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DF - Control Console Analysis: A Brilliant Game But What's Up With Performance?
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Stilton Disco
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There is absolutely no excuse for this kind of performance on base consoles at this point in the generation.
It's the base level of hardware most of their customers will be playing on and something developers should know the capabilities of inside and out at this point.
You can argue that it's simply due to the systems being old and weak, which they are, obviously, but those are the only systems they're selling the game on, so I fail to see how that excuses their choice to ignore those hardware constraints and instead choose to make a game that runs like crap on anything other than a ridiculously expensive gaming PC only a tiny percentage of even PC gamers will own.
This focus on visuals over gameplay and complete lack of care for consumers just smacks of money grabbing underhandedness. It seems clear that the only consideration the publisher and devs had was that it looked as good as possible in trailers so they can trick people into buying it.
It's the base level of hardware most of their customers will be playing on and something developers should know the capabilities of inside and out at this point.
You can argue that it's simply due to the systems being old and weak, which they are, obviously, but those are the only systems they're selling the game on, so I fail to see how that excuses their choice to ignore those hardware constraints and instead choose to make a game that runs like crap on anything other than a ridiculously expensive gaming PC only a tiny percentage of even PC gamers will own.
This focus on visuals over gameplay and complete lack of care for consumers just smacks of money grabbing underhandedness. It seems clear that the only consideration the publisher and devs had was that it looked as good as possible in trailers so they can trick people into buying it.
xrnzaaas
Member
It... runs. NEXT!
Virex
Banned
Sad but most likely true
nowhat
Member
Well TBH, that's more quality control than what Valve does with Steam.
(the fact that some "games" can be sold without an executable is just beyond me)
nowhat
Member
Nah, they're Finns, they require booze and sauna.
....then again, being Finns, they probably have had copious amounts of both already.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
And THIS is why we need next-gen systems!