Love how Oliver came out of nowhere and produces videos, like as if he was part of the team for years! Great stuff

Can't wait for the analysis of the GTA Trilogy performance trainwreck. XSX can somehow run Forza 5 like butter at 60fps but GTA 3 at night with effects from 2008? Stutterfest. Now we know why no videos were released of the trilogy prior to release, only screenshots...

Love this game on xbox series x it's my first tales game

Oliver just fits into DF so seamlessly. Another incredible video! TY for covering this one :)

Now that DF team got bigger, maybee somebody will find time to analyse Psychonauts 2.

Welcome back digital foundry and welcome Oliver Mackenzie.

It's great to see DF is back after the highjacking. Welcome Olie! Hopefully this will allow for even more coverage.

Digital Foundry : “I never yielded! And as you can see: I am not dead!”

Could really use that VRR support on PS5

How about covering another title past due like Lost Judgment? Would love to see a technical review of that game.

Great video! This is the kind of video that i like the most. Concise , to the point but full of information and technical analysis. Great job Oliver.

Great video new guy! Really wanted a in depth video on Tales of Arise, and I'm glad we got it!

I just picked this game up and it gets better looking as you progress!!! I’m loving it

Can't imagine this industry without you guys ❤

Glad the channel is back online! I really don't know why someone would attempt to hack the channel,but I hope everything is better now! Keep the amazing content going!

Series X basically runs Graphics Mode as well as PS5 runs Performance Mode. Meanwhile Graphics Mode on PS5 is running with constant tearing because Sony can't get VRR working.

Omg! Was waiting for so long for DF to give this one justice! Its one of the best looking RPGs i played! Such a gorgeous looking world and environment,battle effects, just stunning! Best rpg i played since DQ11,such a masterpiece ,it was worth the wait, its been 5 years since Berseria! Tales of next gen was successful, brilliant Tales & brilliant rpg, love every second, so much to say about it really ❤

Awesome video and great cover of the game. Keep it up DF and especially Oliver! Can't wait to see you cover more and more games

Thank god the channel has been restored, missed you guys.

This was one of the best in the series. I put about 90 hours and got all acheivements in the game, loved it the whole time.

What a fantastic video, Oliver, thank you for covering this, I can´t wait to get the game.

Still waiting for Psychonauts 2.

My first tales game, playing it on the series x and I am loving it so much. The opening theme is kick ass and I never skip it when I start up the game!

Really loved this game -- sometimes you just need some popcorn JRPG goodness, and this delivered in every regard. Bangin' soundtrack, gorgeous visuals, tight gameplay and lots of optional sidequests to get materials to make powerful endgame weapons. 80+ hours logged in my Steam library and this video made me want to jump in again.

Phew… Glad to see you got the channel back!

Been waiting for this vid. Thank you!

Woah, new editor. Welcome Oliver!

Another banger Ollie, it's like you've been on the crew for years :)

Welcome back folks! Glad the channel is back! As far as this game, I really didn't care for any previous tales game I played other than Symphonia, but I can't deny this looks damn good. Just waiting on a sale or gamepass appearance.

I know this might not get a lot of views but I love that they do these pieces for people that like these types of games! super!

Welcome back guys! We missed you.

Thank You! Was waiting for this one.

The snow area is definitely the most demanding area for framerates. Even on my pc, I had to turn the graphics settings down in that area since the fans were really picking up

Vrr is by far the best feature for me so far this gen. There are so many games that “feel” like a locked 60 to me but when I pull up the frame counter it’s bouncing around between high 40s and 60 most of the time. Thanks to vrr I wouldn’t know without the frame counter built into the tv

Hey, nice video ! I would suggest to look into your microphone situation, I found it too sibilant. Maybe upgrading your mics, changing the eq or treating your room would do the trick.

Graphics: Xbox series X = PS5 > Xbox series S Frame rate: Xbox Series X > Xbox series S > PS5

Shout out to oliver 2 videos in and loving it great work

Gotta love VRR.

I needed this video a couple of months back but hopefully we'll get more JRPGs on DF

Awesome video Oliver!!!

Nice, I thought this game wouldn't get a video at this point but glad to see I was wrong. Great video as always!

Glad to see DF back.

Welcome back guys!

Hopefully i can pick it on sale during Black Friday on the Series X. Seems to run best there.

I have never played a Tales game before and bought it on a whim. I cant believe how much I am loving it.

I need to get into this. It looks great

22hrs in so far...great game, looks and plays amazing

I was waiting for you guys to make a video about tales of arise

Great review, Olie!!

Oliver is kicking ass right off the bat. I love it

Thank goodness Alex did not review this, otherwise he would've been offended by the anime boobs in the game.

Just played the demo on my Xbox Series S and it’s gorgeous. Runs very smoothly and the game is really good.

I love these comparisons.

It's worth mentioning that the game also uses SSGI from what I noticed on the video.

You guys gonna test out Skyrim's next gen upgrade differences? Curious what actually changed

I maxed everyrhing on this game including max devil arms for all and I clocked 160hrs with 5 playthrus I just freaking love this. Best game of this year

I gave up hope for this video! Glad to see it!

nicely done Oliver keep it up

I've been waiting for this video

Simply put, this is game of the year material. In my case, the best game I have played in 2021.

