DF: State of Decay 2 Analysis

Xbox One S runs at a dynamic 1600x900 resolution (aka 900p)
Xbox One X runs at a dynamic 2160p (aka not native 4K)

Yikes!!!

"Right now, the performance profile of both machines isn't exactly ideal. Looking at a standard Xbox One in isolation, there's no absolute get-out from its most severe performance drops. Driving around brings out the worst of it, slipping from 30fps to the low 20fps in the central town areas. Meanwhile, at its best, running at 45fps reduces latency but still looks rather jerky - the frame-rate not dividing evenly into the display's refresh rate. On top of that, the base Xbox One stutters noticeably too. Expect frame-time hitches in gameplay lasting over 120ms, likely owing to a much lower-clocked Jaguar CPU attempting to quickly stream in new world data. From what we've tested, Xbox One X suffers from the same issue, but the stutter is minimised significantly."

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I played a bit on the X. Performance is absolutely ridiculous.

It's rough around the edges. But all the gameplay elements tick off a lot of my boxes. Really wanna play it.

So the box is straight up lying about it being 4K.

Ouch. It runs like butter on an i5 6500 and GTX970 @1080p with settings maxed. There is, however, one notable exception - I get substantial stutter in some high-speed driving scenarios. It sounds like this is a problem shared across platforms... something very inefficient in how the game tries to stream in new information such that you can easily peg 60 WITHIN a small area, but if you traverse the map too quickly even a high clocked CPU can't keep up.

I played 30-45 minutes worth on my PC and noticed some dips when driving as well. (Ryzen 7 2700X and 1080Ti, 4K maxed) I will check it out with a frame counter on this weekend to see just how bad it is.

My wife and I will play some coop on Xbox One and Xbox One X as well. The game running at such a higher framerate on the base hardware is strange and I am curious to see the two side by side.

I hope they iron out the kinks, this game looks like a lot of fun.

Runs smooth like butter on PC. LOL playing SoD2 on a Xbox One console, get real.

@Ant_17 said:

So the box is straight up lying about it being 4K.

They always lie about 4k... funny how they're never taken to court over it like Sony was for Killzone's MP.

The framerates tanks hard in coop and the bugs escalates two in that mode.

@goldenelementxl:

I know a certain person that's not going to like this thread.

@Ant_17 said:

So the box is straight up lying about it being 4K.

Not really since MS defines 4K as Native, dynamic, or checkerboard(sparse). True 4K!

This boils down to the question: why does M$ ALLOW the games to be released on that state? Why couldn't they delay the game and polish it?

This boils down to the question: how many games has MS allowed to be in this state? Can you share?

@Pedro: two in the last two months.

But you shouldn't answer my question with another question, that is deflection. I genuinely want to know why MS allows it.

Sea of Thieves was not buggy nor had framerate issues. What are you talking about?

If you genuinely want to know why MS allows it you think that this forum would have the answer? LOL. Stop being dumb you.

And he barely comes to SW and bitches now. Talk about "life" and now, look at him now.

@Pedro: still waiting for the answer.

? Looks like a 360 game and still runs like shit, another fail from MS' Studios...

30 fps on medium and fake 4k. XB1X destroys PC, Giovela vindicated.

I love the way you put a $ in MS. Very clever.

What do you expect from a glorified low-budget Indie game...

Hopefully they improve it with updates.

I haven't noticed any visual performance issues or severe drops but I have been sticking to on foot just to preserve fuel resources and keep lower profile, as some have noted above, driving seems to stress things, so in haven't put it through its paces yet. But compared to original game, no doubt overall big improvement with the Unreal Engine, the original game used the CryEngine.

So... it runs worse on the X?

Unacceptable performance on console.

Bu Bu Atmos...

Something to consider for future multiplatform games. All of the early footage and play throughs were one PCs. I did find that a bit out but it effectively explains the current hiccups the console versions have. They made the game for PC first with Xbox secondary.

@rafaelmsoares: The X clearly isn’t ready for 4 (or faux) K

Oooh new term. Faux K. Me like. :)

@Pedro: Kuu2 made it popular here when making fun of the PS4 Pro. Whoops!

You’re welcome!

Pro FuaxK

Undead Labs is a small indie team, pretty impressive with what they created and besides the rough edges, gameplay is deep and thats where the fun is at.

To be fair, the X1X version has a ton of other enhancements, which is why it hovers around 30.

That being said, terrible console rush job.

It even has fps drops and stutters on PC, especially when your car starts smoking from ramming too many zombies.

And im NOT going to stop ramming zombies :P

Fix your sh!+ Microsoft

Too bad the game sucks. Maybe get PS4 and play some real AAA titles?