Posted on: September 10, 2020
Ikarimaru
Verified ownerGames: 1038 Reviews: 3
Great game ruined by sub-par performance
I originally played this game back on release and absolutely loved it. It's a no-brainer, then, that I purchased the "remaster" DRM-free to both support the series and have an offline copy free of EA server checks with the slight "tweaks" they advertised. The main issue is that this game runs markedly worse than the original. I tried to replicate the graphics settings as much as I could to test. I own the Steam version of the original so that was my testing against this version. Vanilla for both; no fixes changes or mods. Ryzen 3600 EVGA RTX 2070 32GB 3200MHz RAM 1440p, 165Hz Monitor I tested in a couple areas, mainly the first hours' worth of content and used Afterburner to capture the FPS. The remaster, even in small enclosed areas, ran a consistent 60-90 FPS LESS than the Vanilla release with dips in clustered areas. I understand that they didn't overhaul the engine or anything so we get what we get, but this is shameful to charge full price for a game with these issues. Like I said, I bought to support, and I hope this means we get continued games in this world, but this is incredibly disappointing.
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