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Mr Puggsly on 03 January 2021
Pemalite said:

Only thing I disliked about the game was that it wasn't a full fat 1080P at a minimum with a 60fps framerate... And allot of the texturing was clearly low resolution, but that's Nintendo's antiquated hardware holding things back.

Keen for the sequel, hopefully it's more of a looker.

Well I played it entirely on a portable device and it looked good there. On the Switch Lite screen the game looked clean and sharp. The draw distance seemed pretty good as well. I haven't seen how the Switch version holds up on a large screen but I assume fairly well.

For comparison sake, I do own this game on Wii U and I played a while to see how it holds up. On Wii U, its a pixelated mess, I doubt it has any AA, I suspect it has reduced draw distance and performance is less stable. It was surprisingly less polished than I expected and the Wii U tablet screen isn't used for anything.

Anyhow, at the very least its an impressive looking game for a tiny device like Switch. Then you've got the option of Cemu for that high fidelity you desire.



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Mr Puggsly on 04 January 2021
Eric2048 said:

Maybe i'd agree it's somewhat overrated. But It has a lot of clever game design choices and fun mechanics.

I will say the shrines are a lame replacement for traditional dungeons. And the weapon degradation system is just pointless and annoying.

But besides that it's a fantastic game.

The four divine beasts and the shrines were the dungeon replacements I believe. I suppose weapons breaking were done to make the game feel like a survival experience. You're constantly looking for new stuff for cooking, selling, etc.

Weapons breaking is a burden because it limits what you will do in fear of not having weapons for a boss battle. I could talk for hours about what annoys me about this game but I still loved it. Its a game I could enjoy replaying as well given I now better understand the mechanics and what I should focus on.

I also love sandbox games with an actual campaign. Once I realized what this game really is, I got hooked.



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Mr Puggsly on 04 January 2021
PortisheadBiscuit said:

I can't imagine playing BOTW on a Lite

It honestly felt and looked great to me. Using the motion stuff to improve my aim also felt intuitive.

More importantly! I didn't mind doing long sessions while relaxing in bed. Which is why I bought a Switch in general.



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Mr Puggsly on 04 January 2021
ice said:

This thread was made over a 1-2 point meta score disagreement lol

I kinda rolled my eyes at the metascore. But after completing the game I was like... "its pretty fucking good."



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KratosLives on 04 January 2021

A game like that should never be played on handheld.



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Shiken on 04 January 2021
abronn627 said:
Shiken said:

I give it a 96.5 personally. There is a lot of great stuff in the game, but too much water.

I think you made a mistake, let me rephrase you:

 “Too much rain ”

Thats what I was going for.  ;)



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Mr Puggsly on 04 January 2021
Shiken said:
abronn627 said:

I think you made a mistake, let me rephrase you:

 “Too much rain ”

Thats what I was going for.  ;)

Oh geez, I forgot about the rain. Fuck rain!



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Pemalite on 04 January 2021
Mr Puggsly said:
Pemalite said:

Only thing I disliked about the game was that it wasn't a full fat 1080P at a minimum with a 60fps framerate... And allot of the texturing was clearly low resolution, but that's Nintendo's antiquated hardware holding things back.

Keen for the sequel, hopefully it's more of a looker.

Well I played it entirely on a portable device and it looked good there. On the Switch Lite screen the game looked clean and sharp. The draw distance seemed pretty good as well. I haven't seen how the Switch version holds up on a large screen but I assume fairly well.

For comparison sake, I do own this game on Wii U and I played a while to see how it holds up. On Wii U, its a pixelated mess, I doubt it has any AA, I suspect it has reduced draw distance and performance is less stable. It was surprisingly less polished than I expected and the Wii U tablet screen isn't used for anything.

Anyhow, at the very least its an impressive looking game for a tiny device like Switch. Then you've got the option of Cemu for that high fidelity you desire.

Swapping between my copy on WiiU (Which is 720P on the TV) and Switch Portable (720P handheld) there is barely any difference. Draw distances and object density, graphics effects are absolutely identical.

Nintendo just doesn't employ any Anti-Aliasing or substantial amounts of Anisotropic Filtering.

Swapping between my WiiU on the TV and the Switch on the TV is where you find the differences as the Switch variant is 900P verses the WiiU being 720P which is a pixel difference of 56.25% in the Switch's favour which results in a cleaner image.

It's still a low-resolution, soft image on my 75" display, but it's still a step up. Both are a "pixelated mess".

Either way, they are the exact same game, play the exact same, use the same graphics effects... Only real differences is the Switch's Audio being superior and running at a higher resolution with more stable framerates.

There is absolutely no reason to replay the game on Switch if you have finished with the game on WiiU unless of course you felt like replaying the game for the sake of it and have it available.

Cemu does improve things, but it's still the same graphics engine at the core, which was impressive for 7th gen era hardware, but not so much now that we are in the 9th generation.

mZuzek said:

Wii U runs it at 720p, 30fps with occasional dips to 20fps.
Switch runs it at 900p, 30fps with uncommon dips to 20fps.
Cemu runs it at least at 1080p 60fps locked - at least that's how I played it, I can only imagine how far it can be taken.

So, yeah, even when it comes to Nintendo console exclusives - PC master race.

I'll expand on this...

Wii U Handheld. - 854x480. Aka. 480P.
Wii U TV. - 1280x720. Aka. 720P.
Switch Handheld. - 1280x720. Aka. 720P.
Switch TV. - 1600x900. Aka. 900P.

PC. - Anything. I.E. 11,520x4,320. Aka. 4k Eyefinity.
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IcaroRibeiro on 04 January 2021
Leynos said:

I award The Last of Us II a score of a FOUR!...out of 10.

User was banned for this post- JWeincom

I'm laughing this was enough to get someone banned, mods here are very strict compared to other forums I use



Darashiva on 04 January 2021

Well, I mean, yeah, it is overrated as far as I'm concerned. I can name at least 4 games from 2017 alone I enjoyed more, but the thing is, it's still a 9/10 game for me, just not the game of the generation or the greatest game of all time that so many other people see it as.



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