Rumor: Ubisoft having some trouble bringing Steep to Switch

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Barkley said:

VideoGameAccountant said:

Interesting. So is this game just poorly optimized all around?

I played it on PS4 Pro, it uses an unlocked framerate, hitting 60 almost never and it sometimes dropped below 30. I believe it's locked to 30 on the orginal PS4.

There's clear reasons for the bad frame-rate, for example the games map is literally just a camera looking at the entire open-world, you can zoom into the mountain and see other players. The advanced snow deformation that accurately reacts to player animations won't help either.

I don't know if I'd say it's badly optimized for what it's doing, just that what it's trying to do was difficult for the Jaguar CPU, much less the Switch.

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification. 

It does seem like games this generation are more concerned with crazy features like "snow deformation" rather than a game just running well. Does any of this really enhance the game? I miss the days where we didn't have to worry about frame rates.