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Lego City Undercover |OT| - This city has 4 ports
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WhiteRabbitEXE
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I can't stress this enough: unless you really, really want to play this right now, wait. Lego games typically crater in price far quicker than most other games and often have steep sales, and this game's nature as an extremely belated port will likely exacerbate this.
dragonflys545
Member
Definitely not at $59.99. Get Snake Pass.
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Surprised this is 1080p when docked on Switch with a pretty solid 30fps aswell! Always wanted it for Wii U so I'll be getting this after finishing Zelda.
Peterthumpa
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Not that crystal clear, really depends. How long should Lego take to beat? Certainly more than Snake Pass?
Bog
Junior Ace
Snake Pass.
I don't think you can go wrong with LEGO City. I haven't played LEGO Worlds, so I can't really comment on that.
RichiRamjag
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Yeah. We get it folks. CDkeys has it cheaper for PC. Hope you all enjoy.
That aside, it looks surprisingly good docked on the switch. Nice in portable as well.
Got some Wii U and Switch captures tonight. Switch version looks significantly better (higher res) and has a more pleasant warm filter from what I could see. I personally don't care for the heavy DOF filter on the Wii U version. Forgot to mention that in the closeup cargo container shots you can see a lot more color banding in the Wii U version.
Wii U (left), Switch (right)
Switch-only capture below. I set up a Wii U version but seems the screenshot didn't save. Wii U was basically blurry as hell and greenish like the police car pic.
Wii U (left), Switch (right)
Switch-only capture below. I set up a Wii U version but seems the screenshot didn't save. Wii U was basically blurry as hell and greenish like the police car pic.
bumpkin
Member
Great post and awesome pics. It definitely does look cleaner and more pleasant to the eyes on the Switch. Really my only concern lies in the load times which sound like there's a lot of hyperbole and contradictions flying around. I'll be curious to see how my experience is when I get the game (physical) tomorrow. As I said in a previous post, I've got an SDXC 128GB microSD card in my system. I doubt that will change anything when playing a physical copy, but we'll see what some timing tests yield.
The load times on the Wii U were down right painful, but I powered through them because the game was a lot of fun.
neo2046
Member
thanks !
NS version looks good
hope they release a further patch to improve the loading time more soon
Peterthumpa
Member
Well, this is a Lego game after all, I bet a lot of kids will play this game, and I don't think you could include a radio selection that is actually safe for listening without being cringe worthy.
Could have a talk show channel like Laszlo in gta but more pg.
Sevket-Erhat
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I want to see the reviews first but I will buy it for sure when it goes on sale
H2intensity
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i dont know about snake pass but i play lego city on wiiu and its the best lego game for me. Funny story, fun exploration, a lot of content..it takes me about 60hrs to finish with only 30 percent completion.
This is surreal to a comic extent
SP is a quarter the price and probably a quarter the content.
Both games are great.
If you're starved for content Undercover is probably a better bet.
Katana_Strikes
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Ha nice to see the OP return again after all these years. Pleasure doing the artwork originally and to crop up again 
Buggy Loop
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Video comparison between WiiU and Switch versions
https://youtu.be/keVl0gundvY
This has to be higher than 720p in docked mode. Considering WB's messy release of this so far, i would take 720p claim with a grain of salt. It looks a lot better. DF analysis should be interesting.
https://youtu.be/keVl0gundvY
This has to be higher than 720p in docked mode. Considering WB's messy release of this so far, i would take 720p claim with a grain of salt. It looks a lot better. DF analysis should be interesting.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
It is 1080p while docked and 720p in portable mode, I linked some Gamersyde videos on the first page
Worlds is very "eh" in my opinion. I liked it while it was in early access where it was pretty much a building tool, but they've bogged that down with a progression system that feels forced and restrictive for the sake of adding more "depth". That and it's a mess on consoles, with bad framerates and atrocious render distance.
City on the other hand takes the previously existing Lego formula in a direction that feels very different from its predecessors, and feels like a more serious attempt. It's far and away the best game TT have done, and you definitely shouldn't sleep on it.
For me this is a very worthy port. I loved what I played so far. It looks obviously better than WiiU, and IMO surprisingly similar to other versions.
For example, watch this video: Lego City Undercover | Switch VS PS4 | GRAPHICS COMPARISON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJQiQhk3cY
For me there's not much difference there, and the Switch also gets you handheld mode and some Nintendo exclusive content.
Load times are like 50 seconds to/from the police station, and other loads are around 15 - 20 seconds. So, definitely improved from WiiU, but everyone has different tolerances. My first computer loaded games from cassette tapes which took several minutes to get even a small game into RAM, and I'm also from an older, more patient generation since I didn't grow up with the internet and instant access to so many things. So, YMMV depending on age and background I think.
