Anyone else feel resolution is overrated?

[curl-6]

Mr Puggsly said:

curl-6 said:

I never disputed that many shoot for 60fps, I simply pointed out that such games aren't super rare; there's AC Odyssey, Quantum Break, Watch Dogs, Dead Rising 3, Battlefront 1, Battlefield 4, Hardline and 1, Sonic Forces, COD Ghosts, Halo 5, Wolfenstein II, Doom 2016, etc. In many cases I'd say the choice works out for the better with these games.

Dead Rising 3 and Ghosts were just poor optimization of launch X1 content. Theu didnt benefit from 720p, thats just what those developers could do with the new specs at the time and probably in a short development period. Watch Dogs also seems to be poor optimization but it atleast looks considerably better than Dead Rising 3.

I'm reluctant to say AC games are benefitting from the low resolution. I mean AC:Syndicate looked great and had a crisp picture at 900p locked. While AC Origins and Odyssey are pushing higher quality visuals we also get more visual problems that can be jarring. It again feels like these games are being built for the mid gen upgrades.

Games like Quantum Break, Wolfenstein II, Battlefront 1 and 2, and Doom 2016 benefit from it, in my view anyway, I think they look really good as they are.

And AC Odyssey looks significantly better than Syndicate to my eyes, lighting, effects and environments are notably improved. With the base hardware remaining static but graphics continuously advancing, that extra wiggle room had to come from somewhere, hence the lower res.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 11 December 2018