Mihael Mello Keehl
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Dont see the big deal still looks like a 360 game
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Rise of the Tomb Raider - Xbox 360 Gameplay (woah, Nixxes)
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Did you play on xb1?
DevelopmentArrested
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Yes
DevelopmentArrested
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Maybe 12-15 hours? Didnt count, and no only 70%.
Thanks for reply, shame about the framerate. Any reason why you preferred the first one?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
see other recent cross gen game threads where people assume that's what all the last generation was like.
Do you feel like the secondary characters are better written? Are there a lot of outfits to choose from? I want to know more!
DevelopmentArrested
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Theres a very hard mode
Hawkeye 131
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Very good to hear, Nixxies does really solid work. The PC version of the 2013 reboot was an excellent port and if I'm not mistaken they also handled the PS4 Definitive Edition version too. I was really surprised they even bothered to make a 360 version to begin with.
Hm... i expected longer campaign with optional tombs, puzzles and collectibles. Seems to short.
DevelopmentArrested
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Maybe 15 hours with 80% complete? It's a great game just wish there were more variety environments.
ThatsMytrunks
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When comparing them side by side the 360 version looks like hot garbage, but by itself it's a genuinely impressive looking experience. Great stuff.
Wowfunhappy
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Ten hours is the right length for an action-movie-style game like this, IMO. Any less and it would be too short for $60, but too much more and the adventure would start to feel overly drawn out.
gigantor21
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Holy shit, that is damn impressive work.
Nixxes is amazing. There is also a 300mb day one patch (according to a player on TR forums) that improves the visuals even further compared to the leaked videos. Sorry about the black crush in the screens but these give an idea.
(missing sun effect)
(missing plants)
(missing plant shadows)
(missing wet efect and shadows)
;_; So beautiful.
This before and after the day 1 patch really shows how much effort they put into crafting a great experience.
Day 1 for 360 and then day one for PS4. Nixxes just compels me to support their work and effort
User 479360
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I'd like to play both versions.
Are they different like Forza Horizon 2 was? Or just technically different?
Are they different like Forza Horizon 2 was? Or just technically different?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Going by impressions and shots, they're the same game jsut technically different, like MGSV.
potatohead
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So no one as considered yet that maybe the game design lends itself to easy cross generation scaling or that the ROTR is actually not that technically impressive to begin with??
Sorry didn't read the thread but these sound like rather plausible explanations to me.
Just surprised people aren't expecting more from a nextgen title. The Xb1 is 10x more powerful than a 360.....
I feel it is all just considerably less impressive than say Quantum Break.
Sorry didn't read the thread but these sound like rather plausible explanations to me.
Just surprised people aren't expecting more from a nextgen title. The Xb1 is 10x more powerful than a 360.....
I feel it is all just considerably less impressive than say Quantum Break.
We know it's running off the previous engine in an upgraded form with improved effects, but the end result still makes for impressive current gen visuals. I suppose the more surprising aspect is that the 360 got a high quality port vs a terrible second thought port.
Diminishing returns. In general, you could scale down any number of current gen systems and have them run on PSP with enough cutting
LithiumSpade
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I heard it got leaked online and a lot of people are pirating it. A couple of others have claimed they got it from a local games store that was selling it early.
The Real Napsta
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I saw it like 4 days ago at my neighborhood supermarket, didn't buy it but I could have.
Not necessarily. Bigger isn't always better, it's absolutely possible and likely that they were just happy with the scope and didn't feel like making it bigger just because.
GTA V runs on PS360, does that mean any game that's smaller, even if it didn't even come out on PS360, was made with last gen in mind?
Better hardware allows for more possibilities, that's for sure, but it doesn't mean everyone will take them all the time.
Well, it kinda does, since everything is open world now, but it shouldn't.
LithiumSpade
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Nixxes is amazing. There is also a 300mb day one patch (according to a player on TR forums) that improves the visuals even further compared to the leaked videos. Sorry about the black crush in the screens but these give an idea.
(missing sun effect)
(missing plants)
(missing plant shadows)
(missing wet efect and shadows)
This is the most important post in this thread. Almost all of the gameplay on YouTube appears to be from the unpatched version, which is likely pirates playing offline - including all of the "Graphics Comparison" videos I've seen floating around. I did find one uploader who appears to be playing a legitimate patched copy, and although the original looks great, the patched version looks somehow even better.
Edit: It's here: https://youtu.be/1zsmt6Hyew0
gigantor21
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HOW!?
Garrett Hawke
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Nixxes found the second GPU.
lol
But yeah, super impressive stuff. I wonder how performance holds up in the open areas later, though.
This is why bad ports should not be accepted or excuses why something looks bad should just be accepted. Developers know the specs of the hardware they're making the game or port on. It hasn't in the last several years. Craft the experience around that platforms strengths and weaknesses. Do not ignore that you have engines that work on those systems. Uses them and expand them. They didn't suddenly disappear because a new system come on the scene. If you want to make a good game you can and you will if you allow the team to. If you respect your customer base and want to give them a quality product. True there comes a point where you can't do certain things on a system. Then you move on. If you aren't willing to cut things off then you better damn well produce something good. Customer should expect something good if the attempt is going to be made.
If this holds up for the rest of the game then well done Nixxes, Microsoft, Crystal Dynamics, and everyone else involved.
If this holds up for the rest of the game then well done Nixxes, Microsoft, Crystal Dynamics, and everyone else involved.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Damn, that looks good, someone needs to a side by side with this patched version and the bone, the unpatched comparisons i've seen are all missing the wet suit and light shaft effects, this brings it that much closer to the bone version.
edit: IGN has a comparison video up as well:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/1...ider-graphics-comparison-xbox-one-vs-xbox-360