adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Digital Foundry: Palworld is VERY Early Access - Every Xbox Console Tested: Series X, Series S, One X and One S
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
- Available on current and last gen Xbox consoles.
- Frame rate is unlocked on all consoles
- Open world Unreal Engine 5 game
- The game is in a preview phase, has many bugs in it right now
- Aggressive pop-in, low resolution textures abound.
- All versions prone to crashes as well
- SSR present on all versions
- Series X:
- 60 FPS target with V-sync. Stays mostly between 40~50 FPS
- 1620p with no DRS
- One region can drop the game to 30~40 range
Series S:
- Generally runs better than Series X, more typically between 40~60 FPS
- Best performing Xbox console at the cost of resolution
- Native 720p with worse draw distance than Series X
- One X:
- Native 1080p
- Performance is 50~60 in early areas but in complex areas drops to 17~20 FPS
- Texture resolution is much lower than Series and has worse draw distance
- Hitching, which shows as frame time spikes, also seen
- One S:
- Lower grass, geometry, density.
- 540p with no DRS
- Frame rate is practically on par with One X
- Hitching also present (may be worse here)
- Even with rough edges, clearly it's optimized for the newer consoles
- Frame rate is unlocked on all consoles
- Open world Unreal Engine 5 game
- The game is in a preview phase, has many bugs in it right now
- Aggressive pop-in, low resolution textures abound.
- All versions prone to crashes as well
- SSR present on all versions
- Series X:
- 60 FPS target with V-sync. Stays mostly between 40~50 FPS
- 1620p with no DRS
- One region can drop the game to 30~40 range
Series S:
- Generally runs better than Series X, more typically between 40~60 FPS
- Best performing Xbox console at the cost of resolution
- Native 720p with worse draw distance than Series X
- One X:
- Native 1080p
- Performance is 50~60 in early areas but in complex areas drops to 17~20 FPS
- Texture resolution is much lower than Series and has worse draw distance
- Hitching, which shows as frame time spikes, also seen
- One S:
- Lower grass, geometry, density.
- 540p with no DRS
- Frame rate is practically on par with One X
- Hitching also present (may be worse here)
- Even with rough edges, clearly it's optimized for the newer consoles
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Pedro Motta
you were right, performance is all over the place.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
Sadly they tested the version 0.1.0.0 on Series consoles and 0.1.1.0 on Ones.
Version 0.1.1.0 (and now 0.1.1.1) seems to run a bit better on Series consoles now, has better sound (0.1.0.0 was too much compressed), and less bugs and crashes.
Version 0.1.1.0 (and now 0.1.1.1) seems to run a bit better on Series consoles now, has better sound (0.1.0.0 was too much compressed), and less bugs and crashes.
540p... damn that's rough. I mean, ok, you could argue, it runs on a last gen console and you can play it. But at what cost? Is it worth it? I'd rather skip that version entirely and wait until I had a nextgen console + the games a bit further on its roadmap.
Supporting a lastgen version at this point, with that many sacrifices, seems like wasting resources to me.
Supporting a lastgen version at this point, with that many sacrifices, seems like wasting resources to me.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I thought this was ue4 not 5? In that case it's even more impressive they made it as ugly as they did
No, it's UE5.1.
Does anyone know what game engine Palworld runs?
www.vg-resource.com
twilo99
Member
1.1.1 runs much better on xss
Bojji
Member
But it runs like UE4, it likes Nvidia hardware very much where typical UE5 is agnostic in this regard:
So it's probably using UE5 SDK but it was just converted from UE4.
Performance on consoles is absolutely terrible, they should at least offer option to lock framerate to 30.
I also don't get why they don't offer ability for Series X users to play Series S build for maximum performance, just like some PS4 versions of games run better than native PS5 apps on PS5.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Have you played it? The game does not look like an UE4 game at all.
Bojji
Member
It looks like Zelda BOTW in 4K. I have it on PC GP.
It actually looks a lot like UE4 game, similar to the witness or Rime in style.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I think you just answered your own question.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Breath of the Wild in 4K:
Rime:
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Screenshot of Palworld I just took on PC (Steam version):
The lighting and effects are way above UE4 and it's clearly UE5 right when you start ot play it. If you actually do that.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Yes people are willing to pay for a good game. There are 1.5 million people playing it right now on Steam.
