LOL. Quantum Break on X1 is 720p without locked 30 FPS

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-hands-on-with-quantum-break

"In fact, nailing down resolution proves rather difficult, due in part to how various elements on screen are rendered. Based on Remedy's own Siggraph 2015 white paper, we understand screen-space lighting, ambient occlusion, and global illumination pipelines are all handled at 1280x720 on Xbox One in order to budget for a 33.3ms render-time.

Curiously, the paper also states Xbox One's final output is 1920x1080, and that's where there is some confusion - as we've yet to see evidence of full HD 1080p gameplay in close analysis - barring the title's HUD elements and menus. In every scene tested so far, a native resolution of 720p is the consistent result found in each pixel count test - so while there's every possibility of individual render targets operating at higher resolutions, basic geometry that we're able to measure hands in a 720p result as things stand."

Holy shit, someone please tell the console it's 2016...

Game looks fine. Resolution is a performance benchmark not a graphical achievement. Imagine the wonders that could happen on ps4 with its power if exclusives weren't forced to be 1080p

@Blabadon: Someone tell the console it's 2016? What does that mean? It came out in 2013. It has games that runs at 1080 60 fps. It has had no upgrades. A pretty stupid comment. Lol

Jesus..

Alan Wake also ran at a low-ass resolution.

"From the outset, the use of film grain, depth of field, and camera and object blur sets the tone for the game"

Can they just stop using that crap already jesus, here's hoping the pc version can turn that off

Wasn't this to be expected?

Consoles can't keep up with tech any more. 720p is unacceptable today, consoles have to be more expensive.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG, and Lems were hyping this a graphics king... Sit the eff down, Lems! Time for your medicine!

That's funny, when I play PC games, Resolution sure as hell shows up as a graphics option LMFAO! Who are you kidding?!

LOL!

Man not being able to play with native res just flat out sucks.

Well maybe relief is coming at E3 in the form of a new Xbox announcement. X1 clearly failed to hit 1080p as standard which gives room for a more powerful box that will easily outperform it without fundamentally having to change the games.

@Shewgenja: It seems you are off your meds with that psychotic laugh and your hate for a piece of plastic and a great looking game. If you read the whole article you'd see there's some confusion and it may well be 1080p also if you read the article it states that it is a great looking game with a locked in 30 fps even with a lot of action going on. Just one scene where it dropped to like 28. So his thread topic is actually misleading. Miserable cow.

Guess I'll be enjoying the game in 720p.

Hold on, let me get into my time machine so I can go back to 2013 when the xbone being a shitty console was breaking news. seriously, are people really pretending to be surprised that games still run like shit on the xbone when they're only going to get more and more demanding as the gen moves forward? then these are the same idiots who cry when console makers want better hardware out there sooner rather than later.

@speak_low: If you actually read the article it states it's a great looking game. No sweating here. Only PS4 owners since they can't play the game.

Ahh, you got it backwards. I don't hate the plastic box, I hate what the plastic box represents and every single last sob who puts it ahead of gaming. People want to pretend like there weren't some of you Lems in here talking about Xbone being the more "mature" console for people who couldn't game all the time and wanted "something more" from their next console. Some of you were saying that always-online DRM was the inescapable future of the gaming industry as if ya'lls names were Sgt. Kyle Reese, John Connor, or Sara Connor.

Now look. You don't have shit to say for yourselves, so you paint everyone who just speaks the truth as childish in your little game. We know you're mad. You know you're mad. One day the cognitive dissonance will catch up to you. Until then, talk that good good about me though. I eat it up! Every time I get your panties in a twist, it's a trophy.

Gameplay > Resolution/Graphics.

Go see The Order for proof.

This will be an incredible lem damage control topic. Going to go get some popcorn and have a break from Diablo 3 to see how this unfolds.

Looks like the weak 'bone was punching well above its weight with this game.

