Wow, I didn't knew Astral Chain looked so rough in portable mode, that's a bummer :(
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Portable/Handheld Screenshot Thread
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Wow, I didn't knew Astral Chain looked so rough in portable mode, that's a bummer :(
it looks fine in motion, weirdly enough the resolution gets really funny in photo mode.
Really? I had no idea, that's really strange. Thank you for the info.
handheld switch screens have a tendency to look better on the device than on a monitor
Looks great on the Switch screen to me. Definitely one of the best looking games in handheld.
This is undocked and not overclocked or streamed? If that's the case, I can't believe my eyes! I look forward to the port!
That is handheld. This is where it drops down to 540p later on:
Obviously it's no prized chicken compared to PCs that have the availability to basically produce visuals vastly better, but for a 6 inch tablet I'm pretty happy considering it's the entire game and I can play it on my bus journey to work and on my lunch breaks, especially when the frame-rate only seems to drip when cut-scenes (I've noticed nothing major so far in game) start and then level out and it seemed to be one cut scene near the tutorial section (seems like something that could be patched out).
Here's where it ramps back up to 720p:
It really makes me want a Red Dead Redemption 1+2 port for the Switch. For me personally I'm happy with the compromises Witcher 3 brings on the Switch, others may not.
Edit: Weird my screenshots seem to switch between 540p and 720p despite me playing exclusively in handheld.
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The Witcher 3 (Switch)
The screens probably don't look great when blown up on a computer monitor, but DAMN is this game seriously impressive. I've always preferred lower resolution to no anti-aliasing so the soft IQ doesn't bother me at all. More ports like this, please.
The screens probably don't look great when blown up on a computer monitor, but DAMN is this game seriously impressive. I've always preferred lower resolution to no anti-aliasing so the soft IQ doesn't bother me at all. More ports like this, please.
The Witcher 3 (Switch)
The screens probably don't look great when blown up on a computer monitor, but DAMN is this game seriously impressive. I've always preferred lower resolution to no anti-aliasing so the soft IQ doesn't bother me at all. More ports like this, please.
I always feel that could be the number one reason people shit on something like handheld mode in the Witcher is because they're being blown up on a 1080p or 4k monitor.
Sometimes I feel it's more representative of taking a photo of your Switch on a camera so people can see what it's like through one's own eyes on that tiny screen. Because yeah on a high end gaming monitor that a good amount of Era members have screenshots don't look as good as seeing it actually on the Switch screen.
The Witcher 3 (Switch)
The game is running in handheld mode with overclocks. Furthermore, I've installed two mods. The first mod enables additional postprocessing options (see below). I've changed Sharpening to High and Foliage Visibility Range to Ultra, as well as disabled anti-aliasing. The second mod sets the minimum dynamic resolution to 1100x616. With overclocks and the above settings, the game maintains a pretty stable 30 fps and looks sharp on the 6" display.
The game is running in handheld mode with overclocks. Furthermore, I've installed two mods. The first mod enables additional postprocessing options (see below). I've changed Sharpening to High and Foliage Visibility Range to Ultra, as well as disabled anti-aliasing. The second mod sets the minimum dynamic resolution to 1100x616. With overclocks and the above settings, the game maintains a pretty stable 30 fps and looks sharp on the 6" display.
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Call of Cthulhu - kind of a blurry mess, but I still find it impressive that such a game is available on a portable device
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition - seems like a great port visually, it looks great on the Switch screen
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition - seems like a great port visually, it looks great on the Switch screen
Dragon Quest XIS (Switch)
It is absolutely insane how well they managed to preserve the look of this game.
The Witcher 3 (Switch)
The game is running in handheld mode with overclocks. Furthermore, I've installed two mods. The first mod enables additional postprocessing options (see below). I've changed Sharpening to High and Foliage Visibility Range to Ultra, as well as disabled anti-aliasing. The second mod sets the minimum dynamic resolution to 1100x616. With overclocks and the above settings, the game maintains a pretty stable 30 fps and looks sharp on the 6" display.
Wow, that looks so good! Definitely worth modding the Switch for this.
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Only just done the first bit, it seems okay. Could see combat getting repetitive.
It looks better than Caligula Effect from what I remember.
JRPG's vs WRPG's. Two amazing WRPG's (plus a mediocre one) and two amazing JRPG's (plus a mediocre one).
(Since there are many screenshots, I'll put them in spoiler)
The Witcher 3
Skyrim
Dragon's Dogma
Dragon Quest XIS (to be fair with the comparison, I didn't use the photomode because it raises the resolution)
Xenoblade 2 Torna (sadly, my only good screenshots from Xenoblade 2 are from docked, so...)
Tales of Vesperia
(Since there are many screenshots, I'll put them in spoiler)
The Witcher 3
Skyrim
Dragon's Dogma
Dragon Quest XIS (to be fair with the comparison, I didn't use the photomode because it raises the resolution)
Xenoblade 2 Torna (sadly, my only good screenshots from Xenoblade 2 are from docked, so...)
Tales of Vesperia
Xenoblade 2 Torna (sadly, my only good screenshots from Xenoblade 2 are from docked, so...)
Whoa, people weren't kidding when they said Xenoblade 2 looked bad undocked. That looks fucking terrible. Like a small third-party dev made it and not Nintendo.
Witcher 3 (Switch)
Yeah, it's rough. And Torna is supposedly better than the base game. It's a shame, because the game looks great when docked. It's the only game that forced me to play on my TV, which is why I don't have many undocked screenshots of it.
My config is:
INI:
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; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Complete Edition
handheld_charging_gpu=768
handheld_mem=1600
handheld_cpu=1326
handheld_charging_official_cpu=1785
handheld_charging_official_gpu=921
docked_cpu=1785
docked_gpu=921The shots were taken running on the official charger, meaning GPU at 921 MHz and CPU at 1785 MHz. I'm typically using my travel charger, thus running at the 768/1326 configuration. I'm not noticing a ton of difference between the two configurations. At max clocks and brightness, the system draws about 22.5 W from the charger during the most stressing part of my test (The Bloody Baron's Castle).
I use https://abload.de/.
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Xenoblade 2 has a really aggressive sharpening filter which looks good docked and at the higher bounds of undocked play but when the resolution drops it really negatively impacts it. Torna is improved in that regard but the filter is still there causing the weird artifacts around character models.
Gormott, the area in those screens, seems to be the worse affected area though(off the top of my head), it's most open landmass and has a lot of the cloud sea rendered(a volumetric smoke-like effect).
RDR1 on Switch would be freakin' sweet. I don't think I can assume that RDR2 as-is is possible on Switch though, that game is an absolute beast technically speaking.
I really wish they can patch in the option for AA off, it just look so much cleaner!