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World of Final Fantasy (NSW) Does Not Change Res. When Undocking, Slows Switch OS, Vita Downgrade?

Dancrane212

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As pointed out in the main topic of discussion for the game...

bonkasaurus said:
I take it back. It looks fine on Switch, it's just not swapping between resolutions when you go from handheld to docked. (ignore the facebook image compression)
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Started the game up docked.

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Started the game up handheld and then put it in docked mode.
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Just an FYI for folk. Guess if you wanted to see how another game would perform with "docked" visuals in handheld mode you're in luck.

*Apparently there are some visual elements (shadows in a forested area) that are missing when compared to the Vita port and other platforms. No news how prevalent these are or if it's just a one time issue.





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The Switch OS also has issues when running the game as well.

Opa-Pa said:
Another user posted this video

It really is atrocious, I've had my Switch literally freeze on me for instinctively trying to check which friend of mine went online during gameplay or just looking at the gallery (I suspect it's even worse in handheld mode because the video looks slightly better than my experience).
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Dancrane212

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Wow, what a mess. Hopefully the other ports end up better (FF12, FF7, etc).
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The Switch OS has issues with the game running as well.

Opa-Pa said:
Another user posted this video

It really is atrocious, I've had my Switch literally freeze on me for instinctively trying to check which friend of mine went online during gameplay or just looking at the gallery (I suspect it's even worse in handheld mode because the video looks slightly better than my experience).
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Wander

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I noticed on the eShop page that it didn't list the game as having multiplayer. Is that true?
 
Durante

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I'm suprised Nintendo doesn't check for that during cert.

(Cynic view: they do, but only for indies, not for Square Enix)
 
Pancracio17

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...what? How do you miss that during QA?
Or it wasnt missed and it was just rushed.
 
Oregano

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The Switch version also has visual downgrades from the Vita version.
 
jakoo

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If there is a different in resolution between docked/undocked, this seems like a very basic standard that Nintendo should enforce. Docking vs Undocking is a core feature of the platform.
 
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Oregano said:
I think you're misunderstanding me. Switch has downgrades in comparison to Vita.
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oh I see my bad, I have both the vita version and the ps4 version and the only problem with the vita was the load times, if they have a demo on the nintendo shop I can download it and make comparisons.
 
Opa-Pa

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The Switch UI is really the worst, having the console freeze because I checked the news feed while playing is ridiculous.

Also not sure if the resolution bump is small or I'm doing something wrong, but didn't notice any chances starting the game docked.
Wander said:
I noticed on the eShop page that it didn't list the game as having multiplayer. Is that true?
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It's a purely single player game.
Oregano said:
The Switch version also has visual downgrades from the Vita version.
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Huh, it does? I remember the Vita version looking miserable but Switch looks great outside of the low resolution.
 
Robin64

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Yeah, the Switch OS while this game is running becomes an unusable mess. It took about 10 minutes for it to save a video I captured, then I couldn't even open the Album to post it while the game was running. Not sure what the game is doing, but it's atrocious.
 
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Dancrane212

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Robin64 said:
Yeah, the Switch OS while this game is running becomes an unusable mess. It took about 10 minutes for it to save a video I captured, then I couldn't even open the Album to post it while the game was running. Not sure what the game is doing, but it's atrocious.
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Do you know if other intensive games like DOOM or Wolfenstein 2 have any impact like this to the OS?
 
Opa-Pa

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WoFF doesn't even get the Switch that hot nor drains as much battery as other intensive games, and none of them affect the OS like that, so I think it's some kind or bug instead.
 
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Opa-Pa said:
The Switch UI is really the worst, having the console freeze because I checked the news feed while playing is ridiculous.

Also not sure if the resolution bump is small or I'm doing something wrong, but didn't notice any chances starting the game docked.

It's a purely single player game.

Huh, it does? I remember the Vita version looking miserable but Switch looks great outside of the low resolution.
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The PS4 version had multiplayer play. This is some bull. Switch games are always missing multiplayer options
 
ShinobiBk

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This port has huge issues and everyone needs to get in Square Enix's ass about it so they will fix it. It is salvageable but it should not have launched in that state
 
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Dancrane212 said:
Do you know if other intensive games like DOOM or Wolfenstein 2 have any impact like this to the OS?
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I don't have Wolfenstein 2, but DOOM has zero issues. I have well over 50 games at this point and WoFF is the first one to do this.

Though, Sonic Mania before its first patch had a Switch OS bug too, it would take about 10 seconds after pressing the Home button for the dashboard to appear. But this is different enough.
 
Enforcer

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Good reason why I stopped buying games for Switch on Day 1.

Need to know how it runs first before I purchase. Kinda like a PC :p
 
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Robin64 said:
I don't have Wolfenstein 2, but DOOM has zero issues. I have well over 50 games at this point and WoFF is the first one to do this.

Though, Sonic Mania before its first patch had a Switch OS bug too, it would take about 10 seconds after pressing the Home button for the dashboard to appear. But this is different enough.
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Ah, well hopefully the issues are quickly fixed up then.
 

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Hey, um... Dark1x

Is World of Final Fantasy on the radar for games you're gonna look at with the Switch and Xbox One versions being out? Especially because of things raised in this thread.
 
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Unable to replicate the higher resolution lock when starting from Docked switching to Handheld...?

Saying the Switch version is a "Vita Downgrade" is highly misleading. It's overall much nicer, just with some disparities, as noted in the OP but not the title.
 
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Dancrane212

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Disclaimer said:
Saying the Switch version is a "Vita Downgrade" is highly misleading. It's overall much nicer, just with some disparities, as noted in the OP but not the title.
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"Some elements from Vita downgraded" would have been great but there's only so many characters available in a thread title. "?" will have to suffice.
 
DaiJyoubs

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If you watch the video, the Switch version is objectively better than Vita version (which it should be). The main thing is the lack of tree shadows which is weird but I've been playing and it isn't that big of a deal in the end, just a little strange. In regards to the resolution bug, starting the game docked and then removing will scale the resolution normally but starting in handheld will lock it to the handheld resolution. Docked mode is most likely 720p with handheld being somewhere around 360-400p. It's very similar to Xenoblade 2 undocked minus the nasty sharpening filter that made everything look awful. It's not a bad port but I do hope Square releases a patch in the near future to help a few of the weirder things.
 
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jman4371 said:
If you watch the video, the Switch version is objectively better than Vita version (which it should be). The main thing is the lack of tree shadows which is weird but I've been playing and it isn't that big of a deal in the end, just a little strange. In regards to the resolution bug, starting the game docked and then removing will scale the resolution normally but starting in handheld will lock it to the handheld resolution. Docked mode is most likely 720p with handheld being somewhere around 360-400p. It's very similar to Xenoblade 2 undocked minus the nasty sharpening filter that made everything look awful. It's not a bad port but I do hope Square releases a patch in the near future to help a few of the weirder things.
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I'd guess both resolutions are higher than your estimates. It doesn't look half as blurry as XB2 handheld, even accounting for the latter's sharpening.
 
Kouriozan

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This + no retail is pretty telling.
But the devs also said their budget for Maxima was really low so they did what they could.
 
Opa-Pa

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Resolution is still vastly better than XC2, that legit looked like a 3DS game in places. WoFF portable just looks a bit blurry. I thought it'd be nad but I adjusted within a couple of hours.
Dreamboum said:
The switch version is massively better except that one screen without the shadows
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Yeah pretty much, still a MASSIVE improvement from the Vita version.
 
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