Metaphor: ReFantazio Replace Provides Nice New Anti-Aliasing Choices, However It Does not Assist Efficiency on Steam Deck

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Earlier at this time, Metaphor: ReFantazio obtained a brand new replace containing some great changes, minor fixes, and a problem that would not deliver up New Sport+ when it ought to have. However that is not all! With this new replace, we even have a brand new graphical possibility to vary the anti-aliasing in-game, giving us a alternative between SMAA, FXAA, or neither. And whereas it could actually make the sport look fairly nice, it does not assist efficiency on the Steam Deck as a lot, though it runs fairly decently on the Steam Deck already.

With the brand new replace, which was detailed in a weblog put up on the ATLUS boards, we will select between the three totally different anti-aliasing choices and see which one appears finest for us. I made a decision to go to a spot I knew was heavier hitting and check out every choice to see which appears finest and if there are any efficiency variations. Sadly, it does not appear to assist all that a lot with efficiency, as every possibility caught round 27 – 28 FPS, but it surely does make the sport look unbelievable. The model of the sport I needed to take a look at had no anti-aliasing, so this can be a nice step up:

I additionally determined to take a look at a few different spots to see which one appears the most effective:

Personally, I’m leaning in the direction of FXAA being my favourite. No Anti-Aliasing appears too sharp, whereas SMAA does not look clean sufficient. FXAA appears actually clean, and since there’s nearly no change in efficiency, I’m fairly pleased with it and see no distinct drawbacks.

This does not change our evaluate of Metaphor, however we did add FXAA as our advisable Anti-Aliasing possibility. Regardless, it’s a unbelievable sport and undoubtedly value testing and enjoying on the go.

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