Just how good – or indeed, bad – are the last-gen console versions of Elden Ring? With current-gen consoles hit by supply issues, can you still get a decent Elden Ring experience on an older console? By and large, the answer is ‘yes’, to varying degrees. With one exception.
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A friend let me try ER on a base ps4. It's good enough that you will still have fun despite the dropped frames here and there. I do hope From can iron out the pc version though. It was going to be a day 1 buy for me but as soon as I seen it was DX12 only I backed off because DX12 has causes so many problems in other games that support it it's not even funny. ER using DX12 wouldn't be a problem if there was also an option for DX11 which most games give you the option.
PS WINS AGAIN.
This game is unoptimized.
Xbox one X isn't base console Xbox 1 is
PS4 Pro+Samsung 850EVO SSD = 12-13 seconds to load the same Castleward Tunnel Grace in this video. Stormgate/Gatefront = 8-9 seconds
Thank you Tom for at least acknowledging that onex and PS4Pro mechanical drive load times are not apples-to-apples comparisons with the Series or PS5 Consoles. I know it's extra work but why not also list the SSD (external at least) load times for PS4Pro and Onex. It basically improved loading times in both cases by around 30-40% on the last gen machines making them a little closer to next gen. The reason is that almost everyone I know who has a PS4 Pro or a OneX uses an external (or even an internal) SSD for big games.
But is it as bad as Blighttown?
Thanks for the video. I'm still rocking last gen!
Digital foundry has demonstrated notable bias in covering elden ring's launch. All console versions are effectively unplayable (sub 60 and uneven frame pacing), and are way worse than most pc experiences.
Why no mention of one x utilizing free sync? Does it make a difference? This is supposed to be a tech video. why no mention of certain tech?
I've experienced this game on pc, my pc has no issues running the game, RTX 3070Ti and Ryzen 9 5900x, 32gbs of ram, but a friend of mine, isn't a souls veteran like myself, and wants to try this game on PS4….😬
No offense to anyone but I can't imagine playing this game on a base Xbox one or s
base xbox one gotta be the worst console ever created
30 fps and below is an unplayable experience, especially for a game that really requires a higher frame rate for proper reaction times, and dodge timing.
Definitely don’t get this game unless you have a next gen console, or a good PC. Honestly feel sorry for last gen users. 60 fps is the bare minimum these days, 30 is awful.
$60 game lol.. It's clearly all the same experience on all consoles right, clearly. Getting some Cyberpunk vibes.
Can’t imagine not playing this game at 60fps
PS4 supremacy
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Goddamn that half framerate on Xbox one isn't even that far.
Clearly, given the power of the consoles, the developers have worked more on optimization on the Playstation consoles…
Lol Tom smashed the one S🤣👌
every time a rabid fanboy praises their games, fromsoftware says f u to performance
I love how the art direction negates any petty difference between PS4 and 5 outside of FPS
Ps5 and series X/s are still called as next gen, ps4 and Xbox one are last gen… What do you guys think of current gen then? Switch? 🙂
So Xbox one s is the “‘true” souls experience
The Xbox One X and PS4 Pro look great but the One X should have targeted 1440p (since it has native 1440p support) and increased the settings to allow for more foliage, a more lush environment at 1440p 30FPS would have been better in my opinion than 1800p at 35-50fps. I think some other developers could have made this happen since we see more impressive environments in other vast open world 4K titles like RDR2, Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima.. give me a like if you agree.
The PS4 versions seems pretty solid, much better than how Bloodborne was launched.
Elden ring fever is in the air.
jeez when is finally the end of these ancient toasters?
Imagine this game runing on a Switch…….
Considering I won't be able to buy a next-gen console in (at least) a couple of years, I'm grateful for DF still producing last-gen content.
imho the biggest drawback to the last gen versions are the loading times. For all its faults, the PC version has blazing fast loading times on modest spec SSDs.
Haven’t watched the video fully but there’s no video of loading times comparison between PS4 Pro ver on PS5 and PS5 version?
Anyway, I heard it’s like 2-5 sec difference.