I guess they were inspired by The Corinthian
Fog is like 50% of SHs atmosphere. Shadows are the other 50%. As far as I can tell - PC version downgraded 100% of the atmosphere - though personally I took more offense to shadows out of the two things.Lime said:
Eurogamer said:
Again, Downpour is actually somewhat inferior to this collection technically. For as badly mangled as the HD Collection really is, the games still run smoother and suffer from fewer visual issues than Downpour. I really enjoyed Downpour, of course, but it's an absolute mess from a technical standpoint. Of course, Downpour is also MUCH more ambitious technically with massive areas streamed in rather than relying on loading screens between each and every room.
I would argue that point. Especially in the case of Silent Hill 3 which was butchered visually, IMO. It may "run smooth" but the missing effect, change in color tone have robbed the game of any semblance of the atmosphere originally present. Add in the audio issues with both games and I think I could make a pretty good case on why that statement is incorrect. Not to mention your comment would only apply to the 360 version of the game. The fact that the Collection is based on games from the previous generation of consoles and still can't manage a solid framerate on the PS3 is laughable if it wasn't so depressing.dark10x said:
It runs like complete shit. When exploring the town you get constant hitches, stutters, tons of screen tearing, and sub-30 fps performance. It's a mess.
Whoa whoa, you've misunderstood me there. I actually LOVE Downpour. It's an awesome experience and definitely the best thing Silent Hill related we've received in years. I'm just crushed by the technical problems. It really does suffer from the slowest performance in a modern game I've experienced in the last few years. It's really REALLY bad.
It just has some frame rate hitching and a little slow texture pop in. No way is Downpour inferior to this mess.
It's better on 360 for sure.
Eh, that's not really true. It's actually more common for PS3 games to use triple buffering (which never happens on 360). It is more common for performance issues to crop up on PS3, though.
I think the issue you're seeing is actual slowdown in that the game continues to render all frames even when performance dips resulting in slow motion. Downpour just drops frames and tears like crazy instead. Could you find me a video of SH3 running that poorly? I'd like to see it.
No it's not. It's a developer choice. If they disable v-sync the framerate would crash harder, basically. Saint's Row The Third actually has a v-sync on/off option in the menu (as do previous entries). With v-sync disabled the framerate averages around 25 fps while enabling (which eliminates tearing) results in a framerate that sticks to 20 fps most of the time with occasionally leaps up to 30 fps.
I think the issue you're seeing is actual slowdown in that the game continues to render all frames even when performance dips resulting in slow motion. Downpour just drops frames and tears like crazy instead. Could you find me a video of SH3 running that poorly? I'd like to see it.
