Call of Duty: Ghosts - the Digital Foundry verdict

Each next-gen console version has its strengths and weaknesses, but clearly it is the PS4 game that offers a superior experience overall. The advantage here comes in the form of cleaner and sharper visuals that help to better realise the extra next-gen spit and polish on display over the 360, PS3, and Wii U versions of the game - something that Xbox One's upscaled 720p presentation fails to do in quite the same way. However, the Xbox One version has its own charms in the form of a smoother, more consistent frame-rate.

Indeed, the performance impact on PlayStation 4 is something of a disappointment, and those expecting a solid 60fps presentation that closely matches the glory days of the original Modern Warfare are sure to be let down in this regard. In that respect, from a purely gameplay perspective the Xbox One game has the edge, and this translates into a more fluid experience when playing online, with the hiccups seen on the PS4 title restricted to the game's campaign mode. It's an interesting situation considering that while the smoother frame-rate clearly benefits gameplay on the Xbox One, the resolution deficit makes it harder to consistently pick out enemies from a distance compared to the PS4 version - something that is also worth bearing in mind.

If you can throw enough horsepower at the PC version of the game, this offers the definitive experience - but in a world where even a GTX Titan can't run this game at a locked 1080p60 at max settings, it's clear that optimisation is a real issue. The strength of console gaming is that the onus in delivering the best possible performance rests squarely on the developer - and in this case, the PlayStation 4 version gets closest to delivering the high-end experience. While the frame-rate issues aren't fully resolved, the day-one patch improved things considerably, and online play certainly isn't the broken, stuttering mess it is sometimes portrayed as.

But with Battlefield now running at 60fps on console, and offering a raft of technological improvements into the bargain, we can't help but feel that Call of Duty is starting to lose momentum; that the graphical improvements aren't quite enough, and the gameplay formula is now a little too well-worn.

Ghosts comes across as good enough, but not spectacular - singularly lacking the next-gen foundations that DICE will only build upon after the successful deployment of Battlefield 4.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-call-of-duty-ghosts-next-gen-face-off

The is only a difference...

PS4 will be patched to fix the framerate issues... Xbone won't be to fix the image quality issues... they are clear that the upscalle make the use of snipers worse on Xbone... so it is affect the gameplay.

BTW CoD: Ghosts is Amazing... the best FPS at launch window.

I'd take frame rate over resolution in a close-quarters game like COD. I have it on PC and getting that frame rate smooth is an art in itself.

I agree... I hate framerate issues so I expect IW to fix it (before I buy the game maybe next week).

I was just pointing that some guys says that the resolution didn't affect the gameplay but in the case of sniper kills it is affected by resolution... it is hard to aim with lower resolution.

The best is have both... 1080p and solid 60fps.

If you watch the vid on their page you can easily see what higher res gives you. Can't wait to experience the 1080p gen on PS4 :)

framerate drops to 30fps on xbone, at 40fps on PS4 during heavy loaded scenes. Also PC has problems on max settings. anyways the game is shit as you said.

Don't buy it basically, both games are technically poor

Unfortunately, CoD games tend to keep their values, so there's no real point waiting for the game to come down in price and the framerate issue to be sorted

You didn't read the whole article because he said that the extra resolution helped to shot targets, so helped the gameplay.

And X1 has 30fps-ish framerate drops on single player.

We don't know exactly how often there are framerate drops on MP PS4 yet. No performance video yet.

COD:Ghosts is one of the worst shooters I've played in a long time. I've already returned it after 4 days of playing. COD hasn't been good since Black Ops 1. The fact that this game can't run a consistent 1080p/60fps max settings with a Titan is a testament to how horribly optimized this game is.

So you hate the occasional drops from 60 fps which will be fixed anyway, but perfectly fine with the 16 fps in some other games. Interesting. I am guessing you'll boycot that game too.