The Finals surprise launched on Xbox at last year's The Game Awards show, bringing destruction-laden first-person shooting to Xbox Series X and S. Those destruction physics are one of the most unique aspects of this free-to-play title, and the tech team at Digital Foundry has now taken a look at how it all performs on console - the results are quite impressive.
This new-gen shooter performs at 60FPS on all consoles, including Microsoft's cheaper Xbox Series S system. In general, Series X seems to hit the performance target best out of any console, but make no mistake - DF is very impressed by how the game runs on Series S too.
Here's a snippet of their analysis on the title across Xbox Series X|S and PS5:
"All three consoles run with dynamic resolution scaling, dropping resolution as GPU load increases, but the first cutback on Series S is that it operates at a lower resolution range - 720p to 1512p according to my measurements, versus 1440p to 4K on the more powerful machines. That makes for a blurrier, less defined image on the smaller console.
Settings are also reduced, with reduced foliage density, worse texture filtering and effects like lens flares are removed versus the PS5 and Series X versions, which appear identical to one another.
Despite the cuts to resolution cutbacks, foliage detail, shadow quality and geometry draw distances, Series S still looks and plays well - but how's performance? Impressively, Embark's optimisations mean an almost perfect locked 60fps even in peak action with full destruction in tow. There are ways to trigger a frame-time drop, but you really have to work at it."
Given the amount of crazy stuff that happens on-screen in this game — and trust us, we've played enough to know — Series S hitting 60FPS at those resolution figures seems like a very good turnout. DF "highly recommends" giving The Finals a go whichever console you're on, so why not give this free-to-play shooter a download and see what you think?