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Digital Foundry: Alien Isolation Switch Review, Image Quality better than PS4
- Thread starter MauroNL
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Just got a Switch (already have PS4 Pro and X1X)... this would be like the 10th time buying Isolation... but here I am.
Please people, if you're even slightly interested in this, buy it, you won't regret it. It's fantastic, and maybe this will push for a sequel.
That settles it. Ima buy.
GRID Autosport was aces. One of the best switch ports.
This. It is the best survival horror game I've played since RE2. It's the best Alien game ever made, and SCARY as hell.
Same and i've still yet to muster the courage to actual finish it :( so dang scary.
i didnt watch the video, but maybe they are using a more modern AA solution?
Hmm. I can read "SYSTEM MONITORING A" on the PS4 version but not on Switch.
On the other hand "RELEASE B-04" is sharper on the Switch.
There must have been some headroom available for the original release that at the time wasn't taken advantage of.
Everyone says this is a great port, if only it was released physically. The game size is way too big.
Same. Its my survival horror Skyrim. I own a million copies and haven't beaten any of them.. Lol... one day.
I'd say the latter. It's not like the game is pushing graphics like that.
What I saw of this port already, Switch couldn't always hold 30 fps in cutscenes that the PS4 had no problems with, but if dips were happening in actual gameplay they were incredibly rare. Not sure when I'll get time to watch the DF video, but I'm eager to get through it. IQ is no contest.
That's crazy!
Those developers might be using magic. Or the original developers didn't do a good job on PS4 version.
One thing is for sure, this is really interesting.
Those developers might be using magic. Or the original developers didn't do a good job on PS4 version.
One thing is for sure, this is really interesting.
Just comparing the keyboard here, you'd think they'd labelled the consoles wrong, but nope.
Weird.
Was the PS4 version outsourced?
If not I guess they used the PS3 version as a base then.
The gist of it is that there is almost an entire console generation between these ports. While the Switch has weaker hardware, post-FX antialiasing and other postprocessing algorithms to improve image quality have evolved massively since 2014 and are on display in the Switch version.
To put it like this, would the PS4 port been released today, it'd most likely have better IQ than the Switch version if both used the same techniques to produce high image quality.
That's really incredible, well done on the development team for their accomplishment. I'm not much of a horror gamer but I am kind of interested in trying this one eventually, just at a much lower price. Weirdly it's the kind of game I would usually get on PS4 so the idea the Switch version is the one to go with is pretty crazy.
It was a very early gen title. PS4/Xbox One weren't even that better than Xbox 360/PS3.
I want a PS4 Pro / One X enchancement for this title so muuuuuch...
Well .. yeah, it's a 2014 cross-gen PS3/360 PS4/XBO game that never got any dedicated Pro/X patches down the line either.
It would need to ship on a 32gb cart,, so it's incredibly unlikely.
Just comparing the keyboard here, you'd think they'd labelled the consoles wrong, but nope.
they did it, the absolutely madstudio did it.
errJust comparing the keyboard here, you'd think they'd labelled the consoles wrong, but nope.
the switch version just looks like sharpness cranked
look at the name brand at the bottom of the monitor. you can barely make out the word "system" on the Switch
also, look at the right side of the monitor screen. the ps4 version has better AA there.
that beibg said overall the ps4 version looked like someone smeared vasaline all over it.
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this generation there was a shift into using TAA in games to clear out all the edges, i am pretty sure it wasnt used in most of last gen era titles.
this game was cross gen so they didnt use TAA in the game yet, but I guess the developers of the port implemented TAA to improve image quality.
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if i am wrong and its not whats happening then please correct me, i cant watch the video right now so i am just guessing.
This.
Play it on PC for 60 FPS people, it runs on a toaster and should've been 60 on current consoles (probably would have today with pro/x).
It's cool tense game, if a bit overlong.
If you're at all an Alien(s) fan, it's essential
There are zero sharpening artifacts in the switch screen.
And the sub pixel shimmering in the PS4 version is awful in motion, and the Switch doesn't suffer it at all.