Skeletos311
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The horse village reminds me of the Dothraki from Game of Thrones. I wonder if they eat horses and make alcohol from fermented horse milk.
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New screenshots for Zelda Breath of the Wild on Switch [SPOILER WARNING]
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What else do you want to discuss in a screenshot thread?
Can't people be disappointed and voice that?
Pops Maellard
Member
The Switch is a handheld. However Nintendo is attempting to position in the marketplace is irrelevant, it's a handheld that lets you output to a TV. Not a home console.
From this perspective, it's very technically impressive that they managed to match if not slightly best the performance of last gen systems, Wii U included. I'm not super clear on why the Switch is being judged as a straight home console. It's not. It's a PSP with an AV cable and detachable input devices.
It's not about experiencing cutting edge graphics or not. I have a PS4 Pro and have played stunning games, and this game is still gorgeous as heck to me. Some people look at a game and will always find technical shortcomings, heck Horizon Zero Dawn has them (i still want a "Horizon Zero Fog" PS4Pro setting for it).
Some people want to look at a game and rip in to it because of the technology and some people want to look at a game and ponder its gameplay possibilities. It will always be like this.
Your talking about a game running on a tablet and a console that uses tech from ten years ago. You knew what this game was for about 9 months now. We are well past the "it looks ugly compared to PS4/Xbox one games" stage.
Neoleo2143
Member
I think I'll ignore everyone talking technical. I know what I'm getting here while it's a shame that the game isn't on a PC where theoretically it can be better than literally anything on consoles right now, I can live with that.
The art direction of this game is some of the best I've seen from Nintendo yet. Dare I say this is Zelda's definitive style.
The art direction of this game is some of the best I've seen from Nintendo yet. Dare I say this is Zelda's definitive style.
forknknife
Banned
Yeah, threw IQ on that digital foundry video is pretty good.
I don't know, this game sometimes looks like crap and sometimes amazing. I just hope the game just delivers more of the latter.
It's going to probably be one if not the best game of the year anyway.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
People are so spoiled with technical mumbo jumbo that they fail to realize that artstyle IS graphics.
metalslimer
Member
Do I wish the game was cleaner? Of course, but It's not going to distract from my enjoyment one bit. Game's art direction is amazing.
I agree, the texture quality is really bad.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
So is your pop-in.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yeah, I mean "technically..."
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
If the boosts to the devkits can get this to native 1080p with a day one patch, it will improve the IQ so much.
Vampirolol
Member
OoT had bad performance, Twilight Princess looked like shit, Skyward Sword too showed many limitations. They are very good developers and they do what they can with the hardware they have, but they demonstrated many times that having some rough textures or bad geometry wasn't a problem for them. They tend to lack in consistency, of course that doesn't mean that they don't push the hardware they work on.
Twilight Princess probably pushed the Gamecube, yet it looked pretty bad. I mean, have you seen the Death Mountain from the Hyrule Field? That was unacceptable even in 2006.
I just think that the Zelda team has its own priorities.
By the way, I personally think that BoTW looks amazing.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I don't think that will happen, but I am hoping some of the performance issues (when docked) get ironed out with a patch or two.
Art style is good but the texture work is bad, but sure.
foxuzamaki
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Interesting, there is footage all over for the last 2 months of this game and some people are in here acting like they never seen this game before
Well, you said it. They're "acting". No need to feed them much attention.
It somehow looks worse than the old footage.
At least to my eyes.
Like the screen it was taken on isn't calibrated right.
The fact that you didn't like the artstyle doesn't mean that the game wasn't technically mighty impressive for the Gamecube and gen 6 in general. I don't remember the Death Mountain thing you're mentioning tbh, but i wouldn't be surprised if they had to make certain compromises.
OOT ran at ~20fps but that wasn't uncommon on N64 and it definitely wasn't a problem back then (probably because every animation was keyframed at 20fps or something like that). Of course now it wouldn't be acceptable, and in fact the game runs at 30fps on 3DS.
Still, i don't get your revisionism about the Zelda team's technical proficiency, despite them having other priorities.
Broken Hope
Member
Have Nintendo ever patched for anything other than new content or to fix game breaking bugs? They never fixed the MK8 59 fps bug on the Wii U, though apparently that's fixed on the Switch.
