GinoFelino
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Digital Foundry just uploaded their Dishonored 2 video analysis.
Overall: PS4 better than XB1 but not perfect. Both platforms suffer FPS drops during opening mission cutscene and some battles, and XB1 has a lower resolution than PS4 throughout. Both platforms employ a dynamic resolution, details of which can be found below.
PS4 Pro version is at 1440p, but no visual enhancements for 1080p TV owners whatsoever. Locked 30fps for the most part, though.
The weirdest thing about the PS4 Pro version is that the only way to get 1440 downsampled to 1080p is to start the game in 4K and switch to 1080p with the game still running. No downsampling will occur at all for 1080p TV owners. This is likely a bug.
PC version optimisation still underwhelming, even on high-end graphics cards. It does feature better shadows and AO, plus improved textures in cutscenes.
EDIT:
XBO: 1280x900 - 1600x900 TAA
PS4: 1700x1080 - 1920x1080 TAA (dynamic resolution drops rarely observed)
PS4 Pro: 2560x1440 TAA with 2160p output selected, otherwise 1080p native
Thanks Shin-Ra
EDIT 2:
The written analysis has just been posted.
Conclusion below.
Dave stacks up three console versions of Dishonored 2 - plus the highly underwhelming PC build, which still can't hold 1080p60 on a Titan X Pascal, despite the arrival of a new patch.
Overall: PS4 better than XB1 but not perfect. Both platforms suffer FPS drops during opening mission cutscene and some battles, and XB1 has a lower resolution than PS4 throughout. Both platforms employ a dynamic resolution, details of which can be found below.
PS4 Pro version is at 1440p, but no visual enhancements for 1080p TV owners whatsoever. Locked 30fps for the most part, though.
The weirdest thing about the PS4 Pro version is that the only way to get 1440 downsampled to 1080p is to start the game in 4K and switch to 1080p with the game still running. No downsampling will occur at all for 1080p TV owners. This is likely a bug.
PC version optimisation still underwhelming, even on high-end graphics cards. It does feature better shadows and AO, plus improved textures in cutscenes.
EDIT:
XBO: 1280x900 - 1600x900 TAA
PS4: 1700x1080 - 1920x1080 TAA (dynamic resolution drops rarely observed)
PS4 Pro: 2560x1440 TAA with 2160p output selected, otherwise 1080p native
Thanks Shin-Ra
EDIT 2:
The written analysis has just been posted.
Conclusion below.
Overall, Dishonored 2 works out nicely enough for PS4 and Xbox One owners. There's no argument that this is a beautiful-looking game with a highly distinct visual style, and that the idTech underpinnings work out nicely in scaling resolution while not impacting image quality to a noticeably distracting degree. The PC version offers the best visual feature set and perhaps in time, it will overcome its profound performance issues, but right now, at least the console versions don't present too many issues that distract you from a phenomenal experience.
With that said though, the performance level is questionable at times - it's easier to forgive 20fps frame-rate drops during non-interactive cut-scenes, but the situation gets fraught when careful traversal through an enemy-infested area goes horribly wrong. The more enemies that rush to attack you, the more dire your peril, and the worse the game reacts to user input. Meanwhile, the collapsing frame-rate gives you less visual feedback, making it even harder to handle the situation. Some might say that it's as good a reason as any to play the game 'properly', using stealth and taking down targets only when required and preferably in one-on-one scenarios, but 20fps gameplay isn't really acceptable under any circumstances.
Perhaps inevitably bearing in mind the additional horsepower on offer, it's PlayStation 4 Pro that offers up the best console experience - there's a resolution boost for those with 4K displays and performance is generally smoother overall. However, we would hope to see super-sampling instated for users with full HD screens - there's no performance penalty that we could see and it would make a beautiful game look even better.