Face-Off: Outlast

Eurogamer :

"In the end, compared to a number of other Unreal-powered titles available on the new consoles, Outlast stands out for its fast frame-rate and solid image quality. The fact that the developers were able to deliver the same experience across both consoles is worth a bit of praise. Textures, texture filtering, models, and effects are identical across all three platforms for once. There are slight differences present, mostly in the form of variable performance, but these issues do not impact a mostly rock-solid experience."

[DVS-Zev]

The heck? didn't know this was on X1.Should definitely buy if you haven't played it yet.Game was sooo good.Especially with some good audio headsets.Was never a believer in headsets until i played this.

Also nice to see some parity for it.

[Axios2]

Developers are mastering their tools

[MasterCornholio]

The game doesn't take much to run which is why I'm not surprised that the Xbox One can handle it so well. If it ran in anything other than 1080P 60FPS then I would call the developers terrible programmers.

[MyNameIsNotRick]

Had fun watching my 15 year old son play this last night (lights out, headphones on)...Scared the crap out of him. It's a great game to watch others play.

[Illusive_Man]

I'm shocked at the framerate drops on PS4. Not only was it completely brushed aside, but it was outright ignored that the X1 is the superior version. The PS4 version has drops into the low 40s and gets as bad as 24-29 fps in certain areas whereas the X1 version is consistently smooth. I know the PS4 Version was released earlier but the PS4 is supposed to be 50% more powerful and vastly easier to develop for than the X1. The game is also running on an old Unreal 3 engine so what exactly going on? This wouldn't be the first time the PS4 has shown drops in games.

Care to explain your disagrees?

[imt558]

Where is Xbone version consistently smooth? Where is Xbone version better? Both version has framerate drops CONSISTENSLY, period. This 24-29 fps is less than half-second. So, your conclusion is : PS4 has framerate drop to 20' in ELEVATOR where you don't have any control in game and Xbone is a winner? Maybe Xbone version has somewhere in another levels framerate drops to 15's, but that is NOT showed in comparison. What do you want to prove? This game is not graphical showcase for consoles and game is 100% same on both consoles.

[ovnipc]

Agree illusive man. The xone version its superior pin this game but sheep's won't accept that. They spend more time typing crap here than playing their console, most of them maybe don't even own one.

[Yetter]

Its a 60fps game and the PS4 version drops below 30. There are drops on the XB1 as well but nothing that dramatic. Why does DigitalFoundry just brush this information aside?

[lsujester]

Does a one second drop in an obvious loading area really warrant mentioning?

[Give_me_head_strong]

@Isujester- Apparently, something is only worth mentioning when it favors the PS4 over XboxOne. Mention anything that favors the XB1 and suddenly it's just not worth mentioning. You fanfools crack me up!

[Halcyon14]

It seemed to be worth mentioning up until it's in the X1's favor. It's also worth mentioning when it's running better on hardware that is, how have I seen it phrased? VASTLY inferior. But I agree, it's not that big a deal when you realize the hardware is much closer than most say.

[lsujester]

Head-strong, you're barking up the wrong tree with that "fanfools" garbage.

The plain fact is that both systems slow down during that brief second of loading and it has nothing to do with graphical power. It's simply that the X1 loaded a bit better, which the article plainly talks about elsewhere.

Regardless, that second is largely irrelevant in the context of the overall ability of the systems to run the game. In that case, they both slow down at different points, the PS4 is a bit lower at the beginning, the X1 is during the fire and time or two other. All in all, they're very comparable, though.

Only someone with a vested interest in a particular console would try to out an article about one miniscule hiccup. THOSE are the "fanfools" you talk about, which apparently you are one of.