Better graphics probably. If they made models and textures that could be easily scaled down it is much easier to maintain a steady framerate in dynamic resolution without going to very low poly models or ugly textures.
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DOOM on Switch gets new patch for franchise anniversary from PanicButton with improved performace, video capture, add recent players to friends
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Better graphics probably. If they made models and textures that could be easily scaled down it is much easier to maintain a steady framerate in dynamic resolution without going to very low poly models or ugly textures.
How is it nonsense? The game's resolution when docked is sub-720p, all the graphical settings (especially things like reflections and texture detail) are pared back. Not to mention the game's use of temporal anti-aliasing is so aggressively blurry that it makes everything look like it's been smeared over.
On portable mode, a lot of those shortcomings are hard to notice, given the resolution often comes closer to the Switch's native res, not to mention the smaller display of the system. But when docked on a TV (even a relatively small one, like a 43" 4K display), pretty much all the flaws become immediately evident. It's not a looker in docked mode.
Washed out? Probably you must change your TV settings or enable the full color palette in Switch settings (if your TV is capable to do so).
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Grave offense calls for grave punishment.
It was just recently on sale during either Halloween or BF-week.
To be fair I personally far more impressed with how Virtuous managed Starlink port for Switch than anything Panic Button done for Switch,
I am no fan of very low resolutions of Panic Button Switch ports.
I somehow agree, I think they are good but I disagree when people saying they are best porting company for Switch and especially that they push Switch hardware to limits. Difference is that they are porting big current gen games for Switch so people automatically gave them high credit, IMO both Virtous and Iron Galaxy doing better job with Switch ports than Panic Button.
Not just that, but I recall DF also calling Doom port ceiling of Switch capabilities, and that didnt make sense because we were talking about 1st years Switch game, 1st bigger current gen port, 1st Panic Buttons game, and multiplatform port game not some kind of exclusive (that always push hardware most).
Keep a lookout for a Christmas sale.
I'd say there's a decent chance of it going for $30 dollars again
Wish I could play this game handheld but the short travel of the joycon analog sticks just kills it for me. I've only been able to enjoy playing it with the Pro controller and its larger sticks, which kinda defeats the purpose of having gotten it on Switch in the first place.
Yeah I agree with what you're getting at, though I don't necessarily think overrated is the right word. In terms of quantity Panic Button is doing a hell of a lot to bring AAA games to Switch, which is far and away better than anyone else has been doing. So I wouldn't call them overrated in that respect.
But yes, I do think they aren't getting as much out of these ports as the original developers of the games could. Which is part of the reason why I think Doom Eternal is going to blow people away- that's being built from the ground up with the Switch in mind as a platform. I think we'll be seeing significant visual and performance improvements in that game.
That being said, Panic Button's volume of releases also has another positive side effect- each subsequent release will teach them more about working with the system. This is why we're still getting patches for Doom 2016, and why we probably will get even more after Doom Eternal releases. So yeah, while they aren't exactly the miracle workers a lot of people claim them to be I expect their work will only get better as time goes on and the fact that they bring these games at all is extremely impressive and welcome.
Oh man I shouldn't sold my copy. The game was shit performance-wise on handheld mode, the same with Wolfenstein 2.
To be fair Starlink isn't on the level of Doom/W2 techwise so it's not really a good comparison. Nothing in there indicates a AAA game, it looks like a game made for Switch's spec first and foremost.
Starlink is a fully open-world game though, so while maybe it doesn't have the same graphical effects id's games have it still is an extremely demanding game in its own right.
Nah I prefer they keep porting AAA multiplatform games. Working for Nintendo they would probably focus on porting old Wii U / Wii games.
Maybe its not, but its again great looking fully open world game, with plenty effects, stable frame rate and high resolution.
Ubisoft itself made Starlink for PS4 and XB1 while Virtuous made Switch version, here more informations how they ported game to Switch
https://www.virtuosgames.com/en/repost-making-starlink-soar-switch
I am not a very measured person. Overrated was unnecessarily dismissive of their work. They indeed work fast enough to bring 2 games/year, which is impressive in itself. I'm looking forward for whatever they will bring next (probably Wolfenstein, and I hope Rage 2).
