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[AgentOtaku]

How's performance?

Give me a sec and I'll let you know....

Huh, how does this affect performance? Did they improve it with the update too?

I played some of Ch.6 with the letterbox still on before I knew about the patch notes, and regretfully, the framerate is still spotty. As they said, "cosmetic changes," not performance. I'm imagining non letter boxing will be the same but I'll take a quick gander...

 

[KyleCross]

You got a source for that boss?

Because all signs point to that not being true.

Pretty sure he's right, boss. I've seen people running the fullscreen patch before and it looks to literally just removes that part of the HUD. Resident Evil 4 (one of Mikami's previous games, needless to say) did the same thing on Gamecube.

If the patch actually is more than a HUD motification then I am surprised and have been entirely wrong about the game, which I'll admit.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Game ruined, GG complainers.

edit: It's a toggle, GG complainers. Everybody wins!

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Downloading patch now, me am excited!

 

[KyleCross]

I am surprised people are this thrilled, this game had waaaaay more problems than the letterboxing.

 

[Sylvatica]

Just got the game yesterday.
What a nice surprise!

 

[Drencrom]

Pretty sure he's right, boss. I've seen people running the fullscreen patch before and it looks to literally just removes that part of the HUD. Resident Evil 4 (one of Mikami's previous games, needless to say) did the same thing on Gamecube.

If the patch actually is more than a HUD motification then I am surprised and have been entirely wrong about the game, which I'll admit.

Completely forgot about that in RE4. Could it be possible that Mikami just covered the game with HUD black bars here too...?

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

So the game is still getting updates I guess, now tell me about Tango's new game.

 

[-MD-]

I am surprised people are this thrilled, this game had waaaaay more problems than the letterboxing.

Performance and letterboxing were far and away the biggest complaints for people playing the console versions.

 

[the_batman]

If the patch actually is more than a HUD motification then I am surprised and have been entirely wrong about the game, which I'll admit.

It's now a toggle in the options!

well the FOV looks fine here.

 

[Erevador]

Downloading now. Will report back.

 

[liquidtmd]

Holy fuck, I had a backlog at the time and Alien scratched my horror vibe late last year. The thought of black bars were amongst my niggles of picking it up.

Its dirt cheap now and with this I'm gonna jump in! Some opinion of the performance post patch would be appreciated here

 

[Auto-Reply]

um, I JUST played this to see what was different about the patch and did NOT see this....

double checking now tho, so hold on

EDIT:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, IT'S TRUE!

It's now a toggle in the options!

That looks way better, forced letterboxing is the worst!

 

[joe2187]

Now I can actually play the fucking game

 

[Lucas Sparks]

Pretty sure he's right, boss. I've seen people running the fullscreen patch before and it looks to literally just removes that part of the HUD. Resident Evil 4 (one of Mikami's previous games, needless to say) did the same thing on Gamecube.

If the patch actually is more than a HUD motification then I am surprised and have been entirely wrong about the game, which I'll admit.

Hehe... This kind of makes me laugh. It's like arguing, "behind the camera is rendered at all times, it's not being culled/occluded out!!" So for proof you turn the camera around, "see!?".

(Also the light in your fridge is always on)

 

[StrongBlackVine]

I just finished the last 10 chapters about 2 weeks ago. This option would have been nice then, but I honestly didn't even notice the black bars while playing.

 

[Hesemonni]

Cool. I wanna play this on the PC, but my living room PC is still in the planning stages so PS4 it is!

 

[AgentOtaku]

Update:

Performance from what I played seems identical, so no better or worse. That being said, I legitimately feel the game looks substantially better now due to the expanded FOV

Seriously, i'm using this as an excuse to do my "No upgrade" playthrough (^____^)

 

[-MD-]

Cool. I wanna play this on the PC, but my living room PC is still in the planning stages so PS4 it is!

PC version is wayyy better than the console versions if you can hold out.

 

[Koyuga]

Now let's work on getting (optional) letterboxing added to other games.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

PC version is wayyy better than the console versions if you can hold out.

And if you can't hold out, double dip and get us a sequel or something.

 

[-MD-]

And if you can't hold out, double dip and get us a sequel or something.

Yeah that.

 

[TheSadRanger]

I dunno if it's because it hasn't updated in a while but I just checked for updates on PS4 for it and the patch is 4.6gb so it's pretty meaty.

 

[Sylvatica]

PC version is wayyy better than the console versions if you can hold out.

I dun goofed...

 

[the_batman]

Now let's work on getting (optional) letterboxing added to other games.

gyah ha ha ha ha.. gyah..

 

[SeanTSC]

Thank fucking god. Now I feel like actually replaying the game and doing Akumu mode and stuff. I loved TEW, best Survival Horror game since RE4 imo, but those ridiculous black bars were a real downer and ruined the FOV something fierce.

