STELLAR BLADE: RESOLUTION, PERFORMANCE OR BALANCED, WHAT CHANGES WHICH MODE IS BETTER?
In addition to reflections on the longevity and duration of the Stellar Blade campaign , our review of the PlayStation 5 exclusive offers us other ideas for dealing with a topic dear to those who are preparing to immerse themselves in the challenges offered by Shift Up’s next action adventure: which graphics mode choose?
The latest work from the South Korean development house offers three graphic modes to choose from right from launch: EVE emulators who will try their hand at Stellar Blade’s in-game activities starting from April 26th will be able to decide to play in Resolution, Performance and Balanced mode .
The first mode, as can easily be understood, puts the computational power of PlayStation 5 at the service of those who prefer to give up a high framerate to maximize the resolution and level of detail of the graphics sector. Enabling the Performance preset , however, suits those who are willing to compromise with graphics and resolution in order to play at 60fps. The Balanced preset closes the circle , which with its 40fps represents a valid compromise between the two now canonical solutions for video games of the current generation of consoles.
Regardless of the graphics mode selected, there is a big difference between the launch build of Stellar Blade and the Demo tested by fans of the genre on PS5 since the end of March: in the day one version, in fact, the sci-fi action of Shift Up does not present any kind of problem related to input lag, consequently EVE’s commands are always very reactive , obviously excluding the differences in responsiveness that can be perceived when moving from one extreme to the other of the framerate range between 30 and 60fps .
Having made these necessary clarifications, let’s return to the initial topic of the article to resolve the last doubts on the preferable graphic preset to start the PS5 exclusive in the best possible way. In our review of Stellar Blade , the good Antonello ‘Kirito’ Bello reports having conducted the tests mainly in Performance mode and having experienced an extremely fluid action , with excellently crafted animations and a graphics sector which, net of a qualitative discrepancy between one scenario and another, it still turns out to be enjoyable.
Due to the very nature of a title that focuses a lot on the frenzy of combat and the timing in executing the most suitable moves to break the defenses of the enemy in question, consequently, our advice can only be to play Stellar Blade in Performance, but not before experimenting with the other two graphics modes to ‘touch’ the differences represented by the dynamic resolution range, the fluidity of the combat system and the richness of details of the setting.