Nintendo Switch 2 Tech Performance Discussion

[HoloDust]

curl-6 said:

HoloDust said:

When it comes to lighting and shadows yeah, OoT pulls ahead. But as I said, Bananza is more advanced in some other areas and actually more demanding on SW2 hardware. That said, next mainline Zelda is pretty much certain to be built on further refinement of current ModuleSystem engine, though I suspect they would choose somewhat different art style for it than what's in OoT.

Textures and materials are also way better in Ocarina vs Bananza, the latter of which kinda resembles a high end Switch 1 game visually, which makes perfect sense really as it WAS a high end Switch 1 game before being moved over to Switch 2.

The voxel destruction stuff is demanding, it's more the visuals assets themselves that are rather last gen. (Not shitting on the game itself of course, it is fantastic)

I wouldn't say they are better (technically speaking), just very different. OoT uses standard industry PBR approach (and due to SW2 limitations, has plenty of low res textures), Bananza relies on custom voxel engine - very different end goals and approaches.