Digital Foundry: Dragon Quest 11 on Switch, " a remarkably impressive port"

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah it is ultimately the studio that decide what resolution they want to target. A lot of them when working with UE4 simply tend to opt for the engine's high quality but expensive suite of effects and take the hit in pixel count. 

It's still very much apples to oranges though. None of those games are UE4 titles for a start.

Don't blame the engine. It isn't a poor engine, and Pug gave you Days Gone and others as examples of games with much higher graphics done on UE4.

It was simply a design choice and probably corner cutting decision to save money. And if fans of the game are happy with the result and the game sold well they have little reason to worry. But I won't agree that this game couldn't have been made on 1080p60fps on PS4 without losing the rest of the effects.

Based on the mixed results of UE4, I suspect its an easy engine to work with but difficult or costly to create a polished, well optimized product.

AAA exclusives primarily have shown the engine is viable for 8th gen consoles. But sometimes it seems developers should opt for a different engine. Some studios for example have had great results sticking with UE3.