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[VisceralBowl]

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The game seems to run really well on mid-range PCs. Top end GPUs like the 290X and 980 crush this game even using maximum settings.
4K shots here :
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Alien-Isolation-PC-258198/Specials/Technik-Infos-und-True-Audio-Support-1133499/

Ein paar kurze Eckdaten zur Hardware: Mit einem Core i5-4670K und einer R9 290X hatten wir in Full HD dauerhaft Fps im dreistelligen Bereich, bis hin zu knapp 250. Ebenso verhielt es sich mit der GTX 980, schlichtweg weil die CPU limitiert hat. Die hauseigene, namenslose Engine weiß also durchaus hardwareschonend zu agieren, sodass man auch mit Mittelklasse-PCs auf Ultra-Einstellungen mit SMAA-Kantenglättung (neben FXAA der einzige verfügbar Modus) spielen können wird.

Wow that's pretty good. Thanks for posting!

 

[th4tguy]

For those who haven't seen the original concept of Alien 3 with the wooden planet, this is a fascinating article. Bit of a lengthy read, but wild.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/alien-3-tale-of-the-wooden-planet/

Going through this now. Thank you for posting this. It's fascinating.

 

[Valravn]

New OT title:

IGN Score: 5.9, so go ahead and buy it!

 

[JoJo UK]

OT Title idea number 2 and 3:

Alien: Isolation Review Thread | Quit griping!

Alien: Isolation Review Thread | I Admire its purity

 

[th4tguy]

My only concern is the AI for the alien. I really hope the early reports I heard about the alien warping into whatever area you are in being untrue....

 

[Kezen]

That's something. What's the framerate on consoles ?

 

[cyberheater]

That's something. What's the framerate on consoles ?

Looks like it will run at minimum 30fps on just about any video card. Nice job devs.

 

[Mupod]

So an overclocked 970 should be able to use DSR at 3840x2160? Oh man.

 

[Kezen]

Looks like it will run at minimum 30fps on just about any video card. Nice job devs.

Those scores suggest to me that both consoles could hit 60fps at 1080p with ease.
Remember : the PC version at max settings has several high-end options not present on consoles : tessellation, HDAO, contact hardening shadows.

 

[keit4]

Reviews sound good enough. I will play it as soon as i can.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

That's something. What's the framerate on consoles ?

so ill be able to get 250+ frames in this game with 2 970s? holy cow. thats impressive.

edit: maybe a little less bc im gaming at 1440p

 

[Dave_6]

I've been looking with no luck, but where is that GMG code for this? Is it valid in the US?

 

[Doctor Hades]

Those scores suggest to me that both consoles could hit 60fps at 1080p with ease.
Remember : the PC version at max settings has several high-end options not present on consoles : tessellation, HDAO, contact hardening shadows.

You would think so but I've heard that the XBO/PS4 versions are both 1080p and 30 fps and I have seen slowdown on the PS4 version in videos when there's steam/smoke onscreen. Maybe Creative Assembly went for parity on the new consoles and that's why the PS4 version is also 30 FPS?

I guess the inevitable Digital Foundry Face-off article will reveal all?

 

[Krejlooc]

Word, get go games just hit me up to let me know the game could be activated and pre-loaded on steam, and when I was doing that, I realized I got the pre-order DLC as well. I was unaware that the pre-order DLC was coming to PC, too. That's awesome!

 

[DieH@rd]

That's something. What's the framerate on consoles ?

Wow, that is impressive! This is what we get when the game is ultra-solitary and player is mostly alone in a very small environment.

 

[Kezen]

so ill be able to get 250+ frames in this game with 2 970s? holy cow. thats impressive.

edit: maybe a little less bc im gaming at 1440p

1600p benchmarks at the link :
http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/alien-isolation-test-gpu.html

Wow, that is impressive! This is what we get when the game is ultra-solitary and player is mostly alone in a very small environment.

Those results are still incredible. I needed a good 15 minutes before I started believing them, I hope they have truly set every setting to max.
That's just crazy.

Seeing how well the game runs and how little multicore CPUs seem to matter (I5 and I7 on par) I wonder why the team was considering Mantle support.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Remember folks.... when looking at reviews (aka try it yourself):

 

[Dusktildawn48]

1600p benchmarks at the link :
http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/alien-isolation-test-gpu.html

so basically i should be able to hit the max 144fps on my monitor. gonna be awesome.

 

[DieH@rd]

so basically i should be able to hit the max 144fps on my monitor. gonna be awesome.

Word of warning, it seems that game does not have good AA modes. You may need to downsample if you want to eliminate jaggies.

 

[Krejlooc]

So i'll be trying to live stream this next Tuesday after work, I'll be playing using an oculus rift and vorpx. Im going to try having two streams going at once - one of the game itself, and one of a webcam with my reactions.

 

[Kezen]

Word of warning, it seems that game does not have good AA modes. You may need to downsample if you want to eliminate jaggies.

SMAA is not good ?
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Alien-Isolation-PC-258198/Specials/Technik-Infos-und-True-Audio-Support-1133499/

Die hauseigene, namenslose Engine weiß also durchaus hardwareschonend zu agieren, sodass man auch mit Mittelklasse-PCs auf Ultra-Einstellungen mit SMAA-Kantenglättung (neben FXAA der einzige verfügbar Modus) spielen können wird.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Remember folks.... when looking at reviews (aka try it yourself):

when are you reviewing it? (are you?)

 

[DarkChronic]

Reviews look good. Can't wait to pick this up!

