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Destiny 2's Xbox One X upgrade hands in everything you'd expect from a talented studio working with a very powerful piece of hardware, so in many respects, there are no real surprises here. Bungie's long-awaited upgrade essentially takes the existing Xbox One and PlayStation 4 visual feature set and upgrades it beautifully to ultra HD resolution - nothing more, nothing less. In terms of gameplay, the leap to 4K is delivered without any compromises to the established Destiny 2 experience, meaning that the game feels just as solid to play as all of the other console releases available.On the one hand, we expected just that from a machine with the hardware spec of Xbox One X. After all, we've successfully managed to run the PC version on a mixture of high and highest settings at a locked 30 frames per second using nothing more than a Pentium processor and a GTX 970. However, on the other hand, Xbox One X still has much in common with its PlayStation equivalent, and there's the sense that the Pro required some cajoling to get the game scaling well to a UHD panel, Bungie settling on both dynamic resolution scaling and checkerboard rendering for the Sony hardware.
By contrast, Xbox One X delivers a native ultra HD pixel count, presenting us with an interesting comparison point we've only seen in a select few titles - native rendering vs checkerboarding with an otherwise identical presentation. The takeaway here is that PlayStation 4 Pro still passes muster, offering up a clear advantage over the base 1080p rendition of the game. However, in the case of Destiny 2 at least, there's a clear drop-off in quality compared to a pure 3840x2160 output, especially noticeable on foliage and high frequency detail.
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