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From the top of my head, Burnout Paradise and Final Fantasy XIII. Can't think of any other.
EDIT: And that's just the ones I remember. I'm sure there may be more but I remember these two being developed with PS3 as main platform?
EDIT: And that's just the ones I remember. I'm sure there may be more but I remember these two being developed with PS3 as main platform?
I think it was mostly the case of "they don't run/look WORSE so they're about equally good" or sometimes it was only because Xbox 360 used to have washed out colors sometimes.
Like, I picked PS3 versions of El Shaddai and Dante's Inferno (also bc extra content), Arkham Asylum (also has extra challenge levels), Dragon's Dogma, Darksiders, Enslaved, Portal 2 (this had crossplay with steam btw so that's a legit plus!), The Saboteur, NFS Hot Pursuit, and Vanquish over 360 because there was no real drawbacks. Remember when consoles had free online? Yea wild times. "not any worse" was already enough to make that the easy get with free online features.
Like, I picked PS3 versions of El Shaddai and Dante's Inferno (also bc extra content), Arkham Asylum (also has extra challenge levels), Dragon's Dogma, Darksiders, Enslaved, Portal 2 (this had crossplay with steam btw so that's a legit plus!), The Saboteur, NFS Hot Pursuit, and Vanquish over 360 because there was no real drawbacks. Remember when consoles had free online? Yea wild times. "not any worse" was already enough to make that the easy get with free online features.
Portal 2 was also cross-buy with PC on PS3. You could effectively get two copies of the game for only $10 more than the PC version at the time.
I think I remember Dragon's Dogma having more frame drops on ps3 but vsync always on, and I think that was a difference on more games. 360 teared like shit sometimes and ps3 got vsync ports with worse framerate but no tearing. DD was one and maybe RE5 too?
Games made by Criterion looked about the same on both systems. They made Burnout Paradise, and a few of the Need for speed games.
The only one I clearly remember looking better on PS3 was FF13, it was 720p vs 576p.
zone of the enders hd collection is another that runs and looks better on PS3. It's the only version that got updated by HexaDrive, they fixed the frame rate, and made the resolution higher than 720p.
The only one I clearly remember looking better on PS3 was FF13, it was 720p vs 576p.
zone of the enders hd collection is another that runs and looks better on PS3. It's the only version that got updated by HexaDrive, they fixed the frame rate, and made the resolution higher than 720p.
yea that stuff rings a bell
and the cutscenes weren't compressed vids so they'd fit on DVDs!!!! (keep forgetting 360 still used DVDs...)
this sounds wrong. I could have sworn PS3's frame rate was pretty rough
Edit: Nevermind. Must be thinking of IV. Digital Foundry sided with the PS3 version it seems
I remember the Zone of the Enders and Silent Hill collections got patches on PS3 that didn't appear on 360, and that made them somewhat better? It's been a while, I don't remember 100%
The PS3 version hit 20 fps a lot more in my memory. Old Digital Foundry footage seems to confirm that.
Performance was a bit more stable and had faster asset streaming but X360 had better looking trees and foliage.
Yes GTA5 was better on PS3.
FF13 too.
i think Vanquish was running better (the orher PG game Bayonettta was probably the worst PS3 port).
Portal 2's Steam integration was an incredible feature that meant a lot to me - I missed most of my first month at university with a head injury and was able to bond with one of my flatmates by playing Portal 2 cross-platform from home. It was a lifesaver and made going back to uni weeks after everyone else had met way easier.
At the end of the gen forces got pretty equal, most multiplatform games were the exact same.
It was just that first half of the gen, which was super rough for PS3.
That sounds like a win to me lol
I only played the PS3 version but it looked staggering for the time
I don't think the PS3 had any multi disc games, but it became a big hassle on the 360 towards the end of that generation.
The port was done by Nixxes rather than Crystal Dynamics, which probably explains why.
Duke Nukem Forever was one, but it's still Duke Nukem Forever, so I doubt it ever amounted to much.
