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Zekkyou on 24 May 2014

They literally said in the paragraph the OP has quoted that it isn't a big deal and most probably won't even notice it.

People sure are sensitive today ^^;



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Raven on 24 May 2014

Can't say I ever noticed it in any of the footage released so far. Seems like an incredibly minor flaw.



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Skidonti on 24 May 2014
curl-6 said:
Skidonti said:
Doubt I'll even notice it if I try to look for it. I wish someone would talk about all the extremely positive things they also said in the article. It's a beautiful game and DF thinks so too. Why make them out to be hating on Nintendo like the most recent couple threads do? These "negatives" are the least interesting of any comments they made.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6338086

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dahuman on 24 May 2014

Yeah I'm really gonna be paying attention to that shit when I'm playing against fucking AMP or Rol who can ROFLSTOMP most people on the planet. Don't remember how good Khan and Smeags are but prolly pretty good too.



impertinence on 24 May 2014

I have heard about this Digital Foundry before, but now it becomes clear, these guys are not gamers, they are technophiles. Of course, people who are interested in technology will have a good time looking at whatever technical issues they can, but why are they so often referenced on a gaming website?

I don't mind what other people pick for an interest, but the Digital Foundry stuff comes across an awful lot like the folks who insist you simply can not listen to music unless your audio setup uses a good power conditioner and specialist power cables. It's a fringe interest that has absolutely no impact what so ever on the actual point of what people are doing. In my opinion, articles like this has no value on a gaming website.



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Adameh on 24 May 2014

*Throws Wii U out of window*



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anthony64641 on 24 May 2014

Im going to go pre-order Mario kart 8 and then cancel it because of this!!




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michael_stutzer on 24 May 2014

How can people be this stupid is beyond me. It is a bug and it is labeled as such on a website which focuses on technical sides of the video games. How dare they?

Though It is obvious that none of you read that part which is like 5 sentences total and still think that they said it is 59fps and therefore a bad game. Carry on. I am sure your preorder cancelled joke will still be funny after the 50th times. Waste of time.



Damagon on 24 May 2014
curl-6 said:
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.

Yes and no. The difference between steady 59fps an 60fps is indeed hardly perceciptible, if not impossible. But having them switch intermintently makes it easier to spot. Specially when it's not random but in a pattern. 

It's the switch that gets noticed, not the number of frames themselves. (Something a lot of people in this thread seem to completely not understand btw).  

The silver lining in all of this (and pointed out by DF too) is that because of the nature of this switch in frames, it's likely to be just a bug. 




Damagon on 24 May 2014
Skidonti said:
Doubt I'll even notice it if I try to look for it. I wish someone would talk about all the extremely positive things they also said in the article. It's a beautiful game and DF thinks so too. Why make them out to be hating on Nintendo like the most recent couple threads do? These "negatives" are the least interesting of any comments they made.

You know, I used to be excited about 1080p on WiiU but my personal TV in the new house where I'll be playing all my games for the next 3 months is only 720p anyway, so it actually couldn't matter less to me at the moment! 720p is probably the best I'll ever have in my vicinity for the rest of my college career anyhow.


Yes, people are being too defensive and flatout silly. Hell, DF even praises the game basically calling it perfection by gaming standards. And the only reason they pointed out this issue (other than that literally being their job) is because of Nintendo's own heavingly high standards that never miss a mark, no matter how insignificant.