Video: the Game for PC radically superior to the console version (Prey (2017))

Usually cross-platform games are created primarily for consoles, and the PC version are serviced by a residual principle: high frame rate support for high resolutions, the textures are of higher quality and, if lucky, enhanced graphics settings. But the staff at Digital Foundry analyzed the PC version of the game Prey, I was pleasantly surprised. In this case, all the evidence suggests that Arkane Studios was considered by the PC as a key platform, and then simplified the game for consoles. Moreover, journalists noted that those who want to get a full idea about the game should only play in the PC version.



Key elements of the game is clearly designed with an eye on 60 fps and above what console to provide not. The battles with the aliens are also much better when playing with a keyboard and mouse than a gamepad. There is qualitatively implemented support for the Steam Controller.

In addition, the game is perfectly optimized even on low-end by modern standards gaming PC capable of delivering a full 60 fps at 1080p. In the result, the Prey is perceived better than the Xbox One (even without the 900p resolution) and feels completely different compared to the PlayStation 4 version, which is noticeably worse than the others in terms of smoothness (maybe due to 1080p resolution).

After the release of the demo, it became clear that the performance on PS4 sometimes severely sags. Since that time, Arkane has optimized the most problematic area, but now a version for the platform, Sony clearly needs to be further improved. Interestingly, although the game box is written on support PS4 Pro, in reality, journalists have not found her: the resolution is the same, the frequency is still fixed at 30 fps, and even worse texture filtering left. It is strange that Sony allowed such a high-profile game to enter the market with advertising support, better equipment, which in fact is not.



On the PC, especially with the SSD, the game shows several times faster loading levels. This is important because gameplay is built around the linked together a large space station to explore, and often come back. And on consoles download levels is often more than a minute.

Prey provides, perhaps, the most smooth environment among the games on the engine, CryEngine released on consoles. However, to achieve a constant 30 fps, the developers at Arkane have disabled a number of visual effects that can enjoy only PC owners. The most offensive is the lack of consoles technology reflections in screen space (Screen-space reflection), which strongly affects the depth of the game world. On the consoles they replaced the simple cubic maps.



The draw distance, shadow quality, detail level of objects and, of course, the quality of light — all on consoles is much worse and represents, in most cases, the settings "high" or below. On PC settings "very high", adding scenes depth, especially in large spaces. Also on PC you can install higher quality antialiasing (on consoles, the only option that is close in quality to SMAA 1Tx on a PC).



Most settings are the owners of a modern gaming PC it will have: even on average gaming systems Prey easily provides 60 frames per second, and CPU performance in the game does not become a bottleneck. However, to run on "high" settings, you will need a graphics card with 4 GB of memory, and maximum settings at 4K resolution will require even more video memory.

In General, Prey — unique by modern standards case: the PC version so much better than the console counterparts, that recalls the days when games are on the PC often felt quite differently and have demonstrated much higher quality.



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