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DigitalFoundry: Gears 5 Hivebusters DLC Series X Tested + Performance Boosted In New Patch
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So some of the issues that came with the Series X/S launch has been fixed. Nothing major. But the small drops in the open world have been fixed and the cutscene hitch. Also the PC version got some extra fixes and is now also in line with the new features the Series X/S got.
Great to see that TC made Gears 5 basically perfect. Flawless 60 FPS and incredible graphics plus an awesome DLC. Gears 5 is a great game and I like where TC is going. Bright future ahead for the franchise :)
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Xbox should make a team of Coalition devs that only help other devs within Xbox with Unreal haha.
One of the few dev teams I just know will deliver on the next gen hardware.
I'm hoping the studios collaborate and share tech / knowledge as much as possible so the overall library us better for it. These guys are clearly at the top of their game in the industry.
Honestly, this looks like the most beautiful game yet on nextgen.
Edit: ranting mode
Edit: ranting mode
I do think that sometimes DF focus more on small imperfections on the X than on PS. Maybe because of the promise of the most powerful hardware, which warrants a more critical approach, but honestly sometimes I feel like PS gets away with more small caveats than the X.
Things like small performance drops being called "basically flawless" on the PS but "not quite perfect" on the X or something to this effect. It feels kinda unbalanced to my ears. Or suggesting CB runs better on the X because of some monetary exchange, while not ever hearing anything similar on the PS side (maybe there is? I just never heard of it).
But anyway, I do trust them a lot, and it's just a matter of filtering some of the stuff sometimes. I'm not accusing them of being on anyone's pocket, please, it's just maybe something unconscious that creeps out maybe sometimes? not sure how to put it. Anyway, it's just my honest (and probably unpopular) opinion. Not trying to be offensive or anything.
Things like small performance drops being called "basically flawless" on the PS but "not quite perfect" on the X or something to this effect. It feels kinda unbalanced to my ears. Or suggesting CB runs better on the X because of some monetary exchange, while not ever hearing anything similar on the PS side (maybe there is? I just never heard of it).
But anyway, I do trust them a lot, and it's just a matter of filtering some of the stuff sometimes. I'm not accusing them of being on anyone's pocket, please, it's just maybe something unconscious that creeps out maybe sometimes? not sure how to put it. Anyway, it's just my honest (and probably unpopular) opinion. Not trying to be offensive or anything.
This studio never ceases to impress me. How fast they turn around games that are well optimized for all platforms is impressive. If they were given even 4 years and only had to work on the Series consoles + PC, they could achieve visuals that are second to none.
I'm at work right now and can't watch. Do they say if performance/resolution is also clearly better on 1X?
I only gotta play the dlc, for now I won't replay the game, but it would be nice if I played the dlc with increased / more stable resolution on the 1X. If not, the game was already impressive in that version.
Thanks!
I only gotta play the dlc, for now I won't replay the game, but it would be nice if I played the dlc with increased / more stable resolution on the 1X. If not, the game was already impressive in that version.
Thanks!
For the spoiler part that is only you and your imagination they really don't have any agenda and things like this is only said from certain posters on both sides and don't belong in a discussion.
Did I miss it but where was the details on the DLC? They spent all their time going over some minor frame dips and a weird cutscene issue for OG Gears 5 and never really talked about the DLC
Ive not long finished hive busters and it was stunning so was expecting some coverage on the following...
Ive not long finished hive busters and it was stunning so was expecting some coverage on the following...
- Was there ray tracing used? Some of the metal surfaces showed some impressive reflections and overall lighting was superb.
- Res. It looked super clean hard to say what it was running at but it looked ama
- Frame rate. From what I exp it was basically flawless.
Indeed, they did not cover any new specific XSX/S features at all :S
From my understanding there weren't any new series x | s features. It uses the same features from the original series patch and I assume performs just as good plus the fixes.
I'm a lapsed Gears fan (loved 1 and got 2 at launch). Is 5 worth picking up? I can just play it on GPU.
I also haven't played one since 2, though I did technically dabble in about 20 minutes of 4 on Game Pass when I got my One X a couple years ago.
I'm thinking of jumping in with this too.
I'm not a gears fan at all (played 2 & 3) and I played 5 shortly after it released. Dropped it half way and lost interest in continuing. Picked it back up on Series X and wow, it felt like a totally different game.
Very smooth, amazing graphics and I really started to enjoy it. I still don't count myself as a Gears fan but I'm excited to play this DLC and can look back at Gears 5 on Series X and honestly say it's a fantastic game that everyone should give a go, regardless of whether they like Gears or cover based shooters. I genuinely wouldn't have tried it at all if it wasn't for Game Pass, very glad I did in the end.
Good stuff from DF again and like they said,I cant wait to see what they will turn out with Gear 6 that hopefully will be a full next gen built game,its going to be incredible...this campaign DLC is awesome as well,nice to see it and not just new maps for multi.
This looks like a really pretty last gen game to me. It looks about on par to Uncharted 4 to me on Pro with a higher frame rate. Which is a great looking game.
Yeeeeah you obviously missed the uproar over how DF spent too much time focusing on the imperfections of the Miles Morales ray tracing solution, while overlooking Gears 5's issues. Or the entire "DF IS BIASED/MS SHILLS" campaign over not trashing Halo Infinite hard enough.
As always, DF's bias is questioned depending on which platform is being discussed in the video.
I don't think Dark comes here a lot anymore. Probably want to check their discord.
OT: Coalition is a fantastic studio. Phil Spencer, please let them do other games. Don't hold them hostage to the Gears series.
And I would take 7.
What we got is an amazing 3 hour showcase for essentially "free" for most of us. There is little to complain about. I loved every minute.
just to let you know, i actually saluted this (axelay) comment at my desk
Tbh I'd say play 4 as it's the story 5 jumps off of. If you play 4 and like it, you'll likely be excited to jump right into 5 as it improves on 4.
I don't know what it is about Gears 5 but I get these horrible 5-10 second long stutters with VRR enabled. I don't have this issue in any other game. Was really hoping this patch would fix it but the problem it's still there. Since there wasn't a word on this from DF I'm guessing this perhaps is a problem with FreeSync only? I'm using Samsung FreeSync2 TV, and afaik, John is using LG TV with HDMI VRR. But again, my setup is working fine in every other game on XSX with VRR (FreeSync) enabled. So weird that only in Gears5 I can observe this problem.
I have a Samsung Q90r with Freesync enabled (120Hz, too), and it works fine. I haven't seen the stutters you mentioned.
Maybe Gears or Xbox doesn't like FreeSync implementation on my TV since it's an older model. But it's odd because I don't have this problem in any other game on XSX. It's a bit annoying having to disable VRR every time I want to play Gears. :/
Agreed, i think this new gen they're going to become one of the industry's top devs. MS, let them make an original I.P please! Organic growth like PG (to handle more then 1 project).
I had no idea the core game was improved, amazing news as im about 2/3 of the way through!
