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Naughty Dog's Uncharted: The Lost Legacy launches tomorrow and it's well worth checking out - we've already posted our take on the title, but with refinements to our video workflow combined with some useful tools provided in-game by the developer itself, we can push the game's presentation to the next level. On this page, we've posted a video of The Lost Legacy's PS4 Pro 4K output, in full HDR and running at 60 frames per second. Before we go on, we've got to stress that this isn't real-time gameplay - just like Uncharted 4, it's a 30fps title - but regardless, it still looks absolutely beautiful.Thanks to YouTube's recent implementation of HDR support, we now have the means to distribute high dynamic range content on a robust, global platform - but there's a catch. Specifically, it's all about support for the format. As far as we're aware, viewing HDR content on YouTube right now is only possible via streaming with Chromecast Ultra, or else accessing the video on the YouTube app for higher-end Samsung displays (last year's KS and the recent MU line-up should do the trick). Alternatively, supporters of the Digital Foundry Patreon can head on over to digitalfoundry.net, download the 2.34GB file, copy it to a USB stick and run it on an HDR display directly. Alternatively, Xbox One S and Shield Android TV owners should be able to watch the video with no problem.
Non-HDR users watching on YouTube get a tone-mapped version of the video, effectively converting the content to standard dynamic range. You still get a great presentation though, with the full 60fps frame-rate in effect. Regular Digital Foundry readers may remember that we've pulled off this trick before, showing Uncharted 4 running at 1080p60. The methodology for The Lost Legacy is the same: game modifiers include the same slow motion mode found in the older game. We capture with this in effect, then run the footage at double-speed, giving a silky-smooth, game-changing presentation.
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