Like-for-like cut-scene analysis reveals the impact of v-sync on the game's frame-rate. However, as the Mass Effect 2 demo-to-review-code comparison reveals, v-sync has been engaged on the final copy of the game and a frame-rate cap has been introduced, which should produce behaviour broadly in line with the existing 360 game. If you might remember, in the demo code (now revealed to be two months pre-final), we saw evidence of engine optimisations that suggested that the PlayStation 3 version of the game could be running more smoothly than the Xbox 360 game. That being the case, it's only fair to analyse each of these aspects of the game independently.
In many ways, Mass Effect 2 is a game of two halves - there are the interactive cut-scene elements and then there are the exploration and action sections. Other than that, the variances between the two games are mostly minor, aside from the lighting which can be somewhat different at any given point - but more on that later. The overall impression is that, just like the PS3 version, there is no edge smoothing at all. There are hints of 2x multi-sampling AA on the Xbox 360, but in common with many UE3 titles this work is carried out fairly early in the rendering pipeline, because subsequent post-processing effects blitz almost all of the effect. Use the full-screen button for 720p resolution or use the link below for a larger window.Īs you might expect from a game using the rendering underpinnings of Unreal Engine 3, Mass Effect 2 operates at native 720p with no anti-aliasing on the PlayStation 3. Let's kick off with the usual raft of comparison assets, beginning with a 720p screenshot gallery and this head-to-head movie.įinal code for PS3 and 360 versions compared. What we don't, have, however is the 12GB PSN download of the game - something we hope to look at further down the line. The second contains all the DLC you can download from the Cerberus Network as soon as you get the game. The first is a copy of the game just like the one you can buy from the shops. Now we have the review version of the game, supplied on two discs. We started to get answers at the tail end of last year when the PS3 sampler first emerged, but BioWare is now on record saying that the demo was old code - something that becomes apparent in our comparison with the review version. Just how well can a previously Xbox 360-exclusive title operate on the opposing platform? How well does the Dark Horse interactive comic do at filling players in on the events of the first game? Does the final game justify the various claims being made for it, most notably that it will be the "definitive" edition of the game? The news that Mass Effect is now a cross-platform franchise has been met with many questions.
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