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vivster on 24 May 2014
curl-6 said:

*Facepalm*

Anyone who says they can tell a one frame difference at 59-60fps is a Jedi or a liar.

Not to mention most "60fps" games have drops into the 30-50fps range. (Ps3/360 COD)

Inconsistent framerate can be a lot worse than low framerate. Have you ever played Far Cry 3? I played it on PC at 60fps(seemingly locked) and it was choppy as hell. Any other game was smooth. There are a lot of misconceptions about frame rate.

The bottom line is never trust a number because it is always averaged and rarely locked. That's why most people prefer locked over inconsistant higher rates.

Also isn't it a bigger news that the game is NOT 1080p? Was everyone aware of that?



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Scoobes on 24 May 2014

Yeah, I didn't notice the repeated frame in the vid in the article. The more noticeable thing for me was the aliasing on a few objects and ramps. Otherwise, the game looks pretty crazy!




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POE on 24 May 2014

oh god!! i wont buy this game anymore!!



kljesta64 on 24 May 2014

repeated frame ? that means Wii U is even more powerfull right ?



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pokoko on 24 May 2014

Let me get this straight--people are pissy that a tech analysis mentions that the game displays a duplicate frame every second? Should they simply have not mentioned it? Would that have made people happier?

Holy carp, way to pick out a negative among a lot of positives ...



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curl-6 on 24 May 2014
vivster said:
curl-6 said:

*Facepalm*

Anyone who says they can tell a one frame difference at 59-60fps is a Jedi or a liar.

Not to mention most "60fps" games have drops into the 30-50fps range. (Ps3/360 COD)

Inconsistent framerate can be a lot worse than low framerate. Have you ever played Far Cry 3? I played it on PC at 60fps(seemingly locked) and it was choppy as hell. Any other game was smooth. There are a lot of misconceptions about frame rate.

The bottom line is never trust a number because it is always averaged and rarely locked. That's why most people prefer locked over inconsistant higher rates.

Also isn't it a bigger news that the game is NOT 1080p? Was everyone aware of that?

But 1 single frame out of 60? I find it very hard to believe that's naked-eye perceptible. Hell, Eurogamer themselves made no mention of it until after they ran it through a framerate counter. Their review never complains about it.

And it was pretty much known to be 720p for a while now, from screens and video. Eurogamer themselves were the ones who created confusion by incorrectly saying it was 1080p, and most of us weren't misled.



chidori-chan2 on 24 May 2014

Loss of one frame drops?

*PRE-ORDER CANCELED*




TheFallen on 24 May 2014

Day 1 patch incoming? It sounds like this could be easily rectified. It's not even a big deal.



vivster on 24 May 2014
curl-6 said:

But 1 single frame out of 60? I find it very hard to believe that's naked-eye perceptible. Hell, Eurogamer themselves made no mention of it until after they ran it through a framerate counter. Their review never complains about it.

And it was pretty much known to be 720p for a while now, from screens and video. Eurogamer themselves were the ones who created confusion by incorrectly saying it was 1080p, and most of us weren't misled.

Seeing it as "just 1 frame" is easy. But how about "a small hickup every second"?

Of course I haven't seen it yet and being aware of it probably makes it worse but still. It's very easy to downplay it and attack people for noticing it.

Also, no, I was not aware that it wasn't 1080p. In fact I now feel very very stupid for believing in what alot of Nintendo fans were saying.



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orniletter on 24 May 2014
vivster said:
curl-6 said:

*Facepalm*

Anyone who says they can tell a one frame difference at 59-60fps is a Jedi or a liar.

Not to mention most "60fps" games have drops into the 30-50fps range. (Ps3/360 COD)

Inconsistent framerate can be a lot worse than low framerate. Have you ever played Far Cry 3? I played it on PC at 60fps(seemingly locked) and it was choppy as hell. Any other game was smooth. There are a lot of misconceptions about frame rate.

The bottom line is never trust a number because it is always averaged and rarely locked. That's why most people prefer locked over inconsistant higher rates.

Also isn't it a bigger news that the game is NOT 1080p? Was everyone aware of that?


Yes, everyone aware of the WiiU´s capabilites already knew.

The screenshots Nintendo has released were 720p from second one too.