But the game itself is pure joy, especially if the 70's/80's cop show riffs jibe for you.
NOTE: I only paid $36 for this game using Bestbuy GCU + Visa Checkout. I almost never pay $60 for games, and I don't think anyone should. If you can't get a good deal, wait for sales. They will come. If I didn't own a Switch, I'd probably get the PC version from CDkeys for $15.
ClivePwned
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I loved the game on Wii U but I don't feel the urge to replay just yet (certainly not at full price). It's pretty big and has a terrific sense of fun.
Only think I hated about the original experience was the long load times, but considering certain other games with long load times, I can't really mark it as a bad game. Hopefully its been sorted fore the new release.
If you haven't played it, play it. I might just say, wait for it to drop a bit. Its a WB game so it will probably be available for next to nothing within a few months anyway. Some of the PC prices I've seen are almost steam sale levels.
Only think I hated about the original experience was the long load times, but considering certain other games with long load times, I can't really mark it as a bad game. Hopefully its been sorted fore the new release.
If you haven't played it, play it. I might just say, wait for it to drop a bit. Its a WB game so it will probably be available for next to nothing within a few months anyway. Some of the PC prices I've seen are almost steam sale levels.
Damn, the colour grading on the Wii U version is horrible. The game looks much better on Switch; not technically outside of resolution, of course, but it's definitely noticeable.
LordOcidax
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Impressive.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
I tried local coop on Switch, "alone" with two controllers.
The game still runs in 1080p oO
But the framerate takes a huge hit, around 20.
Fun note, the whole map seem available to any player, I could go far away with one character while the other stayed in the city, two distinct parts of the map loaded at once, unexpected.
I'm encoding a framerate video right now.
Tried a bit of portable local coop, still 720p, but framerate is even worse than docked, around 15.
The game still runs in 1080p oO
But the framerate takes a huge hit, around 20.
Fun note, the whole map seem available to any player, I could go far away with one character while the other stayed in the city, two distinct parts of the map loaded at once, unexpected.
I'm encoding a framerate video right now.
Tried a bit of portable local coop, still 720p, but framerate is even worse than docked, around 15.
Thanks for all these analysis.
I think when both players are near each others the game goes single screen, or does it stays split screen all the way?
My question is (if it's the former) does the framerate stays the same if the game isn't split screen?
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
Always splitscreen, at first I tried with one guy on the top of the other player's car, then I saw I could separate them so I only captured that part, but the framerate is always the same, near 20.
I could get 30 fps but when looking at the ground/sky or the sea.
I think a simple patch lowering resolution while playing in coop would make the framerate better.
I'd be fine with it dropping to 900p or if it would consistently hit 30 fps. Ah, how I wish console games offered advanced graphics options!
thatJohann
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What's with all the lengthy games lately? Is a 6-8 hour game too much to ask for? I don't have time for all these long games! Ugh, gonna have to give up gaming soon.
The PS4 Pro version is pretty average, doesn't seem to have any downsampling at all. Wouldn't be surprised if it looked almost identical to the Switch version with an unlocked frame rate. Not sure if there's a day one patch that improves it since wifi isn't working on my PS4 at the moment.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Lego Avengers stayed relatively high for a long, long time, as did this one on Wii U.
neo2046
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Lego City Undercover Load Time Handheld vs. Docked (Digital Download)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sDepzF5qPs
wow! the loading time in Digital version is so much better...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sDepzF5qPs
wow! the loading time in Digital version is so much better...
Erm... that 51 second docked load is the same as the cart version. Haven't tried handheld mode yet.
But it's interesting that the handheld mode load is much faster. Well done by the devs there.
EDIT: very odd. So, I just started the game in handheld mode and the initial load is the same 51 seconds. Not sure how they got such a faster load in handheld mode. Their docked mode time is the same as the cart version.
Xcell Miguel
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Coop FPS Analysis added : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html
Wait what? How can loading be faster in handheld mode? That doesn't make any sense.
So to be able to play faster, you'd undock the Switch, load the game, then dock it again? What?
Isn't this the same channel that did the fake Snakepass comparison?
edit: it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w1JLCCrZfk
For all we know this could be the same issue as last time just throwing up the PC version at different settings.
I can confirm that on my cart the initial load is the same in both docked and handheld modes: about 51 seconds.
Not sure what's up in that video.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
Is he comparing the same version or just digital portable and cart docked ?
I own the digital one and loadings are quite the same in both modes, around 45-50 sec for the initial load, installed on a Sandisk 128 GB, I might try installing it on the internal memory as it's faster.
From the DF Zelda load video : internal storage > SD > Cart.
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