*** Zelda: Breath of the Wild ***

I've defeated the four DB, but holding off on Ganon for a bit.

I decided to go re-explore the starter area to see if I missed anything, and I've only just found the b****y
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I've done all the cold areas with potions and torches etc - which has been a pita :D.
 
misterjingo said:
I've defeated the four DB, but holding off on Ganon for a bit.

I decided to go re-explore the starter area to see if I missed anything, and I've only just found the b****y
warm top
(!)

I've done all the cold areas with potions and torches etc - which has been a pita :D.
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You could have just bought it in the first village too :p
 
D3K said:
Sorry, what? The performance is pathetic.
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I am happy I sold my Wii U when it was worth something over a year ago to play Zelda on the Switch. I ended up playing it at least half the time in portable mode in bed. In portable mode it hardly ever suffered from fps drops. Was nice and smooth 99.9% of the time for me. As there was no bugs in the game, it led to a very pleasant experience :)
 
D3K said:
Sorry, what? The performance is pathetic.
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Really? The reviews I read said it had similar frame drops to the switch whilst being visually very similar. That's pretty impressive for a 4 year old console that wasn't very powerful from the off.

Essentially the same experience on either console was what most said (apart from resolution).

I get not infrequent FPS drops on the switch even in portable mode - grass and rain gets it stuttering pretty good.
 
Minstadave said:
Really? The reviews I read said it had similar frame drops to the switch whilst being visually very similar. That's pretty impressive for a 4 year old console that wasn't very powerful from the off.
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Maybe when gaming on tv with wifi on. But vs switch portable mode, the switch is better for sure.

I am surprised the wii u version actually suffered from any fps droops at all as it was designed for Wii U.
 
TNA said:
Wtf... that was amazing! That guy is on another level :)

Did not know you could ride them either. Lol
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He toys with him, first he called for his attention, there was selfie, dance, shield surf, rides him twice and then taunt by calling for him at the end (Which I think he named his own horse Lynel).
 
Minstadave said:
Really? The reviews I read said it had similar frame drops to the switch whilst being visually very similar. That's pretty impressive for a 4 year old console that wasn't very powerful from the off.

Essentially the same experience on either console was what most said (apart from resolution).

I get not infrequent FPS drops on the switch even in portable mode - grass and rain gets it stuttering pretty good.
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I don't know what kind of quality the reviewers were used to but coming from PC it was hard to take.

The first run downhill at the start of the game saw the FPS absolutely tank and set the standard.

Villages and hubs are terrible. I went to Zora city for the main quest and have never returned because I can't stand the judder.
Fighting a busy mob camp is hit or miss. When I kill a black moblin, for some bizarre reason, sees my system lock up for about 1 sec. Every time. And only black ones.

If you're out exploring in the wilderness, it can be fine. But as soon as it rains, it tanks again.

I made my peace with it a while ago but anyone who says the performance is fine is talking subjectively.
 
The wii u version is just as good as the switch version,played for over 50 hours and im still waiting to see the massive framerate drops.
 
I also played Crysis maxed out at 20-25fps back in the day. No problem for me :p

Give it a decade or two and people will be like "you are playing it at 144hz/fps.. That is like a slide show, I cannot take the judder etc, need minimum 300hz screen and 300 fps or I will vomit!! lol :p

I am lucky I hardly had any fps drops playing on my Switch and when I did it was no big deal anyway, I am old school like that :D
 
D3K said:
Then you're comfortable with 20fps. If you can't notice a 33% framerate drop then your eyesight isn't as good as mine.

https://youtu.be/9yFON2UON3k?t=254
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It's nothing to do with eye sight, its just what you are used to.

I am not coming from PC, and to be honest, that wasn't really the brief or the bar, if that is the goal....you should not get a Switch in the first place, period, because then you would be placing standards from a PC on something that is £300 that comes with a screen. A graphic card cost as much as that, and what can you play with just a graphic card without a screen, without a PSU, without keyboards, mice, cables, case, CPU, motherboard, sound cards, network card, RAM and hard drive?