Actually Starlink runs at 30fps on the other consoles and being open world, I wouldn't be surprised if it was quite a demanding game.
Starlink is a 30FPS open world game running on the Snowdrop engine. It may not have AAA budget, but that doesn't make it less demanding.
Thanks for posting these!
I'm not enough of an eagle eye to scope out the subtler differences, but the frame rate does definitely seem to be a bit smoother in some parts. I finished the game's story months ago and didn't really play Arcade mode much. Might have to bring it out of retirement and give it another play. The game really does look and play fantastic in portable mode.
I mean it's far looking from division 2 which is Snowdrop 30fps and open world. It's made on Switch as target, which is just weak as a console
Sure because it is, it's powerful as a handheld though because it is a handheld first given how small it is.
Just replayed argent tower stage in arcade mode. I recall this stage bringing the frame rate to its knees. Placebo or not, and we'll know for sure when DF has its say, but I can definitely say that the frame rate is not an issue now with v1.2. Impressed. Eternal is going to be a locked 30fps.
No shit, because it's lower budget. But it wasn't made with Switch in mind, according to that Virtuos interview that's a few posts above. Virtuos was tasked with achieving parity. If it were so undemanding, it wouldn't run at 30FPS on home consoles and have horrible framerate in splitscreen.
A quick comparison on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...de_a_quick_comparison_between_doom_on_launch/
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They won't, as per the comment in this thread that you seem to have missed :)
damn, that's good to hear, that's the one area of the game where i thought it got REALLY bad, so it's great that they've fixed it. i have very high hopes for eternal. both for the game itself, and specifically for the switch port.
I played a little bit yesterday in docked mode and it was smoother than it's ever been. If they can achieve the same level of fluidity with a higher resolution and better graphics for Doom Eternal, it'll be a perfect port.
Oh wow that's a huge difference. I'd love to see a more detailed analysis but I understand DF is probably stretched a bit thin right now.
Was the game ever blurry like on those pictures??
I've played it for the first time in February or March I think (when there was a sale) and I don't remember it looking that bad.
Anyway, it looks much better now and is nearly a locked 30fps.
Yeah, it was pretty bad, although it never fully looked like that on the Switch's screen - lots of that blurriness is hidden in handheld mode and is exaggerated a bit by the image's compression on Imgur.
Still, this new patch is incredible, I played for about an hour last night and found it to be far better across the board.
That screenshot was from handheld mode so when it's stretched on a PC screen it looks even blurrier but yes, it was more or less that blurry in handheld mode at launch.
unfair comparison. that is the results of the february patch, not this.
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Since mid November of 2017 Panic Button has released Rocket League, DOOM, Wolfenstein 2, and Warframe. From November 10, 2017 through November 20, 2018, PB released four games for the Switch.
Damn, so I looked at the comparison video and my eyes weren't fooling me, the game is now much smoother thanks to both the fixed framepacing AND better framerate, and it's sharper to boot!
He's not stating an opinion, he's saying it's unlikely that Digital Foundry will look at this because someone from DF posted in this very thread that they will likely not have time to do it.
Just played a team death match with 8 other folks. Not full but not a ghost town.
Picked this up last week. Could not get into the mobile controls but loved it on pro controller. Happy there is an arcade mode.
In campaign difficulty picked up for me and felt the platformer aspects inbetween arenas was clunky. Not going to rush to beat it but impressive and fun fast paced game!
I noticed drops in frame rate if there were too many Demons and had a menu glitch where it cycled through all options a few times.
Game really feels like it is from the 90s - glitches included!
In campaign difficulty picked up for me and felt the platformer aspects inbetween arenas was clunky. Not going to rush to beat it but impressive and fun fast paced game!
I noticed drops in frame rate if there were too many Demons and had a menu glitch where it cycled through all options a few times.
Game really feels like it is from the 90s - glitches included!
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did you only watch one minute out of 11? of course they don't talk about frames for 11 minutes.
