ohhh noooo, you called me a junior, grow the fuck up, LMAO.
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Digital Foundry: Skyrim switch analysis!
- Thread starter Sosokrates
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SirNinja
Member
Reinforcing the junior stereotype and not answering the question. Two bad posts in one!
It's #5 on the eshop top-sellers list and that's just the digital version. It'll do fine. Plus there's a ton of people waiting for the inevitable after-holiday price drop.
The year a handheld plays games that look very similar to the PS4 version, good stuff.
You aren't in a position to tell anyone to grow up. Seriously take a look at yourself, your response to a persons post earlier was simply "LMAO"....
OuterLimits
Member
I think Skyrim will do decently on the Switch. It will likely continue to sell over the holidays as well. Doom I'm more unsure of, but my guess is it does ok.
LA Noire will bomb though I think. Although it may not do great on the other consoles either.
You'll do well around here.
Phatosaurus
Member
Vice City Stories was even better. Looked worse than the PS2 version but it was still Vice City playing in the palms of your hand and that was great.
echoshizzle
Neo Member
I never got through more than a few hours of Skyrim so I'll definitely be picking this up for Switch at some point. Glad to see it runs well. Let's hope it runs better than the PS3 version
primasaurus
Member
Good job Bethesda!
It was borderline retarded to remaster LA Noire over Red Dead Redemption. Can you imagine how much business a remaster, let alone a portable one would do.
Dumbasses. And this coming from someone who genuinely enjoyed LA Noire!
Senua
Member
Seems like RDR is just a mess, that's why there was no PC port either.
Shoklot Caek
Member
Apparently RDR is running on spaghetti code and is held together by happy thoughts and unicorn farts, so any attempt on a port/remaster would probably result in a huge mess.
Rhetorical Question
Member
I'd like to know that too. For example compared to BotW, which was draining the battery quite fast.
I never played the game before and..
and you already know you gonna play the shit out of it so you decide to completely lose yourself into Skyrim through VR and play it on the go when you HAVE to leave your house? Yes, that's my fate too.
Xdrive05
Member
Still blown away that a stock (underclocked!) Tegra X1 can run this at these settings. Thats insane to me. Nintendo was smart to go with Nvidia this time around. Im more impressed by what Switch does with a portable form factor than what the stationary consoles do with theirs.
Really, really hope this game and other 3rd parties sell very well, and Nintendo can get good 3rd party support again. The hardware is getting there at least.
Really, really hope this game and other 3rd parties sell very well, and Nintendo can get good 3rd party support again. The hardware is getting there at least.
Senua
Member
GPD win 2 may run Skyrim at 60, but dno if I can wait that long.
Rhetorical Question
Member
I never played the game before and..
lol, I'll also get Skyrim for my smart refrigerator.
Which other portable device runs the Skyrim remaster?
Define "Hot Grill" cause my argonian female is hot af.
ChuyMasta
Member
Apparently the Nvidia Shield can.
Aonuma
Member
The Switch is an Nvidia Shield Tablet with more RAM and Nintendo games that sells for cheaper while still coming with detachable controllers and a dock. Hardly counts as a gaming alternative in most regards.
I never played the game before and..
Nice, the VR idea sounds cool but considering I easily get motion sickness that seems like a bad idea for me.
not sure what you're getting at but it was fairly impressive in 2011 considering the hardware and the game's scale. and the switch edition is pared with the current gen editions rather than what we got 6 years ago... though the switch version isn't a technological marvel per se it's pretty solid from both a hardware and software perspective
TLZ
Banned
Ftfy.
RaptorGTA
Member
I haven't paid to much attention but seems to be less then zelda. Though I do have the brightness turned all the way up on my screen. Caves and dungeons are really dark in this game.
Thought it would be less than Zelda, hope it's longer than 2,5 hours though.
mario_O
Member
It's a technical marvel to see this game running on a handheld so well (although the Switch is closer to a tablet than it is to a handheld), but if you don't care about portability I see no reason to buy this version. It's cheaper on PC, PS4, and Xbox, and it looks much better on the big screen.
kingbean
Member
Full brightness played 1:15 and it dropped 30% for me. That seems about typical at this point but I don't play max brightness when I'm in the dark.
Yeah I'm pretty sure something weird is going on with the contrast, not sure why they've removed the slider from the settings.
Xenobureido
Banned
I *really* want this game, but 60 bucks is asked way too much :/ As happy I am that it's released on Switch, Bethesda should have gotten much more shit for this price policy. Remember when there was outrage over TWW HD's price?
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Pretty good job by the looks of it.
I also get roughly similar results as to what kingbean mentions above. It appears to relatively rarely be pushing maximum mobile performance - though I guess the constant AA and relatively rare drops to dynamic resolution also indicated that.
I guess a factor is also how much playtime is spent in indoor scenes/dungeons, since those should be much less rendering intensive than the big outdoor vistas.
kingbean
Member
Yeah true. I've spent most of my time in early dungeons and in white run whacking away at the forge.
I haven't noticed frame drops and the resolution looks pretty close to 720p at all times in early parts of the game at least to me. The switch itself isn't pumping out as much heat as is was with Zelda or even Mario Kart either.
RaptorGTA
Member
I noticed too the Switch doesn't get to hot when playing Skyrim. The Switch is on fire when playing Doom though..but considering the graphic its pushing out that's understandable. I haven't noticed any frame issues so is pretty nice.
kingbean
Member
Yeah I do one level per play period and it takes about 30-40% in a little over an hour. The last level I did might have taken a bit longer since I did the rune mission like 15 times lol.
Bolivar687
Banned
I actually agree with this. I don't like the double standards we apply so Nintendo can look good. It's like the Valkyria Chronicles 4 thread, where the game gets announced as multiplatform and someone makes a thread saying it's a Switch game. Just really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
You can buy it from the South African eshop. I bought it for 47$