Immortals of Aveum 'HDR' removal after patch 1 for PS5 leaves players disappointed

Players who have recently started playing Immortals of Aveum are expressing their frustration regarding the game’s absence of HDR support on PlayStation 5.

Many reports have emerged on Reddit and various user forums, highlighting the disappointment caused by this shortfall.

Immortals of Aveum is pretty decent to me so far. It feels like Doom with magic. Only real complaint is that it doesn’t have HDR on PS5 & the resolution isn’t the highest (Source)

WHERE’S THE HDR FFS? The game looks washed out & flat. No HDR settings in 2023 is SHAMEFUL. No one should have to fk around with their console or TV settings with every game they play trying to make it look halfway decent. There aren’t even any display settings FFS. (Source)

Developed by Ascendant Studios and published by Electronic Arts, Immortals of Aveum is a first-person shooter game that was released on August 22, 2023.

It introduces a fresh approach to the RPG shooter genre, with a particular focus on next-gen consoles like PS5. Despite this emphasis, the game lacks a critical feature.

Based on recent reports (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), it’s evident that Immortals of Aveum is missing HDR support.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) support is crucial in modern video games to optimize the visual quality of the game’s graphics.

Players are asserting that the game initially included HDR support but it was subsequently removed in a recent patch.

So I started playing the game for a while on PS5 before the patch downloaded which had HDR enabled, then when the patch finished I installed it and noticed that HDR support was completely disabled for some reason. (Source)

Due to the absence of HDR support, players are noticing a drop in the visual quality of the game, failing to meet the promised standards.

Nevertheless, there is a method to restore the HDR support feature to the game. According to players who own physical copies of the game, they can relaunch it without installing the latest patch.

How come HDR was removed from PS5 w/ the day 1 patch? I had to reinstall the disc without the update to get it back. (Source)

At present, there have been no official statements regarding this matter.

We’ll keep track of the situation and post an update if and when there are any further developments on the matter.

Feature image source: Official EA website

PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. Want to know more about us? Head here.