The game asks you for a set amount of space on the HDD on launch. What we do know about UE3 titles on the PS3 is that they can operate with a dynamic HDD install. However, the transition is either much faster or almost completely absent in the same areas on PlayStation 3.Īlso curious is that this is not a problem of not being able to stream in data quickly enough from the DVD: we know this because a full installation to the Xbox 360 hard drive does nothing to improve matters in any way whatsoever. This effect is actually down to a piece of tech that hails from UE3 additions made during the Gears of War 2 era, where blended mip-maps are used to stop textures literally popping into view from nowhere as seen in the often rough-looking Mass Effect 1. In scene transitions you can often see textures building up, and for artwork that is front and centre in the screen this is visually quite disconcerting. Xbox 360 may well enjoy a smoother experience overall relatively speaking, but there's no doubt that the texture streaming technology is pushed beyond breaking point at times and in this respect PS3 has a small advantage. The vast size of the levels in Enslaved is an interesting and unique workout for the Unreal Engine 3 technology and both versions of the game can be found wanting in different respects.
Xbox 360 is ahead by a nose at this point, but you can't help but wish for superior performance on both platforms. On the other hand, the performance drops definitely impact the overall sheen on the presentation at many junctures. On the one hand, it's clear that Ninja Theory is doing things with Unreal Engine 3 that few developers have tried before: the scale of the levels and the overall intricacy in the visuals is at times hugely impressive. You can see it in the following analysis video, which takes five different scenes from across a range of chapters covering everything from general combat to terrain traversal and commandeering a turret. There is still a clear sensation of smoother action and higher image consistency with the 360 build in the general flow of the action, but there's no doubt that when the going gets tough, both games can judder and drops frames badly.
Translated into the gameplay, the gap appears to narrow.
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