*S*T*A*R*F*I*E*L*D* / Starfield

I'd be a lot more trusting if they didn't have a track record of producing janky games that are otherwise masterpieces. The burden of proof falls on them for this one as far as I'm concerned.

Same. I assume the PC version will have loads of graphics options, not sure why a console version can’t do similar and group them into a performance mode.

Is this on gamepass?

I've just reupped 12 months for the youngest as he now has a series s.

Often with Bethesda games it's the CPU and not the GPU that becomes the limiting factor.  So scaling the visuals doesn't help you.

There are ways to reduce that on console - many games, like Ass Creed, famously update background characters at half rate and it looks like arse - but often it's just not worth the hassle.

The next question then is "do Bethesda games actually need all of this CPU load for their bollocks Radiant AI or whatever?" and that's basically "just because."

On the plus side, being a first party game, the saves should be shared across console and PC so - for those with GamePass or double dipping - that might be an interesting combo.  That's how I'm gonna play it anyways.

My PC exceeds recommended specs (same CPU but 3080 and double the RAM) so hopefully 60 will be doable at 1080 or 1440 with DLSS if required.

I want to play it on my couch so moonlight streaming to my Shield is Plan A.

However, if the console version had a locked 60 or a nice looking 45-60fps VRR performance mode, it could make me buy a series X for convenience. Especially if Fable is confirmed as a console exclusive.

I believe the greatest issue was that the PS3 didn't have shared memory like the X360 did. PS3 games had a hard limit of 256 MB RAM while the X360 could use a little more than that by trading in video memory. I don't know how much the game used this, but I suspect even getting 30 MB more would make a massive difference.

And there's incredibly much going on in Skyrim at the same time, this was the game that made me upgrade my PC to 8 GB RAM because 4 GB caused serious performance issues in some places. Running it with 256 MB seems downright insane. I still think it's a miracle that it ran at all on those consoles.

I was half watching the reveal last night but this isn't really my cup of tea so didn't pay full attention.
Comments are throwing around "of this scope" with regards to the locked 30 so what is it in this that screams impossible to run at 60? The visuals most of the time looked last gen and animations very basic. It might be a jack of all trades but it's not running everything on screen in multiple Windows at the same time so I fail to see the argument of it being"large in scope so of course it can't do 60"

Consider me fully aboard the hype train for this. Fully expecting it to arrive with bugs as most of their games do, but it's never stopped me massively enjoying their previous games, as long as it's not a Cyberpunk level of launch issues.

Stopped watching the direct video to leave a little mystery for when it comes out.

Itll likely have fuck all to do with the GPU and literally be CPU limited by a load of background shit happening. Doesn't matter how fancy the GPU is or how much vram you have if the CPU has taken an arrow to knee trying to handle all the meaningless shit you've picked up and thrown in a random room on planet #6354828s

Yeah, I think it looks amazing. Especially the customisation. I also think it's going to be poorly optimised and buggy as hell. But right now I can't wait to spend 100+ hours immersed in this galaxy full of uncanny valley gurning NPCs. For free. Except Gamepass isn't free, but whatever.

I'm currently torn between self-loathing at my own pitifully low standards and contempt for the significant percentage of the posters in this thread who are coming across like spoilt moaning arseholes. YOU CAN MAKE A SHIP THAT LOOKS LIKE OPTIMUS PRIME. If you squint hard enough.

Also, TABLES FOR SANDWICHES.

Thing is, you could do that on Skyrim on an Xbox 360 just not on different planets. Zero excuse that this runs at 30 on current gen systems.

Let's hope so!

Heh, reminds me of when me and a mate tried to use the duplication glitch in Oblivion trying to fill the river running through the Imperial City so much that the potions would break out of the water. The game ran like a slide show. Best part about it was I accidentally saved over my file so I had to avoid that area of the map or my game would crash.

They also haven’t released any 4K60 games yet, I don’t think? I think their games are 1440p60 or 4K30.