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VG Tech Youtube Video: Mafia 2 Definitive Edition PS4/Pro vs Xbox One/X Frame Rate Comparison
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I was so ready to jump back into Mafia II on my Pro, but there's just no way I'm ever buying this
Mafia 2 was a next gen game in a handful of ways on PC, it being low res on X1s... is not at all surprising. X1 has a weak GPU memory structure.
What DF video are you talking about?
You were quick 😁. Thought I was reading a Saints Row Remastered thread.
it's made by d3t ltd so question is when will it be patched, if am correct shenmue hd still has some bugs to this date
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It's why I believe it's still important for Xbox BC team to enhance some BC 360 and OG Xbox games that have received Remasters/Remakes. Enhancing this game in 4k, with increased filtering, machine learning HDR, and the preserving of original assets and effects would still make it the definitive console version. Same would go for Halo CE, Halo 2, Bioshock Collection, Batman: Arkham (Knight, City, and Origins), Bayonetta, Assassin's Creed: Ezio Collection, Saints Row 3, etc...
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The back compat version is incredible aside from the low resolution. If they enhance it, I'd have everything I want.
I completed on PC and it has all the same bugs as the console version.
Well, it was free as a owner of Mafia 2 at least so can't complain.
Looks pretty bad. Performance on the Pro needs to be patched before I'd even consider giving this a second look.
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Agreed. If they enhance it, I'd buy all the DLC which would still be $45 dollars.
This hasn't been handled well, it seems like they were basically forced to release something in May while the collection was probably ready to be released in late August.
Hopefully Mafia 1 remake won't have such many issues since it's the only game I want to play and plan to buy. I liked Mafia 2 a lot but a simple (half baked) remaster is not enough to make me buy and play it again while Mafia 3 was just a bad game, one of the most boring and repetitive open world ever conceived.
Hopefully Mafia 1 remake won't have such many issues since it's the only game I want to play and plan to buy. I liked Mafia 2 a lot but a simple (half baked) remaster is not enough to make me buy and play it again while Mafia 3 was just a bad game, one of the most boring and repetitive open world ever conceived.
Due to them being single or dual threaded engines build for 7th gen hardware with three cored CPU's. Tested both Mafia 2 and Saints Row 3 and they're mostly single threaded and use one CPU core at a steady 80% to 90% usage. Even today it's hard to multithread game engines without sacrificing game-logic. Don't expect miracles next-gen.
#Carmackwasright
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D3T did the remaster. They did the Shenmue remasters too and they weren't great at launch either.
What is their current state ? Did they get patched / improved from launch ?
I'm not sure if they ever got fully sorted out because I finished both before the patches finished. On the PS4 the first game got up to patch 1.03 and Shenmue 2 got to 1.04.
The notes say basically the same things. Fixed graphical issues, audio quality improvements and various performance and stability improvements.
I do remember at launch it had some sound problems similar to this Mafia 2 remaster. So hopefully that and the performance problems will be first up to be fixed.
I just reinstalled the classic version on steam given all the bugs and issues people are reporting, and it has given me all the DLC free in that version too (99% sure I didn't have any of it). Playing at 1440p 60fps at max settings, the game still looks wonderful.
man the initial call of duty mission is such a misstep tho, starts the game off on completely the wrong note 😑
man the initial call of duty mission is such a misstep tho, starts the game off on completely the wrong note 😑
That 8 core 16 thread CPU's even at 3.8 Ghz will not automatically yield great performance or interesting use of the power in contrast with current gen. Of course it will offer a performance boost on software that already enables multicore support, but as you've noticed with these older titles, throwing more cores and threads at it does not automatically boost performance. Multithread engine and game-logic design had always been really really difficult. Engine guru John Carmack mentioned this in an old talk that is still relevant today. He mentioned that multicore CPU's do not necessarily solve a lot of technical problems, it usually adds more. It's just a reality of modern CPU design, that engine programmers have to cope with.
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Which is why Xbox's BC team for BC 360 and OG Xbox games have been phenomenal in maintaining the original state of the game while being able to boost everything else without adding more technical problems and often times fixing older technical problems such as frame pacing, screen tearing, and unstable framerates.
That's not true. Every console besides the Pro seems to be doing just fine in that comparison besides maybe the driving through the tunnel.
Find another place with a drop like that.God, this looks terrible.
This is literally just driving through a tunnel.
Maybe I should have clarified, on all consoles. As I said above the performance seems to be fine everywhere but the Pro.
Mafia 2, normal PS4
I'm onto chapter 9 so far.
Overall it looks good, it's not a remake or a remaster, it's mainly a higher res with some texture and graphical updates, almost nothing else has changed, if anything some areas are worse such as physx.
The two biggest gripes are the fps drops when driving, it's so bad and noticeable, you turn and it drops to 20,very noticeable.
The other is the audio in cutscenes when wearing headphones. Just the voices only, as they come from the left side only.
So far I have not experienced much else except a few silly graphical bugs and such.
You can tell it was not checked properly but still not too bad.
I just wish we had some of the cut content added back in and it was 60fps
Also the police seem to be dumbed down, don't chase or stop you if speeding or run red light.
I'm onto chapter 9 so far.
Overall it looks good, it's not a remake or a remaster, it's mainly a higher res with some texture and graphical updates, almost nothing else has changed, if anything some areas are worse such as physx.
The two biggest gripes are the fps drops when driving, it's so bad and noticeable, you turn and it drops to 20,very noticeable.
The other is the audio in cutscenes when wearing headphones. Just the voices only, as they come from the left side only.
So far I have not experienced much else except a few silly graphical bugs and such.
You can tell it was not checked properly but still not too bad.
I just wish we had some of the cut content added back in and it was 60fps
Also the police seem to be dumbed down, don't chase or stop you if speeding or run red light.
Pro seems to be using double buffered Vsync, that flat 20FPS line is a dead giveaway.
Good news is that it means performance can be improved massively with just turning on triple buffering as the GPU is idling a lot doing nothing when it drops to 20FPS.
Good news is that it means performance can be improved massively with just turning on triple buffering as the GPU is idling a lot doing nothing when it drops to 20FPS.
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They will definitely come after you for speeding. I paid a ticket last night. 😅 I don't remember if they came after you for running a red light in the original release like in Mafia 1 but I have been doing that and they don't care.