The Xbox Series X Review: Ushering In The Next Generation of Game Consoles
by Brett Howse on November 5, 2020 9:00 AM ESTGameplay Analysis: The Wolf Among Us
Although a cell-shaded game like The Wolf Among Us, created by Telltale games, may not seem like a particularly taxing game to test on the Xbox One X and the Xbox Series X, this PC port is actually quite demanding on the consoles, with the Xbox One and Xbox One X both exhibiting stuttering and framerate drops. So, why not see how the more powerful Series X can handle it?
Although both consoles were not able to maintain 60 FPS 100% of the time, the Xbox One X most definitely had more frame time jumps, and lowered framerate more often.
Looking at this scene, the Xbox Series X does drop the framerate slightly, but far less than the Xbox One X, and without quite as large of a frame time spike either.
This happens quite often, with the Xbox One X running into a wall much more often and with more of an impact than the more powerful Series X.
Although the framerate of The Wolf Among Us is not a key to the gameplay, it does keep you immersed, and frame time spikes can really jar the eye as a sudden hitch in the game. Telltale games clearly did not do a great job porting this to the console, but it does give is a good chance to see where the new console can improve the gameplay of an older title.
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eastcoast_pete - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Yes, that (shuffle with off-unit storage) is what I meant. At least early on, I'd like to keep enough free space on the built-in SSD to allow for fast saves and resumes.Brett Howse - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
It doesn't display the copy speed but I was able to copy a 75 GB game to the internal SSD in about 15 minutes, which works out to about 700 Mbps or 83 MB/s. This was with a 2.5" HDD.eastcoast_pete - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
Thanks Brett! So, no speed demon, but not extra slow either, and this is about what I currently get with my external HDD over USB 3 to my PC. If the Series X does likewise with an SSD over USB 3.1 (same speed as external to PC), it'll be usable.cmdrdredd - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
Digital Foundry did a test like this for backwards compatible games and in Fallout 4 the game loaded in 15seconds on the internal SSD and 17seconds from an external SSD(860evo) via USB3.15j3rul3 - Saturday, November 7, 2020 - link
Is there any SONY Playstation 5 Review？Brett Howse - Saturday, November 7, 2020 - link
We didn't get sampled the PlayStation 5. Ryan has one ordered but it obviously he won't get it any earlier than when customers start to receive them.5j3rul3 - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
I hope I can read the PS5 review soon :)CoderScribe - Saturday, November 28, 2020 - link
DittoAssimilator87 - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Great article, Brett! Are you able to increase the resolution of the embedded pictures? The frame rate pics specifically are so soft it hurts my eyes haha.Also, is it possible to use a USB Blu-ray drive on the digital only consoles?
Brett Howse - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
If you click on the images you will get them full size.No you can't use an external Blu-Ray with the Series S.