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DOOM for Nintendo Switch, First Direct-Feed Screenshots
- Thread starter Cerium
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That holds about as much water as the DS being the "third pillar" of Nintendo consoles. Unrelated entirely to the lack of any further Game Boy products. Whether it is or it isn't the portable future, Nintendo are not going to say they're done with the 3DS.
immortal-joe
Member
Beyond that, the hardware of the Shield Tablet, coupled with the overall technological advancement of mobile gaming, also dampen the "wow" factor here.
The switch benefits from being approached as a single platform, and optimization goes a long way. It's exciting all the same.
Nah we don't need semantics.
Nintendo Switch has a maximum power draw of 8.9 Watts.
Xbox One S has a power draw of 50 Watts, which is already half of what the original Xbox One demanded.
There's no TX1 Shield Tablet.
FutureLarking
Member
Is this low key sarcasm? It's literally built with mobile components and is handheld and all games run as handheld. Ignoring any marketing speak, what world are we considering this not portable.
From my point of view, this looks pretty good - hoping for a demo though.
Tho the Pixel tablet does use the X1, albiet without using Nvidia drivers, nor is it exactly a good size for handheld gaming
Garrett Hawke
Member
No it isnt until they stop mandating that games have to run in portable mode.
This is such a stupid discussion, if it has to run at portable speeds (which all games currently do) then its a portable. 🙄
Astonishing power when you can almost put one in the disc drive of the others.
Why not get silly with it and proper the other consoles up on their pads?
Or hell fucking look at it.
I don't get why they never remove the joy-cons to get the point across even more strongly. It's still the same processing capabilities without them, obviously, and almost half the size (edit: or maybe 2/3 the size, still a marked difference).
Or do that lolWhy not get silly with it and proper the other consoles up on their pads?
fabricated backlash
Member
The lengths people go to, to downplay this port is amazing.
Buh buh. DF built a similar PC (nevermind the fact that they themselves said it's a mere approximation), Buh buh, it's not a portable, (despite the fact that you can use it like a portable)
This port is an impressive feat, not just for the hardware, but the company porting it as well.
Buh buh. DF built a similar PC (nevermind the fact that they themselves said it's a mere approximation), Buh buh, it's not a portable, (despite the fact that you can use it like a portable)
This port is an impressive feat, not just for the hardware, but the company porting it as well.
And throttles the GPU down to 200Mhz
And DF even said they expect their Switch PC approximation to get owned by the actual system.
This.
Like I'm really hoping this sells well cause I would love to see evil within 2 on switch
Totally possible since same engine ???
BETH could make it happppppppen
fabricated backlash
Member
Who cares for such details when there are driveby posts to be made and goalposts to move.
I already played Doom on my PC (with a 770 card) so I probably won't be double dipping but I might get W2 on Switch for the portability.
Killing Nazis on the way to work, yo !
DongBeetle
Banned
...it literally is a portable my dude. What confuses you?
TheMagician
Member
Trying too hard.
immortal-joe
Member
True, but it gave us a preview, with various games across multiple genres showing us the type of fidelity / performance never before seen in the handheld space, even when they were built for the mobile space in general and not specifically the Shield. You also had ports done specifically for the shield, which were impressive as well.
The X1 was only going to improve on that, but it's understandable that the general audience missed those tech jumps, since they happened on niche hardware.
No, its a portable with console capabilities since it has a docking station, not the other way around.
Either way this is so freaking incredible. Yes it may be on he lower side of resolution but I really hope that a future revision of switch with better specs can run this at 720p in handheld mode and 900p in docked mode.
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Deleted member 30609
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i sat here for five minutes trying to articulate why this comment baffles me and in the end I just posted this instead
Marketing is not the same as design. It uses mobile parts, has a battery and has a built in screen. It can be used exclusively as a portable device if the user wishes.
Nothing trollish about any of the reactions here. It looks like it does to suit the limitations of the platform. That goes for ALL platforms. It's just the wording you didn't like.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Looks rough and these are the screenshots they chose to show
Sad Affleck
Member
It looks very nice.
Dark-Cloudz
Member
Let's have a measured response we can all agree with:
- Amazing it is running on portable hardware of the size dimensions the Switch is.
- Image quality is clearly a compromise to get it to run with lots of processing effects intact.
- Pixel count will be interesting. Sub 720P Isn't necessarily a disaster - see Snake Pass for a decent sub 720p image.
- Kudos to ID for not releasing bullshots and showing it how it is.
- People will buy this for portable.
- People buying to play docked will be disappointed in IQ and should get PS4 or PC version instead.
- Amazing it is running on portable hardware of the size dimensions the Switch is.
- Image quality is clearly a compromise to get it to run with lots of processing effects intact.
- Pixel count will be interesting. Sub 720P Isn't necessarily a disaster - see Snake Pass for a decent sub 720p image.
- Kudos to ID for not releasing bullshots and showing it how it is.
- People will buy this for portable.
- People buying to play docked will be disappointed in IQ and should get PS4 or PC version instead.
royox
Member
Well...the thing struggles a lot to run Breath of the Wild and there's like nothing happening on screen during most part of the game besides Link running. Still my GOAT tho.
Seems about right, although I would personally say that I would buy this for the ability to play it both portably and docked, where I take the decreased IQ and frame rate as an acceptable compromise.
Dark-Cloudz
Member
It could most likely run a last gen port - Rockstar seem happy enough to port LA Noire.
Exactly. I don't get it if you have to put qualifiers for why something looks amazing it probably doesn't look too great.
I still don't get the awe in these ports. They are nearly a generation behind in graphics quality like previous handhelds were to their console counter parts.
It's like people didnt expect handheld graphic technology to have increased in the 6 years since the Vita.
Dark-Cloudz
Member
Part of the awe is definitely down to the fact that Bethesda are even bothering. It's been YEARS since a big publisher gave Nintendo support like this.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
It's a portable with docking capabilities, no matter how Nintendo wants to market it.
mavericktopgun
Member
Yes it will be the same as Zelda. So 3-3 1/2 hours.
If PS3 and x360 could. Then switch can without problem
Monty Mole
Member
The lighting looks great for a Switch game, but I don't understand why the images are so blurry despite already being at only 720p?
I would have been happy for them to sacrifice the lighting to get it running at 60fps though. I think the huge lighting upgrade is one of the biggest differences between Wolfenstein TNO on Xbox 360 (which runs at 60fps) and this. Given the Switch is quite a bit more powerful than 360, I'm sure they could have pulled it off with a bit more time.
I would have been happy for them to sacrifice the lighting to get it running at 60fps though. I think the huge lighting upgrade is one of the biggest differences between Wolfenstein TNO on Xbox 360 (which runs at 60fps) and this. Given the Switch is quite a bit more powerful than 360, I'm sure they could have pulled it off with a bit more time.
Dark-Cloudz
Member
It could well be a dynamic resolution and be sub 720p.
mavericktopgun
Member
Dynamic res + AA.