Nothing, your graphic card is as useful as a rock in my garden.

It is totally unfair to say "coming from PC gaming". The Switch is what it is, a £300 portable gaming machine, not a PC gaming machine. Not a PC gaming machine.

Anything over 24FPS is fine by me, that's what movies are and that's what i am used to. And put a 60fps movie in front of me actually looks weird.
 
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On the Wii U the odd frame rate drop is over with so quickly I doesn't bother me one bit.

Generally i find the frame rate quite acceptable and that's the crux of the matter for me.

If it any point I found the frame rate unacceptable I'd buy a Switch.
 
I'm coming from a PC and even though the drops are noticeable they don't bother me as the game more than makes up for it. Haven't played on either my PC or PS4 since getting my Switch
 
JunglistE said:
I'm coming from a PC and even though the drops are noticeable they don't bother me as the game more than makes up for it. Haven't played on either my PC or PS4 since getting my Switch
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Exactly!

My main platform is PC. It is my favourite easily. That does not stop me enjoying a console however. The main thing is, is it a good game. If it is I am happy to play, even if 20 or 30fps. Don't forget, that does not apply to any game. Like say racing games, I like 60fps, but for a game like zelda which is slow and you play at your own pace, fps is not much of an issue for me.
 
Raymond Lin said:
It's nothing to do with eye sight, its just what you are used to.

I am not coming from PC, and to be honest, that wasn't really the brief or the bar, if that is the goal....you should not get a Switch in the first place, period, because then you would be placing standards from a PC on something that is £300 that comes with a screen. A graphic card cost as much as that, and what can you play with just a graphic card without a screen, without a PSU, without keyboards, mice, cables, case, CPU, motherboard, sound cards, network card, RAM and hard drive?

Nothing, your graphic card is as useful as a rock in my garden.

It is totally unfair to say "coming from PC gaming". The Switch is what it is, a £300 portable gaming machine, not a PC gaming machine. Not a PC gaming machine.

Anything over 24FPS is fine by me, that's what movies are and that's what i am used to. And put a 60fps movie in front of me actually looks weird.
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He said he didnt notice any framerate drops. There are framerate drops, widley reported and backed up in that video. We're also not talking about a switch.

30fps is the absolute limit for my tolerance. Any lower and it's a sub-par experience, not to mention it induces eye strain extremely fast.
I can work all day on a PC, play all night it, or watch TV all night and not have any eye issues. 2 hours with Zelda on the same TV and I look like I've been pepper sprayed.

It's easy to forget this forum was created for people interested in high performance computing with some of the attitudes over performance in this thread.
 
D3K said:
He said he didnt notice any framerate drops. There are framerate drops, widley reported and backed up in that video. We're also not talking about a switch.

30fps is the absolute limit for my tolerance. Any lower and it's a sub-par experience, not to mention it induces eye strain extremely fast.
I can work all day on a PC, play all night it, or watch TV all night and not have any eye issues. 2 hours with Zelda on the same TV and I look like I've been pepper sprayed.

It's easy to forget this forum was created for people interested in high performance computing with some of the attitudes over performance in this thread.
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Wii U, Switch, we are talking about Zelda.

I notice the odd frame rate drops but so what, if it bugs you, don't play it, it's not really our loss.

Besides, just picture when they are setting out the brief.

Do you aim for to satisfy people who like good games or do you aim to satisfy people who come from PC gaming?

Which is the bigger crowd?

Bearing in mind you have a finite resources.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Wii U, Switch, we are talking about Zelda.

I notice the odd frame rate drops but so what, if it bugs you, don't play it, it's not really our loss.

Besides, just picture when they are setting out the brief.

Do you aim for to satisfy people who like good games or do you aim to satisfy people who come from PC gaming?

Which is the bigger crowd?

Bearing in mind you have a finite resources.
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You need to take a step back and look at this objectively. There ARE performance issues. To say there are none is a flat-out lie.

Just because you are loving every moment of your experience doesn't negate how it runs. Get over yourself and stop taking offense to legitimate concerns about the game.
 
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