danistheguy Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Has anyone tried this on PS5? Is there any noticeable performance boost? Any recent updates? Would love to get back into this game, but the loads and FPS drops are atrocious... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdermanzz Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Been playing it quite a bit until a week or two ago on both PS5 and PS4. The load times are certainly still pretty bad but are faster on PS5 than PS4 Pro. Framerate drops/issues were reduced on PS5 in comparison but again could still happen. There's no massive or significant differences between the versions, but given the option the PS5 will slightly reduce the issues so worth playing on there if you can! Sorry I can't give you better news than that but hope that helps! A funny issue that comes up is that on PS5 some of the levels/missions load faster than the voiced briefing, which then means the character box in the corner won't go away and can stop the mission ending, so you may need to reload if that happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimi_mel Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 @Murdermanzz did you play it on internal PS5 SDD or on external? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdermanzz Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 @dimi_mel Was on internal SSD! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZankaiPowaa Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 The game seems more stable on PS5, but load times are still very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agripino Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Been playing it for a while on PS5 now. The load time is much improved over PS4 Pro - a lot of the times the combat stage is done with the loading before the chief voice over ends. There are fewer frame drops in general, but still some occur when loading back to the geoscape after a mission. It's a lot more comfortable to play it on PS5, due to the faster loading, I recommend it. Wish we had a PS5 update but I know that is extremely unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoconutChriss Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) How long does loading take from the main menu into an ingame mission save on PS5? On base PS4 it is like 2-3 Minutes. Would be nice to know how fast it is exactly on PS5. Edited September 29, 2021 by CoconutChriss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethMcCormick Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 1:10 PM, CoconutChriss said: How long does loading take from the main menu into an ingame mission save on PS5? On base PS4 it is like 2-3 Minutes. Would be nice to know how fast it is exactly on PS5. In this thread, I tried some loading times for @Suntropology, whom I’m tagging in case they’re interested in PS5 stats: On console storage (not testing additional M.2 storage as it will vary, depending on which you installed), the times I get from a PS5 are pretty much consistent with the ones I get with a PS4 Pro with internal SSD when loading to Geoscape. Otherwise, they’re quite improved (PS5 in bold, PS4 Pro SSD regular): Launching the game, from dashboard to main menu: 45 / 56-58 sec, might vary a little bit with the MY2K search. Loading a save to Geoscape, Ironman early game: no early save left / 27 sec / Ironman late game*: between 55 and a minute / 56 sec and a little bit over a minute. Loading directly in a mission: 35 sec / around a minute Starting a mission (from the begin mission option, after team selection): from 32 to 60 sec / a little under 80 sec. (mostly 76-78) One thing I notice are the graphics: playing on PS5 gives you this eerie feeling of playing last gen on current gen, if it makes sense, like you really notice the upscaling. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoconutChriss Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Thanks for the detailed numbers! Appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XpanderFX Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 22/8/2021 at 5:41 PM, Agripino said: Been playing it for a while on PS5 now. The load time is much improved over PS4 Pro - a lot of the times the combat stage is done with the loading before the chief voice over ends. There are fewer frame drops in general, but still some occur when loading back to the geoscape after a mission. On 2/8/2021 at 4:57 PM, Murdermanzz said: The load times are certainly still pretty bad but are faster on PS5 than PS4 Pro. Framerate drops/issues were reduced on PS5 in comparison but again could still happen. There's no massive or significant differences between the versions, but given the option the PS5 will slightly reduce the issues so worth playing on there if you can! improved over a base PS4 Pro or with a SSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdermanzz Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 2:46 PM, XpanderFX said: improved over a base PS4 Pro or with a SSD? Mine was a base PS4 Pro, no SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XpanderFX Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 21 hours ago, Murdermanzz said: Mine was a base PS4 Pro, no SSD. well from tests made, games on ps4 pro (ssd) and ps5 loads the same amount of time, sometimes ps4 pro performs even better. reason i dont upgraded to ps5 yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdermanzz Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 19 hours ago, XpanderFX said: well from tests made, games on ps4 pro (ssd) and ps5 loads the same amount of time, sometimes ps4 pro performs even better. reason i dont upgraded to ps5 yet Ah fair enough, yeah having an SSD probably bridges the gap pretty well. It was unbearable to play on base PS4 Pro with the load times haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agripino Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Hi, no, my Pro had no SSD. I loaded XCOM 2 on PS5 initially in the same external SSD I had on Pro and already noticed faster load times, them I moved it to the internal SSD on PS5 for an extra bit of time saving. It's not perfect but it's much more playable, makes reloads sting a little less. I remember I could read an entire page of a book on my phone before this, now I can barely get a few paragraphs in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElektrickRage Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I have to try this out myself because the load times on the original PS4 I had were ridiculously bad. Felt like 2 minutes sometimes. There was something mesmerising about this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizflips Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 For anyone still wondering: load times are good on the PS5 but I've encountered a hard crash almost ten times now, which has ended ten different Ironman runs. So if you decide to do the same, be careful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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