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Bethesda: Doom on the Switch Graphics Not One-to-one, Custom Built (USGamer)
- Thread starter Kureransu
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Yeah this could be the case as well. With "custom built" they could be doing good work though, so we'll have to see.
Seganomics
Member
Why would they not confirm 60fps at this point? Seems like that is the thing people want to know.
Diablohead
Member
I would hope so even if they have to dial back visuals a chunk in portable mode.
If the game comes out and is sub native in portable mode with frame drops it's going to be a real shame.
UnemployedVillain
Member
Why would they confirm anything? They haven't even confirmed the resolutions yet. They'll get to it when the game is closer to coming out
Soldiussnaku
Member
FonkyByNature
Member
Please be 60fps and i'm there day one !
Press have already played the game and the embargo lifts in a week.
No one trusts publishers anymore, it's better to have hands on impressions to deliver that kind of news.
Not to me. They had an opportunity to say "60FPS" and didn't take it. I'm not saying it won't be 60, but its not encouraging that they were asked about FPS and didn't give a number.
Schucky Ducky
Banned
My guess is that it will be 720p 60 FPS docked and 540p 60 FPS portable. I'm excited regardless, but I really hope they hit 60 FPS.
Because they want as many preorders as possible. 60FPS is critical for this game.
What's the story of doom?
Is the game just mindless, random killing of demons?
I like shooters, and I like single player shooters, so I want to see if this is for me.
What makes the game fun.
I'm also Christian... I know that's random, but I don't know if this will click... Bayonetta did... Game play was too much fun.
Hoping for a demo.
Any thoughts?
Is the game just mindless, random killing of demons?
I like shooters, and I like single player shooters, so I want to see if this is for me.
What makes the game fun.
I'm also Christian... I know that's random, but I don't know if this will click... Bayonetta did... Game play was too much fun.
Hoping for a demo.
Any thoughts?
Father_Brain
Banned
I will be surprised and impressed if either this or Wolfenstein II runs at 60fps.
OrbitalBeard
Member
If you were ok with playing as a hyper sexualized angel slayer, I'm sure you'll be able to handle DOOM.
AlexFlame116
Member
...........I think you'll be fine.
Story: Scientists have hubris. Opens up portal to hell.
If you're Christian you're gonna like killing demons.
The story is: "Humans open up Hell portal on Mars. Demons invade Mars. Now go kill demons in both Hell and Mars"
What makes the game fun? It's the best single player shooter in recent years; it's fast-paced, hype-as-fuck, challenging, it's amazing. You'd be doing a disservice to miss this if you're a fan of first person shooters.
Being Christian won't be an issue, the game may use 'Hell' but it's nowhere near religious in its overtones. Hell is more like another dimension and an excuse for cool enemy designs than what it's described as in the Bible. If you were fine with Bayonetta you'd definitely be fine with this.
TheMoon
Member
Think what if Mario were an FPS with lots of monster gore. I'm not joking btw. DOOM-FPS gameplay is like Mario platforming. You do it for its own sake.
Same thing for the story. There are demons, you must murder them or bad stuff happens. Like how you must defeat Bowser because he did some dumb thing. Into one ear, out the other.
You are killing demons, not siding with them, so I don't know why being Christian would be an issue here. It's not like religion plays an important role in the game, either. They are demons from a hellish dimension, but they may as well have been aliens from a hellish planet and the effect would have been the same.
DOOM 2016 is a direct heir to DOOM 1993. It's fast-paced, no-hold-barred, balls-to-the-wall action. If you're expecting something like CoD, Battlefield or Halo, then it won't be the game for you. It's more Quake III Arena than modern military shooter.
Niceguydan8
Member
Seems kind of like a weird thing to say when we will know whether or not it's 60FPS in what, a week?
So twitter blast them.
The game shouldn't have a problem hitting 60fps unless they are going for fidelity. Potato and low end spec machines can do 60fps with weaker hardware.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I'm not sure where you're drawing a line between the two. Sometimes ports are enhanced, sometimes they go in the opposite direction. It's still a port unless the game is being rebuilt from the ground up.
metsallica
Member
When this is running at 30 FPS will there be, like, legit murders?
