The Falconeer Performance Mode Runs the Game at 120 FPS on Xbox Series X and S

Thomas Sala shared some details about its upcoming game ‚The Falconeer‘ on Twitter.

[DiRtY]

1800p / 60 FPS on Series S is amazing for a 299€ console.

[Kerppamaister]

Haters gonna hate. Game looks cool in any case.

[RaidenBlack]

Yea it has an unique smooth and calming art style.
But why omit the One X stats?
It'll be 4K/60 native, right?

[Fishy Fingers]

XB One X is 1800p/60. He posed it in the comments.

[lukasmain]

This game is not technically impressive in the slightest. Wil probably review terribly as well.

[anubusgold]

@potatoseal You can run 2k games at max detail on 4 year old graphics cards so the series s will be fine if lazy developers dont get in the way.

[pocolocoX]

We keep getting actual performance numbers from Microsoft way before release. I'm loving this new Xbox!

[dlocsta]

@potatoseal
This looks as graphically intense as Ratchet & Clank and the PS5 can't run that at 4k/60FPS. Next comment...

[1Victor]

Awesome /s I would be surprised if this game didn’t perform well even in the current gen let be frank for a second this game isn’t pushing anything up

[Army_of_Darkness]

If this game can run @1080p/60fps on the Xbox one s, it says it all considered how weak that console is. 😂🤣

[sprinterboy]

Its "The Falconeer" dude, One would hope so?

[DiRtY]

Well PS5 can’t hit native 4K for Ratchet and Clank... and that is not the most demanding game either.

[Christopher]

@DiRtY: That's to be seen. All we know for certain is that it's dynamic 4k60fps. They might not have a 4k30fps native option.

[RazzerRedux]

@DiRtY

The inclusion of ray tracing makes R&C a demanding game. Falconeer isn't comparable at all.

[Ju]

@DiRtY seriously?

[Obscure_Observer]

@RazzerRedux

"The inclusion of ray tracing makes R&C a demanding game. Falconeer isn't comparable at all."

Yeah, but what about Astrobot and Sackboy? Doesn´t seem demanding games at all.

[RazzerRedux]

@obscure

Do we know final resolutions and frames for those games?

[Mr_Luke]

@DiRtY
Did i really... read that? No wait, probably it's a joke.
Comparing this game with...
No, i get it, it was a joke. Nice ;)

[Obscure_Observer]

@RazzerRedux

"Do we know final resolutions and frames for those games?"

We know that Sony is targeting 60fps for those games. Now, about the final resolution, I think it´s pretty hard to achieve native 4K for games which resolution shown in DF´s PS5 reveal event analysis were as low as 1512p.

So yeah, I´m not expecting native 4K/60fps for games like Astrobot, Sackboy and Destruction AllStars on the 10TF PS5, which makes the 4TF SS 1800p/60fps and 1080p/120fps performances for The Falconeer pretty impressive IMO.

[RazzerRedux]

@Obscure

"I think it´s pretty hard to achieve native 4K for games which resolution shown in DF´s PS5 reveal event analysis were as low as 1512p."

Why? DF fully acknowledges this could change. I think it would be silly to assume it wouldn't considering DF also said Godfall was native 4k 60. Since then AC:Valhalla has been announced at 4k 60 for PS5. Spider-man Mile Morales as a 4k 60 performance mode. But somehow....Sackboy and the rest are not going to make it there? I mean....maybe, but that is on the developers to explain at that point. Regardless, it seems silly to assume that the months between reveal and release are going to yield no improvements to performance. So why make assumptions?

"performances for The Falconeer pretty impressive IMO."

Steam recommended GPU is a GTX 1060 for Falconeer.

https://store.steampowered....

[Profchaos]

To be fair I've watched the gameplay videos it's not exactly winning any awards for setting graphical standards. Realistically you could probably get the game to be playable on a ps2 or og xbox.

I'd be extremely concerned if the game didn't hit 1080 for the one s.

And that's in no way a dig on the gameplay or anything else just graphically it's indie af.

[Ju]

Well, 1080p@60 on the X1S says it all...

[subzero1992]

The 1080P/120FPS is pretty impressive as well. Its a great console for gaming on a monitor.

[Christopher]

It's great, but the graphics are really flat and low poly without much in the way of advanced AI/physics. This shouldn't be a metric for other Indie games let alone AAA to achieve on Series S or Series X, IMHO. Once you start upping those polys and utilizing higher quality/detailed textures, that resolution is going to drop and the CPU may be affected by AI/physics processing.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[green]

Linking to an early gameplay video from 2 years ago? Okay Mr lol

I'll judge from gameplay footage taking recently and it looks impressive

https://m.youtube.com/watch...

[Christopher]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Even running on Series X, you can't say that's a high poly game. That's lower poly count than Sea of Thieves by a good margin, for comparison.

Edit to your edit: If you think that looks impressive, wait until you play some indie games from 2014-2020 on Xbox One.

[Atom666]

Still on this crusade, Christopher? Sure seems like the S is matching the X's frames, running the same "polys."

