Promise Mascot Company is nice on Steam Deck and PS5, however what about Nintendo Swap?

Promise Mascot Company  from Kaizen Recreation Works launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, Nintendo Swap, and PC this week. Forward of its launch and alongside our full overview, I have been enjoying the open world narrative journey mascot administration simulator throughout three platforms and a number of units to see how the sport scales, Steam Deck really useful settings, and extra. Because the sport has been patched a couple of occasions throughout platforms, the settings and impressions beneath are with the newest patches as of this writing for PS5, Steam, and Nintendo Swap.

Whereas I adored Paradise Killer from Kaizen Recreation Works, I used to be floored at how formidable Promise Mascot Company is the extra I performed it. Having now put in over 32 hours throughout platforms, I nonetheless have not gotten my fill and I maintain booting up the sport to drive round, get extra collectibles, and simply soak within the vibes. The closely stylized visuals are solely enhanced by the superlative soundtrack and voice appearing in Promise Mascot Company. If the demo remains to be accessible if you learn this, give it a shot. It’s greater than value your time. This text is not going to have any story spoilers, however it can function some screenshots from in a while within the sport for the PC model.

Promise Mascot Company Nintendo Swap port efficiency impressions

Since Promise Mascot Company did not have a Nintendo Swap demo and is a sport focusing on solely the present era methods on PlayStation and Xbox, I wished to cowl this model first as I think about many had been curious how the open world would really feel on Nintendo’s hybrid console. After having performed the Steam launch for a couple of days previous to getting the Nintendo Swap code, I used to be a bit apprehensive as a result of it was a bit heavy to run on PC. There are some points just like the in-engine cut-scenes working poorly or some ghosting (seemingly due to the post-processing used) when shifting the digicam, however the general expertise is best than I anticipated. It targets 30fps versus 60 on PlayStation 5, and the efficiency throughout gameplay by no means bothered me.

The Swap model additionally has touchscreen assist for menus which I at all times recognize having in video games, nevertheless it lacks video seize assist. Capturing screenshots works although. I hope future updates can enhance the efficiency of the in-engine cut-scenes. Proper now the efficiency in these scenes and the pop-in for each foliage and a few objects whereas driving round are the most important points with the Swap model. I wasn’t bothered by the efficiency within the six or so hours I performed of the Swap model. It’s positively an enormous downgrade in comparison with the PS5 model in areas like water, textures, and surroundings density, however is best than I anticipated. I hope this one will get a Nintendo Swap 2 improve or patch to permit for the next body price with higher visuals on the go.

Promise Mascot Company PC graphics choices

Promise Mascot Company on PC has an auto detect possibility based mostly in your {hardware} and graphics presets (customized, low, medium, excessive, extremely) accessible. These modify (and it’s also possible to modify them individually throughout a couple of ranges) textures, shadows, anti-aliasing, post-processing, results, foliage, view distance, world element, volumetric fog (on or off), sky high quality (low or excessive), and water high quality (low or excessive). This menu additionally helps you to use the sport’s personal auto-detection choices on your {hardware}. It has an inventory for the CPU and GPU utilization additionally on the backside.

Promise Mascot Company has separate show choices that allow you to modify display mode (fullscreen, windowed, and borderless), decision (720p to 4K), upscaling know-how (none, FSR 1.0, and XeSS), upscaling high quality mode (automated, extremely high quality, high quality, balanced, efficiency, and extremely efficiency), sharpening share (just for FSR), body price goal (30fps, 60fps, 90fps, 120fps, unlocked), toggle body price smoothing, toggle v-sync, discipline of view, and movement blur stage (0 to 100). Past graphics and show choices, it has a couple of notable accessibility and management choices as you’ll be able to see within the screenshots above.

Promise Mascot Company Steam Deck impressions

The builders have talked about how Promise Mascot Company is playable on Steam Deck, and whereas it doesn’t have an official score from Valve as of this writing, I can affirm it runs with out points on the hand-held. I performed it on each my Steam Deck LCD and OLED fashions. I needed to tweak a number of the settings for a steady body price above 30fps with good visuals, however I think about most will likely be enjoying it with out bother out of the field. It additionally helps 16:10 appropriately regardless of the picture the builders posted on Steam displaying it at 16:9 on Steam Deck.