Those beginning battles seem so.... tame compared to the end-game screenfilling attacks

YEEEEEESSS!! I’ve been waiting on this vid since the release of the game. So hype and happy.

The pop-in isn't an issue when config'd on PC (guide for it is on Steam)

Looks like it needs a 30 fps v synch on graphics mode for PS5

Yey! welcome back!

If somewhat jokingly there is a mid refresh for both systems like a Pro/X from prior gen. Curious if solve the slight issues on Graphics option and possibly open up frame rate mode to go 120FPS. Mind it in my view be better if both had better use in draw distance, fixing or minimizing pop in, and better AA.

This game most likely built for the last gen Consoles PS4 & XB1X and was just ported to PS5 & XSX

I found out about the tales series via gampass with vesperia. I bought the ultimate edition of arise as soon as it went on the store and loved every minute of it. Getting to lvl 100 was hard but I got there lol This game is a must buy if you like jrpgs.

When are You guys releasing the tech breakdown for call of duty vanguard?

All they needed to do was make resolution graphics mode have dynamic res and it would bounce between 1620-2160p as needed to maintain 60fps

I literally just got this game on the Xbox Series X because I'm playing Scarlet Nexus on Xbox Game Pass and absolutely love it. I don't usually play JRPGs so I thank Game Pass for introducing me to this genre. I've yet to tear into Tales of Arise here as I want to finish Scarlet Nexus 1st but the game looks sooo good I just had to pick it up and I installed it and booted up just to take a look at the opening and man the opening cutscene looks absolutely incredible. I'm glad I went with the Xbox Series X version seeing as it's able to run the game at a mostly locked 4K/60 in graphics mode. I have a PS5 as well but this game looks too good to have to run in the the 1640p Performance mode just to get 60FPS so it's nice I don't really have to sacrifice frame rate to get a higher resolution altho I totally would have if need be. Can't wait to play this after I finsish Scarlet Nexus.

I was genuinely interested when I misread the title as Tales Of Arse!!!

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Welcome back 💙

First of all, Motoi Sakuraba's soundtrack works are as brilliant as ever. Personally I think Tales-series and Star Ocean-series are direct competitors, as they have similar presentation style and combat systems (although all SO-titles also have modern theme mixed in as well). They do have one thing in common: the composer Motoi Sakuraba works on both series. Sales-wise, Tales are much better than SO probably due to the publishing company and its accompanied anime-style opening (they do have a vocal song OP since its first title on SFC, that's one of its achievement back in the day). Gameplay-wise, I think SO is better due to fluidity of the combat. Now Tales of Arise is out, and the next Star Ocean is announced. I'm looking forward to compare the two again. At this point SO looks grim due to its bad frame rate shown in the their first video, but I hope they can address it before the game is released. Last but not least, Divine Spirit of Language remains my favorite battle theme of all time.

This is what I needed today!

Nice! Always good to have a clear sense of which version I should pick up. XSX it is!

That intro song is iconic

This took forever, I literally thought I wouldn't happen

I am really loving this game. Such a fun , beautiful little world to play in !

I havent seen 'screen space shadow' since some PSP games

The main problem are the random drops in some places for no reason at all and the poor graphical optimisation on ps5

Will you guys be taking a look at Shin Megami Tensei V? I've heard a lot of conflicting information regarding it's performance. Also nice to see a video on Arise, I was hoping you guys would take a look at it.

The dips from what I've seen and heard seem to be random and not always in the same areas. Could be a typical engine threading issue because there's no reason this game should be taxing the hardware setup.

Idk why people always say. Series s games won't look good on a 4k tv. I use mine on my 4k tv and i can't even tell if something is 4k or not. And that's really do to the fact of how far i sit. And really that way for everyone.

Thanks for this I love this series

Finally! Thought you guys forgot about it.

Disappointingly all the fantastic fx during combat don't seem to light up the characters or terrain. They also do not create dynamic shadows from the characters.

Thank you my dood. Thought DF would just ignore it since it's not the hottest series among Action JRPGs. Thanks for your work.

One of the GOTY contenders in my opinion. It was fantastic.

I just finished this game this week, bought it on launch day. I loved every minute of it and was blown away at the story and depth of characters. Easily in my top games list. Anyone who enjoys JRPGs and skips this is doing a disservice to themselves.

Digital Foundry reviewed my Game of the Year 2021 "Tale of Arise"?!!!! Holy heaven!!!!

I’m glad I took the time to watch this two years after the fact. This game was just added to gamepass and I would have just played in frame rate mode had I not seen that the graphics mode on series x was visible with vrr. To be fair I probably wouldn’t have noticed a huge difference but still, the actual specifics of the visual modes aren’t detailed within the game so this video is very helpful.

They should implement the 40fps mode like in Ratched. The 4k mode would bw much more playable.

man series s is amazing machine for 1080p tv people, enjoying the hell out of it

Love this game on my XBox Series X 👌🏽👍🏼

Are you guys covering Elden Ring Network Test?

I play Kingdom of Amalur Re Reckoning now on ps5 and I love it so far, this looks veeeeeery similar from what I can see here. Which is great

Oooh, I like a bit of Sakuraba to open a video:)

Only single player games are gonna be on my steam deck , like this one. Can't wait!!