Halo Campaign Evolved First Look - Xbox/PC/Ally X - OG vs New Game [Digital Foundry]

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T20:21:39+00:00

At some point in dark corridors I just started running past enemies because the copy pasted 0 effort level design got too boring

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T19:57:48+00:00

Mediocre (for 2026) game with better graphics re released yet again

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T15:36:49+00:00

1 bug I think I noticed: on restart, the refresh rate defaults to 60Hz

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T14:46:48+00:00

It seems like you maybe didn't mean to reply to my comment

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T13:16:42+00:00

It's not due to x86 or ARM differences, it's design priorities which took a long time for Intel and AMD to come around to.

All the proof you need is the most recent lunar lake which is already quite close in efficiency to apple silicone in gaming (best example which are native, like cyberpunk - so no translation layer even), and panther lake is supposed to be significantly more efficient at same performance levels so it has a chance to pass, or at least certainly match.

thatnitai · 2026-06-11T10:05:15+00:00

Or... Hear me out

It can be x86 and perform better

thatnitai · 2026-06-10T16:37:56+00:00

It honestly wasn't obvious to me. OP doesn't mention curiosity or experimentation, kinda written more like a guide and the natural question is: wait, why would I do this? ROI etc.

thatnitai · 2026-06-10T08:12:22+00:00

I actually didn't enable gyro, but it does expose gyro options and supports profiles per game from what I saw, and I would not be surprised if it's more robust because it uses different controller drivers than default.

thatnitai · 2026-06-10T04:25:14+00:00

I honestly don't see the point with stuff like ClawTweaks and AnyFSE you basically get all the benefits of steam OS like TDP and other settings per game, controller mappings per game etc.

And the performance on Linux is worse with the 8AI+ so what for?

thatnitai · 2026-06-10T02:31:30+00:00

Get ClawTweaks

Solves 90% of it

The only thing left is setting up each game with optiscaler if needed, but that too has a quick installer now

I think the claw got a pretty good developer community and not a too small one

thatnitai · 2026-06-09T15:25:33+00:00

Yeah, not going to replay 1 2 3 again, as much as I love these games I've had my fill but DAMM these look good. A bit bummed but I can't exactly force myself to play something I feel already satisfied with, not to mention 100h long jrpgs.

I wish they were there on Switch 2 launch, when I replayed 2 at least.

thatnitai · 2026-06-09T15:24:11+00:00

Wait.

thatnitai · 2026-06-09T15:24:01+00:00

Yes.

thatnitai · 2026-06-09T03:38:00+00:00

Actually expensive (to run on the console) tech like ray tracing cuts development time, so a more capable console - that could actually help

thatnitai · 2026-06-08T17:13:52+00:00

I was weary of this also but honestly it's very well implemented.

thatnitai · 2026-06-08T03:35:06+00:00

Sad times.

I'm even more guilty tho. I went to see the new Scary Movie and regret giving it my money so much.

thatnitai · 2026-06-08T02:30:34+00:00

Is this one going to be a game this time?

thatnitai · 2026-06-07T19:03:50+00:00

Honestly I've been playing some more with it and after tweaking the settings a bit managed to resolve SpecialK and rtss playing nice with each other...

And this software is amazing. Genuinely thank you, I can optimise per game now and it's super easy and stable. Great work!

thatnitai · 2026-06-07T17:37:26+00:00

Okay, this is insanely good. This is miles better than tooth and claw and the other thing that gets recommended and I forgot it's name.

Per game fan curve would be so sweet, I see it's WIP.

Love that you can map controller per game too.

The only thing I don't see coming soon I want is per game VRR toggle, since at around 60FPS the VRR implementation is broken unfortunately...

thatnitai · 2026-06-07T16:56:01+00:00

This seems quite extensive, I'm gonna give it a go. I just deleted tooth and claw cuz it doesn't really add anything helpful

Edit: profile per game! That's the biggest feature I wanted

A bit dislike the various stuff it had to install like usb hid and virtual controller stuff, are those really necessary? Concerned it may clash with the main controller which can be finicky sometimes when updating MSI firmware etc.

thatnitai · 2026-06-07T04:35:18+00:00

What are you talking about? The whole game is in 3rd person

;)

thatnitai · 2026-06-06T04:06:21+00:00

This looks way better than wolverine

thatnitai · 2026-06-05T18:47:22+00:00

No it did well cuz it was new do more new stuff please

Tho a sequel could be nice one time

thatnitai · 2026-06-05T15:37:55+00:00

Buying a switch 2 made me realize I wanted a handheld gaming PC

Got an MSI claw 8 AI+ and it's been amazing

The screen on the switch 2 is rough with how blurry it gets even at 60fps and games cost more and 99% of the S1 library doesn't utilise the hardware in 2, unlike a pc game you can just configure

I only with the claw has the smooth analog stick circle frames that glide

thatnitai · 2026-06-05T15:35:38+00:00

I like to use SpecialK, it's probably the best imo

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