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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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Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't the original Link's Awakening ran at a constant 60fps on a gameboy. Having a remake of that game be 30fps would be pretty embarrassing. As cool as this visual style looks it doesn't look like anything that should prevent the game from reaching 60, especially since A Link Between Worlds managed it on the 3DS.
30FPS makes sense for something like BOTW but not so much with this game.
Still not fixed huh? Shame, unstable FPS is terrible.
People kept arguing during E3 that they would fix this, it seems that didn't happen yet some still keep saying "they will fix this later".
People kept arguing during E3 that they would fix this, it seems that didn't happen yet some still keep saying "they will fix this later".
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I guess that means it's a better value than Astral Chain
if anything it seems like a bug or double buffering. Ever switch between 30 and 60fps on TLOU PS4? No one thinks that feels good, in fact it makes the 30fps feel even worse than it actually is.
I'm a huge fan of the original Link's Awakening, but this remake keeps disappointing me like crazy. The performance issues, the lack of almost any new content, the new content being super uninteresting to me, I'm just really not interested at all. Maybe I'll pick it up if they do a Nintendo Selects type thing with this game and offer it at like 20 dollars, but it's a shame. I thought I'd be more excited but I can't find a reason to be.
3DS -> n3DS was a huge performance boost. It took unplayable garbage like Hyrule Warriors Legends to something that arguably ran better than the Wii U version.
I wish we got something like that.
I don't get this... I'd rather it be 60FPS as often as possible instead of locking it to a shittier frame right just so you don't have to notice a 2 second frame dip occasionally. Am I in the minority here?
Yeah, it definitely isn't doing your typical framerate drops. We see it go from 60 to 30 very quickly in the US Gamer video, often when it doesn't seem like there's a lot going on. Most bizarrely, right before the player pick's up Roc's Feather.
This is actually worse than if it was just "Can't get the framerate locked to 60 all the time", because it results in a very jarring transition and just feels bad. I wonder why they've done it this way? I would very much prefer a locked 30 to this, myself.
I'm with you 1000%. I never understood why some people prefer 30 to an unlocked fps.
This has been an issue since E3. While I"m sure we may receive performance improvements in the future I highly doubt it's going to be running perfect. Also, I feel like the day 1 patches are usually with games that have an online component.
GameXplain said it seems like a map streaming issue, the framerate goes down each time it has load new parts of the map into memory, and I guess a performance drop from that coupled with double buffered VSync is whats pulling the framerate down
I'm not a 60fps or bust guy, but following A Link Between Worlds which moved, looked, felt and played fantastic at 60, it is something people are gonna want to see from all 2D Zeldas going forward.
with how quick and smooth it goes from 60 to 30 and then corrects itself there is something going on and with what you said that makes since.
Link's Awakening didn't hold a stable framerate (it had lots of noticeable slowdown), and it originally came out on the brick model GameBoy so tons of blur whenever anything moved. Later models like the GB pocket solved the blur issues, but the slowdown wasn't addressed until the DX version that came out for the GameBoy Color in 1998.
there's something going on in the background indeed. it's not an hardware issue Lol.
I don't think I will have an issue with that, I didn't have an issue with BotW and that was probably far worse.
My first visit to Korok forest was quite something lol, but yeah, some people won't mind as much as others and that's fine, but I won't argue against those who'd rather have a smooth framerate and I won't certainly downplay this issue.
I've played it. There are some noticeable dips, but it's really not bad and it's not constant. It wasn't anywhere near enough to affect gameplay. There wasn't a single dip in the dungeon I played.
Make of it what you will. That's just my experience.
Make of it what you will. That's just my experience.
I had a bad feeling when the framerate was all over the place even in the most recent trailer they put out. ALBW felt so good to play at 60 but, like someone in the thread said before, nobody really expects 60FPS from a Zelda game. Not even the HD remasters reach 60. I don't know why Nintendo would try and fail to hit 60 rather than just aiming for 30 from the jump.
How was handheld mode for you if you don't mind me asking? Especially the resolution?
This is a non-issue. People who go apeshit over something not being a completely solid 60fps have always been baffling to me.
I'm not really sure if unlocked 60 or locked 30 would have been better, but when I watched the videos, I barely notice. As long as it doesn't drop well below 30.
30 for a game like this would have been absolutely fine too. Hopefully it'll get sorted.
Their last remake of a 2D Zelda game running on a 3DS was running at 60fps (mostly). I bloody expect that a Gameboy remake, originally running at 60fps (mostly) on a potato hardware, will run at 60fps on XB360 level hardware in 2019 !
It's definitely a big deal. I'm nowhere near someone who worries about frame rate, but I noticed it without seconds of booting up game.
It's not the fact that the frame rate is terrible, but the fact that it is constant and drops from 60 to 30-40 constantly.
Initially, i thought it was a design decision when leaving houses, being deep in battle, but nope.
Obviously, it doesn't make it anywhere near unplayable and it's a fantastic game, but to say it's not a big deal would be pure fanboyism.
It's not the fact that the frame rate is terrible, but the fact that it is constant and drops from 60 to 30-40 constantly.
Initially, i thought it was a design decision when leaving houses, being deep in battle, but nope.
Obviously, it doesn't make it anywhere near unplayable and it's a fantastic game, but to say it's not a big deal would be pure fanboyism.
Ick imagine wanting a remake of a 2d game to be 30 frames.
They should have optimized better for a stable 60 frames. The switch's lack of horsepower is way too limiting.
They should have optimized better for a stable 60 frames. The switch's lack of horsepower is way too limiting.
That is a streaming issue right there. It's loading in text box data and potentially specific animation for speaking.