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Cerium · Mar 31, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hdGpEPy-K4

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild just got updated to version 1.11 for Nintendo Switch & Wii U, and word is that it fixes some of the game's framerate issues! But does it really? Find out in our head to head comparison that compares three locations, including the Korok Forest, Before and After the patch!

Okay so there are things talked about in here which also appeared quite prominently in the trailer. And some graphical effects you may not be familiar with? Honestly I think it's perfectly safe but if you're the type of person who is really sensitive about spoiler culture then you should probably avoid any footage of this game at all.

Kudo · Mar 31, 2017

Worth mentioning that the video has some major spoilers.

Fahzgoolin · Mar 31, 2017

Kudo said:
Worth mentioning that the video has some major spoilers.

Thank you so much. Was about to watch.

Thores · Mar 31, 2017

Can someone just say whether or not there appears to be an improvement? I want to stay spoiler free.

Eria · Mar 31, 2017

Thores said:
Can someone just say whether or not there appears to be an improvement? I want to stay spoiler free.

Yes

Kudo · Mar 31, 2017

Thores said:
Can someone just say whether or not there appears to be an improvement? I want to stay spoiler free.

Yes, it's not completely stable 30fps but biggest problem areas are lot more smoother. No FPS count in the video so we'll have to wait DF for that.

Cerium · Mar 31, 2017

Kudo said:
Worth mentioning that the video has some major spoilers.

Unless I missed something I don't think I agree.

Are you talking about the forest location that was shown in the trailer?

m00h · Mar 31, 2017

Thores said:
Can someone just say whether or not there appears to be an improvement? I want to stay spoiler free.

I'd also would love to know, without being spoiled.

nubbe · Mar 31, 2017

I hope DF do a proper indeep analysis
equivalent exchange,man
Something need to be sacrificed for something to be gained.

Celine · Mar 31, 2017

Perfect game even more perfect!

Frostman · Mar 31, 2017

So overall there is an improvement, but there are definitely still drops.

Still would rather wait for some numbers from DF.

Jawbreaker · Mar 31, 2017

I want to know if there were any visual sacrifices made to increase the frame rate.

silva1991 · Mar 31, 2017

Only showed the Switch version :/

marc^o^ · Mar 31, 2017

Jawbreaker said:
I want to know if there were any visual sacrifices made to increase the frame rate.

None in the Great Plateau, from my experience.

KHlover · Mar 31, 2017

Can't watch the vid on mobile, is the Korok Forest the supposed spoiler area or one of the other two?

(this post contains no info that's not in the OP)

Nugg · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
Unless I missed something I don't think I agree.

Are you talking about the forest location that was shown in the trailer?

They do mention what is in the Korok forest

MDave · Mar 31, 2017

Does it still go sub native res?

EDIT: Yep, in the area with the most slow down pre patch, it's still sub native and 20fps. Portable mode.

nubbe · Mar 31, 2017

marc^o^ said:
None in the Great Plateau, from my experience.

could be grass density, fog density, shadow resolution, light complexity, object distance pop-in, geometry detail, geometry level of detail.

running in circles isn't a good way to determine what's happening on screen

marc^o^ · Mar 31, 2017

nubbe said:
could be grass density, fog density, shadow resolution, light complexity, object distance pop-in, geometry detail, geometry level of detail.

running in circles isn't a good way to determine what's happening on screen

Probably. Couldn't see any other difference than stable framerate while running.

silva1991 · Mar 31, 2017

KHlover said:
Can't watch the vid on mobile, is the Korok Forest the supposed spoiler area or one of the other two?

(this post contains no info that's not in the OP)

That's the only area in the video that some might consider spoiler

Kudo · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
Unless I missed something I don't think I agree.

Are you talking about the forest location that was shown in the trailer?

Korok Forest itself isn't the spoiler as that's mentioned early in the game but

what's in there.

Milly Osworth · Mar 31, 2017

Gamexplain, please change that annoying intro with that ear destroying sound!

kami_sama · Mar 31, 2017

In portable mode the korok forest is almost completely fixed.

Alpha_eX · Mar 31, 2017

Did they check combat near the cannons on Death Mountain, flighting Moblins made the game actually freeze for a second, consistently.

ZeoVGM · Mar 31, 2017

silva1991 said:
Only showed the Switch version :/

That's what the vast majority of people are likely playing it on.

Mokujin · Mar 31, 2017

A good improvement, version number being 1.1.1 seems like a minor patch so I would say there's a good chance they will polish it a bit more going forward.

silva1991 · Mar 31, 2017

ZeoVGM said:
That's what the vast majority of people are likely playing it on.

There are still many people playing that version. This video isn't very informative.

I'm gonna have to wait for Digital Foundry I guess.

Tom Nook Sawyer · Mar 31, 2017

silva1991 said:
There are still many people playing that version. This video isn't very informative.