It's almost like you can drop the GPU and memory down to run the same games at lower res. Sort of like we've been doing for years on PC.

[Christopher]

***running the same "polys."***

Yes, the same really low level polygons... That's my whole point.

And my crusade must be to not oversell a product by ignoring how it's able to achieve certain things?

[Ashunderfire86]

So is 1800p/120FPS for Series X that is awesome 😎 especially upscaled to 4K or 8K depending on your TV! Facts right there

[Father__Merrin]

I'd prefer the 60fps mode with higher assets.

[Minute Man 721]

Stop it " Dynamic 4K"

[Ash01Live]

Would you rather have a solid 4k and 'dynamic' 60fps? Or a solid 60fps and dynamic 4k?

[UnSelf]

B.

[shabz666]

this gen will be very interesting to see digital foundry breakdown of the differences between each system, cant wait to see

[lukasmain]

Agreed will be interesting

[G1L]

Can't wait to check that 800% zoom for differences xD

[G1L]

This is unbelievable on a game that screams next gen like this: https://youtu.be/YzuZxW7FUH...

[Chriswheeler22]

Lol nothing about that screams next gen wtf.

[G1L]

/s

[omegaheat]

I love any positive news about Xbox, but I'm not sure if this is the type of game most wouder a testament to next generation gaming on Xbox Series S/X. It's a beautiful cell shaded game, but the textures are limited enough for this game to run flawlessly on the console(s). The Xbox Series X is beast waiting to be challenged.

[menghina]

What about One X ?
ah ok I just saw 1800p/60fps that's great , I'm still happy with my One X and I won't die if I wait at loading screens , maybe in 2021 I will get Series X till then game ON !

[hanuman2]

Duh... My smartphone can run this at 120fps.

[ThereGoThatManQ]

The amount of PR on games we don’t care about is crazy.

Where are the first party title stats?

Why can’t we see games running on the system yet???

[Ashunderfire86]

Man in this comment section all I am seeing is this game is not demanding, PS5 can’t do 4K and all this crap 💩 Can we all cheer for next gen consoles running games in checkboard rendering 1800p/120FPS? I don’t know about you guys but that is pretty darn impressive 😳 1800p/120FPS upscaled to 4K is good enough for me! That is a great 👍 benchmark for next generation consoles right there! We are getting 60FPS to 120FPS games with higher resolutions!!! That is awesome guys!!! I can’t stress that enough!

[IanTH]

Sadly, no. It's always disheartening to realize that our shared love of gaming can't seem to bring us together, and that the only thing that regularly can is actually shared hatred.

N4G isn't so much a gaming community as it is a fractured, tribal gaming country. Two people play the exact same game, but one lives in the land of Xbox & the other PS. Instead of talking about what they both love about the game, most tend to crap on one another because one box provides 5% more pixels. Or argue because the game exclusive to my box is better than the game exclusive to yours.

Hate is the only true unifier here. We hate price-gouging and being manipulated - we truly came together as a community and rallied *hard* against SW: Battlefront. If a fight broke out around if PC or consoles were better, PS/XB/Switch fans would unite under the console banner. A lot here seem to hate mobile, so a goodly number of people tend to unify around that. Slightly less overall unification in those last two, but more unified than average lol.

Sucks, man.

[Ashunderfire86]

Great speech comment man! And of course, there is a hater that disagree with both of us. You know what when both consoles finally launch and they see that 60FPS to 120FPS their eyes will glow and they will temporarily, well lets hope to near permanently they stop hating like they are a tribe fighting for their side. We as humans are tribal in nature when it comes to anything competition. We can't appreciate the fact that we as gamers won! We are seeing the best console generation ever!!!! Series X and PS5 will be the most balance consoles ever made and I can't wait for this generation to start. I am very happy that I was able to secure a PS5 preorder during the second wave, only waiting 2 weeks after launch to receive my console. At least we get to see how the launch turns out for everyone and Youtubers testing 2 consoles with 1000s of games new and backwards compatible for both consoles! Its good to be a gamer this year!!!!

[Father__Merrin]

I think most people haven't experienced modern upscaling to 4k it's literally pristine

[Profchaos]

If you think this comment section is bad go check out IGN the article could be PlayStation donates consoles to make a wish and it's still among the most toxic comment's I've seen online.
But I've been saying it for a while these are well designed systems we're in for a treat

[SatanSki]

Khh, with this kind of graphics i would accept no less then 8k@60fps

[waverider]

This game should run at 8k120.... Indie type games. Like saying that from journey or Abzu or other. Anyone that saw the trailer. The X or the Pro would do the same,

[Lilrizky]

Looks like eagleflight which ran at 120fps on a base ps4 lol

[moriarty1889]

very interesting looking game. cool art style.

[anast]

Centipede runs at 200 fps. Nah, it's cool. But I wish they would pick the heaviest games they can find to do these write ups, that way everyone will know what it can do. The Falconeer is a beautiful game, but this at 120 fps doesn't tell us much.

[the worst]

Trash game.. who cares