Promise Mascot Company just isn’t a sport you’ll be enjoying at a locked 60fps or greater on Steam Deck sadly. When you stick to the default settings in detects if you launch the sport for the primary time, it opts for a mixture of medium and excessive settings with FSR 1.0 set to high quality and each body price smoothing and v-sync on. With this, it could hit 60fps, however struggles in lots of the open world areas, particularly with loads of density for buildings or foliage. Promise Mascot Company additionally has full controller assist, Steam Cloud assist, and helps the Deck’s 16:10 side ratio as I mentioned above.

Promise Mascot Company Steam Deck really useful settings

The builders positively did job with making Promise Mascot Company work effectively on Steam Deck as you’ll be able to inform above, however I might advocate tweaking some settings. If you wish to stick to the default possibility, I might restrict the Steam Deck’s display to 40hz utilizing the short entry menu. It will present essentially the most constant expertise. I additionally advocate choosing XeSS at High quality as an alternative of FSR 1.0 at High quality. I examined this on each my Steam Decks and was pleased with the outcomes. The settings if you wish to go away some headroom for the {hardware} can be utilizing the medium preset, turning shadows to low, after which utilizing a 40hz refresh price on the display with XeSS set to High quality. 

Having performed Promise Mascot Company throughout Swap OLED, Steam Deck OLED, Steam Deck LCD, and ROG Ally, the Deck OLED delivers one of the best handheld expertise proper now by far.

Promise Mascot Company PS5 impressions – DualSense options and extra

I used to be instantly impressed with how Promise Mascot Company used the DualSense controller options once I sampled the demo. It additionally appeared loads nicer than the sport did on my handhelds. I made a decision to additionally cowl the total sport in my comparability and I am glad I did. Promise Mascot Company scales fairly a bit above the handhelds on PS5 as you’d anticipate. It runs effectively with a 60fps goal and has way more density on the planet than the Swap launch. It additionally seems to be wonderful on my 1440p monitor. I did not discover main ghosting points like within the Swap model when panning the digicam shortly as effectively, nevertheless it does appear to make use of some post-processing on PS5 to stabilize the picture. 

The DualSense options embody adaptive set off assist (which you’ll be able to tweak or disable), haptic suggestions, and the controller’s mild bar colour additionally modifications if you increase whereas driving. I used to be curious if these options are additionally on PC, and it looks as if the implementation just isn’t nearly as good, however you do get assist when wired and have Steam Enter disabled based mostly on my testing on Steam Deck over the docking station.

General, the PS5 model could be very polished, seems to be nice, and feels wonderful to play. I additionally examined it on the PlayStation Portal after enjoying a couple of hours on the console and it’s good to have the total DualSense expertise on it in Promise Mascot Company as you’d anticipate. 

Promise Mascot Company ROG Ally points and potential Home windows issues

Promise Mascot Company appears to have shader-related stuttering on Home windows. This wasn’t a problem on Steam Deck as anticipated, however whatever the settings I used on ROG Ally, there was hitching when driving round and through a couple of transitions. This even occurred when utilizing 720p and extremely efficiency upscaling on the low settings. I simply couldn’t get the sport to run with out hitching on ROG Ally. Whereas I solely skilled this on my Home windows handheld, James mentioned he additionally observed related shader-related stuttering on his desktop. I hope this may be addressed with a shader compilation when launching the sport as a result of it’s a disgrace to see it occur in a sport that depends on driving round an open world for a majority of the time. Issues settled a bit in a while as they do for shader-related points, however I might play this on Steam Deck you probably have the choice over ROG Ally. Despite the fact that the latter can push for higher visuals, fixed hitching whereas driving round just isn’t remotely enjoyable.

Promise Mascot Company launches on April 10 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, Nintendo Swap, and PC (Steam).