Endless
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(Xbox One screens taken from a high-bitrate video, Xbox 360 ones are from a very compressed gameplay from YouTube)
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First Rise of the Tomb Raider Xbox 360 images released
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(Xbox One screens taken from a high-bitrate video, Xbox 360 ones are from a very compressed gameplay from YouTube)
Looks absolutely great on 360, I wonder how the performance will turn out and I hope DF will make an analysis on this version, too.
I am absolutely planning to do that. Unfortunately, we do not have the 360 version and will likely have to obtain it ourselves in order to do the comparison.
I'm almost finished with my XO coverage, though, which will go up on review day, I believe. This time the analysis video is...20 minutes long. So, yeah, lots to see.
Really looking forward to it, though your post from Just Cause regarding 1080p Xbone games and their performance could also be related to TR so I guess we can expect some dropped frames. I hope it's not too bad because I think the game looks absolutely gorgeous.
Is there a "not" missing? And yes, many last gen ports were just horrible. Not enough resources went into them, making the games even worse than they already are on the old hardware.
A developer makes a great port because:
a) they're given enough time
b) they're funded well enough
c) the current gen code-base isn't a mess
"giving a shit" doesn't do jack shit, I can assure you.
Basically what PC ports were last gen. Higher IQ, higher res, more detailed textures, more polygons, better lighting, better almost everything.
Xan Kriegor
Banned
Looks great! Not retiring my 360 just yet unless a good Xbone deal comes by this holiday season.
krameriffic
Member
Get out of here with your knowledge of software development. We want to shit on the developers who have to work with 8 year old hardware, janky legacy codebases, and generally being the redheaded stepchildren of the companies they work for.
Interesting thread. Now I know why ZhugEX was banned 
OT: screens looking almost identical (on my tiny phone lol). No really the X360 shots looking fine and if performance is above 25fps for the most time than all those (dozen) X360 owners will be happy TR players later this year. Nixxes seems to be a very talented studio
OT: screens looking almost identical (on my tiny phone lol). No really the X360 shots looking fine and if performance is above 25fps for the most time than all those (dozen) X360 owners will be happy TR players later this year. Nixxes seems to be a very talented studio
the_batman
Banned
Lara's looking good ;D
Dictator93
Member
LithiumSpade
Member
It's amazing. We've got so caught up in defending developers, people have gone way too far. This post is a great example, but I've seen it a lot recently - seems to be that people think there's no actual skill involved, and that had you given Beenox the same time, money and code as Bluepoint to port Titanfall to 360, or as Nixxes got for ROTTR, you would have got the same exact port.
Bollocks. I'm sure Beenox worked with some horrible restrictions yadda yadda yadda. But it still takes skill to port games, and every indication is that some studios demonstrate this to a far greater degree than others. Not saying "lazy devs", but regardless of the reasons for it, Beenox has done a shit job of porting BLOPS3. And had it been a better dev in that situation, with all of the other factors considered, we would have seen a better game. I'm absolutely certain of that. The screenshot where a tank has been replaced with a pathetic van just about sums up things.
Basically, to excuse shoddy port work also detracts from the astonishing efforts of those studios who consistently put out great ports. Nixxes is clearly fast becoming one of them, so give them the credit they're due.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
This is fantastic news for folks who haven't gotten the chance to jump on the new generation of consoles. As long as the game hasn't been altered or sections cut out of the game, it looks like Xbox 360 owners have a very worthwhile game here.
LithiumSpade
Member
An interview from a week or so back stated that the two versions were feature-identical or something of the sort, so I think it's all good. Wondering about performance though!
Edit: posted in this very topic! "No difference outside of graphical fidelity"
http://www.finder.com/rotr-xbox-one-vs-xbox-360
chronic_archaic
Member
I've played a bit of it. Performance seems solid, it doesn't look like it's dropping any frames though I'm only about 2 hours or so into it. And yeah, looks really good for the hardware.
What is going on here?
Neuromancer
Member
360 version looks surprisingly good actually.
chronic_archaic
Member
Minor spoiler
She just fell flat on her back and I guess sorta chilling? I guess it does look provocative but it's not at all.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
I am shocked by how similar it looks to Xbox One's version. They might claim otherwise, but i honestly believe if this had been a current gen only game, it would have looked even better. Many of the footage looks awesome, but there are definitely places you can clearly see the last gen on it, especially that snow hub area.
You say this, but then you see ports like Silent Hill collection where, obviously, neither the developer or publisher gave a shit. It was under development for longer than most ports, got delayed, and got a lot of post release patches, yet still looked and ran worse than a PS2 game.
Hell both SH2 and SH3 had excellent PC ports, but instead of taking that version and porting it like most other developers, they ported an unfinished PS2 build! You can't possibly say that they gave a shit, yet went ahead with that.
justsomeguy
Member
Making out with the invisible man.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
Banned
Looks really great for such old hardware.
Xan Kriegor
Banned
Exhaustion, all it is. This is Tomb Raider!
XxRampage07xX
Member
Woah those Xbox 360 screenshots look much better than I expected. If the frame rate is great too, I will eventually pick up this game.
chronic_archaic
Member
It is good. I would like to add the sound design is fantastic. I was hearing windchimes I wasn't sure were coming from the game or outside my house on my built in TV speakers. Can't imagine how nice it would be on my sound system. On the whole though, fantastic port. Rare frame drops during heavy destruction or explosions but on the whole, it's got me immersed as the first game. If you're still on last gen or don't have an Xbox One, I can't recommend it enough.
Chezzymann
Member
I think after all these bad ports people forgot that last gen games can look pretty good even for todays standards
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Here's a video of it,....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVLe4szAYs&feature=youtu.be
Yeah...it definitely look damn good.
The game is 720p though and X1 1080p, so i definitely expect to see that difference if you were to play them. Because if you now play the 2013 one on 360 and then DE, you will notice it for damn sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVLe4szAYs&feature=youtu.be
Yeah...it definitely look damn good.
The game is 720p though and X1 1080p, so i definitely expect to see that difference if you were to play them. Because if you now play the 2013 one on 360 and then DE, you will notice it for damn sure.
sixteen-bit
Member
That looks real good for a console that came out over a decade ago.
Inglorious_ Man
Member
It looks good on 360. Definitely a lot better than Black Ops 3.
It looks to run well and it looks great overall for a 360 game. Excellent port from what I can tell.
DustyVonEric
Member
360 version looking good right here.
Might just get this for 360, instead of waiting for the PS4 version to come out. Or at least get the 360 version on the cheap later on.
Might just get this for 360, instead of waiting for the PS4 version to come out. Or at least get the 360 version on the cheap later on.
I'm not defending Beenox nor am I discrediting Nixxes. BLOPS3 port looks like and probably is crap. But I assure you they probably put in 60+ hour work weeks making that version of the game. They didn't make a shit port because "they didn't care about the game" or because "they were lazy."
LithiumSpade
Member
I absolutely agree with you on that. Developers aren't lazy. I would love a DF interview with Beenox to find out what went on, but I guess for many reasons that'll never happen, sadly.
FunkyDealer
Banned
That looks like a really good port. Viewing the pictures on my phone, without blowing them up, it's actually hard to tell which is which.
I'm sure the difference is much greater when viewed in high bitrate on a big screen, though.
I look forward to play it on my Xbone.
I'm sure the difference is much greater when viewed in high bitrate on a big screen, though.
I look forward to play it on my Xbone.
