Their first Switch title, Fire Emblem Warriors, is better optimized than any of their PC ports. It’s usually a safe bet that Warriors games will run just fine on either console platform.Īnd their display of relative prowess isn’t limited to the beefier systems.
The PS4 and Xbox versions of the Warriors titles often achieve relative graphical and performance parity…though some of them don’t come to the Xbox One, probably due to that platform’s relatively low sales in Japan. Certainly, I expect a bit of goofiness from games with such modest budgets and short development cycles.īut it seems like a fixed platform really helps them out.
Now, I’m not saying that Omega Force’s development work has been perfect on consoles. I’ve been excited about DW 9 for a very long time. Wh…what? Wouldn’t that be harder than just basing it on one version or the other? You might be getting a perfect port…or you might be getting Samurai Warriors 4-II, which has essentially zero proper controller support and graphics that are halfway between the PS3 and PS4 versions, with characters from PS4 and stages from PS3. Again, with seemingly no rhyme nor reason.īuying an Omega Force game on a PC is a complete crapshoot every time. Other times…they use lesser, PS3- era graphics. Sometimes Omega Force’s PC versions use the same assets from the PS4 and Xbox One builds. How did this happen? Did Square Enix pay extra for a good PC port? Could these things really cost that much extra in the first place?
Most of their other games don’t even let you use the mouse. And even more amazing… full proper mouse and keyboard support, with a custom interface. That game, which runs on the same engine as all the others, has full proper controller support. How do weird gray boxes with meaningless shapes in them sound?īut then sometimes, they release Dragon Quest Heroes on PC. And you can forget about button icons for that controller you’ve got plugged in. Want proper controller support? Good luck! Sometimes they’ll fully support modern Xinput commands, other times they only support DirectInput, which most modern pads don’t use.Īnd even then, some of their games don’t have proper analog stick support, meaning it feels like you’re playing a game with keyboard keys mapped to a stick. And along with this came some serious and random jank. Many years ago, their games started coming to PC. They’ve been keeping the arcade brawler genre alive in a way that no one else dared to…by making a million Dynasty Warriors games and various licensed spin-offs. The Omega Force team inside Koei has long been one of my favorite developers. What’s the DEAL with Omega Force’s PC ports? For some reason, the PS3 version was the basis for the PC conversion. As you can see, the PS4 version has more polygons, better lighting, more texture detail, and a more natural look overall.
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