Breath of the Wild, perfect scores, and framerate

[zorg1000]

mZuzek said:

zorg1000 said:

Ya i just beat BOTW over the weekend and have close to 50 hours put into the game and only noticed the framerate drop like 2-3 times. Such a minor issue probably isn't going to affect review scores too much, however if the drops were frequent and affected the enjoyment of the game than it would likely have brought the score down for many reviewers.

You're either not very good at noticing framerates, or are just playing on a Switch then.

The Wii U version drops frames pretty often, mostly it's just a minor thing but it can get distracting in towns (where it probably runs constantly between 20-25fps). Still, as long as the framerate doesn't completely ruin the experience, it shouldn't be detracting good scores.

In a game like Zelda, dropping to low 20s and even high 10s is bearable if it's sparse enough. However, if there were framerate problems on, say, Smash Bros., now that would be a real issue.

I played on Switch with a mix of docked and undocked mode. I noticed drops a few times in towns but cant recall it ever noticeably dropping while doing something where it would affect me like in the middle of a fight or a puzzle.