CharminUltra
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OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm honestly not sure. Maybe not. So, it might not happen, but I'm hoping.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
I've never understood why, Nintendo insist on not upgrading textures when porting up.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
I think most Switch games will, thats why I don't agree with NOA to market it as a home console first. This game will look spectacular on the device itself.
I mean, there's no denying that there are aspects of the visuals that are being held back by hardware limitations. But the game looks beautiful regardless. The art direction is top notch and the overall package works.
I have an overclocked 1070 in my PC and a PS4 Pro, but this game still looks fantastic to me and I'm on it Day One. They are pulling off magic on a Tegra here.
Also this thing is a fucking handheld too. I don't think I'll appreciate that fact until I'm sitting on the train to work playing a full blown Zelda.
I have an overclocked 1070 in my PC and a PS4 Pro, but this game still looks fantastic to me and I'm on it Day One. They are pulling off magic on a Tegra here.
Also this thing is a fucking handheld too. I don't think I'll appreciate that fact until I'm sitting on the train to work playing a full blown Zelda.
$$$
Seriously. I almost just bought all the BotW Amiibos on bestbuy.com becuse I'm so excited. I stopped myself though. I can't guarantee that if Gamestop has them all when I pick my Switch up that I don't buy them there because I'm so excited.
Manny Calavera
Member
I wonder how much worse this will look on Wii U, will it only be the resolution difference? I'm still contemplating whether to get Switch for this or play first on Wii U.
Masterspeed
Member
ALBW Hylian:
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I can barely grasp my first language, let alone a fictional language in a video game.
Kudos, bloody Kudos.
Calm Mind
Member
On NeoGAF? Fat chance of that happening.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Wii U is has [less] draw distance, lower texture quality, frames are a bit more unstable, and other such technical aspects. Same general game though.
lol, nice
Vampirolol
Member
Pushing the hardware isn't some technical achievement, finding the right balance to make something eye pleasing is. I'm not saying that they are not good, they are very very good, I'm just saying that their games have shown many times some big limitations that anyone could catch, even back then, so it's very easy to find bad looking geometry in a Zelda game. It's never been their primary focus. I mean, BoTW runs on a Wii U, and if we compare that to a PS3, we may look at GTA V or Just Cause 2 and start comparing those. (not that I would do it, since I'm the first who doesn't care)
Obviously they can.
According to DF there are some pretty technically impressive things going on in the game.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
At this point yall going to have to define, "technical", "technically" and "technicality"
All I heard was that the XCX world building team helped build the BotW world.
Manny Calavera
Member
Thanks for the reply, I was expecting something like that. I'll be still waiting for the official head to head comparisons and reviews.
your obsessed with graphics. This game is a visual monster if you consider the hardware its running on. its a handheld formfactor device.
if you consider the fact that the wii U looks worse, this shines even brighter for switch considering wii u is multiple times switch's size, consumes 10 times the power and is a dedicated console device
Game looks super fantastic in motion so why are people worried?
This is like 3DS or Wii U games all over gain you have to see them in motion.
Watch the digital foundry or GameXplain footage game looks pretty good.
Also why do i prefer BotW over Horizon Zero Dawn graphics? Well i'm sick of all those realistic artstyle games some are quite good but it starts to bore me to death.
I am still getting Horizon so no i don't hate the game and yes it's a technical masterpiece so was Uncharted 4.
It's why i also prefer GTA V graphics they are not super realistic like GTA IV for example. (they are more colorfull thats what i mean and i like that better)
This is like 3DS or Wii U games all over gain you have to see them in motion.
Watch the digital foundry or GameXplain footage game looks pretty good.
Also why do i prefer BotW over Horizon Zero Dawn graphics? Well i'm sick of all those realistic artstyle games some are quite good but it starts to bore me to death.
I am still getting Horizon so no i don't hate the game and yes it's a technical masterpiece so was Uncharted 4.
It's why i also prefer GTA V graphics they are not super realistic like GTA IV for example. (they are more colorfull thats what i mean and i like that better)
papercan55
Member
beautiful design and artwork but the image quality is shocking, just like twilight princess and skyward sword i'm going to be looking at jagged faces everywhere.
To make matters worse half of neogaf is going to be playing through CEMU emulator on a PC and posting crystal clear 4k screenshots in the OT, just like they did with skyward sword....
SinCityAssassin
Member
Poetry in motion.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
My wow was more directed at the scope of this game, not a comment on the graphics or textures.
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