Games Analysis |OT| Time To Argue About Pixels And Frames!

[Staffy]

Fallout 4 Next-Gen Upgrade Patched: Fixed on Xbox, Improved on PS5 - But Issues Remain

[peter42O]

Digital Foundry posted their analysis of Starfield patch from last week. Just watched this and wanted to ask a question -

I have the LG CX OLED which has VRR and 120hz display. I want to play Starfield in performance mode capped at 60fps. Should I keep V-Sync on in game? Always thought that if you have VRR on the TV, turning off V-Sync was recommended due to having VRR. Also, I have to keep the console settings at 120hz as well, right?

Wanted to ask these questions before I start playing Starfield tomorrow. Thanks. Video is below -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOJaIJmsrU

[Sparda3g]

https://x.com/joshmunsee/status/1793740180165435395?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

[Staffy]

DF Direct Special: Xbox Showcase 2024 - The Best Games Show In Years?

[Staffy]

Doom: The Dark Ages Trailer Tech Breakdown: The Next-Gen id Tech Revealed

[SheepDip]

Gears of War - PC Retro Time Capsule vs Xbox 360 - Unreal Engine 3 Classic Gears Head-To-Head

It’s striking how monochromatic and desaturated Gears 1 is. Frankly, I’m into it and after years of neon color explosion games I wouldn’t mind a return to the grit and grime of the 360 era.

[Kals_Els]

@SheepDip

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It’s striking how monochromatic and desaturated Gears 1 is. Frankly, I’m into it and after years of neon color explosion games I wouldn’t mind a return to the grit and grime of the 360 era.

As the main look for the game? No thanks.

As a setting for people who love brown? Sure.

[SheepDip]

@Kals_Els

As a setting for people who love brown? Sure.

This is Xbox, everybody loves brown!

[Kals_Els]

@SheepDip

This is Xbox, everybody loves brown!

Sir, this place is green.

[FacelessSamurai]

@SheepDip

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It’s striking how monochromatic and desaturated Gears 1 is. Frankly, I’m into it and after years of neon color explosion games I wouldn’t mind a return to the grit and grime of the 360 era.

Still my favorite looking gears of the bunch, I shrink the style is unmatched and it’s the reason why I’ve played it at least 5 times through on the single player campaign. I know a lot of people are into 2, but to me the OG is the best and the look is part of the reason why. It’s a lot darker than the sequels as well imo.

Maybe it’s just the nostalgia factor kicking in though.

[SheepDip]

@FacelessSamurai

Still my favorite looking gears of the bunch, I shrink the style is unmatched and it’s the reason why I’ve played it at least 5 times through on the single player campaign. I know a lot of people are into 2, but to me the OG is the best and the look is part of the reason why. It’s a lot darker than the sequels as well imo.

Maybe it’s just the nostalgia factor kicking in though.

Nah, the game is amazing. I do prefer Gears of War 2 (one of the best TPS campaigns ever) but Gears 1 is great and deserved to be as influential as it was.

Honestly I think every Gears game is great, even Judgment.

[Fiendflag]

@Kals_Els

As the main look for the game? No thanks.

As a setting for people who love brown? Sure.

For me it’s all about the game’s theme and what the developers want to communicate to the player, the muted & desaturated color palette fitted the Destroyed Beauty theme of the 1st game perfectly. E-Day seems to go back to this style of look/art direction and I am full on board, especially now that The Coalition is going for a darker/horror tone.

@SheepDip

Nah, the game is amazing. I do prefer Gears of War 2 (one of the best TPS campaigns ever) but Gears 1 is great and deserved to be as influential as it was.

Honestly I think every Gears game is great, even Judgment.

Gears 1 is still to this day legit amazing, I find the OG 360 release’s look very appealing even today plus the game still plays very very good. And yeah I agree that Gears of War is a great (definitely not simply “good”) series overall, even Judgment and Gears 4 which are the weakest entries of the series are legit good games with some neat ideas in them. Xbox showed a lot of awesome looking games at the showcase but E-Day is my most anticipated game by far, can’t freakin’ wait to play E-Day!

And to try to not be off topic after watching the DF video above I realized that the PC version of Gears 1 was pretty bad…like holy shit all that stuttering. Also Linneman didn’t nail even one active reload…like dude come on.

[Staffy]

Starfield 60FPS Mods For Xbox Series S Tested: How Fast Does It Run?

[Sparda3g]

https://x.com/klobrille/status/1806346347240403276?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

Game keeps on rolling.

[Kals_Els]

Inside Penny's Big Breakaway - They Made Their Own 3D Engine! - Developer Deep Dive

[Kals_Els]

Microsoft Auto SR Tested: AI Upscaling For Every Game... But How Good Is It?

[pg2g]

Pretty cool, and would be useful for BC.

[Kals_Els]

@pg2g

Pretty cool, and would be useful for BC.

Maybe even for handheld PCs, if the latency isn’t too big of an issue for most people.

[Staffy]

Black Myth: Wukong - PS5 Tech Review - Excellent Visuals, But Too Many Tech Problems

The title says : Excellent visuals, but too many tech problems.

I’ll watch later.

[Widey85]

@Staffy

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The title says : Excellent visuals, but too many tech problems. I’ll watch later.

Yep at least when it reaches Xbox we’ll have a more polished version that should run well given the Series X is more powerful