Honest question: which is your opinion on Souls' games?
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Lego City Undercover |OT| - This city has 4 ports
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Honest question: which is your opinion on Souls' games?
My Switch copy arrived yesterday and I played for about 3 hours in undocked mode. The framerates were rough, especially when there's water on screen or there are moving vehicles around. I enjoyed the cutscene and I love the setting, but the gameplay is very simplistic. Get to the right spot and press A to perform the action, press Y to break pieces, drive around the city following the green line (I want to turn that feature off, but I don't know how). I hope it picks up in the gameplay department.
bumpkin
Member
That's LEGO games in a nutshell. Their charm comes from the story telling and humor. I wish I could say it amps up the variety, but it does get very same-ey after a while. It was still a very enjoyable little romp (on the Wii U).
One thing I wish they added was difficulty options. The games are too easy which really damage my enjoyment. Skylanders for example is clearly aimed primarily towards kids but also offers difficulty options for those who want a bit more of a challenge rather than a cake walk.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Not comparable. Souls games were made for that gen and the remasters were good solid.
LEGO City Undercover is a last gen Wii U game. Ported to current gen platforms. Still runs like shit. Ridiculous
The Switch version is $20 off if you have GCU. I got it for $35 yesterday with a reward certificate. Totally worth it at that price but I wouldn't have paid $60.
Go to the police station and you can manually save.
So me and a friend had a pretty awesome setup yesterday on Switch.
We were at another friend's place and he has a 3D HDTV that has the option to play multiplayer split screen, but displays the entire screen for both players when you have the glasses on. So we played like that for hours and had a fucking blast!
I'd recommend doing this for anyone playing co-op with a 3D TV that has this option.
We were at another friend's place and he has a 3D HDTV that has the option to play multiplayer split screen, but displays the entire screen for both players when you have the glasses on. So we played like that for hours and had a fucking blast!
I'd recommend doing this for anyone playing co-op with a 3D TV that has this option.
The Horror the horror
Banned
That is awesome.
I'm expecting my copy to arrive tomorrow. Will pick up a Pro Controller on my way home. Looking forward to playing it with wifey.
TotalMackerel
Member
Which platform are you playing on?
bumpkin
Member
Is it wishful thinking to hope it smooths out the frame rate a bit?
Sorry! Switch.
I would say very wishful. Didn't seem any smoother in handheld with my very quick test.
Anyone else have fairly bad performance docked in single player mode? I'm having a blast with the game but damn, driving around in the city and it hitches for a second a lot and stutters. The forest area is constant stutter and choppiness. The area between the police station and train station is stuttery when turning the camera while walking around. I had heard Undocked and co-op had issues but was expecting it to perform better docked :/
What the fuck are you talking about?
Games have pushed hardware and not had smooth framerates since polygons became a thing. Before that we had slowdown.
You literally don't know what you are talking about.
DrDerekDrs
Neo Member
I don't speak Spanish, however the translation for this particular LEGO game was handled by Nintendo, so I would imagine it'd be of a pretty good standard.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Just got it a few days ago and only been able to play an hour... but man, the humor is right on. Reminds me of Police Squad / Naked Gun in some ways.
I've put in many hours in docked mode/single player and have not had those issues at all. It hasn't been 100% smooth (some frame drops here and there), but overall no problems. Been all over the map, too.
Yeah that's what i thought i had read also. What in the world could be happening to me? Zelda, Fast RMX etc all run exactly how they are supposed to - i'm really confused
There's gotta be something going on with your NS or something. I have yet to experience anything like that. No hitching at all.
Well, I bought it digitally and installed it to Swirch internal memory since e that supposedly improves load times. Maybe i should reinstall onto my SD card? So frustrating I just have no idea what the problem could even be ugh
Discokuningas
Member
I have a retail version and it is not very smooth at all even docked. I also have Wii U version and while this is better in most areas, overall it isn't nearly as good as I hoped. Actually Wii U has a stable bad frame rate and this is all over the place in some places. I don't know which is worse. Really wish for a patch.
Someone at work said i should try swapping out the HDMI cable so i'll try that and hope
If you don't already love Frank Honey you soon will.
I love him so much. The loading screen about "Lego City's worst criminals" destroyed me.
Additionally, I just saw the idle animations for the Gorilla suit and they are amazing. I never even realized certain suits have their own idles.
I have had some weird issues with games after downloading. Especially on a shoddy connection. Twice I downloaded a game from a phone tether on a shit cellular connection. Both times I had weird issues with massive load times and strange performance issues. I deleted and redownloaded and it was fine.
