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KLAMarine on 04 March 2017
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thismeintiel said:
xl-klaudkil said:

If horizon would have such framerate drops every review would score the game lower.

Measuring with  a double standard, really showcasing the biased factor when reviewing games.

Same goes with graphics if a game gets a 10 i expect state of the art current year graphics

A 10/10 means the game is top notch in every way zelda clearly is not.

Personally, I think many reviewers avoid giving Nintendo games anything less than an 9 because they know they will be hounded by the diehard fans.  Especially at launch when they know Nintendo NEEDS the Switch to be a success, fans are going to be out en masse trying to combat any negativity.  And while I don't really agree that graphical prowess neccessarily has to downgrade a game (it really should be based on the HW), frequent/random framerate drops and lag should 100% be something you dock a point or two for.  They aren't going to do it, though.

@ OP

I'm going to guess that a simple upclock in the Switch's chipset isn't quite enough to get a game like BOTW from 720p to 900p without the sacrifices.

But think of the sweet, delicious, clickbait ad revenue!.. No reviewers seemed to go for it as far as I know.

twintail said:
KLAMarine said:

Wouldn't be the first time a game with framerate issues got high scores. Press doesn't seem to care about framerate too much.

And how many of them are passed off with 95% scores?

Dunno. Haven't counted.

I did do some admittedly brief and not-very-thorough research into this matter and noticed that Shadow of the Colossus, despite its framerate issues on the ps2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_GLmE7ZBPE

received extensive praise: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/shadow-of-the-colossus/critic-reviews

Kristan Reed of Eurogamer, the company which hosts the Digital Foundry channel if I understand things correctly, gave it a 10/10 back in 2005: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_sotc_ps2 . Don't see any mention of framerate/performance issues.

 

Don't worry though, I'm not going to speculate on motives or any such thing. I don't think it a fair thing to do. Just gonna acknowledge Kristan Reed's opinion and move on with my day.