DigitalFoundry: Prey + Dishonored: FPS Boost Is A Game-Changer For Xbox Series X|S - And It's Not Just About 60fps
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To be fair, he had to reverse engineer how DS3 handles arbitrary framerates on PS4 and then back port that onto Bloodborne to make it work. It was a bit more complicated than just UNLUCKFPS=TRUE.
I got a warning in another thread because I failed to specifiy that I'm a PS5 owner while sardonically reveling in the fact that obsidian thew sony a bone one last time with their 60fps boost to outer worlds before committing to microsoft 100%. But these fps boosts are great reminders that when i finally do grab a series x i'll have a lot to look forward to lmao.
Count me in the jealous camp but , I'm happy people get to experience these games in their optimal form.
Also John's french is sexy as FUCK OMG
Count me in the jealous camp but , I'm happy people get to experience these games in their optimal form.
Also John's french is sexy as FUCK OMG
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That would have undermined Demons Souls, plus how else will Sony be able to have a Bloodborne remake for when the PS6 launches :p
hah, so i´m not the only one who got puzzled by the forced french version of dishonored on the series x!
fwiw, I fixed it by changing all my language and location settings to English and US (was English & Austria) and redownloading the game.
and yes, the load times are a game changer.
fwiw, I fixed it by changing all my language and location settings to English and US (was English & Austria) and redownloading the game.
and yes, the load times are a game changer.
This is great but also just serves as a reminded of how good a remastered Dishonored + Dishonored 2 pack would be. They're both still fantastic games and really haven't aged in terms of gameplay, DH1 with just some texture/effects upgrade to 4k/60 especially would be great.
Then again I have a PS5 so no promise we would get it regardless. :(
Then again I have a PS5 so no promise we would get it regardless. :(
I played through (and LOVED) both Prey and the Dishonored series on PC but man alive all the back tracking and loading of different areas of Prey and having to deal with long load times on older consoles... I can't imagine how frustrating that would have been.
Well yes, but the point is that he was able to do it - one dude with a chipped console. An actual team of devs, I'm sure, wouldn't find it too much of a challenge.
Amazing job once again by the BC team at Microsoft.
Arkane is one of my favourite developers and both Dishonored and Prey deserve all the love.
The loading time are also interesting and makes me thing the long loading times have different root causes in the two games.
Prey is probably CPU limited so it's not getting an incredible boost out of the new SSD, while Dishonored was well optimised already and can load as fast as the SSD can provide the data (which matches my experience on fast NVMe drive on PC as well).
There are technical reasons and issues as to why Bloodborne has been mostly abandoned (so far) sadly.
I'd be surprised if at some point it's not revived as a lot of people even internally are pushing for that as well, but it's not as easy as most next gen upgrades for sure.
Arkane is one of my favourite developers and both Dishonored and Prey deserve all the love.
The loading time are also interesting and makes me thing the long loading times have different root causes in the two games.
Prey is probably CPU limited so it's not getting an incredible boost out of the new SSD, while Dishonored was well optimised already and can load as fast as the SSD can provide the data (which matches my experience on fast NVMe drive on PC as well).
There are technical reasons and issues as to why Bloodborne has been mostly abandoned (so far) sadly.
I'd be surprised if at some point it's not revived as a lot of people even internally are pushing for that as well, but it's not as easy as most next gen upgrades for sure.
I played some Prey last night, it's like a whole new game.
I hope they keep up the weekly updates
I hope they keep up the weekly updates
This is so dope! Can't wait to play these games!
Game Pass might help a bit with that actually as you would get access to a ton of games from as early as the OG Xbox that way.
Weirdly enough that mode runs on Unreal Engine instead of Cry Engine.
I'm guessing that's why the work done on the base game didn't carry over.
I'm a dork and looked up John's LinkedIn to see what languages he speaks. He's got French professional working proficiency. What a show off.
Microsoft back compat team are absolute wizards. How are they so much better at this than everyone else.
Based on my time with stuff like Far Cry 4, Dishonored, and Watch Dogs 2, it's effing amazing having effectively zero load time on games like this. Quick travel being immediate still feels like a surprise each time I do it. This generation just keeps on giving.
Absolutely bonkers. Prey at 60fps with ~10 second load times is going to feel like a genuine remaster
Jumped back into Prey last night and it felt sublime....but because I am 8-10 huors into the game, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing hahahaha. Probably need to start over.
Also, Skyrim feels amazing with 60fps and sub 10 second load times. burned through a bunch of that yesterday and today. Xbox is killing it with this type of stuff.
Also, Skyrim feels amazing with 60fps and sub 10 second load times. burned through a bunch of that yesterday and today. Xbox is killing it with this type of stuff.
It should be working automatically. But if you go in the game and press the home button, at the top right where it usually says Auto HDR, there should be a new badge there with it that says FPS Boost
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If you manage the game on the Xbox, you should see a Compatibility menu. Go into that and you will see the options.
If you want great performance in older games, what you actually want is a PC.
whatever they did completely changed how Prey plays for me. it was a struggle to aim last time i tried. feels much better now.
is there anything planned for dishonored2?
on sony side hoping for 60fps patches for horizon and death stranding. sleeping on those too in case they get updated.
is there anything planned for dishonored2?
on sony side hoping for 60fps patches for horizon and death stranding. sleeping on those too in case they get updated.
Yeah I didn't even know all of this was a thing while playing on PC. I saved and reloaded a lot on an SSD and it was quick. Awesome that console people can now experience that too.
Well, he compares bc on Xbox to Playstation, also from what I witnessed in real life most console folks can't care less about PC.
Well what each person wants is really up to each person. I can afford a beefy PC but simplicity of buying a console is better for me. Now finding one is another challenge. Lol
45+ second load times were a major influence on my decision to get into high end PC gaming, during the 360/PS3 generation.
It's great that fast loading has come to consoles.
It gives heavy Bioshock/System Shock 2 vibes. Check it out.
Prey at 60fps and lacking noticeable input lag is absolutely saving the console version of the game for me, which I've owned since the first time it went on sale in 2017. I never could stand playing it before but now it's excellent. Auto-HDR seems to be working great on it, too — did a few scene checks at the beginning of the game to directly compare SDR and HDR and I prefer the auto-HDR look, personally.
This copy I bought years ago finally feels playable and I really want Dishonored 2 to get the same treatment.
This copy I bought years ago finally feels playable and I really want Dishonored 2 to get the same treatment.
I'm pretty positive it was an all/nothing approach from everything I've seen. Also could have sworn that they mentioned it was a feature they were adding in addition to the FPS boost toggle with the upcoming/recent system update.
I played prey a few years back and was struck at how bad it ran on an OG one. Its so much better now its not even funny. I kinda wish SSDs had been standard back then, maybe it wouldve been possible to make the game without loading screens at all.