 

[Fleshfeast]

I dunno if it's because it hasn't updated in a while but I just checked for updates on PS4 for it and the patch is 4.6gb so it's pretty meaty.

You're probably getting another patch as well. My update on Xbox One was 72MB.

 

[NightShift]

Too bad I never want to touch that game again. Maybe if I see the dlc really cheap and I have nothing else to do.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

You're probably getting another patch as well. My update on Xbox One was 72MB.

Thats weird. My ps4 evil within was definitely up to date before this patch and I'm having to download 4.6 gig.

 

[Alfredo]

Wow. What a weird update with no fanfare. I guess this is a good excuse to replay the game. still never got around to the DLC

EDIT: started a replay of chapter 1, and the part where you swing your body to grab the knife is forced to letterbox, but then turns off after you grab the knife. So weird.

 

[Brandon F]

Awesome!

Game is still in my blacklog, I only put in a couple of chapters since I got it for Black Friday.

Same here. Its been waiting for me.

 

[Malcolm9]

I only completed this about a month ago, I may pick it up again and purchase the DLC which I never played. I really enjoyed the game.

I wonder if RAD could possibly do this with The Order at some point. Saying that the black bars in this game are far more claustrophobic compared to The Order.

 

[UltraJay]

The letterboxing, I read that for the PC version the "removal" was handled by just zooming into the main area until the letterbox disappeared or something along those lines.

I'm almost certain you were thinking about a previous thread about letterboxing. It had someone answer that the letter boxing can be "removed" even for the console versions if you had a superwide monitor at the same aspect ratio. The black bars still appeared until you used the monitor controls to zoom in until they were gone. It had nothing to do with the PC version but was a way for consoles to do it for games like Evil Within and The Order.

 

[JimmyRustler]

But does it make the game itself less shitty?

 

[KZObsessed]

Time for new game+ then!

 

[hiex_]

That's cool people have the option of taking away something they don't like, but I still stand behind it as an atmospheric and aesthetic contribution to the game.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Nice. Played and finished the game twice on 480p in order to get rid of the black bars by zooming in the picture on my TV. May have to play the game a third time now.

 

[gotstrangepowers]

That's awesome! The only thing I haven't completed is the final DLC. Is it worth playing?

 

[-MD-]

But does it make the game itself less shitty?

Glad you showed up.

That's awesome! The only thing I haven't completed is the final DLC. Is it worth playing?

Yeah give it a shot, a playthrough is under an hour but it's replayable.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Nice. Played and finished the game twice on 480p in order to get rid of the black bars by zooming in the picture on my TV. May have to play the game a third time now.

Thats hardcore. I'm glad the bars didn't bother me that much.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Too late for me. I've already finished the game and the singleplayer DLC's.

 

[RedEther]

aboutdamntime.gif

 

[DVCY201]

OH SNAP. Time to replay it again!

 

[Tapejara]

Holy shit, I was wondering what that update was for. So happy, the letterboxing + low framerate was too stressful on my eyes. I'll definitely go back and finish it now.

 

[schick85]

Only thing left for them is to fix the framerate and we're done.

 

[PensivePen]

Awesome! Great excuse to do another playthrough. One of my favorite three games of 2015.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Just tried it at the beginning. geez, the camera was already close to the player, the cropping is so much apparent when you pause the game as it uses a cropped widescreen view, it's crazy how much was cropped out as opposed to properly framing the the viewing area, it really did kill the FOV so badly.

Properly viewed widescreen would have added more information to the left and right if it had to be letterboxed.

Extremely cropped letterboxed, plus bobbing and weaving camera, plus iffy framerate, equals disorienting.

 

[Markitron]

This game had some massive problems, mostly that it got bad from Ch. 11 onwards, but the black bars are right up there too. They never felt like they suited the camera angle of the game and I felt like my vision was impaired, whereas they never bother me at all in The Order. I may actually give it another go if I see it cheap somewhere.

 

[Harlequin]

I wonder if RAD could possibly do this with The Order at some point. Saying that the black bars in this game are far more claustrophobic compared to The Order.

Definitely not without the performance (or the IQ) taking a hit. I'm not sure what's going on with TWE (but considering that the performance has been reported to be unchanged pre-/post-toggle, I'm going to assume that they actually render in full 1080p and merely add the black bars in post) but The Order is definitely being rendered in 1920x800 pixels so to make it 16:9 1080p you'd have to up the vertical resolution which would have an effect on the game's performance. They could, of course, do that thing where the image is rendered squished and then gets stretched out (what is that called again... anamorphic?) to get a non-letterboxed image witthout upping the rendering resolution but that would, obviously, have a negative effect on image quality.

 

[Arion]

Fuck, I just traded in the game. I guess I will wait for a Goty edition to play through it again.