![]() The voice work in the game is best described as above average, the dialogue can be a little hammy at times and there only seems to be four or five sayings that opponents spew forth during combat. It really is a loose feeling RPG in space, your ship is completely upgradeable in a new and cool way, you take on the missions you want and you deal with them the way you want to.ĭarkstar One – Broken Alliance (XBOX 360) By bonding with enough alien artifacts, depending on how you choose to upgrade the plasma weapon, you’ll be able to recharge your shields, drain power from enemy ships, cloak or even transform with the press of a button. Gaming Minds also built in a neat RPG-element: the Darkstar One can integrate salvaged alien technology into its plasma weapon - a mysterious, upgradeable, super device. Limiting players to these sloppy controls does not make for the best experience when plunged into dangerous territory. While this strategy proves handy, it seems far too clunky. The best way to go about doing this is by using your throttle and creating just enough distance between your opponent and yourself. However, these frustrating controls come into full effect when trying to follow someone or shoot a ship down, which can be incredibly difficult and annoying. One annoyance comes from simply landing your ship in the game’s many trading post It may seem easy enough, but with other ships fighting through the small entranceway this can be incredibly annoying. The controls of the Darkstar One, particularly the steering, are very frustrating. you can find yourself getting caught up in this surprisingly vast game. With the various styles of missions: getting involved in political strife, protecting convoys, hunting down pirates, etc. You have the choice of becoming a ruthless killer, a famous trader or smuggler, a hired gun/mercenary or even a rogue, attacking the same police force that issued you your ship. ![]() You can for instance increase Vibrance for a more fantasy-like look, or use Desaturate or Sepia to give the game a more eerie feeling.Your main character, Kayron, can go several different paths depending on how you play the game. More advanced settings include color curves and tone mapping, which can be used to change the mood of the game. Sharpening can be particularly useful in games with “muddy” textures like the Dishonored or Bioshock series. Other interesting options are HDR which tries to mimic real HDR, and LUMASHARPEN which can be used to sharpen the detail of characters and items. You can turn on FXAA or SMAA Anti-aliasing by typing a boolean value (1 for “on”, 0 for “off”), but make sure to turn Anti-aliasing off in the game visual settings, as SweetFX will replace it. Opening the SweetFX_Settings.txt file will reveal a host of options. You can personalize your games further by creating your own SweetFX profiles, or editing existing ones. ![]() After installing the SweetFX preset, and using the in-built SMAA, performance improved to 58 fps average, along with a boost in visual quality. With the game settings set to Ultra and TXAA turned on, we averaged 52.3 fps. The preset used was “| ULTRA TXAA | NO BLUR” by Sp00ky. By disabling the Anti-aliasing processing in-game and using SweetFX’s SMAA instead, in conjunction with a sharpening filter, we can achieve not only better graphics but also improved performance. Some games that are poorly optimized like Dishonored 2 can greatly benefit from certain SweetFX profiles.
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