New update from Nichiporchik:
It's been approved, fingers crossed for a release tomorrow or next thursday
It's been approved, fingers crossed for a release tomorrow or next thursday
Seems like the patch is finally out (at least on the European eShop).
lexNichiporchikCEO of tinyBuild Games [score hidden] 9 minutes ago
There's a small chance of random crashes due to the Unity plugin which we're unable to fix at this point. There's simply no way to debug that. What we did fix is consistent crashes when there's not enough memory. A way to prevent crashes is to simply reboot the Switch -- that clears the memory (this worked pre-patch too).
Regarding the loading times -- we had to restructure the game to compress a ton of assets and essentially unarchive them when the levels load. This helped reduce the size, but made the loading times longer. This is why it took so long to get the patch out, we were playing ping pong with Nintendo -- trying lots of different things to reduce the size of the patch.
The good news is that we know all of this going into future projects, and have given plenty of feedback to both the platform and the tool maker. It really sucks that a simple patch took us this long, and trust me - we weren't sitting around doing nothing. An insane amount of work went into making the patch size small.
So I am curious how fans like the game now, especially in comparison with the original release.
ive seen reports that slowdowns are gone but load times are twice as long. havent tried for myself though i dont have the game
Well that's one hell of a trade lol.
I'm going to pick this up because I said I would if they fixed the SD. Hope the new load times aren't too long!
I would wait a bit longer just to see more impressions
Well that's one hell of a trade lol.
I'm going to pick this up because I said I would if they fixed the SD. Hope the new load times aren't too long!
I was going to make a comparison video of pre-patch and post-patch but haven't had time yet today. If I get time tonight I'll give it a shot.
I'm downloading it now. Will post impressions later.
Well that's one hell of a trade lol.
I'm going to pick this up because I said I would if they fixed the SD. Hope the new load times aren't too long!
Played the last level as it was where I stopped the last time. Performance is much improved, didn't noticed any slowdown when the screen was crowded with enemies and explosions.
Initial load took 36 seconds, didn't count the rest but between screens it must have took 10 seconds max and 3 to 4 seconds between replays.
A bit longer than before but the improve in performance is worth it.
As far as I've heard in general, while we're quite used to extremely fast turnaround for patches for games on PC, mobile and the like, Nintendo's still take a while to sort out and get through. I wouldn't blame Tiny Build or Team Shifty too much on this.
Considering the reason it took so long is the patch being too big due to the way they made the game, and the loading times are now worse and they admit the game still crashes so you should restart your Switch......... and several other Switch games I own have been patched several times during this nearly 2 month wait (bomberman, shovel knight, minecraft, blaster master)....... AND the fact that these people have a shady history of screwing over their customers detailed in this very thread......yeah, I'm blaming them, not Nintendo.
Wait, it's still crashy?Disappointed that the crashing wasn't completely resolved since that is the reason I stopped playing the game.
Really want to give it another go though because it was fun, just having the game crash and losing an hour of progress for a floor in the later levels really will turn me off a game.
Wait, it's still crashy?
I was considering getting it but maybe not
Did a quick load time comparison from the opening stage: https://youtu.be/fxaS0TXlmuc
The initial load is longer but each individual subarea seems about the same.
Wait, did it really?this game after the update wow.
framerate became 60fps !!!!!
really changed alot.
Wait, did it really?
Wait, did it really?
wait really hahahlolnope, clearly 30 fps.
this game after the update wow.
framerate became 60fps !!!!!
really changed alot.