Reading your posts about the PSP makes me love it even more. The PSP Go never leaves my pocket with games like Def Jam FFNY, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Metal Gear Acid, Outrun2, Manhunt 2, Ridge Racer 2 and many PS1 titles like Ghost in the Shell, Dino Crisis 2. Not to mention all the emulators you have like Sega Mega Drive or GBA.
I think it's the opposite in the case of Borderlands 2.
I agree 100%. The Vita never came close to matching the PSP in terms of pushing beyond expectations. There were some impressive games on there but it wasn't as cutting edge a machine as PSP in its day. Not even close.
Again - you need to think about the origins of the game on consoles of that era.
Precisely! They're two peas in a pod, as far as I'm concerned.
It's a pretty open game on last gen hardware, what does that screenshot prove? I think the geometry is on par with other games of the era overall (not in one specific element but overall) as for example the amount of enemies and loot pinatas and effects you could have on screen at a time was pretty large (and the variety of levels is large also, not everything was a desert, you had all kinds of settings, indoor and outdoor often with views of the whole area you travelled across as you looked back or down or whatever). And again it was targeting 30 fps on home consoles, dipping to 20 on PS3 and presenting other issues on the Xbox 360 and having visible texture streaming and whatever else (so, a lot like WolfII is on Switch actually, but imagine if the Switch had to get a port for a game that was like that on PS4!). It wasn't a flawless 60fps 1080p/4K game like WolfII is for its own era's systems. Justified or not (I think it was more than justified), it really strained the systems of the era so of course Vita got the shorter end of the stick being far weaker. I bet that a Switch port of Rage 2 for a game that seems kinda similar for this era would fare even worse if attempted and probably won't even be attempted for that reason.I think it's the opposite in the case of Borderlands 2.
The geometry was incredibly simplistic, as is the physics and AI. A cell shaded look can mask a lot of the graphical simplicity and still make it look pretty good which is likely why I think they chose to bring this over to Vita.
I don't think anyone's shitting on PSP. PSP is only being referenced to show how far we've come.
Yeah, this argument that "it's cel-shaded thus not imrpessive" is really silly. Should we say that same of Breath of the Wild? Of course not.
Just for my own curiosity, how old are you? I'm just wondering if you were around for the PSP launch or not. I feel like that would absolutely distort one's view of it. I'm 36, for the record.
Old enough to have seen the launch of the Gameboy, much less PSP ;) I've seen it all.
But the PSP was already doing what the Switch did back in the 2004 as far "console style experience" go. That doesn't mean Switch isn't impressive because it is.
But it is "impossible". The fact the game runs this well is a miracle.
Someone its shiting psp? Maybe NS, but psp...
is not even the footage, is the Resolution values that people is cherry picking
Games on smartphones look horrible compared to Switch games, it's not comparable at all. Fortnite on iPhone X (a 1000$ device) is the closest and yet many effects are turned off that are present in the Switch version
And still both iphone/galaxy support the lastest UE4 update. And you're saying about effect turned off, most of then are turn off on NS too. Impossible ports/sacrifices remember?
But will never be comparable to 'you'. Keep that in mind. Most of tech sites already made that comparisons and I think is very fair. And even if some day this happens, you will still don't accept. At this point I have to agree to disagree. Impressive port? Sure, I still think this is a very impressive by this port and can't f#$% wait for Doom Eternal. Impressive piece of hardware? I don't think so. Opinions mate. Just like John opinions. It's not because I'm a fan of John that I have to agree with all that he says.
I don't have a TV
Same for me. And I'll be getting my old parents' TV next year... Which is a 32" 720p LCD. So I'll either be playing on a 25" monitor, or on a 32 inch, 720p TV, or in portable mode. I don't have a use for a PS4 Pro or an XBOX One X.
Let's be honest here. If that exact same post were edited to say 500p, would you be ok with it?
Yup.
Just remember, when the Switch was first announced, a lot of people immediately considered the idea of playing any current-gen shooter on it to be "impossible" as well.
Yup. There's a reason this video went up after release - we didn't receive it too early.
I also recall an awful lot of talk that because Unreal engine could run on Switch meant it would be getting lots of big third party games....
So talk of 500p being unacceptably low is ok with you?
Maybe i should have said 'gamers' should wait for switch 2 with realistic expectations because switch 1 as it is an impressive handheld but not a PS4/Xbox One portable some developers clearly don't want the trouble of porting their biggest games to the system no matter how much its selling.
Borderlands 2 is just a weirdly optimized game. When I play it today on PC (Ryzen 1600/GTX1080/16GB RAM) shit still has drops even when I lock it to 60 with more of the demanding settings turned off.
