In regards to the presentation, Abyss Odyssey is filled with lush designs and visuals coupled with
some nice audio effects to help players feel immersed in the environments within.
Not exact matches
Featuring both 2.0 and 5.1 Dolby Digital
audio mixes, the latter demonstrates a
nice depth of field, including some excellent rear - channel
effects and a throaty rumble from the subwoofer.
A Dolby 5.1
audio mix shows surprising fidelity through every channel — a rich, faithful presentation with a hearty bass rumble and
nice rear - channel
effects.
The DVD offered simply terrific picture and sound, and though the extras weren't consistently strong, we got a fine
audio commentary, some
nice visual
effects discussions, and some other watchable bits.
A featurette about the film's 3D
effects would have been a
nice addition, or at the very least, an
audio commentary by John Cho and Kal Penn, but that clearly wasn't in the budget.
There are many notable
audio effects here, although the music sounds fine and the crowd noise in the rodeo scene offers some
nice surround sound.
We used various
audio sources and different types of music in our testing, and the system created a
nice surround
effect while producing excellent separation and clarity with each one.
Our first impression is that they didn't produce a
nice front - firing stereo
effect as capably as the Nexus 10, and exhibit none of the
audio skills of a tablet like the Kindle Fire HDX, but we need to spend more time testing them.
The rest of the
audio effects have been reworked to provide more dynamic range and add more weight to the sounds of explosions and gunfire, with the satisfying click of your weapon reloading even being filtered through the Dualshock 4 controller, which is a
nice touch.
The visuals as mentioned above have highly detailed environments with really
nice lighting
effects, it's a shame that it's let down by some screen tearing, as for the
audio you'll find an ambient soundtrack playing throughout that varies per level.
Tron Maze - A-Tron has
nice computer tech
audio / visual
effects, but that doesn't save it from being boring, frustrating, and just plain bad.