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Three-Way Comparison Shows PCs Slaying Consoles In Dragon Age Inquisition
MojoKid writes: "BioWare's long-awaited Dragon Age Inquisition has dropped for the PS4, Xbox One, and PCs. A comparison of the visuals in key scenes between all three platforms shows that while the PC variant clearly looks the best in multiple areas (as it should), there's evidence of good, intelligent optimization for consoles and PCs alike. After the debacle of Assassin's Creed Unity, Inquisition could provide an important taste of how to do things right. As expected though, when detail levels are increased, the PC still pulls away with the best overall visuals. The Xbox One and PS4 are largely matched, while PC renders of characters have better facial coloring and slightly more detailed textures. The lighting models are also far more detailed on the PC version with the PS4 following behind. The Xbox One, in contrast, is rather muddy. Overall, the PC and PS4 are closest in general detail, with the Xbox One occasionally lagging behind.
PC is the best then PS4 then Xbox One. I guess hardware does matter when it comes to gaming. Anyone else not surprised? As for Xbox, it looks like they will be behind until the next generation unless they update the hardware. The ESRAM buffer does not seem to be making up the gap as they hoped it would.
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I didn't realize this had come out yet.
What I'm interested in is the game itself, and I haven't seen any headlines for that.How is the game? Is it more like the first one, which I loved, or is it more like the second one, which I avoided because of all the crazy changes they made to it. Basically, am I gonna want to buy it?
10/10, yes, no, yes.
What is stopping you from plugging your laptop into your big screen and surround sound? Both devices will have HDMI, no doubt your 7.1 reciever will have HDMI in/out, whats the problem?
Infact the consoles only support 5.1, and while PC games also only support 5.1 you have the option of using third party software to upmix or EQ the sound to your hearts desire. This is also especially useful for blurays (I use Jriver or other EQ software to boost the LFE on some films), so the PC/laptop has now also replaced your bluray player and any DSP hardware (e.g DCX2496/miniDSP/nanoAVR) you may have for your surround sound. It will also replace your streaming device such as Roku if you have one.
Controller? Are you serious? Wireless gamepads have been available for PCs since long before the consoles started using them, plus you have the choice of hundreds of different controller designs, in addition to a mouse/keyboard (which is undeniably superior for many game types, RTS and FPS for example). PS4 controller doesn't fit in your unusually big (or small) hands, you are shit out of luck. I have a wireless (USB dongle) gamepad that I paid £11 for nearly 10 years ago, the range is superior to any console controllers, the battery life is immense (hundreds of hours play from 4xAAA batteries), and its basically a Playstation controller but scaled up by 20% in all dimensions, perfect for me.
I too have a nice TV with a high-end surround system (although only 5.1 because of space restrictions) and ALL the content is provided by a gaming PC that cost £600 4 years ago (however I am just about to spend another £150 on a GPU that should last another 4 years). That is incredible value. I do own a Xbox360 but that is only to play Halo 3.