Sonic Forces Switch ver. wll be 720p / 30fps on Docked and Undocked

[routsounmanman]

vivster said:

monocle_layton said:

Odyssey runs 720 fp 60fps on handheld and 900 fps/60 fps docked. 

 

actual footage

trailer footage (probably worse than final footage)

What a load of bullshit.

You can see from the screenshots that Sonic's effects and geometry are more advanced than in Mario. It's taxing on weaker hardware while not looking significantly better as a whole.

Mario was built with weak hardware in mind, so techniques to obfuscate low quality assets are built in from the start. Sonic wasn't built for low end hardware so they would have to put a significant amount of effort into the game to rewrite how the physics, effects and visuals work. But why put work into a game on a console where 720p and 30fps are considered just fine.

1st party games on the Switch will always run better for roughly the same visuals than ported 3rd party games. Developers might be more inclined to optimize their games for a specific platform if people had higher standards, but they don't.

Borderline offensive. Considering pressing the report button.