Zekkyou said:
You said "the Uncharted series historically --". You've confined the purpose of the word to the Uncharted series, not to a compared time scale. This reply makes it seem like you know that Uncharted makes no sense as a reference for an 8th gen title, which leads to the question of why bring it up? Unless you're implying the WiiU is, hardware wise, a 7th gen console. That's the only context in which what you said would make sense as an extension of the conversation :p (it would also be wrong. The WiiU is a significant amount weaker than its current rivals, but it's still a big enough step up from the PS3/360 to justify its place in the 8th gen). inFamous would be a better example. It had to give up 60fps to achieve 1080p/30-40fps/T2x SMAA while maintaining the render distance, particle effects and character model quality. A smaller downgrade from the "perfect" performance level than MK8 of course, but none the less a better comparison. |
I'm just comparing the comprimises based on the series, Mario Kart and Uncharted. You bringing up Infamous is pointless. I'd love to discuss Uncharted 4 but it isn't released.
Infamous is fine. It sacrifices frame rate, has pop ins, and had low res water textures as well as textures for objects at far distances. Also, with the frame rate jumping so drastically (from 20s to 40s) response time for controller input varies. Just a little digital foundry quote
"As we noted in the performance analysis, the choice to ship with an unlocked frame-rate has a rather negative impact on the game. While performance generally manages to stay north of 30fps, the resultant judder compromises the fluidity of the visuals and produces inconsistent controller response. With Second Son averaging around 35fps, the player receives little additional benefit as a result of this choice. By limiting the frame-rate to 30fps they could have delivered an open world game with a very consistent frame-rate and controller response. Instead we're left to endure a near-constant judder and unstable performance throughout."
Yeah.... Great example..... No compromises made their.... ^^
