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[Indy @ S.E.]

Magic, thanks!

[klargon]

Omno seems to run at about 15fps at times on the series X. Is it the same for others? It gives me a headache.

[Mortis]

Yeah it’s lovely to look at but it’s also horribly sluggish to control and runs terribly. 

[Ry]

17 minutes ago, klargon said:

Omno seems to run at about 15fps at times on the series X. Is it the same for others? It gives me a headache.

 

Yup. I uninstalled after 10 mins. Not putting up with that nonsense in games anymore. 

[klargon]

Fair enough. I’ll get rid. Several times it failed to register a jump, too, resulting in insta-death in liquid. Onto the next game!

[Mr Do 71]

Runs fine on Xbox One.

[Jamie John]

Did anyone else here play Unto the End? I completed it today in one session as it's only two hours long and wrote about it in the completed games thread. It's a weird game, but I found it oddly compelling.

[jonamok]

Played Humankind earlier. Not played a game like this since a few hours of Civ 1 or 2 back in the mid 90s. Told it I was an utter noob, and it’s throwing a tonne of tutorials and tool tips at me. Which is a good thing, as the amount going on boggles my tiny mind. 30+ turns in, and I’ve still not a fucking clue what’s happening, but I’m really enjoying these first few hours all the same. It also looks bloody gorgeous in ultrawide.

[MagicalDrop]

2 hours ago, klargon said:

Fair enough. I’ll get rid. Several times it failed to register a jump, too, resulting in insta-death in liquid. Onto the next game!

 

That's a shame, it seems to play well on XBox One and I've enjoyed it so far. The puzzles have hit a bit of a difficulty spike about 5 chapters in but the scenery remains pretty and the gameplay unhurried. Nice one to chip away at in half hour chunks. 

[Plissken]

Runs fine on my Series X apart from jumping into a teleport.

[rafaqat]

The jumps issue is that there is a very small amount of lag between button press and jump and that lead to me falling off the edge of a platform sometimes. Not the end of the world. You learn to compensate and it's a game that doesn't require pixel perfect jumping.   Worth playing. 

[reef]

I experienced the jump issues when starting Omno, falling to my death a couple of times, but you do quickly adjust. The game was lovely and well worth experiencing all the way to the end.

[Stopharage]

I didn’t have any issues with Omno on my Series X. Decent relaxing game to play with a podcast on. 
 

Any ideas when 12 Minutes gets added today? 2pm? 

[metallicfrodo]

Weird, I found the performance pretty terrible on Series X. There are points when you look around the large areas where it really chugs badly. Then the view is obscured and it’s nice a smooth. I completed it but the performance was a real negative.

[jonamok]

Omno ran perfectly on my One X. Only stutter was right at the very last cinematic sequence. The jumping is a bit shit for a while though.

[Darren]

I’ve nearly finished Omno on Series S and I haven’t noticed any chugging or performance issues at all.

[klargon]

Just a thought, but are those without performance issues connecting the SX to a 4k display?  I presumed it was trying to render at 4k, despite it being unnecessary.  Not sure if it would just try to do 1080p if it's not connected to a 4k display.

[Plissken]

Nope, I don't have a 4K telly.

[Fondue]

3 hours ago, Darren said:

I’ve nearly finished Omno on Series S and I haven’t noticed any chugging or performance issues at all.

Same here. 

[esar]

It runs like crap on my Series X too, still very much enjoying it though, perfect Sunday morning gaming.

[Mr. Gerbik]

Was awful on my Series X connected to a 4k telly too. Not just 30FPS bad, but chugging and stuttering as if it was trying to display a bazillion giant enemy ants on a humble 360. Instead of a fairly empty and basic small landscape. I have to assume this is patchable.

[Nosejam]

I tried Omno on the Series X on release day but the frame rate was really off putting and I gave up after 20 mins.
 

Picked up a Series S yesterday and just gave it a go after reading the comments here; runs flawlessly smooth!

 

Unless there has been a recent patch then that is certainly odd.

[K]

It happens with Halo: MCC as well, although to nowhere near the same degree - the Series X version occasionally has a choppier frame rate than the Xbox One version when you're using the Anniversary graphics.

[moosegrinder]

Installed to external or internal?

[Hitcher]

6 hours ago, Stopharage said:

Any ideas when 12 Minutes gets added today? 2pm? 

It normally says on the store page.

[Mr Do 71]

7 hours ago, Stopharage said:

I didn’t have any issues with Omno on my Series X. Decent relaxing game to play with a podcast on. 
 

Any ideas when 12 Minutes gets added today? 2pm? 

Available right now.

[Darren]

4 hours ago, klargon said:

Just a thought, but are those without performance issues connecting the SX to a 4k display?  I presumed it was trying to render at 4k, despite it being unnecessary.  Not sure if it would just try to do 1080p if it's not connected to a 4k display.

Mine’s an S on a 4K screen and it’s silky smooth.

[multi]

I'm playing 12 Minutes now. Not sure what to make of it yet but it's certainly intriguing enough.

 

Took about 12 minutes to get started what with the title screen and all though.

[Popo]

Looks like it’s on Xcloud as well, great. 

[deerokus]

I see TSW 2 is now on game pass, and more importantly has a series X patch (and some new dlc).

 

Guilty pleasure game that for me, similar chillout experience to flight sim but less polished and a bit more of a game. Ran like a dog on PS4 so I'm probably going to dive back in with this X version.

 

As for Omno, there have been a few undemanding indie games like that running badly on series X, Cris Tales is fixed now but had brutal screen tearing. It's maybe some kind of SDK bug.