However, its intriguing premise is let down by a deeply unlikable protagonist and a predictable storyline that doesn't do anything interesting with its cool ideas. Where Atomic Heart most differs from its inspiration is in the lens through which it focuses its narrative, exploring concepts of free will via Soviet Russian collectivism instead of the U.S.' individualism. By the time you reach the climax of the story and you're asked to visit a lighthouse, you know what's up. The game begins in a city in the clouds, features reality-bending and elemental powers you can employ in your fight against advanced robots, sees you scrounging for resources in an idyllic city that's falling apart, and stars an amnesiac protagonist grappling with the nuances of free will. Even if I’m trying to squeeze a locked 30 out of the series S.Įspecially for games that have a PC release, it seems like more work to cut out these options then to just leave them hidden away in an “advanced” menu.Atomic Heart doesn't hide its BioShock Infinite inspirations. I’d much prefer to turn down all the post processing and draw distance etc. Unfortunately, they just decided to crank up all the visual settings to the point where it drops to like 20 fps all the time.

I love the modern iteration of this series, all the way back to its origins as Hard Reset.

Take the S/X version of Shadow Warrior 3. I would personally almost always prefer low shadow settings, a low screenspace AO, and a dynamic 1080p target (even 720p if there’s a decent TAA or 2X MSAA solution) if it means a locked 60fps. I was able to get it to a 1,000% locked 1080p 60, just by turning down the AO and shadow settings.

Interestingly, Monster Hunter Rise basically does this, letting you adjust texture resolution, screen resolution, Ambient Occlusion, shadow quality, etc. This would maintain the “easy console experience” most people currently want, but also let us make the concessions that work best for us. Ideally, they could have a prioritize frame rate mode, a prioritize graphics mode, and an advanced mode, and the advanced mode would just let you toggle settings. I wish they would start including an additional settings menu like on PC.

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