fair point, but remember not to underestimate the apathy western developers have towards nintendo systems, in general.
this is not to accuse OR put the blame on their shoulders alone, of course; nintendo hold a big part of this blame too. no doubt.
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Todd Howard "can't say" whether Skyrim Switch is the original or enhanced edition
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fair point, but remember not to underestimate the apathy western developers have towards nintendo systems, in general.
this is not to accuse OR put the blame on their shoulders alone, of course; nintendo hold a big part of this blame too. no doubt.
Peroroncino
Member
He 'can't say'? What? This is absurd.
jts
...hate me...
Exactly. People will just jump to the worst conclusion and run with it because hur hur Nintendo and also, reasons.
When they are proved wrong the subject won't even be touched again. And hey, sometimes they will be right!
maybe. maybe not. it's more than likely NDAs.
those are same the same group of people who denied the switch version existed, even after nintendo previewed it in the switch reveal.
come on guys. i know we have better common sense than this.
Patch notes, Skyrim Switch version
- Even more jank has been added
- Various animations have been removed to make the game perform better
- Framerate runs at an unlocked 10 - 24 FPS
- An issue was discovered where certain quests were not bugged. This has now been fixed. Look forward to exploring a whole new world of annoying glitches!
- Several voice actors were cut to reduce the size of the game file. There is now one VA doing every single voice in the game.
Fredrik
Member
But Switch is closer to 360/PS3/WiiU than XB1/PS4, right? Maybe they'll add some of the features from the Special Edition though, and half the framerate from PS4/XB1. It'll still be an awesome version though just because of the portability.
panama chief
Member
I wasn't a sure lock-in to buy the game, but this shit is stupid. This is the kind of verbiage that knocks potential buyers right off the fence.
JetSetRadio
Banned
He's not allowed to crush hope 7 months before release.
Who the hell is really going to buy it though, given it's on every other platform and will have been for sometime? There will be a few people who want it on the go but I guarantee those will be a minority.
LordOcidax
Member
NDA
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i really want a portable skyrim but if it's not the special edition then they can keep it.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Nintendo probably gagged them from saying it's the old gimpy version. Then Reggie will spin at E3 saying "It's not the same game, it's not the same content!".
Amiibo functionality I've been saying this since day one.
HD RUMBLE IS NEW CONTENT!
I think it was confirmed it ran much more stable on Switch.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Haha
Stereogatari
Banned
Yes I had an Existential Crisis for a second there.
Probably the original version, at least in portable mode. Interestingly the switch appears be weaker than both the ps3 and the xbox 360 in portable mode if we believe the specs in the DF article ((256 * 2) * .3072 = 157.2864 gflops) compared to 192 gflops (ps3) and 240 gflops (xbox 360). The console is around twice as powerful as those consoles in dock mode (switch dock=393 gflops) so they could probably increase the resolution or the graphic effects in doc mode.
Sources: last gen specs: https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/gflops-last-gen-and-current-gen.55710/
switch specs: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nintendo-switch-spec-analysis
Sources: last gen specs: https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/gflops-last-gen-and-current-gen.55710/
switch specs: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nintendo-switch-spec-analysis
I would expect it's neither, but will be interesting to see. My high-level expectations are as follows:
-Graphically: more similar to the X360 and PS3 versions than the most recent special edition, mainly due to the horsepower of the Switch not being up to X1 and PS4 standards.
-DLC: this could be interesting. The special editions that recently launched on X1 and PS4 include all of the Skyrim expansions. Will be very interesting to see how they handle this with the Switch. Maybe they are still trying to figure it out and that is why he can't comment. I'd expect it would be included, but maybe there are other limitations getting in the way, like space constraints.
-Graphically: more similar to the X360 and PS3 versions than the most recent special edition, mainly due to the horsepower of the Switch not being up to X1 and PS4 standards.
-DLC: this could be interesting. The special editions that recently launched on X1 and PS4 include all of the Skyrim expansions. Will be very interesting to see how they handle this with the Switch. Maybe they are still trying to figure it out and that is why he can't comment. I'd expect it would be included, but maybe there are other limitations getting in the way, like space constraints.
I expect it is the remastered edition with effects removed. It will be easier to lower effects/assets from the remastered edition till it works than to go from the original and add stuff.
Docked: 900@30fps
Mobile: 720@30fps
Lowered textures
Removal of lighting effects
Will need to fit into 32GB game card
Docked: 900@30fps
Mobile: 720@30fps
Lowered textures
Removal of lighting effects
Will need to fit into 32GB game card
PSFan
Member
Oh bull. This is a 6 year old game, not a new one. Why would a NDA prevent anyone from saying what edition it is? Especially when they've shown supposed footage from the game.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Well, obviously....
Lucifer Morningstar, the Wicked One, the Serpent of Old, the Acuser of Bretheren and Prince of Lies (^___^)
Third party support on Switch? Never heard of it.
It's Reyn Time!
Member
All evidence points to that not being the case.
Those of you touting this as proof that it's one version or the other, ask yourselves what his answer would be if they'd asked him if there'd be any bonus modes? How about if they'd asked what use it would make of HD rumble? How about if it includes all the DLC? The answer to all of those would be exactly the same - it's not time to talk about that yet.
TannerDemoz
Member
MARIO MODS.
Seriously though, I reckon it's cool new features so they're under NDA
Seriously though, I reckon it's cool new features so they're under NDA
Quick, howl for the "Yes but DQ Heroes 1+2 is a sloppy port" defence task force
crazepharmacist
Member
Special edition came out in 2016, not '15. Thought I was tripping there for a sec.
Jawmuncher
Member
Who the fuck is Lucifer Morningstar?
JigglesBunny
Banned
If it's anything other than a pared back Enhanced Edition with mod support and optional motion controls/HD Rumble, it's a half assed port.
Throw the Switch a bone, Todd and co.
Throw the Switch a bone, Todd and co.
angelic
Banned
For about 1 year then back to Nintendo only.
Dargor
Member
DC comics character. Represents, well, Lucifer..
SpookyFries
Member
Leaked screenshot of what it looks like in tablet mode
keraj37
Member
Leaked screenshot of what it looks like in tablet mode
Looks like Runescape 1998
Would buy
Salty Rice
Member
Looks like people are still salty about No Man´s Sky.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Why would there be NDAs on explaining which version of a game is being ported over. The cats out of the bag, the console is out in 2 weeks, games are being announced and confirmed on a pretty regular basis, yet I'm supposed to believe that Nintendo has Bethesda on a very specific NDA that won't let them tell us which version of Skyrim this is based on? It's not like Capcom isn't able to tell us what Ultra SF2 is.
LordKasual
Banned
can't say?
Why is this even a questionnnnnnnnnnnn
Why is this even a questionnnnnnnnnnnn
Ninja Scooter
Member
Because the answer is probably not a good one and they need time to spin.
Unaha-Closp
Member
If he can't say then its not the Enhanced Edition. If it was the Enhanced Edition then of course you would say - so if you can't say then its not. QED or somesuch.
After finding out what first person mode for the game was, I thinking that might not have been a bad idea
Yea because flops is everything, memory and architecture doesn't matter. Why did Sony waste money on 8gb gddr5 when they could have had way more flops without it?