Unless you are on a strict bandwidth limit that is the first thing I would check.
Additionally, if the game installed to the internal, but the patch installed to an SD card, I would rectify that as well. (delete entire game, take out SD, download game AND patch, and only then, re-insert the SD)
Peterthumpa
Member
"Aging" is a little extreme here buddy.
mavericktopgun
Member
Are the cutscenes pre rendered?
Robin64
Member
Finishing the game and unlocking all the abilities (remember to alter your Robber costume to
so you can open boxes) makes exploring the city so relaxing. I just turn this on in the evening, pick a zone, and wander. Being able to deal with everything I come across is a joy, especially with infinite dynamite and the super color gun.
Rex Fury
Ooh, where do you get the red bricks for those upgrades? That'd make things so much easier.
Robin64
Member
You get the Super Color Gun from
behind a wall on top of the Toy Store in Uptown
Special Assignment 3, using the chicken to glide to a platform near the end.
Thanks! Going to grab them now.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Played 2 hours with the wife in co-op before we had to go to bed.
1. She loves it. Doesn't play games outside of Mario but this one clicked with her. Her first "open world" game and she enjoys exploring the city.
2. The framerate thing is overblown, IMO. It didn't bother us one bit.
It's been a great experience so far. Our first Lego game.
1. She loves it. Doesn't play games outside of Mario but this one clicked with her. Her first "open world" game and she enjoys exploring the city.
2. The framerate thing is overblown, IMO. It didn't bother us one bit.
It's been a great experience so far. Our first Lego game.
The pre-order arrived
Played about 4 hours, man this game move. From one mission to another and all of the sudden I am in Chapter 4.
But man, is it painful on the Switch (playing exclusively on handheld ode), the framerate is rough and the game just hitches constantly, especially in the forest area. Man this is a dodgy port and wish I cancelled my pre-order and got it for cheap.
The game itself is fine, albeit too simplistic. Is the whole game run to point A, press 1 button and continue to point B just to press another button? The game is incredibly simplistic and hope it gets harder late in the game
The cutscenes and the constant dialoug is one thing I am enjoying heavily. the game is heavy on the story and I love every single minuutte of it. Nothing is laugh out fun, but one or to scenes did get a chickle out of me
Played about 4 hours, man this game move. From one mission to another and all of the sudden I am in Chapter 4.
But man, is it painful on the Switch (playing exclusively on handheld ode), the framerate is rough and the game just hitches constantly, especially in the forest area. Man this is a dodgy port and wish I cancelled my pre-order and got it for cheap.
The game itself is fine, albeit too simplistic. Is the whole game run to point A, press 1 button and continue to point B just to press another button? The game is incredibly simplistic and hope it gets harder late in the game
The cutscenes and the constant dialoug is one thing I am enjoying heavily. the game is heavy on the story and I love every single minuutte of it. Nothing is laugh out fun, but one or to scenes did get a chickle out of me
th3sicknness
Member
Actually kinda impressed with the switch version compared to the ps4... Seems like the team shot for parity on image quality rather than performance. 1080 docked / 720 docked 30 fpsish experience.
Wondering why they thought it was a good idea on the ps4 to run at 60 fps in some less demanding areas and then 30fps for most of the game... kinda odd
Wondering why they thought it was a good idea on the ps4 to run at 60 fps in some less demanding areas and then 30fps for most of the game... kinda odd
Jonneh3003
Banned
Just finished! Some surprising results, seems like a great port. Anyone want to make a thread for this? Odd that Xbox One runs at a slightly different res.
The Horror the horror
Banned
I thought only 1 player could be in a vehicle at any single time. Just realized it depends on the vehicle type and size. We were able to get into a police van together.
How interesting, the PS4 version is capped at 60fps in indoor environments and get back to 30 once you're outside, while the Switch version (and the original Wii U game) keeps 30fps everywhere. Very strange, since as the Digital Foundry guy, it offers some inconsistencies when you switch from indoor to outside environments quickly.
The Xbox One version runs at a lower resolution than Switch oO
th3sicknness
Member
I am wondering if the ps4 just couldnt hold a locked 60 in this game so they went for a staggered locked framerate to keep visuals high?
FreedomFighter
Member
I'm impressed that the Switch version holds up so well actually. Better resolution over XBox One is very surprising.
th3sicknness
Member
LOL I think he said the xbox one rez is 1300-1400 by 1080
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