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SubiyaCryolite on 27 September 2014
curl-6 said:

I wouldn't call it "impressive" myself, but given that it's a port, and given the spotty track record of PS360-to-Wii U ports, it's nice to get the best version of the game instead of a gimped one.

Best version of a "5 year old game on a 9 year old console".  Developers would have to try really hard to gimp that.



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

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TheJimbo1234 on 27 September 2014
SubiyaCryolite said:
Nem said:
They make it sound terrible, even though the conclusion is that this is the best version available.

To quote a poster on EG "Awesome! The Wii U finally manages to get a game to match a 5 year old game on a 9 year old console!". The framerate is better and so are the shadows but they removed Depth of Field, some bloom, and a few other effects. This is a gen 7 game ported to a gen 8 console so you'd expect more "bling" e.g Tomb Raider DE.


Exactly my thoughts.

It is pretty concerning when a "new console" is compared to one 9 years old. Also removing DoF is dire as that is now an old technique which should be standardised and advanced versions used.



Veknoid_Outcast on 27 September 2014
curl-6 said:
So definitive version confirmed.

Good. Can't wait for my third playthrough, this time without screen tearing.

So excited about the lack of screen tearing, in this port and in Bayonetta 2.



SubiyaCryolite on 27 September 2014
TheJimbo1234 said:

Exactly my thoughts.

It is pretty concerning when a "new console" is compared to one 9 years old. Also removing DoF is dire as that is now an old technique which should be standardised and advanced versions used.

IKR. Watching the framerate video the Wii U version has dips on the clocktower scene, in some parts the 360 version has higher rates. Despite Wii U version not having any noticaible graphical advancements (bar shadows) it still drops frames on a 5 year old game in 720p!  Hence my original post "is this suppossed to be impressive?".



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

fluky-nintendy on 27 September 2014

As many here predicted, those 60fps aren't constant. At least they made a good job putting it on par with XB360 version minus the screentearing.



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mii-gamer on 27 September 2014
SubiyaCryolite said:
Nem said:
They make it sound terrible, even though the conclusion is that this is the best version available.

To quote a poster on EG "Awesome! The Wii U finally manages to get a game to match a 5 year old game on a 9 year old console!". The framerate is better and so are the shadows but they removed Depth of Field, some bloom, and a few other effects. This is a gen 7 game ported to a gen 8 console so you'd expect more "bling" e.g Tomb Raider DE.


Why would they devote more resources to a game that is essentially being distributed for free to the Nintendo fanbase? Especially when they are not releasing a standalone SKU, and this port was put in into the pipeline to give wii u fans interested in bayonetta 2 a chance to play the original. Of course logic and reasoning doesn't come in play when you downplay Nintendo



episteme on 27 September 2014

Sounds good.

The lack of AA is because Kamiya doesn't allow it in his games, but the lack of texture filtering is disappointing.



vivster on 27 September 2014
mii-gamer said:
SubiyaCryolite said:
Nem said:
They make it sound terrible, even though the conclusion is that this is the best version available.

To quote a poster on EG "Awesome! The Wii U finally manages to get a game to match a 5 year old game on a 9 year old console!". The framerate is better and so are the shadows but they removed Depth of Field, some bloom, and a few other effects. This is a gen 7 game ported to a gen 8 console so you'd expect more "bling" e.g Tomb Raider DE.


Why would they devote more resources to a game that is essentially being distributed for free to the Nintendo fanbase? Especially when they are not releasing a standalone SKU, and this port was put in into the pipeline to give wii u fans interested in bayonetta 2 a chance to play the original. Of course logic and reasoning doesn't come in play when you downplay Nintendo

So seeing how Bayonetta 2 runs worse than the first game, does that mean they devoted even less time to it?



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mii-gamer on 27 September 2014
vivster said:
mii-gamer said:
SubiyaCryolite said:
Nem said:
They make it sound terrible, even though the conclusion is that this is the best version available.

To quote a poster on EG "Awesome! The Wii U finally manages to get a game to match a 5 year old game on a 9 year old console!". The framerate is better and so are the shadows but they removed Depth of Field, some bloom, and a few other effects. This is a gen 7 game ported to a gen 8 console so you'd expect more "bling" e.g Tomb Raider DE.


Why would they devote more resources to a game that is essentially being distributed for free to the Nintendo fanbase? Especially when they are not releasing a standalone SKU, and this port was put in into the pipeline to give wii u fans interested in bayonetta 2 a chance to play the original. Of course logic and reasoning doesn't come in play when you downplay Nintendo

So seeing how Bayonetta 2 runs worse than the first game, does that mean they devoted even less time to it?

It looks better than the first! Again, logic and reasoning doesn't come into play when downplay nintendo



curl-6 on 27 September 2014
SubiyaCryolite said:
curl-6 said:

I wouldn't call it "impressive" myself, but given that it's a port, and given the spotty track record of PS360-to-Wii U ports, it's nice to get the best version of the game instead of a gimped one.

Best version of a "5 year old game on a 9 year old console".  Developers would have to try really hard to gimp that.

Best version of one of the best games of last gen = me happy.