Face Off: Borderlands The Handsome Collection

deadline-zero0 · 2015-03-30 06:55:11

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-borderlands-the-handsome-collection-face-offIndeed, the experience comes across as quite uneven across both consoles: impressive PC quality visuals are joined by highly variable performance that fails to deliver locked 60fps gameplay when and where it matters the most.The positive news is that the Handsome Collection hands in native 1080p visuals across PS4 and Xbox One on both titles, featuring image quality in line with the PC version operating with post-process anti-aliasing.Taking a closer look at the game reveals that both console versions of the Handsome Collection are a match for the PC game running on the highest settings, minus the use of the Nvidia-powered PhysX effects and with a more constricted field of view that restricts the amount of visibility on offer.The viewpoint on consoles is clearly more restrained, making smaller corridors feel a little more claustrophobic, where the scope and complexity of the stylised environments is better realised. Reducing the FOV option down to 70 on PC delivers a close match to the PS4 and Xbox One releases, though it's not possible to adjust this setting on consoles.Texture filtering is also particularly impressive for a current-gen console game, with both PS4 and Xbox One using 16x anisotropic filtering - or something close to it.Borderlands attempts to deliver a top-end 60fps experience on PS4 and Xbox One, but gameplay is frequently compromised with heavy frame-rate drops and regular screen tearing - issues that are more prevalent in the Pre-Sequel. Borderlands: the Handsome Collection - the Digital Foundry verdictBorderlands' gunplay, humorous dialogue and intense action is as entertaining as ever, and in many ways this is a clear upgrade over the last-gen console versions of the game. Full HD resolution certainly helps the stylish artwork to stand out more strongly, while higher frame-rates make aiming and shooting feel noticeably smoother too. Unfortunately, overall performance is extremely variable across both consoles, with the experience feeling especially compromised during those intense gunfights that define what Borderlands is all about - shooting and looting. Both consoles struggle to keep things running consistently at 60fps, though it is the Xbox One game that comes off worse for wear owing to the heavier bouts of screen tear.It's a shame that significant issues mar the experience because the Handsome Collection on the PS4 and Xbox One has a lot going for it. For example, it's possible to transfer save files from last-gen systems over to PS4 and Xbox One, allowing players to continue with all their loot and progress intact. It's a beautiful feature, though the content transfer is locked to Sony and Microsoft's ecosystems, so it's only possible to transfer data between PS3 and PS4 or Xbox 360 and Xbox One. If you're one of the many 360 owners to transition across to PS4 (or indeed from PS3 to Xbox One), you're out of luck.

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#51 DEadliNE-Zero0

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@Kinthalis said:

Lol, DF, care to explain how the console versions are a match of PC on max settings, when they don't feature either vsync nor the Physx effects, nor the better AA available on PC, nor the better FOV?

So sad, these consoles can't even do a last gen game better than a low end gaming PC.

It's going to be a looooong gen.

They're probably refering to textures and such.

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#52 ProtossX

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@CountBleck12 said:

@ProtossX said:

PS4 remaster look better than PC on high settings

cuz the developer goes back an upgrades the graphics an textures

the PC is just how it was when it came out

so technically PS4 wins cuz like

its just like FF7 remaster on PS4 its gonna be "the best version" cuz square is going back an bumping up stuff

when a developer goes back an remasters it its superior to a pc version don't have that new stuff in it even on high settings etc from b4

pc NEEDS the remaster or its just no longer the best anymore

Yeah, no. I'm calling bullshit on this since my brother purchased this damn game and I seen him play it. By your definition of better, it doesn't apply here by any means.

Game's nothing more than a cash grab honestly which is nothing new.

About your testimonials concerning the PC though, lolnope.

well then IMO its not a true remaster if its gettin beat down by the PC version

that would make it just a sloppy PC port wouldn't it?

I think gearbox needs to call it what it is a PC PORT and not a remaster an that would fix up the whole issue here for the public

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#53 Edited By GarGx1

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@ProtossX said:

@CountBleck12 said:

@ProtossX said:

PS4 remaster look better than PC on high settings

cuz the developer goes back an upgrades the graphics an textures

the PC is just how it was when it came out

so technically PS4 wins cuz like

its just like FF7 remaster on PS4 its gonna be "the best version" cuz square is going back an bumping up stuff

when a developer goes back an remasters it its superior to a pc version don't have that new stuff in it even on high settings etc from b4

pc NEEDS the remaster or its just no longer the best anymore

Yeah, no. I'm calling bullshit on this since my brother purchased this damn game and I seen him play it. By your definition of better, it doesn't apply here by any means.

Game's nothing more than a cash grab honestly which is nothing new.

About your testimonials concerning the PC though, lolnope.

well then IMO its not a true remaster if its gettin beat down by the PC version

that would make it just a sloppy PC port wouldn't it?

I think gearbox needs to call it what it is a PC PORT and not a remaster an that would fix up the whole issue here for the public

Of course it's the PC version with fixed resolution and frames rates. It just has tinker bits like PhysX switched off.

Why the hell would they spend money on doing the game again when they already made a better version for real PC's now they get more money from the wannabe PC's as well

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#54 BobRossPerm

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@Grey_Eyed_Elf said:

@bobrossperm said:

@Grey_Eyed_Elf said:

Its a closed platform during development the developers can program the engine and game to fully utilize the power of that specific hardware.

Change settings is what the end user does on PC... Its not optimisation, optimisation comes in the form of driver updates and game patches but those are usually too little and too late for a poorly optimised game.

You just said ''there's no magical optimization''. I assumed you meant performance algorithms what developers do during development. Because I'm pretty sure they do exist man.

You know what... I'm just not going to go in circles with you about optimization.

My original post here was about the current generation being underpowered... You seem to think that this Borderlands isn't pushing the hardware. 40FPS dips on a easy to run game disagree's with you.

Awesome.

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