Arcania - Patch Performance Measurement

GameStar updated their Arcania Technik-Check with the results after yesterday's hotfix, while PC Games Hardware devoted a new article to a before & after comparison. Both conclude that the patch delivers a massive performance boost.
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I'm wondering if there is a similar one for the 360. According to a youtube vid I watched, the average FPS was around 25 or so. Not too big a deal in an RPG, but if that could be bumped up by 30% or so (like on PC), perhaps they could afford to turn up some of the gfx a bit to make it more comparable.

No matter what, I've already preordered. I guess I'm just a sucker. I'll report on it after a few hours of play next Tuesday.

oliverh72 said:

I'm wondering if there is a similar one for the 360. According to a youtube vid I watched, the average FPS was around 25 or so. Not too big a deal in an RPG, but if that could be bumped up by 30% or so (like on PC), perhaps they could afford to turn up some of the gfx a bit to make it more comparable.

No matter what, I've already preordered. I guess I'm just a sucker. I'll report on it after a few hours of play next Tuesday.

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nah, you are not a sucker. I noticed Sunday night that GamersGate had it for sale, so after thinking to myself that I would boycott this game, I went ahead and downloaded it anyway! I'm from the US, and found out today that Gamersgate turned of access to NA, so I am one of very few people in North America to have the game now!!!

Overall, it's an ok game. The PC version is the way to go. I downloaded the patch and maxed out the settings and the graphics are quite nice. Its certainly not a Gothic game and its not a hard core rpg either, but for all its faults it is a fun game. I'm going to play Arcania non-stop and finish it before I get my hands on Fallout New Vegas next week.

spiraling69 said:

I'm going to play Arcania non-stop and finish it before I get my hands on Fallout New Vegas next week.

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Well if the reviews are accurate, you should be finished by this weekend.


*Edit* Also, I wouldn't bet that only a "very few" people in NA have it now. I think you're underestimating the crowd that doesn't pay for their games.

I've played the demo today. First of all I've got to say I was positively surprised how goodl it ran on my old X2 @2300 MHz. It was really playable without problems.

From the demo Arcania seems quite okay. It did nothing for me. Everything was way too simple and lacked edges. But from a technical standpoint it's a solid product which delivers what it promises. After 2.5 hours with the demo I can't see where the 40% scores are coming from. 70-75% seems about right to me. Average, unremarkable, but neither bad nor buggy.

Nevertheless I'm going to pass. I'm a core gamer. The casual Arcania is not for me.

JDR13 said:

Well if the reviews are accurate, you should be finished by this weekend.


*Edit* Also, I wouldn't bet that only a "very few" people in NA have it now. I think you're underestimating the crowd that doesn't pay for their games.

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oh boy, I guess I made a pretty naive comment! I forgot about "that crowd"! Yeah, I'm pretty confident it will be done by Saturday afternoon

Joking aside, and now that I have spent even more time playing, Arcania kind of grows on you. In hindsight I really think JoWood made a big mistake by pushing the NA release date to the 18th, putting it in direct competition with Fallout. The 12th was the perfect release date....

Gorath said:

After 2.5 hours with the demo I can't see where the 40% scores are coming from. 70-75% seems about right to me. Average, unremarkable, but neither bad nor buggy.

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Well, it IS said in most reviews, that the demo part only shows the beginning and after that, the game gets worse (e.g. more lifeless). Of course, this is hearsay.

Hindukönig said:

Well, it IS said in most reviews, that the demo part only shows the beginning and after that, the game gets worse (e.g. more lifeless). Of course, this is hearsay.

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well everyone will have their own opinion. The beginning is almost the same, except you are not picking up all those nice weapons and armor. But I say the game does pick up after that dungeon you go through in the demo. Like I commented before I was planning on passing on this game, but was able to get it from Gamersgate before they blocked NA access. I'm glad I picked it up when I did. Its a fun game, but dissapointing because I was expecting something else for the next "Gothic" game. Its the perfect game to hold me over for another week or two until Fallout gets in my hands!