Remedy Entertainment’s latest paranormal third-person shooterControlis out now for PC, Xbox One and PS4. It’sgetting pretty high marks, but has some noticeable performance issues on both consoles. The PS4 in particular has been noted as having framerates dipping to unreasonable levels.
Controlis the latest from the team behindMax PayneandQuantum Break. According toour review ofControl, it’s one of the best games of the year and “quite possibly Remedy’s best game yet.” But that experience is only limited to the ones that have the hardware to pull off.
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According to the Digital Foundry analysis ofControl,the game runs much differently depending on what console you have. Every console version of the game does have impressive visuals, however not nearly as impressive as playing the game on a PC with Ray Tracing turned on. On PC, the game is a visual masterpiece. On consoles, it still manages to be one of the better looking games on the market.
It’s the performance that suffers on some console versions. The best console version ofControlby far is the Xbox One X. This makes sense given thatQuantum Breakalso ran well on the One X. The action on the X is by and large very smooth, but does run into some hitching now and then.
Following the One X is the PS4 Pro, which only hits 1080p, but it runs noticeably worse than the X. More frequent stuttering interrupts a version of the game that is clearly a downgrade from the One X. At the bottom of the barrel are the base PS4 and Xbox One versions. During major action sequences the game will dip to as low as 10 frames per second on both consoles. The PS4 version looks to be the worst, as it’s where these drops are the longest and the hardest. The One S version ofControlruns at a slightly more consistent framerate than its base counterparts, but still dips quite a bit.
This performance issue is a big deal in suchan action-focused game where the powers and weapons are a highlight.Controlseems like a great game, but it may be hard to recommend unless you own a beefed up PC or the enhanced editions of the current consoles.