I can't wait to play DOOM on the subway, Mick Gordon cranking in my ears, even if it's not a "perfect" experience.
I can't wait to play DOOM on the subway, Mick Gordon cranking in my ears, even if it's not a "perfect" experience.
Skittzo0413
Member
The demons are not to be feared.
The doom slayer is to be feared.
You are the doom slayer, and the demons fear you.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
By some people's definition it's a remake or Remaster.
Or demake or demaster in this case.
I mean, the same line of reasoning lead some people to believe Skyrim was not the Special Edition, yet here we are with confirmation from Bethesda that it is in fact the SE.
Father_Brain
Banned
I have a GTX 860M and wasn't able to get the demo to run at anything close to 60fps. Maybe the full game is better optimized, or maybe I was just using the wrong settings (I recall setting them pretty damn low, though).
IdreamofHIME
Member
Custom built*
*by some cheap porting studio
I'm joking....or am I?
*by some cheap porting studio
I'm joking....or am I?
GearDraxon
Member
Given what we've learned from Noclip's excellent documentary (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PS6SBnccxMA), the Id team prioritizes framerate above just about everything else. I'd be pretty surprised if they didn't aim for 60 on the Switch.
The video has gutted settings via console and runs 540p. The person was also using GT 640 which is a kepler nvidia not maxwell and got that performance.
TheMoon
Member
As I keep saying, FPS games made in Texas don't know any better. They just run at 60.
Skittzo0413
Member
I remember when I bought it on my laptop it warned me that I was below the minimum requirements, so when I loaded it up the first time it ran so sluggishly, like .5 fps. I set everything to super low, and it was still something like 5-10fps.
I had to google some things to figure out how to set it up correctly for my video card and when I figured it out it started running at 120fps at medium-high settings. There was some horrible bug with my laptop, I think I was running some GTX M series card too, can't remember which exactly.
But basically, it should run on very low spec machines if it's set up correctly.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Please let the game have 60fps and at 720p native res. Scale whatever you need to reach those two goals.
The best summation of this I read was:
Dark Souls: You are stuck in a room with demons.
DOOM: Demons are stuck in a room with you.
Skittzo0413
Member
The lawyer in me wants to point out that Dark Souls is much more about the undead than it is demons (even if there are a few demons), but I like that overall sentiment.
It's so awesome hearing the little story bits from the demon tablets talking about how ferocious and horrifying your character is to them
RoadHazard
Gold Member
...duh?
The Switch, while an impressive handheld, is nowhere near the other console in terms of processing power. I don't understand why it's "news" every time we learn that its version of game X will be inferior visually. Of course it will, all games (unless very undemanding) will.
The Switch, while an impressive handheld, is nowhere near the other console in terms of processing power. I don't understand why it's "news" every time we learn that its version of game X will be inferior visually. Of course it will, all games (unless very undemanding) will.
It's not open world or anything, but each level is incredibly sprawling with some very well-hidden secrets.
If you check other switch topics we still have people that treat it like it was last gen console despite the specs and features placing it decently above them.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I think what most sane people were saying was that it wouldn't have all the graphical bells and whistles as say the PS4 version. Which it obviously won't. Doesn't mean it can't still be based on the SE. That's the default version of the game now, so why wouldn't it be?
It certainly has some advantages over last gen consoles, but it's closer to PS3 than PS4 in terms of what it can do visually, so...
I own a Switch and am impressed with what it can do (it's a handheld after all), but I'm just being realistic here.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Considering the disparity between the two and to use your own duh. However to think a PS3 can touch it is a joke considering one of them has nvidia GPU in that predates the 8800 GTX and the other uses a maxwell architecture. RSX doesn't even support a high shader model as well. The only good thing about a PS3 vs the Switch or current consoles is that it's cpu is still the best of any mentioned. GPU wise lets not act like mentioning such a factor without mentioning the context has any real impact. Saying those comments diminishes switch considering some of it games out and to come are well above PS3 best.
I'm being realistic myself.
Jaded Alyx
Member
That's good enough for me.