Yesterday, Square Enix released a performance patch for Forspoken on PC. As such, we’ve decided to re-benchmark the game and compare it with its launch version. And yes, this latest version of the game both looks and runs better than its initial launch version.
For these benchmarks, we used an Intel i9 9900K, 16GB of DDR4 at 3800Mhz, and NVIDIA’s RTX 4090. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, and the GeForce 531.26 driver.
For our comparisons, we used the game’s non-ray-traced Max Settings. We also used its built-in benchmark, which is representative of the in-game performance.
At both 1080p and 1440p, we saw a 15% performance increase in minimum framerates. These performance improvements are during some CPU-heavy scenes, meaning that owners of older CPUs will benefit from this performance patch.
Now while our minimum framerates saw a healthy 15% increase, our average framerates saw a very small boost. At 1080p, the performance increase is only 4%. As for 1440p, we’re looking at an 8% performance boost.
Now what’s really important to note here is that Square Enix has noticeably improved the game’s graphics. Below you can find some comparison screenshots between version 1.04 (left) and version 1.10 (right). As we can clearly see, the game’s latest version looks visually better in every way!
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Looks like they turned SSAO on + some illumination tweaks.
Yeah, while at the same time improving performance. Pretty impressive really, even if I have zero interest in the game. Gotta give them credit for at least that, specially when you look at something like The outer Worlds Spacer’s Choice Edition, which runs like crap and they still charge you for it
This game was clearly not ready when they released it. Someone on the team surely knew that so I’d have to guess they really didn’t have a choice as they had already missed one major deadline. I’m a sucker for open world games but waiting on a sale here.
Name one game that was ever ready in the last 10 years. They keep doing this because these FOMO FUQs keeps buying them.
I usually don’t buy games day 1 but I did buy and play Devil May Cry V on release and that was ready.
You can pour sprinkles on a turd all you want, but in the end…
Dude, I don’t even like sprinkles. I don’t know how and why people like sprinkles. So that just made it worse me. ??? If the TURD doesn’t scare people away, then the sprinkles should.
glazed krispy kream donuts always taste the best. f*ck sprinkles.
Glazed all day bruh. Can’t deal with sprinkles. But as for ice cream, enjoy without the BS on top.
John, most of what your screenshots show is the new version is darker. The first two screenshots appear to have no other differences, and just show the newer version has a lower brightness. The second two screenshots also are mostly just a difference in brightness, and a box has been rotated to face a different way. The third screenshots show the new version is also mostly just darker, but there’s at least some noticeable differences in the shadows in the grass (made more noticeable by the lower brightness).
As for textures, meshes, visual clarity, effects (that are visible in the screenshots), etc. everything else looks exactly the same between the two versions. I bet if you were able to get the brightness the same in the new version as in the old version, they would look pretty much identical.
No. It has extra AO. Check the corner of the room near the archway.
That’s not just some extra Ambient Occlusion. The whole scene is darker.
It’s darkest in the corner in the new shot. In the old shot the lighting is even all the way into the corner. It is AO.
It’s darkest in the corner in the new shot. In the old shot the lighting is even all the way into the corner. It is AO.
Do you know what ambient occlusion is? It doesn’t effect the entire scene, only certain parts (like corners and certain edges of meshes). The entire scene is darker, even the sky and the ground outside in the sunlight. 90% or more of the difference between the screenshots is literally just lower brightness. Take your eyes out of the corner and look at the rest of the scene.
It’s not darker, just now it’s properly lit. Look at the pic of the archway. In the first pic the walls glowing like there is an overhead light source and they shouldn’t be. It was improperly lit to begin with.
It’s literally lower brightness. Everything in the scene in the screenshot from the newer version is darker, even the sky and the ground outside in the sun. You can lower the brightness and slightly raise the contrast in the screenshot using GIMP, and make it look almost identical:
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Maybe they rushed it in order to release before Hogwarts and Atomic Heart. But, to quote Linkin Park, “at the end it didn’t even mattter”
IN the end. Not at the end. It’s the name of the freaking song.
It does not matter, Damage has been done , this game is officially FLOP
You guys heard it here first y’all. Roy00125 has declared this game officially a flop.
It is
You guys heard it here first y’all. Roy00125 has declared this game officially a flop.
When a steaming pile of donkey s**t runs 15% better, well, that’s not really saying much, man.
I think game performance, was the least of this woke pile of trash’s problems.
Well said. I wouldent go near this POS woke HBTQ propaganda disgusting sh*t!
LOL seriously who gives a damn about the technical specs of a piece of propaganda
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I wonder if the directstorage performance will be improved in the future as well
cringey and woke as hell.
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And Square Enix is still trying to sell it for $70.
They should refund ME for trying the free demo.
Where they belong
“As we can clearly see, the game’s latest version looks visually better in every way!”
No these incompetent morons just discovered that the engine they’re working with has an Ambient Occlusion toggle and they turned it on, pathetic
I just like the helpful information you provide in your articles
You can actually walk and talk now in this patch LOL.
This does not solve anything, this does not fix 90% of the problems this game has. The damage is done, it’s to late.
To fix it you need to destroy the entire game, find writers who really cares, take examples from BOTW, Red Dead Redemption, Trail series, Tales series, Elden Rings, Tomb Raider, Witcher and many games like them. Restart from ground up, write realistic dialogues, add way more characters, events, collectibles, abilities, and many others. Add more efforts the map, have the main character likable and not have her be from NYC and having her wanting to go to Athiea. Rewrite the entire script, rework the gameplay and stop being lazy.
Updating this now is like updating the dead horse.
How about make the main character a hot girl
Stellar Blade/Project Eve would be that game, but it’s Sony PS5 only
female character designs like that in mainstream games are well on it’s way to becoming extinct
Yeah I can’t believe that game is going to be on the most woke console…
How about they update Fray picking up the money bag?
The only decent 2023 games so far have been Hogwarts Legacy and Hi-Fi Rush.
Baldur’s Gate 3 will probably be good too.
Octopath Traveler 2 and Yakuza Ishin say big huge hello.
Played both as a demo on Steam. Both were mediocre. They certainly are not at the level of Hogwarts.
meh
Haven’t played it, but the videos I have seen leave me feeling ‘meh’. Doesn’t look anything special, and the woke stuff puts me right off. 19th century Scotland full of ethnics…OK. I was in Scotland for a holiday recently and apparently 19th century Hogwarts Scotland is far more “diverse” than today lol
yakuza ishin cost too damn much for a ps3 pc port.
Hogwarts seems to have some performance issues so far and the RT reflections are a mixed with SSR (screen space reflections)
Other than that it looks decent.
Also Gotham knights got somewhat fixed
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Very well presented. Every quote was awesome and thanks for sharing the content. Keep sharing and keep motivating others.
Runs slightly better, at least demo. managed to get 100 fps on low now, but still eats cpu power. Also, Im getting some quirks that only I can see with my monitor. Camera scroll is not smooth, like there are not enough camera angles in rotation…
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Also, ” if you don’t play this game, then you are Raaaacist” said by God of war 1 director
No Forspoken still looks like sh*t with its black female main character
Why fix something you don’t own it in the first place….imagine throwing money on this!!!
Japanese Game for Western Audience and Sensibilities: the game
The game has been a disappointment.