Thank you. I bit the bullet and bought it and confirmed, same as PC version, 9 tiles so as you said 9km2 :)
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Cities: Skylines Nintendo Switch Edition | OT | The Road to 100K Pop. Livestream
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Thank you. I bit the bullet and bought it and confirmed, same as PC version, 9 tiles so as you said 9km2 :)
Just to add a bit here: Although performance seems great in D3, the Switch version (aside from dynamic resolution) seems to have some noticable downgraded textures, especially on characters, compared to other versions.
Regarding C:S : Definitely a surprise, there must be some heavy compromises to get it running, but I'm okay with that for such a complex city builder on the go.
I am worried though, that they didn't simultaneously announce a season pass like with PS4 and One, or did I miss that? Seems they're waiting for initial sales to decide wether they're adding the next few expansions after Snowfall at all :/
They haven't announced it, but have indicated in the Euro-gamer interview they plan to support it if it is successful.
We only have up to Snowfall as part of the 'Switch Edition' download.
That would be an absolutely incredibly long flight game. It sinks up hours so easily and is super fun.
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Cities: Skylines for Switch has some disappointing performance issues
So they decided to push it out earlier than they should have instead of optimise because they can patch later?
Going as far as saying Docked was not a priority and 20fps is standard in Late-Game.
Cities: Skylines for Switch has some disappointing performance issues
So they decided to push it out earlier than they should have instead of optimise because they can patch later?
Going as far as saying Docked was not a priority and 20fps is standard in Late-Game.
Frame rate for a lot of games on the ND Stream were wonky, FF: Crystal Chronicles which is a GameCube game looked like the frame rate was janky too, which should run easily on Switch.
The version on the stream looks decent.
The version on the stream looks decent.
Dude streaming the game seems very happy with the performance and he's a big fan of the PC game.
Does it come with any or all of the currently available DLC? If not, will it get any of it?
And does it have any of the built-in mods the PC version has like infinite money? Can you unlock all the squares from the start or get the larger 5x5 grid? I'd also want that mod that makes the RCI demand always on so you can just build and build and it'll continuously populate so you can be someone who just wants to build the city and not worry about hitting a wall.
If it has or had all that I'd probably bite.
And does it have any of the built-in mods the PC version has like infinite money? Can you unlock all the squares from the start or get the larger 5x5 grid? I'd also want that mod that makes the RCI demand always on so you can just build and build and it'll continuously populate so you can be someone who just wants to build the city and not worry about hitting a wall.
If it has or had all that I'd probably bite.
It has the DLC (After Dark and the Snow one), but no mods.
I'm watching the stream and it looks solid. Now maybe it will slow down as the cities get larger, but from what I'm seeing right now it looks perfectly playable and enjoyable.
Not even the cheat mods like infinite money or unlock everything?
I'm really happy - It's an excellent game and everyone should play it.
That said, it takes me about 10 minutes placing a symmetrical curved road on a PC with a mouse, so I'm quite concern about how how the interface is going to work.
Oh, and no mods is a huge bummer as well.
That said, it takes me about 10 minutes placing a symmetrical curved road on a PC with a mouse, so I'm quite concern about how how the interface is going to work.
Oh, and no mods is a huge bummer as well.
Thanks for the impression. Looks not that bad. Really surprising release tbh.
It has those on the PS4 version which doesn't support mods so it'll likely have them here as well .
There is, when you first select a map you can select infinite money (But what's the fun in that.) and all 9 tiles unlocked (really glad the Switch has access to the same tile sizes as the other versions)
As the owner of the PC game, I was debating if Switch was even worth it. But yes, it is. I can play it anywhere.
Ok going to bed for real :P
Second this. Curious about the controls. They totally should release demos for games like these.
edit, I see thanks Magnus
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I'm not sure. The guy on the stream basically says it's the same as the XBox One version. So whatever is in there I would assume is in the Switch version.
Controls are the same as the XBox/PS4 versions per the dude on the stream, only difference is the Switch has HD rumble that creates different sensations to let you know where its best to put certain things (ie: a hospital).
Unfortunately no touch screen. Controls are pretty decent though. Not mouse-tier of course.
Nooooooo. Touchscreen feature will make it the proper substitution over point and click there. Hope the devs will implement it.
Also, physical planned yet?
this is awesome but i think i'm just gonna stick with PC version because of mouse. i'd be seriously tempted though if the switch version has all dlc because i never got around to buying any.
A quick google search showed that they don't really sell physical copies for any system with the exception of Gamestop selling some exclusively. So I'd be pretty confident it won't come physically
Never analyze frame rate from a stream. Cutting together videos with different frame rates is going to result in improper framepacing, creating duplicate or missing frames at times. We had the same bollocks when people counted frames on the Switch reveal trailer, not realising that the on screen footage in any electronic commerciale always is an overlay.
But some "experts" used it to determine portable performance lol.
Anyway, a sub 30fps game tends to look worse on a 30 FPS video due to repeated frames.
Well we know it averages 20fps Late-Game, so maybe it weren't the stream? We don't know that.
Either way, waiting for more Late-Game impressions.
Video looked like day 1 PUBG on Xbox. Game is incredible though so if they can find that compromise...
Sadness. I would love a phsyical version there. How big is the size there guys? Hope my memory can help me lol.
Thank you for this. Looks good enough for me. And the Eurogamer interview is actually encouraging despite the headline.
Buying now!
Fff, I mean I'm up for a city builder but this looked quite rough. I'm up for a city builder but I feel it actually needs to be tailored to the Switch rather than porting such a weighty one across.
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Well, I could create a Switch Altantis challenge map... but it's not the full Altantis challenge.
They always do, yet viewers still use the livestream as the benchmark of their first impressions. It's just the servers getting hit with tons of traffic for 30 minutes.
It's a shame that the Mass Transit expansion is not included. I hope they will at least sell it at some point.
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I can see why Mass Transit is not included. Mass Transit, despite adding more options to fine tune your transportation services, would make the game play sluggish because the camera is focusing on heavy traffics, and heavy traffic simulation tends to be performance bottlenecks.
The appeal to this version is specifically because it's portable. I'm sure most people will overlook the graphical performance.
Played for 2 hours. Still very much in the early stages.
Grew my city to close to 3000 people. So far had no performance problems.
What's more the controls are very good!
Edit: all played undocked.
Grew my city to close to 3000 people. So far had no performance problems.
What's more the controls are very good!
Edit: all played undocked.
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Oh no, they've done really bad ports for Switch so far (RIME, Sonic Mania and now this)
