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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-hands-on-with-quantum-break

From recent MS press event (but likely identical to review code).
Basically it's running at 720p... Mostly stable 30fps with some dips... screen tearing observed...

Love their (serious) comment about dark scenes possible helping cover up the resolution lol.

Uncharted 4 may be PlayStation 4's showstopper, but it's Quantum Break leading the charge for Xbox One. Blending cinematic third-person action with live action segments, Remedy's latest title is a coming to fruition of Microsoft's original plan to converge TV and video game content into one package.

In fact, nailing down resolution proves rather difficult, due in part to how various elements on screen are rendered. Based on Remedy's own Siggraph 2015 white paper, we understand screen-space lighting, ambient occlusion, and global illumination pipelines are all handled at 1280x720 on Xbox One in order to budget for a 33.3ms render-time.

Curiously, the paper also states Xbox One's final output is 1920x1080, and that's where there is some confusion - as we've yet to see evidence of full HD 1080p gameplay in close analysis - barring the title's HUD elements and menus. In every scene tested so far, a native resolution of 720p is the consistent result found in each pixel count test - so while there's every possibility of individual render targets operating at higher resolutions, basic geometry that we're able to measure hands in a 720p result as things stand.

In regards to PC version (that they have yet to fully test):

But let's not forget that there's also a PC version in development too. We didn't have time to sample this at the press event, but Remedy were pretty open on the state of the build at that time. Limited to 1080p at 30fps, it still required plenty of work before launch. The developer is promising a maximum 4K experience at 60fps, but it remains to be seen exactly how this will pan out, or exactly what kind of hardware will be required to make this happen.

I have a G-sync monitor but I guess there's no hope for me until later in the year for that with how UWP stands.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Is this the final version?

 

[Acquiescence]

720p?! That can't be right shirley.

 

[Markitron]

That's pretty disappointing on an exclusive. 720p is a real problem when upscaled to 4K, I hope it doesn't ship like this.

 

[Darksol]

Jesus

 

[Primethius]

I'm thinking there will be a day one patch to up the res. It went gold pretty early.

 

[Dovahking]

720p..wut ?

 

[Asd202]

720p with DIPS? Dear god.

 

[op_ivy]

oh fuck. will MS refund\cancel my preload?

 

[Y2Kev]

Alan Wake was SubHD at the time too, and it was VERY visible. I think Remedy prioritizes effects. It's just their choice.

edit: But I guess I'm not sure if they said it would operate at 1080p. Maybe there's something more to this?

 

[LostDonkey]

Er 720p what?

Didn't they say it was 1080??

 

[cheezcake]

I wouldn't be surprised given the graphical quality of the game and the hardware it's running in.

 

[Elitist1945]

I'm planning on getting it (and enjoying the hell out of it) but if I told you I didn't laugh reading this I'd be lying.

 

[Loris146]

720p?

Anyway looks good.

 

[Theorry]

This cant be true. They said many times it was 1080p.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Is anyone else bothered by the ADS animation?

 

[KyleCross]

I'm actually not that surprised. Didn't Alan Wake run much lower than 720p on the 360?

 

[ironcreed]

Not that I mind, but that is not what we have been told. What gives?

 

[RedSparrows]

Game looks great.

 

[Lichter]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

 

[Jeff Stephen]

I'm actually not that surprised. Didn't Alan Wake run much lower than 720p on the 360?

540p.

Spoiler

Not surprised

 

[Jawmuncher]

Hmm I think even my PC might be able to run it a tad higher than that.

 

[jelly]

Xbox One.5 please.

Remedy seem to focus on quality effects more than resolution. I'm not too fond of soft looking visuals but not a deal breaker.

 

[paragonpro]

720P, christ. I understand the xbox one is underpowered...but they couldn't even achieve 900p?

 

[LostDonkey]

Not that I mind, but that is not what we have been told. What gives?

I thought they said 1080p as well, but this article from 7 months ago told us that it was indeed running at 720p.

http://wccftech.com/quantum-break-running-720p-xbox/

"For instance, Remedy Entertainment had a huge presentation on their approach to multi-scale Global Illumination in Quantum Break. However, from the slides it seems like the game could be running at a 720P frame buffer."

Hmmm

 

[Backfoggen]

Gonna wait for the XB1.5 then.

 

[blastprocessor]

Thought it was 1080p? Still looks great but sounds like it will need a beefy PC to run at 1080p 60 then.

 

[CTLance]

<grumpy old man>Ha! I knew it, Nextgen is a scam! &#128548;</>

I do hope they manage to get the frame rate stable. 30fps is far from ideal, but consistent frame times and no noticeable fps dips are far more important.

