{"id":38,"date":"2022-05-04T14:53:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=38"},"modified":"2022-05-04T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:53:52","slug":"kena-bridge-of-spirits-tech-review-wouldnt-it-be-lovely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Kena: Bridge of Spirits tech review \u2014 Wouldn\u2019t it be lovely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/em> is an indie game, but you wouldn\u2019t know that from looking at it. It looks like a AAA title, although it doesn\u2019t require much of a beefy setup to run. I\u2019ve spent several hours with the game and am very impressed with many aspects of its PC version. We go over everything in our Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/em>\u00a0PC tech review.<\/p>\n

Well, now that that\u2019s out of the way, let\u2019s take a look at the game\u2019s specs:<\/p>\n

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Recommended:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GPU: <\/strong>AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB\/ Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB or Equivalent
\nCPU: <\/strong>AMD Ryzen 5 2600X\/Intel i7-6700K or Equivalent
\nRAM: <\/strong>16 GB<\/p>\n

Minimum:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GPU: <\/strong>AMD Radeon R7 360 2GB\/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB or Equivalent
\nCPU: <\/strong>AMD FX-6100\/Intel i3-3220 or Equivalent
\nRAM: <\/strong>12 GB<\/p>\n

Reviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GPU: <\/strong>AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
\nCPU: <\/strong>AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
\nRAM: <\/strong>16 GB<\/p>\n

Yep, it\u2019ll run with an R7 360 and GTX 650 Ti. That\u2019s quite the reasonable setup. For me, the game runs very well, although not consistently. I tend to get a lot of variance between 60 and 80 fps while in certain areas. Smaller, more closed-off areas get me over 100, though. The fps can dip below 50 on occasion, but it\u2019s not particularly common. I do get a few hitches here and there, but nothing serious. This is all with max settings at 1440p. Lowering the settings obviously can make a substantial difference, but overall I\u2019m happy with the performance.<\/p>\n

However, I have experienced a couple of crashes, both of which occurred after having the game paused for several minutes. Just like every other time this happens to me with an indie game, it\u2019s probably my AMD GPU. It does it to me every time. One of these crashes was one of those weird<\/em> ones, where my computer started glitching out more and more until it finally froze entirely. What a pain. Next up, let\u2019s take a look at the game\u2019s display and graphics options.<\/p>\n

Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/em> PC tech review \u2013 <\/em>On display<\/h2>\n

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Resolution listed as \u201ceasy\u201d?! That\u2019s a first for me. I\u2019m not entirely sure what that means, but I\u2019m assuming it\u2019s just \u201cthe resolution is the same as your desktop.\u201d I guess that\u2019s pretty easy. There\u2019s a benchmark, but clicking it just immediately set my quality levels without showing me a stress test with fps. That\u2019s not really a benchmark, Kena<\/em>, that\u2019s autodetecting settings. You can also choose your API if you prefer.<\/p>\n

\"Unknown<\/p>\n

The fps can be set to uncapped or the various typical monitor refresh rates. There\u2019s an option for everyone. Plus, the standard assortment of features, ranging from low to ultra settings. Regardless, Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/em> is a visually stunning game, so it\u2019s great that it\u2019ll run on most kinds of potato, sorry, PC. Here are some comparison images from low to ultra with textures, foliage, and shadows.<\/p>\n

\"Textures<\/p>\n

Textures Low<\/p>\n

\"Textures<\/p>\n

Textures Ultra<\/p>\n

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\"Foliage<\/p>\n

Foliage Low<\/p>\n

\"Foliage<\/p>\n

Foliage Ultra<\/p>\n

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\"Shadows<\/p>\n

Shadows Low<\/p>\n

\"Shadows<\/p>\n

Shadows Ultra<\/p>\n

The pictures didn\u2019t turn out so well, but I did my best to showcase Kena<\/em>. Once again, this is an EGS-only release, so I captured the screens with my GPU\u2019s software, which requires stupid button presses that didn\u2019t play nicely with Kena<\/em>. Regardless, the game looks great no matter what the settings are. As for controls, Kena<\/em> didn\u2019t automatically apply PlayStation button prompts even though I used a DualShock 4 to play it. This is kind of weird since it\u2019s currently a PlayStation console exclusive. Regardless, I\u2019m making do with Xbox. Every button, whether you\u2019re on m\/kb or controller, can be rebound too, although controller is kind of tricky considering that heavy attack and firing the bow are the same button.<\/p>\n

There you have it.\u00a0Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/em> has a very strong PC version, aside from my own instances of crashing. Once again, you\u2019ll probably be okay if you\u2019re on Nvidia. I\u2019m never gonna live that down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an indie game, but you wouldn\u2019t know that from looking at it. It looks like a AAA title, although it doesn\u2019t require much of a beefy setup to run. I\u2019ve spent several hours with the game and am very impressed with many aspects of its PC version. We go over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}