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Volterra_90 said:
KeithC1990 said:

 

Im playing the game right now and the gap is quite big in my opinion, online especially is really blurry and almost unplayable. 

The gap is obviously big in framerate and resolution, and it's obviously more blurry. That's a given, I don't think anyone expected more of this game (it'd be impossible to achieve tbh). But you have the experience with the game, so I'd ask you, what makes the online unplayable? Lag? Framerate problems? The campaign mode seems solid enough, and I've played the game before on the PS4.

Oh no framerate and resolution dont bother me at all, its just the blurriness of the game that makes it unplayable, my time is limited so far in the game as I have only had it since this morning but I just watched the video at the start of this topic and would say that it makes the Switch version look alot better than it does in real life on the Switch screen and in motion. 

I couldn't care less about the framerate or resolution, and I would rather the game actually had less texture detail if anything if it could just get rid of the blurriness. I went to the online menu's obviously all the text in the menu's looks super crisp and clear because it's just text, and I clicked weapon loadouts, where it shows you a little image of each weapon and they are so blurry, almost like PS2 quality. Also I jumped into an online match, just in the 'practice mode' as I am new to DOOM, and the visual quality was just too blurry, I think alot of people will be quite put off.

I honestly don't think the initial video gives off the real quality of the game's visuals at all playing it in person. 



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KeithC1990 said:
Volterra_90 said:

The gap is obviously big in framerate and resolution, and it's obviously more blurry. That's a given, I don't think anyone expected more of this game (it'd be impossible to achieve tbh). But you have the experience with the game, so I'd ask you, what makes the online unplayable? Lag? Framerate problems? The campaign mode seems solid enough, and I've played the game before on the PS4.

Oh no framerate and resolution dont bother me at all, its just the blurriness of the game.

Low resolution is what makes it blurry.



Barkley said:
KeithC1990 said:

Oh no framerate and resolution dont bother me at all, its just the blurriness of the game.

Low resolution is what makes it blurry.

Ahh, okay than well I honestly think that the resolution is perhaps too low that the game just doesn't work. Single player which I have just started isn't so bad, but doesn't look anywhere near as good as the original video at the start of this topic, but online with everyone running around is just too blurry its unplayable. 



Barkley said:
It's probably fine portable, would not want to play the Switch version docked.

Pretty much my impression.

Clearly the worst looking version. Extremely blurry due to low resolution and low res textures (especially on the guns). Won't look good on a TV, but in portable mode it should be pretty good.

The Xbox One version also looks noticeably worse than the PS4 version in this case. Excited to see the X version though.



KeithC1990 said:
Barkley said:

Low resolution is what makes it blurry.

Ahh, okay than well I honestly think that the resolution is perhaps too low that the game just doesn't work. Single player which I have just started isn't so bad, but doesn't look anywhere near as good as the original video at the start of this topic, but online with everyone running around is just too blurry its unplayable. 

MP looking worse than SP is not unusual. Devs rather turn down effects or reduce resolution to make sure the MP goes as smooth as possible.



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DonFerrari said:
GProgrammer said:
Keep in Mind Switch version is 30fps, the other versions are 60fps. So I guess it depends if you like to play with high framerates

No Nintendo gamer ever cared about framerate, they are the less relevant than anything else like an unussed mode on a game.

That's not entirely true - a lot of Nintendo games (Smash, Mario and Mario Kart in particular come to mind) are big on smooth frame rates.

30 is fine, though, so long as it's stable. An uneven frame rate is generally worse than a low-ish one.



Barozi said:
Barkley said:
It's probably fine portable, would not want to play the Switch version docked.

Pretty much my impression.

Clearly the worst looking version. Extremely blurry due to low resolution and low res textures (especially on the guns). Won't look good on a TV, but in portable mode it should be pretty good.

The Xbox One version also looks noticeably worse than the PS4 version in this case. Excited to see the X version though.

Just read some reviews that disagree though, apparently some text can be a little too small for comfort when playing undocked, it uses a dynamic resolution that can drop to sub-540p in handheld mode too. Would have to play it myself to decide, but from the reviews it seems docked is actually the way to go surprisingly.

Eurogamers impressions of the handheld version last month was pretty scathing. - "firstly, resolution is low - possibly very low. Doom was always soft but the Switch rendition is its blurriest presentation yet. We can't be entirely certain, but some areas of gameplay are blurrier than others, suggesting dynamic resolution scaling, adding to the blur factor are low resolution textures, which seem broadly equivalent to PC's lowest setting - and possibly even lower in places."

Gamespots review isn't much better and they actually recommend playing it docked - "It frequently shifts into lower gear, presenting not only low-res textures and models, but an overall muddied image that indicates dynamic resolution switching and stretching. If you can stand to look at a lesser version of Doom's once captivating world, you'll find that the game plays well enough on Switch so long as you've got a TV in front of you and a Pro Controller in hand."



Barozi said:
KeithC1990 said:

Ahh, okay than well I honestly think that the resolution is perhaps too low that the game just doesn't work. Single player which I have just started isn't so bad, but doesn't look anywhere near as good as the original video at the start of this topic, but online with everyone running around is just too blurry its unplayable. 

MP looking worse than SP is not unusual. Devs rather turn down effects or reduce resolution to make sure the MP goes as smooth as possible.

Yes that is fair enough, but I just played 3 matches online, and while the gameplay was really fun, and its packed full of weapons, challenges, levelling and progression, I would say the multiplayer graphics quality is equivalent to Call of Duty Black Ops on the Vita handheld lol. It is REALLY downgraded.



Doom is an excellent game. Probably the best game of 2016, IMO. If you have not played it on another platform, I strongly recommend getting it.

As to the Switch port - it is very important to remember the framerate. Doom is a very fast paced game. That's what sets it apart from other shooters. Playing at half the frame rate is going to make a significant difference in the feel. So, that is something that I would consider a big downgrade for the Switch version. If you haven't played it at 60fps though, I guess you can't miss it.

With all of that said, I'm glad this game is coming to Switch. Every gamer that cares at all about first person shooters, or has some Doom nostalgia from their childhood should have the opportunity to play this game. I hope it sells well.



SpokenTruth said:
KeithC1990 said:
Just jumped into this game on the Nintendo Switch as I got it in the post a day early and I am VERY DISSAPOINTED. It is so so blurry that it is off putting, everything is out of focus and it doesn't even look that good. Just gone from handheld mode to TV mode and it looks like a poor xbox 360 game.

The call of duty games on Wii U looked much better than this, but its the blurriness that is annoying me as its almost unplayable.

Bear in mind my points above is from me only having jumped onto the multiplayer mode, I havent tried the single player campaign yet.

The game comes out tomorrow and you already have it AND are already playing multiplayer?

Yes, the supplier I use (online website) 95% of the time ships for delivery the day before launch, I am already Level 10 online, it's double xp at the moment too, it's fun gameplay and I have never played DOOM before but I am just really disappointed that it looks so bad on the Switch handheld screen, aiming is quite hard as well on the Switch screen, it would be easier with my pro controller but then playing it on the TV defeats the purpose of me buying the Switch version lol.