Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is out now, and on PC, it’s a demanding however visually dazzling expertise in case you’ve bought the {hardware} (take a look at Alessio’s overview of the sport working on an RTX 4090 right here), however what about consoles? Earlier than launch, it was revealed that Hellblade II would solely have a single 30fps visible mode on Xbox Sequence X/S, however no less than that slim focus would imply the sport would constantly nail that 30fps, proper? Nicely, about that… the parents at ElAnalistaDeBits have taken the Xbox variations of Hellblade II for a spin, and the outcomes aren’t fairly as strong as you would possibly hope. Take a look at the complete evaluation under when you’ve got round quarter-hour to spare, or scroll on down for our rundown of the salient factors.

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In line with the above evaluation, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II runs at a dynamic 2560x1070p with a mean res of round 2304x963p on Xbox Sequence X and a dynamic 1920x803p with a mean of 1472x615p on Xbox Sequence S (the resolutions are quite wonky as a result of recreation working in “cinematic” 2.39:1 widescreen mode with black bars on the high and backside of the display screen). By way of visible high quality, the Sequence X seems to be similar to the PC on increased settings, whereas the Sequence S is a bit decrease high quality.

Sadly, neither the Xbox Sequence X or S appears to have the ability to keep a constant 30fps. Whereas each hit 30fps maybe 80 % of the time, dips look to be frequent throughout extra visually lush and action-packed scenes. The Xbox Sequence X can drop into the mid-20fps vary, and the Xbox Sequence S can plunge all the best way right down to the low 20s. Oddly, the 2 programs appear to battle at barely totally different factors, maybe tied to how every system handles its dynamic decision.

Not less than for now, it looks as if Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II often is the recreation that’s only a bit too fairly for the Xbox Sequence X/S. Right here’s hoping a bit extra optimization could be delivered to the desk within the coming weeks and months.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is on the market now on PC and Xbox Sequence X/S.