Magic Carpet
Member
PC version I can see the big tree way off into the distance. No pop in. Console versions, what gives?
Bojji
Member
Breath of the Wild in 4K:
Rime:
Screenshot of Palworld I just took on PC (Steam version):
The lighting and effects are way above UE4 and it's clearly UE5 right when you start ot play it. If you actually do that.
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't see any UE5 features here. My screens:
Of course it's better looking than Rime but Rime is also not a pinnacle UE4 game.
ManaByte
Gold Member
daclynk
Member
540p
GAMEFREAK take notes.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Have you seen how popular Ark is? There's a huge market for games like this.
This one has an added 'pokemon inspiration' factor on top.
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winjer
Gold Member
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't see any UE5 features here. My screens:
Of course it's better looking than Rime but Rime is also not a pinnacle UE4 game.
I dumped the cvars and it's definitely UE5.
Plenty of cvars referencing Lumen and nanite.
By default, the game is using hardware ray-traicing for Lumen. And Nanite is also being used.
But the game defaults to DX11. So it's necessary to force DX12 mode.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Runs fine for early access but I do have vrr devices hooked up to my consoles.
Great game, I hope the dev continues to improve it.
Not bad for what, ten people with no prior knowledge of the engine lol
Great game, I hope the dev continues to improve it.
Not bad for what, ten people with no prior knowledge of the engine lol
Bojji
Member
Holy fuck GP is a mess, no EXE so no way to force DX12 as far as I know. DX11 and forced hardware RT explains benchmark results.
winjer
Gold Member
I tested with the Gamepass version.
Just create a shortcut on the desktop, then add -DX12 to the shortcut properties.
Bojji
Member
Thanks, I will try it now.
winjer
Gold Member
With DX12, the game runs slower.
Probably because it enables nanite and some other effects that are not available in DX11 mode.
diffusionx
Gold Member
- One S:
- Lower grass, geometry, density.
- 540p with no DRS
- Frame rate is practically on par with One X
- Hitching also present (may be worse here)
- Even with rough edges, clearly it's optimized for the newer consoles
Kssio_Aug
Member
Graphics are shit, performance may vary, but I've played 6 hours on a Series S and it was fine enough. But they definitely can, and should, improve it a lot, specially performance and textures.
But since it's early access, then nothing much to complain right now.
The game is awesome though!
But since it's early access, then nothing much to complain right now.
The game is awesome though!
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This game isn't exactly looker for it to be running so inconsistent.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Mortisfacio
Member
Well, yah. Game Pass version didn't even have a "quit game" option until a few days ago. Lot of bugs. Lot of text that is filler (en text). Still a fun game, but clearly far from finished.
Bojji
Member
I don't see option to edit anything:
MELE from GP for comparison:
Gamepass file system SUX
Mr Moose
Member
The fuck...? Why is element docelowy not accessible in the shortcut?I don't see option to edit anything:
MELE from GP for comparison:
Gamepass file system SUX
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Bojji
Member
Gamepass file system, you can't do anything really. And people wonder why Steam is ahead...
Mr Moose
Member
Do you have access to the Steam version? I hear that's ahead in updates (or just better overall). I am tempted to buy it but I don't know if Nintendo will go after them.
Mr Moose
Member
If it gets fucked up it would just get refunded anyway right?You can even see that with posted screenshots from me andManaByte , Steam version build is much higher. I don't have access to it.
I doubt Nintendo will harm them with MS potentially protecting or/and buying them, too much success here.
Fuck it, bought.15gb? Not bad.
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Sw0pDiller
Member
WHO the fuck still plays on an Xbox one s anyway? 540p is just crazy
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
They making excuses.
Sw0pDiller
Member
Doesnt matter who is the owner or “protector” If nintendo intends on protecting what is theirs they will have to try and get a couple of obvious pokemon-spin offs out of the full game. If they dont go after this, it could be a starting signal for other companies to make a platform game with Some kind of plumber and his brother running around.
