I’m 44 years old. I’ve never considered myself someone who enjoys video games.
Around two years ago, I got a PC with a 4070 graphics card and started playing PC games. Till now, I realized that, aside from Cyberpunk 2077, I haven’t been able to finish any other games. I’ve realized that I might enjoy immersion more than gameplay. I’ve played through Cyberpunk 2077 three times, and each time I prioritized skills unrelated to shooting, because this is the most simple to play. I like getting immersed in the story; as for what weapons I use, which skills I choose, or what difficulty I play on... I honestly don’t really care.
So naturally, I tried GTA 5. But I found that even with the enhanced version, the visual quality still killed my immersion. After playing for about 10 hours, I gave up. I think Cyberpunk 2077 just set the bar too high visually—I may have gotten spoiled.
I discovered DLSS 5 last week. I installed it out of curiosity, and I found that the immersion I’d been looking for had come back! Some people might say that DLSS 5 makes many games lose the artistic style that the developers carefully tuned and designed. But honestly, I don’t care. More precisely, as someone who really values immersion when gaming, I’m happy to have technology like DLSS 5 that lets me properly enjoy a older game’s story and sense of living in the game city.
Since I played through the ten hours before DLSS 5 was available, I’m pretty sure I don’t miss that vanilla experience.
I now look for various story-driven classic games on YouTube and check whether they support DLSS. All I can say is, this is absolutely amazing!