Dragon's Dogma - Performance Comparison

DigitalFoundry compares the PC version of Dragon's Dogma with the PS3 version. This is the first time the game is playable at 60fps.

Credits to Couch for this link.




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Eurogamer also does the compare and loves the port:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di…ma-pc-face-off

PC certainly has more detail and is smoother. But I gotta say I miss some of the contrast. Everything looks a little dull, lighting wise on PC.

Anyway hoping for a sequel!

Ovenall, have you tried any SweetFX or ENB mods? Those can increase the vividness and fix the lighting in a lot of different ways.

Aubrielle I wouldn't bother, he's a type of person who'd find a flaw in a perfect diamond.

Originally Posted by Ovenall
PC certainly has more detail and is smoother. But I gotta say I miss some of the contrast. Everything looks a little dull, lighting wise on PC.

Originally Posted by Aubrielle
Ovenall, have you tried any SweetFX or ENB mods? Those can increase the vividness and fix the lighting in a lot of different ways.

It drives me crazy when sites do these side-by-sides but don't bother adjusting the contrast to match. So many users will view it and claim the console looks better…sigh. All Digital Foundry needed to do was adjust the brightness down a bit in the game.

And as Aubrielle points out, Dogma on PC is a bit too washed out, ironically because of the improved lighting. Using ReShade or SweetFX will make the game look SO much better at basically zero performance loss.

To not mention or use a simple ReShade effect in these comparison videos is highly unfortunate and lazy. These guys are supposed to be PC experts… I encourage everyone to use one, I use the Modern Look ReShade full range package. No tweaking necessary. Take five minutes to make the game look way better.

Anyway, back to the game itself…I'm on my third playthrough. Doing some speed runs now for fun. This game is so insanely good. What other huge epic RPG lets you either play the main story for 40 hours or 1 hour if you want to speed run?

Versatility is my new word for this game. You can play so many different combat styles. You can play slowly, exploring everywhere. You can speed run it. You can just fight the tough end bosses for loot. You can replay the game over and over for unique rewards. No other game comes close to providing this versatility.

Originally Posted by Brumbek
To not mention or use a simple ReShade effect in these comparison videos is highly unfortunate and lazy. These guys are supposed to be PC experts… I encourage everyone to use one, I use the Modern Look ReShade full range package. No tweaking necessary. Take five minutes to make the game look way better.

It's not lazy Brumbeck because the average PC gamer does not use ENB, or ReShade to play Dragon's Dogma. Also the point of these videos is to compare the vanilla versions.

This is extremely inflammatory and disrespectful. My first comment from the video was the same (lower contrast in the pc presentation hurts the quality more than the improvements being shown). This has nothing to do with finding a flaw in a perfect diamond. Why do you automatically label everyone who disagree with you as a troll instead of giving them a benefit of a doubt of presenting things as they see it which might differ from your view.

Originally Posted by joxer
Aubrielle I wouldn't bother, he's a type of person who'd find a flaw in a perfect diamond.

Originally Posted by you
This is extremely inflammatory and disrespectful. My first comment from the video was the same (lower contrast in the pc presentation hurts the quality more than the improvements being shown). This has nothing to do with finding a flaw in a perfect diamond. Why do you automatically label everyone who disagree with you as a troll instead of giving them a benefit of a doubt of presenting things as they see it which might differ from your view.

Labeling dissenters is a time-honored tradition! And even more so today

And joxer complaining about complainers is a treat so leave it be. Troll.

Agreed. I do not have this for PC, I was just responding to the linked video.

I'm sure overall the graphics are better on PC in 2016. I played this game a couple years ago on Xbox360 and enjoyed the hell out of it. It was still a 50% broken game and felt completely unfinished…. but even then it's one of my all-time favorites. Crazy game.

Whatever, some people gotta be angry all the time. Again, just hoping for a sequel.

I find it funny.. Comparing a current PC port to a PS3 game… That is having an NBA player playing basketball with a high school kid of average talent.

Digital Foundry is an absolute joke. They post "frame rate" and "graphics" reviews on betas and alphas of games..

Digital Foundry IMO is the TMZ of gaming…

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
It's not lazy Brumbeck because the average PC gamer does not use ENB, or ReShade to play Dragon's Dogma. Also the point of these videos is to compare the vanilla versions.

Well, that's one perspective, and that's fair to some. But ReShade is so easy to use that it would make much more sense to do a three-way comparison. PS3, PC Vanilla, and PC with ReShade. The point of PC gaming is flexibility and customization. Digital Foundry has a chance to truly educate PC gamers here.

They'd be doing users a HUGE service if they let you know that ReShade can make the graphics look so much better with no performance loss. Hence why Digital Foundry isn't very good.

Originally Posted by you
Why do you automatically label everyone who disagree with you as a troll instead of giving them a benefit of a doubt of presenting things as they see it which might differ from your view.

I have no clue what you are talking about or who are you talking about. But you probably shouldn't take thing so seriously.

While I like reshade and enb's I don't think they're needed here. Just a simple monitor calibration would have helped. Monitors by default are always very bright and look washed out a few minutes in the setting after purchase and it's fixed.

A little less brightness, a little more contrast and maybe ( personal preference) a bit of digital vibrance from the nvidia control panel plus 4K resolution using nvidia DSR and it looks pretty damn sweet.

Originally Posted by sakichop
A little less brightness, a little more contrast and maybe ( personal preference) a bit of digital vibrance from the nvidia control panel plus 4K resolution using nvidia DSR and it looks pretty damn sweet.

True. And that was my first point. When Digital Foundry noticed a very obvious difference in contrast, they should have tweaked their settings to match. Doing a comparison with greatly differing contrast levels isn't helpful…it just means people will flood the comments saying how the PC version is "washed out and ugly"…which it isn't if you properly calibrate your monitor, adjust the gamma/contrast, or tweak display settings like you say.

Anyway…it's a lost cause in regard to Eurogamer…they have a long history of doing poor comparison videos. Not trying to be mean…but facts is facts.