@Shewgenja: WTF did I just read? You're seriously fucked up in the head and take this stuff way too seriously. We're talking about Quantum Break here. And nothing you said was remotely true, and you sounded childish to boot. Hypocrite much?

Graphics king.... hehehehe

Day 1 on PC game compared to an actual exclusive. Good luck with that narrative.

Game is shit. Canceling so I can buy Pokemon

@deeph said:

Graphics king.... hehehehe

Ohmaigad LOL!! This game really does give you the ability to control time. In fact, it's 2005 again!

This was literally the last hope for the Xbone to show of some of its hidden power. It is done now. It is an underpowered console. Show me some uncharted now.

oop lol Expecting a full radio silence from lems about Quantum Break being a generation's graphics king.

Figured we'd have to play the PC version to see the graphics in those trailers and bullshots. Here's to hoping the PC version isn't a mess.

The game is outputting in 1080p natively, it's rendering certain in game aspects and effects at 1280x720, this was already discussed last year in the SigGraph development breakdown.

Oh I remember that. It was at the same time they were hyping DX12 wasn't it?

I guess now we all know the real reason XBone is $300.. Jesus never came for the XBox, it was not saved. MS is slipping on the turd they laid on stage pinning any hype for this.

If people played the game before this reveal, I doubt wouldn't know what resolution they were playing in.

Graphics king indeed.

Lawl.

That was the story but the game itself is showing something different. We'll have to wait for confirmation from Remedy.

Yeah I'm interested to see what their response is, it's likely some type of hybrid rendering technique.

But the cutscenes look so life like

I hope it runs well on PC

Oh my God! Keep em coming. This is SO delicious!

Good this game come to PC then...

Such Hybrid

Many Technique

Wow..

What about all that bullshit about lems saying they don't mind 720p and would rather have 60fps?

What happens if you can't even reach that???

@mr_huggles_dog: ...maybe because they didn't get 60fps either

Damn, that is absolutely terrible. 720p and they can't even guarantee 30fps? Yeesh.

Probably not- if it is not built into the game, you can't mod it in either, since the game is only being sold as a UWP.

So are we agreeing the Xbox One is a shitty console, then?

Pokemon is awesome, so it wouldn't be a bad purchase!

No, it renders in 720p itself, but the Xbox One seems to upscale it to 1080p.

I mean, it is an exceptionally good looking game (or at least the PC version will be).

@Shewgenja:

How can I qualify for a lem if I never owned any Xbox console in its 14 years of existence?

This game just might be the graphics king on PC, since it needs to be scaled down to 720p on the Xbox One this far into the generation. Seriously you PC guys with super duper rigs, post some screenshots on here because the game looks amazing.

Quantum Blur™

This is now trademarked by me, if you want to use it you must pay me a royalty.

This isn't possible, the UI's are native 1080p so the render is 1080p, there's some type of proprietary and unique rendering technique taking place within the game itself.

Zero worries from me, read the article and it is mostly praise, even more stoked now for the game based on some of the descriptions they gave regarding a few early set pieces. Here's another quote from the same article :

"Bearing in mind the team's history with smart rendering techniques on older hardware, we'd expect a similar approach to its current-gen work. In Alan Wake's case we saw the game running at a native 960x544 - a big drop down from native 720p, but mitigated by the application of 4x MSAA that worked really well in combination with the game's aesthetic. The results were often breathtaking, and as a last-gen title it proved that resolution wasn't the be all and end all of image quality - a philosophy that carries over to an extent to Quantum Break."

@Shewgenja: and some games have "graphical" options to set framerate what's your point? Performance is resolution and framerate. Graphics are effects like lighting, particle effects, physics etc etc. Obviously they are lowering the resolution to so they can increase the graphical affects. I don't even have an xbone and will be playing this on pc but I'm also not a boob. Like I said more ps4 exclusives should stop trying to force 1080p and actually push for better effects. Low quality shadows for example look even more shitty in 1080p