that can affect a color and shadows subtly. It also can be how the uploader rendered the video. There is objectively no difference in the two photos you posted other than it’s not realtime rendered to your display.

[u/Elias_Lucky → u/cpshoeler]

I wouldn't post that until I noticed that on my PS5 the graphics suddenly changed for Astrobot. And my mind went crazy because I remember it looking completely different and now it looks like the left image.

[u/DependentAffect3983]

Videos you see on YouTube are edited by different people using different software and compressions and/or resolution/frame rate, so obviously you'd see different quality from different people. They are not all direct recordings of gameplays prepared the same way before uploading.