http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-dark-souls-3-face-off
Some choice quotes:
EDIT: Also worth pointing out...
Some choice quotes:
EDIT: Also worth pointing out...
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Digital Foundry Face-Off: Dark Souls III (Xbox One vs. PS4)
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Coulomb_Barrier
Member
For Digital Foundry to say the PS4 version is the 'clear' choice, read: performance on XB1 must be horrendous.
Cos it takes a hell of a lot for them to suggest one console version is clearly better than the other even when the resolution is 900p v 1080p and ignoring framerate and everything else.
Cos it takes a hell of a lot for them to suggest one console version is clearly better than the other even when the resolution is 900p v 1080p and ignoring framerate and everything else.
Insane Metal
Member
So basically this generation's trend.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
It's not stable on either of the consoles. Saw some streams with some ugly slowdowns on the PS4 version.
Nothing doing. It just wasn't going to happen, but it's about the level you'd expect after playing Bloodborne.
Newtype-001
Member
Nice to see the ps4 is solid even with the crappy frame pacing on both systems.
Edit:
Only for 5hours in it seems, hopefully the rest of the game keeps up.
Terbinator
Member
Given the res difference this has to be one of the closest looking in the IQ department. Embarrassing neither of these are 60FPS though.
Edited my post to include some details on this.
The Xbox version is perfectly fine. Anyone on the fence, relax.
"In such a sprawling game, we can't rule out another Blight Town situation popping up down the line - an area infamous for its 10fps drops on last-gen. However, the prospects after five hours of playing Dark Souls 3 are very positive, and we'll be sure to update this piece if anything particularly egregious crops up."
No info where in particular, but they will update if they discover something troubling further down the line.
In the video they said that because game is still 3 weeks from release in West, they dont want to spoil it with more footage.
I'm thinking this too.
Or the objectively better hardware, perhaps?
chronic_archaic
Member
Not the CPU
In any case, From always has been flakey with optimization so no surprise even the PS4 can't handle a stable 30
Well, that, and if they have the same press thing I have then they aren't allowed to either
(Which I think is a very good thing FWIW)
Well isn't it the cpu the same? :/ I doubt a slight overclock make an huge difference...Not the CPU
In any case, From always has been flakey with optimization so no surprise even the PS4 can't handle a stable 30
UnrealEck
Member
I own both versions, and the Xbone version is far from 'horrendous'. The resolution difference is of course noticeable, and I've already mentioned the performance on XBone doesn't match the PS4 version, but it's far from horrendous.
I'd also like to know what version DF tested on each system, because the NA/EU Xbone version is still at '1.00', while the JP PS4 version is patched to '1.01' which contains performance fixes supposedly.
SictorVullivan
Member
Must be, it is still present in Bloodborne one year later, and this uses the same engine.
I just hope the frame pacing isn't present on PC.
chronic_archaic
Member
It doesn't, I was just being cheeky.
plasmawave
Banned
Are you talking about the pre-release DS3 stream? Cuz right now there's a glitch that slows down the game while playing it in offline mode.
Agreed on the performance. We started with Xbox One and had a decent experience there, though PS4 definitely irons out the kinks.
We played the JP PS4 and Xbox One versions - patched to 1.01.
GeordieMark
Member
You're both wrong then. It performs miles better than 'game of last gen' Dark Souls,
It's really not that bad at all, for a Souls game.
thelastword
Banned
Constant drops to mid 20's on the XB1 during play, with dips to as low as 22fps as per the video. That pixel crawl on foliage is awful on the XB1 version too, looks very grainy in comparison to the PS4 version. That can't be just the rez differences can it?...........
VolticArchangel
Member
Phew. Hope it stays that way for most of the areas. Also, any framepacing worries since it's the BB engine? Will be getting this on PS4 initially and double dip on PC during the summer.
Triggerhappytel
Member
This is what I was going to say. It's rare that they offer such a strong verdict for one console over the other.
Hopefully they fix this on all plattforms, if From figures out whats wrong.
But I was not really bothered with Bloodbornes performance, it was mainly good IMO. And I'm quite sensitive noticing graphical hiccups.
I feel some are missing this :
and just focusing on one word.
When was the last time it was a clear choice that the PS4 was the better version?
This is what some of us are saying... If horrendous is too strong a word..how about worse.
and just focusing on one word.
When was the last time it was a clear choice that the PS4 was the better version?
This is what some of us are saying... If horrendous is too strong a word..how about worse.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Xbone got boned on this it seems. Lower resolution and lower framerate.
I had to pause and re read the article.
SictorVullivan
Member
Yeah, I didn't find it to be a problem myself in Bloodborne, I'm just hoping that having the framerate at 60fps might negate this issue on PC? We'll find out soon enough.
Luc1fersBeard
Member
I'm about 16-17 hours into the game on Xbox One. Sometimes the frames can dip and it can be quite noticeable. However, nothing has hindered my experience of the game. These comments about performance being horrendous is just pure bullshit. It plays brilliantly and looks great.
Setting your expectations a bit high are we? Bloodborne wasn't 60 either...
Aceofspades
Banned
This happened a lot lately.
That graphical quality with levels that big just ain't happening at 60FPS on current gen consoles.
To be fair performance it's quite stable on ps4. Never happened with them on console in the past generation. The real problem it's the stupid frame pacing issue. It's out of my mind how they haven't yet fixed this idiocy.Not the CPU
In any case, From always has been flakey with optimization so no surprise even the PS4 can't handle a stable 30
Backfoggen
Banned
From leaving some work for XB1.5
You have people saying "because of the words 'clear choice' you'll have people calling it horrendous on Xbox" and because of that statement you already have people saying "it's being called horrendous" when no ones really called it horrendous yet.
It's like a Klein bottle or sommit.
It's like a Klein bottle or sommit.