Lol, I'm surprised I still remember that. Then again it was quite the surprise after a streak of superior X360 versions of Rockstar games, so it must've stuck.
Also Mass Effect games (some or all) used a more updated version of the engine, I think at least one. What I don't know is exactly how it affected and if it made that version actually better, or if it still had worse performance after all. In regards to content, maybe 3 launched with more comics to create a save game or some of that.
This is a myth, I remember a lot of people thinking this even back then...
the X360 as long as you had a HDD would run the game better consistently.
In addition, the PSN version of GTA 5 actually had a lot of streaming issues.
Right, now that I think about it, I think it was specific moments where the PS3 held up better than the 360, like explosions or crashes.
Yeah, even though it required an install, it still heavily read from the disc to maximize data streaming.
There are very few and the difference is frequently extremely marginal.
A lot was said about Burnout Paradise back in the day, but that game was essentially identical.
I seem to remember that GTA5 ran a bit better on PS3, but that might be without installing it on the X360. The Battlefield 3 alpha at least ran a bit better. In all these cases the actual performance was still in the toilet.
A lot was said about Burnout Paradise back in the day, but that game was essentially identical.
I seem to remember that GTA5 ran a bit better on PS3, but that might be without installing it on the X360. The Battlefield 3 alpha at least ran a bit better. In all these cases the actual performance was still in the toilet.
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Good point. I have a Series X so I guess given the option I'd play them there but it's probably more useful in general to leave it open ended.
For Zoe2 it was a night and day unplayable to playable change. Hexadrive saved the game. Less relevant now that the new ports and backwards compatible versions exist but at the time it was an extremely shitty konami move to leave the 360 untouched.
I believe the Alone in the Dark reboot is one.
When it launched later on the PS3 it had the title of 'Alone in the Dark: Inferno', and it included upgrades to the controls, camera, driving, it was said to be an overall more polished version, and it included exclusive areas.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/alone-in-the-dark-inferno-hands-on
EDIT: I guess this doesn't 100% fit the bill, as it's not specifically about image quality or performance.
When it launched later on the PS3 it had the title of 'Alone in the Dark: Inferno', and it included upgrades to the controls, camera, driving, it was said to be an overall more polished version, and it included exclusive areas.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/alone-in-the-dark-inferno-hands-on
EDIT: I guess this doesn't 100% fit the bill, as it's not specifically about image quality or performance.
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Either version of GTA was a technical wonder. It's amazing what Rockstar can do with the hardware given to them.
Absolutely. They've definitely been dabbling in dark magic starting with Max Payne 3.
The 360 version ran at around 45 fps I believe. So it should be a lock 60 fps now.
It looks like it's mostly 60fps with some drops here and there, versus the 45ish with drops to 12, 15fps regularly at launch. 360/hd collection version is still missing a couple minor graphical effects compared to the original ps2 release, but other than that looks fine. Give it a go especially if it's free (skip the first title unless you really care about backstory and completeness as it's not really good).
"High speed robot action" I think was kojima's tagline for it and it's extremely accurate.
this is still the weirdest one because of everything gabe said/did with regard to orange box on ps3
I actually forgot about the feature gap on this and recently purchased portal 2 on series x back compat. it all came rushing back. it looks nice in 4k but needs the frame rate uncapped badly, it's still a better experience on PC for my needs
ZoE1 runs at a totally locked 60 on Series S. Definitely miles better than the ps3 version where for certain boss battles/alpha effects it would drop hard to 20fps. Update: the game will drop frames if youve turned the xbox on from instant on mode.
Havent tried ZoE2 but i assume itll be locked 60. It is missing the extra effects that the patched ps3 version and the PS4 version has.
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Man, rereading a few DF articles because of this thread, that generation was such a shitshow of bad framerates, poor IQ and screen tearing.
Ah that's good to know
I do actually have the PS3 version, but picked it up on Series S as it's free, so was just wondering how that version would be
Yeah, crazy that in a decade we've gone from 30 with drops as the standard to 60fps as the standard on consoles