The Xbox One X Review: Putting A Spotlight On Gaming
by Brett Howse on November 3, 2017 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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- Xbox One
- Xbox
- Xbox One X
Additional Gameplay Footage
We've only had a few days with the console, but we have had a chance to try out some of the games. Using the Xbox Game Capture features, some gameplay was captured to get a sample of some of the performance and quality gains could be made with the Xbox One X. The Game Capture does compress the video though, so it is not as pristine as it would be while playing, and it also converts the HDR video to SDR to allow for the proper colors to be seen when you share the clips, although if you look at the following clips, it doesn't do a great job with the transition to SDR from HDR.
Not all of the games are yet ready for the Xbox One X yet though, with only a handful that have the Xbox One X Enhanced logo ready to go for the review. Gears of War 4 was one of the games, which we showed some images of earlier, and there were a couple more ready as well, including Disneyland Adventures.
Although it may seem like a game that wouldn't stress a system, in 4K and HDR, the textures and high resolution made an impact. Here's a quick video of the intro of this game on both the Xbox One, and the Xbox One X.
Disneyland Adventures on Xbox One
Disneyland Adventures on Xbox One X in 4K HDR
One thing you notice playing the game is just how much more sharp everything is, especially things in the background. The castle comes into focus much earlier on the Xbox One X version of this video. As with Gears of War 4, there's still some issues with coloring on the HDR converted video. If you are doing a lot of gameplay capture, it may be best to set HDR to off. Also, there's a small hiccup at the start of the Xbox One X video, as the game is just finishing loading. This doesn't appear to happen once that load is complete.
Here's another clip from Forza Motorsports 7, which is one of the launch titles for 4K and HDR, but as of this review, the 4K support is not yet added, so this will be a demo of playing a title without the Enhanced option available. This is from the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, on the Curva Parabolica.
Forza Motorsports 7 on Xbox One
Forza Motorsports 7 on Xbox One X
Even though the 4K support is not there, the game does support HDR, which improves the look of the game quite a bit, even though you can't see it in the SDR converted video. Forza is a pretty lean engine, so the developers are targetting 4K60 for this title. The aliasing of 1080p content in this game is pretty strong, so it will benefit a lot from the 4K update when it arrives. When it's available, we'll post another clip to show the differences.
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scbundy - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
It's outside of Zelda and Mario that Nintendo has troubles. There are plenty of good games on the other consoles and PC.TEAMSWITCHER - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
How about Great Games with a metacritic score in the upper 90's? I can play only so much GTA V.Manch - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
I have a switch and both those games. They're a lot of fun. Like scbundy said, there are plenty of great games on other consoles and PC. Your comment is about as random as the one I replied to.TEAMSWITCHER - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Yes.. But the topic is XBox One X. Where is the must have, totally engrossing, ground breaking title that makes an XBox One X a must have?scbundy - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Oh I agree. Microsoft has an exclusives problem. I was just saying Nintendo is on the opposite side. Their 3rd party titles have been an issue for some years now, they ONLY have exclusives.Manch - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
From the get go they said there would be no exclusive game for the Xbox One X errr XBOX. There are a couple games that can take advantage of the increased specs out already and about 130 patched. No one complains about this when they revised the PS4 as the Pro don't have any.cmdrdredd - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
No that's not the point. The point is the Xbox console itself has very few exclusives. Not the X model specifically. There are games on the PS4 that do not appear anywhere else. Microsoft doesn't have that as all their titles are now on windows. Nintendo doesn't have 3rd party support and only has first and second party exclusives and a couple others here or there, but they are missing a large percentage of the 3rd party releases so the library is sparse.Anonymous Blowhard - Sunday, November 5, 2017 - link
My sentiments exactly. There's nothing driving me to get an Xbone when a huge chunk of its titles are available on a PC (and often for less) let alone spend $499 to open One Xbox One X Box and find a console that outstrips an RX480 but still can't even hold 1080p60 in a Telltale point-and-click game (LOL)Manch - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - link
Yeah, you can't build a PC with similar spec/perf for that price. As far as the Tell Tale game goes, the dev needs to fix it as there is NO reason why it shouldn't run smooth. Other telltale games don't have this issue. Cant blame that on the XBOX.Manch - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - link
No, you're missing the point. The OP wasn't talking about XBOX one games in general. He was bitching about there not being any XBOX One X exclusives.