For you. They state it's for the Switch in the headline and video.

Cerium · Mar 31, 2017

Nugg said:
They do mention what is in the Korok forest

Kudo said:
Korok Forest itself isn't the spoiler as that's mentioned early in the game but

what's in there.

I mean, I knew what was in there before I played the game because I watched the trailer.

foxuzamaki · Mar 31, 2017

They really undersold korok forest, its still a huge ass improvement

dan2026 · Mar 31, 2017

That was a fairly useless video.
Why was there no fps counter?

Tom Nook Sawyer · Mar 31, 2017

foxuzamaki said:
They really undersold korok forest, its still a huge ass improvement

It's still reeeeaaaally bad though

boneyjangles · Mar 31, 2017

I think the performance issues with this game were overblown - but an improvement is most welcome.

I haven't played in almost a week tho, mostly because the second I start playing, I'm glued, and that's my evening gone in a flash.

MosquitoSmasher · Mar 31, 2017

Oh lol.....so nothing about the Wii U version? I'll go try it out myself later on then.

-shadow- · Mar 31, 2017

Already posted this in the other topic, but I'm curious of they might have replaced the double buffered v-sync with a triple buffered v-sync. That alone could fix a lot of the problems.

ggx2ac · Mar 31, 2017

They didn't even check if the game still froze when you knock over a moblin or two with a large weapon?

Zedark · Mar 31, 2017

dan2026 said:
That was a fairly useless video.
Why was there no fps counter?

Because not everyone has access to the software needed to do that? Honestly, you can just do the frame rate analysis yourself by using the "." key on your keyboard, which moves the video forward one frame, if you really want to know. Do this 30 times and count the number of unique frames the game produces, and you have your frames per second.

ktroopa · Mar 31, 2017

Kudo said:
Worth mentioning that the video has some major spoilers.

dodged a bullet there, thanks for heads up!

Mokujin · Mar 31, 2017

dan2026 said:
That was a fairly useless video.
Why was there no fps counter?

They dont have the tools, Digital Foundry will get a more technical analisys soon probably.

But the video is far from pointless as it's easy to spot that the patch helps in the problematic areas.

Cerium · Mar 31, 2017

ktroopa said:
dodged a bullet there, thanks for heads up!

It really doesn't.

Confused Cheeseburger · Mar 31, 2017

90 hours and still got a ton of shrines to do this. This patch will do nicely.

David Ricardo · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
There are NO spoilers in this video if you have already watched the trailer.

Kudo said:
Worth mentioning that the video has some major spoilers.

Daedardus · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
It really doesn't.

The abilities gained by beating dungeons can be considered a spoiler.

Other than that the video is relatively tame.

Pineconn · Mar 31, 2017

Alpha_eX said:
Did they check combat near the cannons on Death Mountain, flighting Moblins made the game actually freeze for a second, consistently.

For A second? In my 250 hours I've had Moblin ragdolls freeze my game for 5-6 seconds (with all game audio pausing during the hangup). Hopefully it gets sorted out eventually. It's such a bizarre thing.

Oh well. Phenomenal game, regardless.

Kanhir · Mar 31, 2017

Daedardus said:
The abilities gained by beating dungeons can be considered a spoiler.

Even the fact that

you get abilities from beating dungeons

is a spoiler. It's not something I knew going in, especially because all of the interviews/early reviews implied that

the abilities you get on the Plateau are all you get for the game

.

Cday · Mar 31, 2017

Seconding or thirding or whatever that it DOES have spoilers.

moozoom · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
It really doesn't.

I think there is.

I'm not a spoiler maniac, but I was happy to find by myself one the things that is casually mentioned in the video. To be clear :

I stumbled on the master sword by surprise, and it was a "wow" moment.

On topic, I'll try this later - glad to see they are patching things up.

Cerium · Mar 31, 2017

moozoom said:
I think there is.

I'm not a spoiler maniac, but I was happy to find by myself one the things that is casually mentioned in the video. To be clear :

I stumbled on the master sword by surprise, and it was a "wow" moment.

That's nice, but it was literally shown in the trailer. GAF policy on what does and does not constitute a spoiler are very clear in this area.

Cday · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
That's nice, but it was literally shown in the trailer. GAF policy on what does and does not constitute a spoiler are very clear in this area.

What do you think is a spoiler in this game? Just cutscenes? There are barely any to spoil. This game's about locations and items/abilities and it spoils both kinds of things.

Airola · Mar 31, 2017

Cerium said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hdGpEPy-K4

There are NO spoilers in this video if you have already watched the trailer.

I did not know there was

the Master Sword or at least its podium in the Korok Forest

even after seeing the trailer.

So, I consider that spoiled for me now.

EDIT:

Cerium said:
That's nice, but it was literally shown in the trailer. GAF policy on what does and does not constitute a spoiler are very clear in this area.

I did not know it was

the Korok Forest

in the trailer.

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