Anyone else feel resolution is overrated?

[Mr Puggsly]

curl-6 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Depends, games like Forza, Sea of Thieves and Gears 4 (almost always 1080p in 30 fps modes according to DF) do quality visuals at 1080p. I bet Halo 5 would look fantastic in 1080p/30 fps, there would even extra headroom for higher graphics settings. Its just pushing the limits on the engine, effects and 60 fps.

If you wanna see a game with impressive lighting and effects on 7th gen, look at Destiny. It makes Halo 4 look kinda dull in comparison. Also a virtually locked 30 fps, which is unique for a game of that scale on 7th gen.

Personally I think games like Battlefront 1 & 2, RDR2, and Ryse look better than Gears/Forza/Sea of Thieves. Again, it's not that 1080p isn't doable, or even that it can't look good, (Forza Horizon 3 for instance is a stunner) just that I think the very best results from more from games in the 900p ballpark. Ultimately though I guess "looks best" just comes down to personal preference anyway.

As for Destiny, while I agree it is quite impressive as a crossgen title I definitely disagree with it looking better than Halo 4, the latter has much richer shaders and crisper alpha as a result of being built entirely around 360's hardware instead of having to accomodate four different platforms across two generations.

Ryse was a launch game, so with better optimization it should be able to run at 1080p on X1 with its current visuals.

BF2 looks great, BF1 was less impressive. Both games could be 1080p at 30 fps though. Targeting 1080p is easier if 60 fps is off the table.

RDR2 was built for PS4 to run at 1080p, not the X1. I feel they did a underwhelming job optimizing it for a base X1 though, maybe a dynamic resolution would have been better.