Anthem's now available on all platforms, and analysis regarding the game's visuals show that while persistent issues remain, graphics quality and stability have been remarkably improved since the VIP demo. BioWare continues to work on further optimizations, but the day one patch offered an opportunity to break down the visuals between Anthem's top performing platforms of the PC and Xbox One X.
Digital Foundry took the time to compare how Anthem runs on Xbox One X with its PC counterpart. Its performance analysis establishes where the Xbox One X falls in the tier of PC settings, showing that the console runs around the PC's "Medium" settings across the board. It then compares these Medium settings to the PC version of Anthem's maximum Ultra settings, showing the differences between the two.
Most prominent in the differences between the two platforms is the vegetation density in Anthem's Freeplay mode. Not only is the foliage significantly more plentiful on PC ultra settings, but the viewing distance leads them to pop up and stay on screen much more often. Whereas the Xbox One X's vegetation is quite sparse unless within a small area around the player. Lighting and shadow are also areas of large difference between the two platforms, with Xbox One X shadowing looking more chunky and less accurate to objects' nature.
There's one area between both Xbox One X and PC that is similar, however, and that's how both platforms struggle with frame-rate. The Xbox One X continues to wrestle with 30fps–an issue carried over from the VIP demo–to a point where even the Xbox One S is more stable. And while a PC with impressive hardware will manage quite a bit better than 30fps, even at Xbox One X's parallel settings, top hardware can often drop below 60fps. At Ultra settings, frame-rates can even drop into the 30s.
The comparison's conclusions are not necessarily complimentary. The video criticizes Anthem as "running heavy" on all PC hardware and characterizes the Xbox One X's comparative Medium settings as just above an "ugly" tolerance level crossed at Low settings. Nevertheless, despite the disappointment with PC optimization and scaling, the video describes the Xbox One X performance of Anthem as "pretty alright." While Anthem will likely never live up to the initial announcement demo shown in 2017, the Xbox One X version of the game seems like the best choice for BioWare fans outside of a very expensive PC.
Anthem is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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