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NX Gamer: Anthem: VIP demo analysis on Xbox One X and S
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I played it on the Pro, but what I'm seeing here with the One X version looks way better than anything I saw. I wonder if there is a difference between the two besides the possible resolution differential!
For some reason it felt like it was dropping to the high teens for me on the X. I guess it's just been so long since I've played a console game that drops to and below 25fps at times. It makes the controls feel as unresponsive as RDR2's (which is a disaster for the type of game Anthem is).
Good to see NXGamer get some love on here. He puts in so much effort for so little views. It sucks.
Good to see NXGamer get some love on here. He puts in so much effort for so little views. It sucks.
Image quality on the One X was underwhelming, and so was the frame rate. As much as I love the game there's still lots of optimization to be had.
Does NXGamer post on here? If so try pushing the res down to 1080p and supersampling off it you are testing it on the Pro. Runs at an unlocked framerate then.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure why the Pro version felt like it had double the framerate than on my X. I wish you could turn off supersampling on the X as a toggle.
Yeah that's why. If you turn supersampling on it runs at sub 30fps but with it off it can hit near 60 in areas where there isn't much going on and around 45 i'd say in combat.
Great video as always. Interesting results, will look forward to the comparisons against PS4, Pro and PC when the full game is out and if things improve compared to this and the public demo.
my experience as well
hopefully the performance is improved across the board, because it's almost unplayable right now
I just decided to get it on PC considering it's out a week earlier than on console and it's part of the £10 per month EA service. It literally feels like a different game even at the ~45fps I was getting on my 970. The combat is phenomenal.
Framerate is terrible and it looks kinda black crushy.
I wonder if this is a next gen game, but with a crippled current gen version.
I wonder if this is a next gen game, but with a crippled current gen version.
My man, 23 fps is not even tolerable in a slow paced chess simulator of a video game.
This is Fallout 76 bad.
Your statement was true on it's own...no need to bolster it by adding falsities
Ahh yes Bethesda and Bioware, the pioneers in high solid frame rates.
Yeah... neither are known for their performance or optimization.
I would have thought the X version would be a lock for at least a stable frame rate. This is disappointing if it holds to this form.
It'll be interesting to see if it's any better this weekend and then what the retail code runs like in a few weeks.
I'm talking about performance. Not game quality. Fallout 76 also drops to the low 20's.
I don't know, as someone who owns and is currently playing FO76, it actually seems to run significantly better than that Anthem demo did on X.
I guess Anthem is more demanding as a skill based shooter so dips are more noticeable.
Calm down.
I've played a few hours on the X and it was fine.
No....it's not. Did you watch the same video as I did? I don't know what barometer you use for fine but consistently going into the low 20's for a shooter isn't fine.
A rock solid 30 fps is fine. It's not 60, but 30 fps is 'fine'.
A highly fluctuating framerate with terrible frame time going from low 20's to 30 back and forth while enemies are present is not fine.
They should give the premium consoles an option of 1080p at 30 fps lock. Instead of chasing high resolutions at the cost of a stable 30 fps.
Unfortunately they really can't go any lower for the base Xbox One.
Should probably note here.
I have my X hooked up to a 1080 plasma. Maybe the frame rate holds better when it's not trying to output at 4K.
Because it was perfectly fine for me.
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My X is hooked to a 1080p TV as well. I noticed a lot of drops in Fort Tarsis, and open world was a touch better.
It didn't run at a consistent frame-rate, I'm 100% certain.
I guess so, it's just that Anthem felt like it was consistently dropping frames, whereas FO76 drops in heavy combat scenarios (which are ultimately pretty rare in the game), and otherwise just hitches a bunch in some areas. Anthem is just flat out unpleasant to play in the VIP demo on XB1X, it's the first time in any game this gen where I don't think I could actually play it if the framerate remains the same.
Also a 1080p plasma here and it runs poorly. It's so inconsistent it feels bad to play.
The X is always rendeeing the highest resolution possible unless you change an in game setting. You're just not as sensitive to poor frame rates as others.
As someone who tried it on his X and Pro....I dont think either system ran it well, and I dont blame the systems...
This came off lazy, horribly executed altogether, and almost insulting.
I expect betas and alphas to be buggy, I been apart of them since like 98/99 when I was a kid lol...but this thing took me back to the matrix mmorpg beta test levels of terrible lol.
I cancelled my Anthem preorder and I wish Bioware the best. But I really dont see myself supporting them anymore.
This came off lazy, horribly executed altogether, and almost insulting.
I expect betas and alphas to be buggy, I been apart of them since like 98/99 when I was a kid lol...but this thing took me back to the matrix mmorpg beta test levels of terrible lol.
I cancelled my Anthem preorder and I wish Bioware the best. But I really dont see myself supporting them anymore.
I'm not trying to argue it was consistent.
I'm saying it was fine.
Some of the hyperbole in this thread would make you think the game was a slideshow or something.
I'm with the rest of the people disappointed with it on X. Ran really bad and didn't look great. Should finish my PC soon and I'll damn sure hold it for it.
Wish they would have gave preference to performance over quality but to be honest, it felt like neither in the demo.
Wish they would have gave preference to performance over quality but to be honest, it felt like neither in the demo.
Hey NXGamer is my partner at Rectify Gaming! He does technical analysis to go alongside my editorial content and he deserves much more eyes.
We are planning on some joint Anthem coverage and the PC version specifically on a SSD is so much further ahead than the other versions.
We are planning on some joint Anthem coverage and the PC version specifically on a SSD is so much further ahead than the other versions.
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Yeah, I guess it depends on the person. I thought the outdoor section was playable, but far from ideal.
Hope they patch in a performance mode with locked 30fps. I'll have to pass it otherwise.
The game felt pretty bad to play on the Xbox One X to me. Controls didn't seem very smooth either. That's a big deal in my book.
Me, entering this thread: "Oh, who's NXGamer? That's a cool name. Like the Nintendo NX?"
Click video -> Channel -> Playlists -> Liked videos (Newest to oldest)
I swear I don't go looking for this shit. This is just what every third video game YouTuber is like now. Sorry to bear the bad news :/
