I was quite looking forward to jumoing back into 3. I have a disk copy from the 360 so i can play the backwards compatibility version, im just quite lazy and like to have stuff on the hardrive. After seeing FC4 on the xbox one, i had a level of expectation for classic.
Unfortunately, while the graphics do look nice, performance has been sacrificed to get the sharper visuals. Imo, not a worthwhile sacrifice, as the og version plays perfectly fine. For those of you that have the og version, i would honestly recommend skipping the "classic" version. It may look better, but it plays worse.
I hope they will attempt to tidy it up through patches.
Bit of a bummer considering the job ubi did with rogue remastered. Im glad it was a "bonus", and i didnt pay extra for it.
*this initial post was very much a gut reaction. While there is a stuttering in places, its not as bad as one may think reading this first post. The game is quite playable, if not as silky smooth as some recent ubi offerings. While i stand by my statement that the og version is smoother visually, the graphics on the whole are no where near as smart as this new version, and in all honesty there are moments in the og version that suffer from slowdown aswell.*
@ourjud
It seems ........ like its stuttering. It probably is related that frames but its less of a slow down, and more of a stutter. I fired up the og version immediately just to compare because i don't remember the stutter from the last one, and its not there.
@lamoi
Dont know bud. Im on xbox and it was in my "ready to install" section.
Okay. I'll look out for this if I bother picking it up.Originally Posted by BERTANDERNY Go to original post
What about the HUD? Did you notice if it's any different to the original last-gen version in way of options?
Nope. Its all the same. Its literally the same game with the graphics turned up. Which would have been awesome if only it performed to at least the same standard as the old one. The lighting is improved, and the draw distance, and the overall detail, but it just doesn't run aswell as the old one, which for me, is way more important. Especially in first person shooter territory. Such a shame.
I appreciate this technically wasnt a remaster, and that it is essentially the pc version on full beans mode. That doesn't alter the fact that its fc3, back on xbox, with beefed up graphics. It also doesn't alter the fact that it doesnt run as well as the og version in back compat mode. Whether it's because its the pc version and something just doesn't sit right, or they have pushed the engine a bit to hard or whatever, it doesn't run well. They should have remastered the old one, tweaked the existing one more so it sits better on console, or not bother in the first place.
Imo peeps, try before you buy. And then fire up the old one.