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USgamer: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Drops Frames Like Marin Drops Beats, But it's Not Too Bad
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I'm in for the nostalgia alone. Can't hold me back. Shame about the frames but I'll live. First ive heard of the upgraded overworld theme...I think I like the old one better lol
My point wasn't to "get em." I mainly just wanted to point out how people blindly support company X (Nintendo, Sony, whoever) when company X does something that objectively sucks.
Having said that, I think the game's art style is awesome and I will be playing this game at some point this year. Framerate drops suck, though, especially when they seem to be this extreme and frequent.
Not surprising to hear, it's UE4, isn't it? You need to optimize the fuck out of your games to get them to run at a solid 60 on Switch.
The preview says it doesn't spoil it and it's not bad but you wouldn't think that from this thread...
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It depends on the game but getting 60fps on the Switch with UE4 is pretty rare.
I'm currently testing this for review. (We at Ars tend to skip these "preview" embargo opportunities.) The frame rank indeed drops from 60 to 30 and then back to 60 on a pretty regular basis, and it seems to have something to do with asset streaming, when entering some new indoor or outdoor scene, as opposed to anything about particular effects or geometry overwhelming the Switch.
I mean, it's not a big deal lol.
It's improved from E3 showing anyway, even if it's not perfect
Framerate literally affects the play experience, but ok, you're good, then I suppose you have nothing more to discuss in this thread.
Is a shame, though I suppose the original dropped frames a fair bit too so not too inaccurate :p Though there it slowed gameplay down as opposed to getting choppier
Makes me wish we could disable the depth of field effect, with that not being my preference anyway and it could potentially help performance a bit
Huh, that's interesting. Wonder if there are differences in playing from cart/SD Card/Switch internal memory. Potentially not as it may be an engine quirk, still it got me thinking of cases where SSD improved performance on PC games
Makes me wish we could disable the depth of field effect, with that not being my preference anyway and it could potentially help performance a bit
Huh, that's interesting. Wonder if there are differences in playing from cart/SD Card/Switch internal memory. Potentially not as it may be an engine quirk, still it got me thinking of cases where SSD improved performance on PC games
I think Lumines Remastered uses UE4 and it can't manage 60fps on Switch either. A damn puzzle game.
It sucks that so many people give framerate issues a free pass. This is going to continue being an issue if people keep downplaying the importance of framerate. It's unfortunate that people don't give a fuck if a game runs horribly as long as it looks pretty. Oh, well. Considering games are $60, I wouldn't mind paying an extra $200 for a switch pro in order to play all these games without framerate issues.
Hoping they fix with the patch but if not it's disappointing that yet another developer didn't optimize for a solid locked 30 and instead chose a bouncing frame rate. I'm not pro 30 / anti 60, I'm pro locked/ solid fps regardless of the number the developer was able to get performance or stylistically
It's a big deal when the game literally has frame drops in the trailers too.
It didn't, at least not the DX version. I literally played through it last week.
Ah that's likely a difference between OG and DX versions aye, I'm more familiar with OG having only played DX on 3DS. I suspect the higher specs of GBC improved performance
Well, the linked article which the thread is based in says the same:
While this might sound like bad news, the frame rate drops in Link's Awakening don't affect my play experience.
So is basically a YMMY. :p
If they didn't do double-buffer vsync it wouldn't be so bad.
edit: looking at the video this game's framerate is more erratic than I thought.
It's a joke dude. I frequently see people complain about games being 30fps. And while it thankfully doesn't happen much anymore I very much used to see "slideshow" and "unplayable" thrown around.
Im just going by what what the person previewing the game stated - no need to get emotional about it.
I am 100% positive that this is actually a visual effect to achieve the miniature optic the art style is going for...
I had the same thought. If any of Nintendo's regional PR teams send cartridges ahead of launch, that may very well get tested at length by someone. We're currently working with a download code.
Oh of course it's a YMMV situation, and I've been saying it's a minor issue all thread, but saying framerate dips don't affect the experience is false.
Whoever's saying the game runs horribly is wrong too, it didn't ran terribly back during E3, it ain't running terribly now either.
But then we get posts like this one and it's like a different version of posting "I have no Joycon issues" in a thread about Nintendo fixing the joycon drift for free.
It's not triple buffered, so whenever the framerate drops below 60 it just locks to 30. I'm not sure why the developers would do this but someone with more technical knowledge than me could probably answer.
Yeah lol, the title is quite something, a bit hyperbolic for sure, but hey! Gotta get those clicks.
I noticed this when I played the game a couple times at E3. It is a bit distracting to be sure. Had really hoped this would be ironed out before launch. Still grabbing the game though.
What on earth is with people claiming that it automatically should run at 60 with no hitches because it's a gameboy game remake? What on earth are you talking about? If this game looked like fucking Cyberpunk 2077 visually would you still be claiming it should easily hit 60 because it's a gameboy remake? The fact it's a gameboy remake could barely be less relevant to performance.
People saying 'framerate drops don't effect me' is just baffling.
Never mind it feels bad to play if the framerate is bouncing around all over the place, but it effects input latency as well.
Never mind it feels bad to play if the framerate is bouncing around all over the place, but it effects input latency as well.
Plenty of devs have trouble getting their games to perform well at steady 60 with a bunch of HD game dev experience - on Switch and on other systems.
Lets hope they can adress it via a patch down the line.
Its def. a downgrade coming from that sweet ALBW on 3DS framerate.
not sure UE4 has been confirmed has it?
well, we'll know soon, since the logo will flash when you start up.
People have review copies, so they should know by now right...
The thought of someone playing Link's Awakening and going "ah, dammit the input latency fucked me there" is bizarre to me.
Nobody is going to do that, right?
Maybe not but you sure as hell are going to feel a framerate bouncing up and down from 50, 40, 30 and everywhere in between.
The more I look at the footage in the OP the more confused I am. Like, it makes no sense to me that it would lock to 50fps in some areas. I don't remember the E3 or GamesCom builds looking like that. Is this a new thing?
It's because some people, especially around here, act as if a game is unplayable if it's not 60FPS. A lot of people, like me, that have no idea about game development. All I'm saying is that some people will sensationalise the headline as if it will ruin the game which just isn't true.