{"id":76,"date":"2022-04-29T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=76"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:53:58","slug":"neo-the-world-ends-with-you-pc-port-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"NEO: The World Ends With You \u2014 PC port analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We often have to worry a bit when it comes to PC ports of Japanese console games. Although, this is a Square Enix game, so it\u2019s a safer bet than some. After spending some time with it, the PC port of NEO: The World Ends With You\u00a0<\/em>is barebones, yes, but I didn\u2019t have a single issue with it and everything worked exactly as it you\u2019d expect. It might not be a highly customizable port, but this is still the best way to play the game by a long shot. As the game runs on Switch, its specs aren\u2019t exactly going to do much damage, but let\u2019s take a look anyway.<\/p>\n

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

CPU: AMD A8-5600K \/ Intel Core i3-3210<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 460 \/ NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce GTX 750<\/p>\n

RAM: 6 GB<\/p>\n

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

CPU: AMD A8-7600 \/ Intel Core i3-3210<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 460 \/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950<\/p>\n

RAM: 8 GB<\/p>\n

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2600x<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD Radeon 5700 XT<\/p>\n

RAM: 16 GB<\/p>\n

The minimums are listed as aiming for 720p at 30 fps, while the recommended is for 1080p at 60 fps. Yes, the latter is with a GTX 950. Suffice to say, if you\u2019ve got a GPU of some sort, you can almost definitely run this game. Of course, you don\u2019t have to settle for 60 fps. You can run NEO: The World Ends With You<\/em>\u2018s PC port uncapped, which locked itself at my monitor\u2019s refresh rate. I played at 1440p and 120 fps and I got zero framerate drops. Granted, this is far from a graphically intensive game, but fighting the game\u2019s battles with a high framerate is very<\/em> pleasing. We\u2019re going to take a look at the game\u2019s display menu next, although there isn\u2019t much to see.<\/p>\n

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See? Not a lot going on here. Subtitles were off by default, even though this is an anime-ass game and should always <\/em>be played in Japanese. It has a borderless option, which is always great to have. The framerate can be set at 60 fps or uncapped. I\u2019m not sure what kind of anti-aliasing it uses, but the game does look good for what it is. Granted, it has a very simplistic style.<\/p>\n

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\"Unknown<\/p>\n

NEO<\/em>\u2018s control options are good too. You can choose between a gamepad or m\/kb. You have to choose which prompts are shown, though, as they won\u2019t update automatically simply by switching to the other method. You can also select from several controller types to pick which one correlates with your setup. This is one of those games that defaults to Japanese-style button presses. When you start the game for the first time, you have to confirm things with the circle\/B button, with the x\/A button being used to cancel. Thankfully, all of the controls are easily rebinded, so I arranged things to the Western standard right after launching the game.<\/p>\n

This is a damn good game, with a port that does what it does well. There are no extra bells and whistles, but there wasn\u2019t a great deal that could have been done here anyway, so that\u2019s not such a big deal. In the end, I\u2019d say this is a solid PC port that is easily the definitive version of NEO: The World Ends With You<\/em>. Well, we all knew that distinction wasn\u2019t going to go to the Switch version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We often have to worry a bit when it comes to PC ports of Japanese console games. Although, this is a Square Enix game, so it\u2019s a safer bet than some. After spending some time with it, the PC port of NEO: The World Ends With You\u00a0is barebones, yes, but I didn\u2019t have a single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[73,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76"}],"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=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}