 

[Regret Truth]

Holy shit....this part was terrifying!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mAfcPhO-Y8#t=668

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Word of warning, it seems that game does not have good AA modes. You may need to downsample if you want to eliminate jaggies.

i always thought aa because less needed at higher resolutions.

 

[whatevermort]

My only concern is the AI for the alien. I really hope the early reports I heard about the alien warping into whatever area you are in being untrue....

It doesn't warp. It respawns when you enter a new section of the ship. It has to, or you'd never see it: it could be on the other side of the station, and then all tension is totally lost.

 

[Goldenhen]

I received my preorder key from GMG 20 mins ago. So excited to play this next week.

 

[cyberheater]

when are you reviewing it? (are you?)

I've had my doubts about this game as soon as it was announced. Hmmm.

 

[VisceralBowl]

I received my preorder key from GMG 20 mins ago. So excited to play this next week.

Can confirm. I didn't get an email, but the key was in my account!

We can't preload it seems....

 

[Buburibon]

I received my preorder key from GMG 20 mins ago. So excited to play this next week.

Can confirm. I didn't get an email, but the key was in my account!

We can't preload it seems....

Thanks, I've just retrieved my keys from GMG as well. Hopefully we'll be allowed to pre-load over the weekend.

 

[Osahi]

One store here in Ghent, Belgium had bucketloads of stock on all platforms allready available. Picked one up offcourse.

Dad broken streetdate!

 

[Pops Maellard]

One store here in Ghent, Belgium had bucketloads of stock on all platforms allready available. Picked one up offcourse.

Dad broken streetdate!

I can't. Going to stop by the game shop by my house after class today and see if I can grab a copy again, but I doubt they'll be copacetic.

 

[-MD-]

I received my preorder key from GMG 20 mins ago. So excited to play this next week.

Can confirm. I didn't get an email, but the key was in my account!

We can't preload it seems....

Good to know that they sent them out early, really hoping I get my Evil Within key before the DLC gets region locked and I can't redeem.

 

[Osahi]

It was the Media Markt btw. Funny thing is, I went to pick up Forza Horizon 2, which releases officialy today, but they didn't have any stock yet (delivery was scheduled for this afternoon). Guess they got snuffed by MS for breaking streetdates all the time?

 

[SlasherJPC]

when are you reviewing it? (are you?)

Lot of review copies for people are not arriving till Monday. Only big sites got them, if smaller folks got it, I suspect they got it from a a local mom and pop shop. So yes I'll be reviewing it.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Lot of review copies for people are not arriving till Monday. Only big sites got them, if smaller folks got it, I suspect they got it from a a local mom and pop shop. So yes I'll be reviewing it.

sweet-

 

[Krejlooc]

Get go games sent out their keys, too. Its a sega game, so all the normal pc amenities should be expected. I certainly hope we can pre load.

 

[King_Moc]

I see this is releasing in New Zealand on the 7th. We should be able to unlock on Monday with a VPN, right?

 

[rou021]

I just got my keys from Green Man Gaming a little while ago. It's currently preloading via Steam. It's going to be a long wait till Tuesday.

 

[VisceralBowl]

I just got my keys from Green Man Gaming a little while ago. It's currently preloading via Steam. It's going to be a long wait till Tuesday.

You got it to preload ?!

 

[King_Moc]

You got it to preload ?!

Mines preloaded to. Just went to Alien Isolation screen in my library and clicked pre-load.

 

[hawk2025]

Remember folks.... when looking at reviews (aka try it yourself):

And going back to the previous discussion, if reviews are not supposed to be seen as endorsement (or not) of the whole website, what's going on here with this IGN tweet?

 

[bonesmccoy]

Lovely. Got the GMG key about an hour ago, and am now pre-loading on the Steam.

 

[The Janitor]

SMAA is not good ?
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Alien-Isolation-PC-258198/Specials/Technik-Infos-und-True-Audio-Support-1133499/

No? I mean it's performance friendly but it doesn't really eliminate jaggies, especially temporal/specular aliasing.

 

[napalmjam]

Heads up anyone simply games have reduced the price to £32 . After I payed £38 to them I might add >=(

 

[rou021]

You got it to preload ?!

Yep. It started downloading without issue.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

I just got my keys from Green Man Gaming a little while ago. It's currently preloading via Steam. It's going to be a long wait till Tuesday.

Mines preloaded to. Just went to Alien Isolation screen in my library and clicked pre-load.

Lovely. Got the GMG key about an hour ago, and am now pre-loading on the Steam.

 

[zephervack]

That's something. What's the framerate on consoles ?

Awesome, expected from a game that its mostly closed corridors.

 

[Kezen]

No? I mean it's performance friendly but it doesn't really eliminate jaggies, especially temporal/specular aliasing.

It's good enough for me and better than no AA or FXAA.
SSAA would have been nice as an enthusiast option.

Awesome, expected from a game that its mostly closed corridors.

I've seen less well performing corridors. Very linear game can be extremely taxing, it all depends what rendering techniques are at play.
Alien Isolation nails the Alien look and feel perfectly, but in terms of pure tech I'm not seeing ground-breaking things. Tech is at complete service of the art and game vision.

 

[SlasherJPC]

And going back to the previous discussion, if reviews are not supposed to be seen as endorsement (or not) of the whole website, what's going on here with this IGN tweet?

It's fine for IGN to dislike the game, but to say its a bad game blantantly in their tweet, is a bit dishonest, and click batey imo. There is no context to the tweet at all.