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Digital Foundry: "The Evil Within 2: The Complete PC And Xbox One Analysis"
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GavinUK86
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-the-evil-within-2-shines-on-ps4-but-xbox-one-and-pc-fall-short
Yup. That's my experience with it.
Fantastic game, terrible PC port.
This is how I've been playing it. It's still got framepacing issues and a fair bit of stuttering when areas pop in, but it's playable. But a PC game should not HAVE to be locked down to 30fps to play properly.
Yup. That's my experience with it.
Fantastic game, terrible PC port.
This is how I've been playing it. It's still got framepacing issues and a fair bit of stuttering when areas pop in, but it's playable. But a PC game should not HAVE to be locked down to 30fps to play properly.
texhnolyze
Banned
What? Isn't that way worse than the KT ports? How is that even possible?
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
"even with an overclocked i7 and the mighty Titan Xp... running at 720p."
And they expect people buying at full price.
And they expect people buying at full price.
abracadaver
Member
What? My framerate never dropped below 60fps in 1440p with ultra details. Whenever I looked at the counter it was around 75fps and I didn't even install the new drivers.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
So Xbox One version is not too great now. Definitely needs a One X patch.
djplaeskool
Member
I had heard the PC version of this was a hot mess, but woof.
Astral Dog
Member
Seems like the PS4 vanilla is most solid
GhostTrick
Banned
That is, to get the game running at a perfect 60fps without a single drop though. It doesn't mean the game is as demanding as requiring a Titan XP.
Maintenance
Member
texhnolyze
Banned
But it's reviewing well on Steam, 92% positive. How would people know that the port is bad in this case?
People just have no interest in the game.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Yeah, the PC port is pretty crummy. Having to cap it at 30fps at 1080p is a bummer. At least I got it for half the price, though.
I'm about halfway through the game. I'm going to stop where I am and start up South Park and see if they release any performance patches before I continue.
I'm about halfway through the game. I'm going to stop where I am and start up South Park and see if they release any performance patches before I continue.
Yeah I agree, but it's not too big a deal. Helps get info out faster I presume.
Sucks the PC version is bad. Hopefully it gets patched
Same, zero microstutter at 1080/30p at max settings with a 970.
MikeBison
Member
Yeah, i've given up on fiddling with settings. Trying to get 1440/60 at medium settings with a Ryzen 1600/GTX1080 and no dice. Hits it often enough but there's so many micro stutters and lock ups particularly during cutscenes.
Really disappointing PC port, but really enjoy the game.
Whereas I'm getting 1440/60/high-ultra with Shadow of War. Thought it was WB ports that were meant to be bad.
Really disappointing PC port, but really enjoy the game.
Whereas I'm getting 1440/60/high-ultra with Shadow of War. Thought it was WB ports that were meant to be bad.
GavinUK86
Member
"When you first begin, a splash screen appears indicating that this game has been created using the so-called STEM Engine - powered by id Tech. There is very little information available on this technology but the words "powered by id Tech" also adorn the logo for Arkane's own VOID Engine which, according to one if its creators, was derived from id Tech 6, while id Tech engineer Tiago Souza has confirmed elements of his Doom 2016 work within the new Evil Within."
It seems to be a blend of ID5 and 6.
It's the only way to do it while breaking up the work into reasonable chunks. I received the game several days early on PS4 which is why the first video could go up when it did. I wanted to make sure it was clear that the PS4 version was solid this time.
My guess is that they started from the work they did on the original game and worked to improve it for the sequel. I'm sure id Software was able to help with certain features hence Tiago's comment.
MaximusPayne
Member
Makes sense. Have another video comparing all versions as the X version isn't out yet. I'm mean they are doing a good job covering all bases with most games. I just hope when they do the X comparison that the Pro will have a patch by then, too.
I mean the original TEW had similar issues at launch. And even after patches, the game has framepacing issues at 60fps on some CPU's (unless you use external software).
Hope this game bomb everywhere else, trash dev and publishers don't deserve a penny.
Wait, what?
What are you on about? The game is great on PS4 and should be excellent on Xbox One X and hopefully Pro.
It's just the PC version which has issues. It's a fantastic game.
MikeBison
Member
Uncalled for.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
I was going to buy on PC, but not anymore. will wait for sub $10
No? You can still get a better experience on PC just locking it to 30 and playing at 4K.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Granted I'm also not buying this until the PS4 Pro patch comes out, but that's just needlessly harsh.
Lord British
Member
Get a grip.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Man you make video game enthusiast look terrible.
MaximusPayne
Member
The salt is strong in this one
Nah she'll be right. TNO wasn't that bad and if it's like DooM (they share the same engine) it'll be fine. Plus MachineGames have a commitment to 60 fps AND they've already confirmed arbitrary framer ate on top of that. Oh and the PC version is where they primarily are testing the game.
Source: www.wccftech.com/wolfenstein-ii-uncapped-pc-framerate/amp/
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Is there a PC performance thread?
Has anyone here managed to fix this, by the way? I've kept up with the PC thread and spent a lot of time this weekend trying to overcome the bad frame-times. It basically does run at 60fps but it doesn't FEEL like it due to those stutters which you can see on the frame-time graph from Afterburner.
It needs a proper exclusive fullscreen mode, for one thing.
It needs a proper exclusive fullscreen mode, for one thing.
TNO's PC port was far better than EW2's. Yeah, it was using id Tech 5 so it was limited to 60 FPS, but performance wasn't bad. My biggest complaint is that it's impossible to keep the game at 16x anisotropic filtering without keybinds.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Dat ending clip with the RE2 voiceovers... nice!
GhostTrick
Banned
thehillissilent
Member
I have the following specs and I have been running the game at an unlocked framerate using Ultra setting at 720p in a window averaging 130fps.
Intel i7 7700k
16GB RAM
GTX 1080
I'm very disappointed by performance. I'm hoping for a patch.
Intel i7 7700k
16GB RAM
GTX 1080
I'm very disappointed by performance. I'm hoping for a patch.
It's mostly fine at 30fps but I still get those spikes. As I said, even just sitting at the pause menu, you can see them appear on the frame-time graph.
CPU and GPU usage are all very low, no background processes interfering and game is running from an SSD. It's baffling as I'd rather play it on the PC.
Tried it and it didn't solve it for me.
shit developers make themselves look terrible, they learn nothing from the first game and release another turd port and expect ppl to pay full price, whats more to say. I don't see how or any reason why anyone would back them, guess thats how shitty developers manage to stick around cause people keep paying them for broken pc ports.