Alien Isolation, the first game to look better on Switch than on PS4/XB1?

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fatslob-:O on 05 December 2019

IMO, I still prefer the longer shadow draw distance and the less aggressive LOD transitions that the home consoles offer over the Switch's superior AA method ...

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ironmanDX on 05 December 2019

LMAO no way!!!

Good to see Switch getting even more impressive ports.

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DonFerrari on 05 December 2019

Conina said:
I have the superior PC version, but it seems to be a great port. Maybe I'll double dip... but I don't know if I can go back to a flat version after I experienced that game in VR.

Does it really have a VR mode? Perhaps for PSVR?

Or you just used the headset as screen?

This game really is something that VR can make 10x better and more immersive, and scary.

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Conina on 05 December 2019

DonFerrari said:

Conina said:
I have the superior PC version, but it seems to be a great port. Maybe I'll double dip... but I don't know if I can go back to a flat version after I experienced that game in VR.

Does it really have a VR mode? Perhaps for PSVR?

Or you just used the headset as screen?

This game really is something that VR can make 10x better and more immersive, and scary.

https://github.com/Nibre/MotherVR/releases/

seated VR with Xbox controller:

View on YouTube

standing VR with Oculus controllers:

View on YouTube

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d21lewis on 05 December 2019

Radek said:

fatslob-:O said:
IMO, I still prefer the longer shadow draw distance and the less aggressive LOD transitions that the home consoles offer over the Switch's superior AA method ...

And native 1080p without dynamic res, It's impressive port but I think Digital Foundry reached a bit too far calling it better.

It got us talking, though...

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DonFerrari on 05 December 2019

Conina said:

DonFerrari said:

Does it really have a VR mode? Perhaps for PSVR?

Or you just used the headset as screen?

This game really is something that VR can make 10x better and more immersive, and scary.

https://github.com/Nibre/MotherVR/releases/

seated VR with Xbox controller:

View on YouTube

standing VR with Oculus controllers:

View on YouTube

So it isn't real VR, bummer... I believe they could reach some more sales making a DLC, patch or re-release with VR full support costing very little to implement.

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Radek said:

fatslob-:O said:
IMO, I still prefer the longer shadow draw distance and the less aggressive LOD transitions that the home consoles offer over the Switch's superior AA method ...

And native 1080p without dynamic res, It's impressive port but I think Digital Foundry reached a bit too far calling it better.

Shimmering in a game like this really breaks immersion, whereas the cutbacks in ambient occlusion and shadows on Switch are so minimal you'll hardly notice them. Framerate is also more solid and no more screen tearing on Switch. It definitely has better image quality than PS4/Xbone.

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sethnintendo on 05 December 2019

d21lewis said:
I'm playing RE5 and RE6 on the Switch. DF pointed out some flaws and I've noticed them (split screen only) but I think they're the best versions of the games. Mainly because of motion control support. They're 7th gen games but they look so good on the Switch!

Imagine what those Atari 2600 games with AA would look like!

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curl-6 on 05 December 2019

Stuff like this makes me sad that so few Switch games attempt a realistic visual style, as titles like this, Outlast II, and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter demonstrate the system can do beautiful realistic visuals when devs make the effort.

It also makes me wish Nintendo wasn't so weirdly adverse to using AA, the system can clearly do it quite well.

Radek said:

Sorry but if resolution can drop to 900p and even 756p I can't believe it's a better looking game than PS4 version at native 1080p.

756p is borderline last gen territory.

Both in the video and on Twitter John has explained that it's 1080p most of the time. That minimum figure will only happen during the worst case scenarios, so in practice hardly ever; for the majority of playtime you're looking at the same pixel count as PS4 just with more modern AA.

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z101 on 05 December 2019

Radek said:

fatslob-:O said:
IMO, I still prefer the longer shadow draw distance and the less aggressive LOD transitions that the home consoles offer over the Switch's superior AA method ...

And native 1080p without dynamic res, It's impressive port but I think Digital Foundry reached a bit too far calling it better.

The shadow draw distance makes not much difference in this game (and it is not very different on Switch) and the resolution seems to be 1080p most of the time.

But the better image quality on Switch is very noticeable, even on a big TV.

And the gyro controls makes the Switch version the best version anyway