It's been the best part of a month since THQ Nordic brought the Alone in the Dark series back into the limelight, and despite a middling critical reception, Digital Foundry is fairly impressed with the tech behind title - especially when it comes to console performance.
In a new tech analysis, the outlet takes a look at Alone in the Dark across PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with the game's performance mode a clear recommendation across all three consoles. Here's a quick snippet from DF on how that performance mode holds up on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S:
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"Switching to Xbox Series X on its performance mode, we're again faced with a dynamic 1080p to 4K range. Image clarity is in the same place as PS5 on average. There's a decent lock at 60fps mostly here too, except rapid movement is more of an issue on Series X. [...] It's an extra distraction the game doesn't really need, but mostly it is in the right place at 60fps.
Last up is Series S in its performance mode. In terms of resolution this is striving for 900p at best, with a lower bounds of 800x450. And in a bid to keep 60fps in check - which to its credit, it does most of the time - the typical resolution often falls in between those figures, at 684p. [...] Sadly, this is the sacrifice, along with the lower texture resolution, to get to 60fps."
Clearly, Series S is struggling when it comes to putting out a higher-res image with Alone in the Dark, but we're glad to see a solid performance mode featured here - the console often misses out compared to Xbox Series X. Despite that lower res, the video up above shows that performance mode is still probably the best way to play on any console.
It's certainly the way we played the game on Xbox Series X last month, where overall performance was never a major issue aside from the odd glitch / crash. If you want to read up on our thoughts of the survival horror title, check out the full Pure Xbox review down below.
Does this convince you to go ahead and pick up Alone in the Dark? Tell us what you think down below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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The game is a little janky at times, but I am really enjoying it.
I play on a VRR display, so the performance dips are completely hidden from me (except for the load stutters that happen every once in a while).
The highlight here is the OPTION for a performance mode, even if the graphical dip is extreme for series s. Let the user decide which experience they prefer. good on the developer. Wish microsoft would take this route (at least a 40 fps option please).
The series S has its people that like it and that's cool. But all too often we continually hear how it struggles. Still believe the series S was a mistake.
@GuyinPA75 Shocker every time series s is mentioned in a story your there
@GuyinPA75 Struggles with what? Series S is for quick/cheap access into console gaming.
Nobody buys a Series S for 4K/60. Getting the option between Quality and Performance is proof of how versatile it is. It can still offer a lot and the fact it outsold the Series X is proof of its success.
Personally, I would have picked a digital Series X but I cannot fault Microsoft's plan, it is perfectly valid.
@Ricky-Spanish Even more shocking....
The constant string of articles that continually document the Series S struggle to play games this gen.
@TheLastHarbinger Taco Bell sells more food than quality authentic Mexican restaurants.
Doesn't mean Taco Bell is good or better.
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@GuyinPA75 In this case, it's more like a Mexican restaurant selling two versions of the same meal: one that's more expensive but using better ingredients, and the other cheaper and using worse ingredients.
There is a market for people who want the best, of course, but most people grab the cheaper version because they can't really taste the difference anyway. Also, back when the meal was first introduced, it was easier to source ingredients for it, which was allowed the restaurant to serve any food at all.
Now, the cheaper food is what's keeping the restaurant's sales from collapsing, but you have people who claim the cheaper food was a mistake, even though that flies against basic common sense, given the facts of the scenario.
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@Ralizah So, like the Great Value brand at Walmart?
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