Dead Rising 4: Cybernetic Zombie Killing at Low Frame Rates | CGM

With dropped frame rates, and a beautiful pallet of brown on brown, Capcom has a lot of room for improvement with Dead Rising 4.

[Eonjay]

Everyone is going to start saying that this is because of the coming consoles, but remember that this was the case with DR3...

[richyque]

You guys forget that dead rising 3 was 720p (lol) 30fps and it still struggled to keep it at 30 fps on xboxone

[Abash]

I thought it was that way because it was a launch Xbox One game, I actually expected much better performance from Dead Rising 4 since it is releasing three years later and the Xbox One was given a power boost when it dropped Kinect

[Concertoine]

Rumor has it that DR3 was a rushed port from the 360 to the xbone, which would explain its issues. But this game has no excuse, especially since DR1 was a technical showcase for the 360 in its day and DR2 ran just fine.

[andrewsquall]

@Abash No, like so many times before, this was a MASSIVE warning to the problems the console was going to be facing going forward from this point. A warning that came with so many games.

Look at the likes of Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty on PS2. A game that still holds up well today. It ran at 60fps and looked great. To increase the detail in the visuals even more for MGS3 and to have even larger environments, they dropped the framerate to 30fps. That was somewhat an evolution even with the drop on framerate.
How does that compare with Dead Rising 3 at Xbone's launch? Not so good is it? How was a sequel to Dead Rising 3 with graphics that DON'T look like something from the 360 with god awful textures, EVER going to run far superior to the 3rd one even with a tiny boost to the console's performance? Do they drop the visuals to target a higher base resolution or go with a slightly better looking game than the last and stick with the same resolution? Or go with the more popular dynamic resolution nonsense that is more common on the console now where it hits 1090p 2% of the time?

These are the big questions/problems/compromises developers have when developing on Xbone this gen (even Remedy ran into these questions/problems/compromises ). No wonder the next gen GDDR5 Scorpio is on the way.

[Khaotic]

Considering everything I have ever read on game development has stated optimization is one of the last few jobs done a couple of months before release, then that either makes the writer uneducated about the subjects he tackles or flamebait. Either way it's pathetic

[red2tango]

But then you look at Days Gone with its enormous hordes and you wonder: maybe the PS4 is much more powerful...

[Software_Lover]

It's the devs. Capcom can't even get it right on PC. Stop turning this into something that it isn't

[Khaotic]

I never said it wasn't but it's asinine to say the PS4 is MUCH more powerful unless you are a diehard pony. It's more powerful yes. But when that changes and maybe the Xbox has more power you fanboys will find other useless stuff to fight over.

[OMGitzThatGuy]

Enormous hordes with a linear running path requiring barely no processing with like 2 animations at most, barely any distinction between the zombies, and not even programmed to attack the player, yeah right too powerful for its own good.

[Pancit_Canton]

I thought Uncharted 4 proved that already.

There's nothing anywhere near Uncharted 4 level on the Xbone.

[Lamboomington]

The PS4 is more powerful, and not by a negligible amount.

That said, just remember Days Gone wasn't running very well either. Watch the Digital Foundry Analysis. It did look fantastic though.

[Hercules189]

Uncharted 4 does have the crown,but I'm pretty sure everyone was amazed with the visuals of quantum break with the only thing holding it back was with resolution.

[red2tango]

I'm far from a die hard troll. I get downvoted a lot by calling the PS4 an indie console, filled with games that don't interest me. Yes, I agree that Capcom is a crappy dev, I was on my cell phone and didn't feel like writing a paragraph.

[BRAN117DON]

Dont worry the xbox scorpio will be out soon and we do not have to worry about these things :)

[Eonjay]

Or it means that the framerate is struggling and he is reporting on it while acknowledging that there is still time left. It is relevant because of DR3's performance. Its up to Capcom to optimize this game. If it come out like DR3,.. that would be really pathetic.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Brown on brown? From all the game play i have seen brown seems to be the least used color... Concrete grey sure...brown? Not seeing that.

Edit: Just was reading the article ...seems the submitter @BRFYE26 elected to put his / her own editorial into the description. Article never actually says: "With dropped frame rates, and a beautiful pallet of brown on brown, Capcom has a lot of room for improvement with Dead Rising 4." this seems to be his.her own synopsis.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Well we know which console that person owns...

[MasterCornholio]

Probably an XB1 since he's looking forward to playing the game.

[WilliamSheridan]

Who the hell is CGM? I watched the Digital Foundry test of DR4, none of the problems ( or problem, I guess ) that this "gaming site"mentions. Click bait at best...

[Dan_scruggs]

Does anyone remember how no on cared that Uncharted 4 was 30 fps. I sure do.

[xtheblackparade]

Maybe playing on low framerates is the new artstyle. Next: minecraft on 10 fps.