Sony has listed all the ways to play God of War Ragnarök. Should players choose the Favor Performance mode or the Favor Resolution (aka quality) mode on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Pro?
God of War Ragnarök offers almost as many graphics modes as there are Norse gods and goddesses, as developer Santa Monica Studio revealed Wednesday night on Twitter. There are more options available in the PlayStation 5 version than on PlayStation 4, and if you want to get the best possible experience, you’ll need to have your PS5 hooked up to a cutting-edge TV. Luckily, a number of Polygon staffers have been playing God of War Ragnarök for the past couple of weeks, so while our full technical analysis piece is coming soon, we can give you some quick thoughts on how to choose from the wide array of graphics settings.
Let’s start with the PS5 version, which offers two graphics modes: “Favor Resolution” (which prioritizes image quality over frame rate) and “Favor Performance” (the default, which prioritizes frame rate over image quality). There’s also a separate “High Frame Rate Mode” toggle, which will be available only if your console is connected to a display that has an HDMI 2.1 port and a 120 Hz panel. And if your TV also supports variable refresh rate (VRR), that HDMI 2.
