Not my footage but thought SteamDeck owners might be interested in seeing this.
Unexpected but looks like some bad frame rate dips here and there with around 20fps in most scenes where there’s a few things going on.
XVI’s graphics are no joke–by far the most detail I’ve ever seen in any game. It’s never gonna run well. I’m impressed it’s running at all.
It’s surprised me as well. There’s some scenes, areas and fights that aren’t in this demo that I imagine will just cause a deck to grind to a halt.
XVI’s animations (outside of important scenes) is not up to par with the older Horizon: Forbidden West, though. Comparing any game to Forbidden West’s motion capture is like putting it through a meat grinder. It’s dead. Wish XVI didn’t border on “high quality animations” syndrome, sometimes.
it was choppy in parts but actually the
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morbol fight
and the
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eikon battle
went super smoothly for me. the major issue was the very start of the
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eikon battle
not so much unplayable just chuggy.
It’s what I expected. I don’t think it’s going to get much better than that. It’s playable though if you don’t care much about frame consistency.