 

[Chris1]

I thought they said 1080p as well, but this article from 7 months ago told us that it was indeed running at 720p.

http://wccftech.com/quantum-break-running-720p-xbox/

"For instance, Remedy Entertainment had a huge presentation on their approach to multi-scale Global Illumination in Quantum Break. However, from the slides it seems like the game could be running at a 720P frame buffer."

Hmmm

"Update: page 128 out of 164 clarifies that the final output is indeed at 1080P. We apologize, though that slipped out while reading the massive PDF document."

It's at the top of the page in bold letters..


Not that I care what resolution it is but they always said 1080p will be shady if it turns out to be less in the final game.

 

[Pjsprojects]

Can't be! Can it?

If that's the case I won't bother with the cross buy pre order. Just PC it is then.

 

[Zojirushi]

Yeah, PC version will have to pick up the pieces. Let's just hope MS will have fixed some of their UWP shit by then.

 

[LostDonkey]

"Update: page 128 out of 164 clarifies that the final output is indeed at 1080P. We apologize, though that slipped out while reading the massive PDF document."

Yep, but as someone says in the comments of that article, the "Final output" of MGSV on XB1 is listed as 1080p. And it's not native 1080p is it.

 

[KyleCross]

But guys, it's cool. I'm sure the live-action cutscenes are 1080p.

...right?

 

[plagiarize]

Alan Wake was SubHD at the time too, and it was VERY visible. I think Remedy prioritizes effects. It's just their choice.

Right. And their messaging here is fairly consistent with their messaging there too... with regards to different render targets doing things at different resolutions. Hopefully the PC version is doing more than 1080p at 30 fps by the time it drops. But I loved Alan Wake on Xbox 360 before I got to play it on PC, and obviously that had a similar focus of incredible effects and lighting (for the time) over resolution.

I'm also happy to see that their post Alan Wake claims of having some of the best facial animation and lip synching in development (since AW got rightly criticized for being poor in that area) has been backed up.

 

[gamz]

Don't care. It's remedy. The game looks great.

 

[Steverulez]

Can't be! Can it?

If that's the case I won't bother with the cross buy pre order. Just PC it is then.

The cross buy pre order gets you both versions… why would you not do that if you were already going to get it?

 

[generic_username]

The game still looks good. 720p is disappointing but the visuals look good enough.

But guys, it's cool. I'm sure the live-action cutscenes are 1080p.

...right?

I thought they were 4K

 

[Theorry]

I thought they said 1080p as well, but this article from 7 months ago told us that it was indeed running at 720p.

http://wccftech.com/quantum-break-running-720p-xbox/

"For instance, Remedy Entertainment had a huge presentation on their approach to multi-scale Global Illumination in Quantum Break. However, from the slides it seems like the game could be running at a 720P frame buffer."

Hmmm

That is about lighting etc. Wich runs most of the time in 720p. Have the feeling the same mistake is made again.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1101657&highlight=quantum+break+720p

 

[ekim]

Well the gameplay videos looked good and no one noticed them not being 1080p. That being said its a shame they basically lied when they told us it's going to be 1080p

 

[dreamfall]

Well, I'm not surprised. The game looks gorgeous, and I'm excited to play it. I'll preorder it on XBO digitally for the PC code and hopefully get it to run smoothly from that Windows 10 Store :/

 

[julzillamilitia]

Oh My

 

[JaggedSac]

Xbox One S can't come soon enough.

 

[LostDonkey]

That is about lighting etc. Wich runs most of the time in 720p. Have the feeling the same mistake is made again.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1101657&highlight=quantum+break+720p

However, from the slides it seems like the game could be running at a 720P frame buffer. Isn't about lighting.

 

[ironcreed]

I thought they said 1080p as well, but this article from 7 months ago told us that it was indeed running at 720p.

http://wccftech.com/quantum-break-running-720p-xbox/

"For instance, Remedy Entertainment had a huge presentation on their approach to multi-scale Global Illumination in Quantum Break. However, from the slides it seems like the game could be running at a 720P frame buffer."

Hmmm

 

[belmonkey]

Thought it was 1080p? Still looks great but sounds like it will need a beefy PC to run at 1080p 60 then.

Well the final output is 1080p, just upscaled. I don't know if they danced around that or If they have actually said "native" before.

 

[Primethius]

Haven't XB1 games always been listed as outputting to 1080p? I thought that indicator was pretty useless for determining actual resolution.

 

[IvanJ]

I never care about pixels, but I see how the technical side could hurt the review scores.
I guess to QB's advantage is releasing prior to Uncharted and avoiding inevitable comparisons.

 

[Alienous]

720p?

That explains a lot. They're basically cheating.

The Order 1886 remains king.

 

[Ryuuga]

Haven't XB1 games always been listed as outputting to 1080p? I thought that indicator was pretty useless for determining actual resolution.

Waiting for Aaron Greenberg's hands-on analysis.

 

[Arkanius]

That looks solid af though.
Can't wait to get it on the PC despite the UWP