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

Promise Mascot Company  from Kaizen Sport 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 gadgets to see how the sport scales, Steam Deck advisable settings, and extra. For the reason that recreation has been patched a number of instances throughout platforms, the settings and impressions under are with the most recent patches as of this writing for PS5, Steam, and Nintendo Swap.

Whereas I adored Paradise Killer from Kaizen Sport 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 hold 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 performing in Promise Mascot Company. If the demo remains to be obtainable 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 would function some screenshots from afterward within the recreation 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 recreation concentrating on solely the present technology techniques on PlayStation and Xbox, I needed 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 number of days previous to getting the Nintendo Swap code, I used to be a bit fearful as a result of it was a bit heavy to run on PC. There are some points just like the in-engine cut-scenes operating poorly or some ghosting (doubtless because of the post-processing used) when shifting the digital camera, however the total expertise is healthier 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, but it surely 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 foremost 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 undoubtedly a giant downgrade in comparison with the PS5 model in areas like water, textures, and surroundings density, however is healthier than I anticipated. I hope this one will get a Nintendo Swap 2 improve or patch to permit for a better body fee with higher visuals on the go.

Promise Mascot Company PC graphics choices

Promise Mascot Company on PC has an auto detect choice primarily based in your {hardware} and graphics presets (customized, low, medium, excessive, extremely) obtainable. These modify (and you can too modify them individually throughout a number 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 permits you to use the sport’s personal auto-detection choices to 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 expertise (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 fee goal (30fps, 60fps, 90fps, 120fps, unlocked), toggle body fee smoothing, toggle v-sync, subject of view, and movement blur stage (0 to 100). Past graphics and show choices, it has a number of notable accessibility and management choices as you possibly can 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 ranking from Valve as of this writing, I can verify 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 among the settings for a steady body fee above 30fps with good visuals, however I think about most shall be enjoying it with out bother out of the field. It additionally helps 16:10 appropriately regardless of the photograph the builders posted on Steam displaying it at 16:9 on Steam Deck.

Promise Mascot Company isn’t a recreation you’ll be enjoying at a locked 60fps or larger on Steam Deck sadly. When you keep on with 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 fee smoothing and v-sync on. With this, it will possibly hit 60fps, however struggles in most of the open world areas, particularly with a number of density for buildings or foliage. Promise Mascot Company additionally has full controller assist, Steam Cloud assist, and helps the Deck’s 16:10 facet ratio as I mentioned above.

Promise Mascot Company Steam Deck advisable settings

The builders undoubtedly did an excellent job with making Promise Mascot Company work properly on Steam Deck as you possibly can inform above, however I might advocate tweaking some settings. If you wish to keep on with the default choice, I might restrict the Steam Deck’s display to 40hz utilizing the fast entry menu. This can present probably the most constant expertise. I additionally advocate choosing XeSS at High quality as a substitute 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 depart some headroom for the {hardware} could be utilizing the medium preset, turning shadows to low, after which utilizing a 40hz refresh fee 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 the most effective 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 after I sampled the demo. It additionally seemed lots nicer than the sport did on my handhelds. I made a decision to additionally cowl the total recreation in my comparability and I am glad I did. Promise Mascot Company scales fairly a bit above the handhelds on PS5 as you’d count on. It runs properly with a 60fps goal and has rather more density on this 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 digital camera shortly as properly, but it surely 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 gentle bar coloration additionally adjustments if you increase whereas driving. I used to be curious if these options are additionally on PC, and it looks like the implementation isn’t nearly as good, however you do get assist when wired and have Steam Enter disabled primarily based on my testing on Steam Deck over the docking station.

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

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 number 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 seen comparable 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 recreation that depends on driving round an open world for a majority of the time. Issues settled a bit afterward as they do for shader-related points, however I might play this on Steam Deck if in case you have the choice over ROG Ally. Although the latter can push for higher visuals, fixed hitching whereas driving round isn’t remotely enjoyable.

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