#REDDIT THE SINKING CITY UPGRADE#
#REDDIT THE SINKING CITY SERIES#

Additional quests - part of the Merciful Madness DLC (included in Deluxe Edition, or as a separate purchase)Ī platform upgrade for the game from the Xbox One version is, however, not possible at the moment, according to Frogwares.

#REDDIT THE SINKING CITY SERIES#

It features multiple enhancements and improvements that utilize the console’s power and functionalities.įrogwares has confirmed the following improvements and features for the Xbox Series X/S version: To see this content please enable targeting cookies. The HP Lovecraft-inspired, investigation horror game The Sinking City is now available on the Xbox Store. It is however a much better and massively improved delight on the eyes all around.Frogwares have released the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S enhanced version of The Sinking City. It’s all presented in 4K (3840×2160) resolution and it looks great, even though some interior locations feel like they are reusing the same assets too many times. Visually, The Sinking City has improved with this next-gen move too, now with a greater level of graphic detail throughout from the character models, through to the lighting and the detail in the weather. The biggest change however is in the loading times – these are now super fast and there isn’t any interruption when traversing the open world. Even the city feels more alive and fewer residents get stuck in their loops. In fact, the whole movement of the game feels more interesting now, all while being less glitchy. It’s not the main focus of the game, and I still try to avoid conflict rather than engage, but when it happens it doesn’t now feel like a drag. You see, the combat initially felt clunky and misfired, but now with the new 60 frames per second framerate, it works much better and feels more free-flowing.

The new power that Xbox Series X brings has improved The Sinking City tenfold since last time out. Ammo is scarce, and bullets are even used as currency, so you have to be careful and considerate with each shot. Yes, you can melee attack and you have access to several weapons – different revolvers, shotguns or machine guns – but you will need to plan your attacks carefully because it is – as the game warns – very tricky indeed.

This is a strange one because the game urges you to run away from conflict rather than to fight to the death. However, in terms of combat and things are different. For me, I will never get bored of going through these inquiries. This side of The Sinking City is brilliant, borrowing well from the Sherlock Holmes games. For example, at one point you will take in four scenes of a fight breaking out in a fisherman’s house, and it’s up to you to try and put the sequence of events together in a linear order.Įach clue that you gather moves into your casebook or mindscape, leaving you to match these clues up with each other in order to stumble upon the desired result and outcome of the investigation. But you can also follow several past event scenes, gathering up information and snippets of what happened in an incident there. You might see a glimpse of a scene showing past events connecting to an object you find. You might see the ghost of the person you are tracking, allowing you to follow their movements to find out where they went. Here the world changes to a different reality, whereby you see omens of where to go or hidden clues unseen in the real world. There is also the opportunity to explore the scene through your mind’s eye. You arrive at an investigative location you will explore, look for clues through objects in the crime scenes and take in the pieces of evidence left on the floor or walls, with secrets discovered by rotating objects and revealing a sweet spot to find the information. Throughout The Sinking City, you’ll find yourself spending time chatting to people which opens up dialogue options and provides hints about where to go next on your investigation. You’ve arrived fresh off the boat and straight into a murder investigation that leads you into a tale of mystery, the supernatural, and the deep sea… Reed – who is haunted by terrible visions and horrors of World War One. You play a private detective – Charles W. The action takes place in the 1920s, dropping us into the flooded fictional city of Oakmont in Massachusetts. The Sinking City is a third person action-adventure detective game, made by those who created the excellent Sherlock Holmes series of games over recent years. Now though Frogwares have released the game on Xbox Series X|S, giving us the chance to go back and take things in once again, just this time having the chance to enjoy some improvements. But it suffered from some jerky framerates, long loading times in between the open-world sections, and a general lack of smoothness throughout. When The Sinking City was first released in 2019, the game was applauded for its detective storytelling and narrative roots that took us through the Lovecraft universe.

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