Introduction

“Remnant II” is a third-person shooter action RPG, a sequel to “Remnant: From the Ashes.” Players face deadly creatures and tough bosses in terrifying worlds, solo or coop with up to three players. Gameplay is designed to be souls-like, so you have to rely on skill and teamwork to stop evil and save humanity from extinction. Procedurally generated levels, branching quest lines, and unique loot enhance exploration and replayability.

Remnant II is the first game to use Epic’s new Unreal Engine 5, which was first announced on May 13, 2020. UE5 supports multiple platforms, including PC and next-gen consoles such as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. One of the highlights of Unreal Engine 5 is Nanite, a technology that allows developers to import ultra-high-resolution assets directly into the engine, resulting in incredibly detailed and realistic game environments without the need for manual LOD creation. It streamlines the development process and enhances visual fidelity for a more immersive gaming experience. The second major feature of Unreal Engine 5 is Lumen, which provides dynamic global illumination. This feature is not supported by Remnant II. While the game uses DirectX 12 exclusively, as expected, there is no support for ray tracing, but all the upscalers are present: DLSS, FSR, XeSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation.

This benchmark review will evaluate the performance of Remnant II on a wide selection of modern graphics cards, show image quality comparisons and look at what’s required in terms of VRAM usage.