-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Snake Pass |OT| Snake Had A Hard Life
- Thread starter Cerium
- Start date
Outlaw Torn
Member
Out now on Xbox One and the Windows 10 Store as a Play Anywhere title.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/Snake-Pass/9NZV89BQ8ZWX
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/Snake-Pass/9NZV89BQ8ZWX
pizzapizza64
Member
Now that people have played it more:
Would my 4-year-old be able to have fun playing his game? She doesn't care a ton about beating levels and finding collectibles, but she does enjoy just moving characters around in 3D spaces. She HATES dying, though. Is that a thing in Snake Pass?
Would my 4-year-old be able to have fun playing his game? She doesn't care a ton about beating levels and finding collectibles, but she does enjoy just moving characters around in 3D spaces. She HATES dying, though. Is that a thing in Snake Pass?
There aren't lives but there are frequent checkpoints. Falling into a pit automatically takes you back to the last activated checkpoint. Any collectibles that weren't banked at a checkpoint are placed back into the map.
I'm not sure if anything else causes a restart besides falling into a pit.
I love the Hd rumble. On the pro controller it sounds like the noise the bees made in DKC when you killed them. And it tingles in my hands. I love it.
ultrazilla
Member
Bought it on Switch. Played in docked mode only on the big screen tv.
Played around with my tv's picture settings a bit, more specifically the sharpness controls.
The game just seems a bit "blurry" but once I messed around with my color settings and sharpness settings, was actually very impressed with the game.
Controls are gonna take a good while to master and I have no problem with them. I like getting everything in the collect-an-item levels and I know I missed a few in world 2.
Now the frame rate. This is *NOT* 30fps locked. I have noticed some frame rate drops and while not as bad as Zelda, they are present. At least I know I'm witnessing framerate/stutter in the game. Again, nowhere near a deal breaker and 95% of the time the game runs very smoothly, especially Noodle's slithering animation. Very nice!
It's very promising to see an Unreal Engine 4 based game on a Nintendo system finally and I would think as developers get used to the system, they will get even better performance, image quality, etc locked down. For a quick port apparently, Sumo Digital did one hell of a job and I'm a proud owner of the game!
Gonna try the un-docked, handheld mode in a bit.
Played around with my tv's picture settings a bit, more specifically the sharpness controls.
The game just seems a bit "blurry" but once I messed around with my color settings and sharpness settings, was actually very impressed with the game.
Controls are gonna take a good while to master and I have no problem with them. I like getting everything in the collect-an-item levels and I know I missed a few in world 2.
Now the frame rate. This is *NOT* 30fps locked. I have noticed some frame rate drops and while not as bad as Zelda, they are present. At least I know I'm witnessing framerate/stutter in the game. Again, nowhere near a deal breaker and 95% of the time the game runs very smoothly, especially Noodle's slithering animation. Very nice!
It's very promising to see an Unreal Engine 4 based game on a Nintendo system finally and I would think as developers get used to the system, they will get even better performance, image quality, etc locked down. For a quick port apparently, Sumo Digital did one hell of a job and I'm a proud owner of the game!
Gonna try the un-docked, handheld mode in a bit.
ultrazilla
Member
Controls will be super tough for her but the game is very whimsical and cute and there's really no danger to the character or death that I came across. So I say go for it and get her the game and just show her the controls. She'll have a blast!
this game is really neat
played through 2 levels so far. still haven't gotten totally comfortable with the controls but I'll have moments where I'm just doing exactly what I want and it feels awesome. I've only gotten one coin so far. I can see a lot of them. they're just sitting there taunting me because I can't manage to get them yet.
played through 2 levels so far. still haven't gotten totally comfortable with the controls but I'll have moments where I'm just doing exactly what I want and it feels awesome. I've only gotten one coin so far. I can see a lot of them. they're just sitting there taunting me because I can't manage to get them yet.
No Time Trials. Just finished the first realm (first four levels) on Switch.
Garrett Hawke
Member
System settings -> controllers -> vibration off
Also omg getting this collectible under he bridge in level 1 is so tough 😂
Chill Penguin
Member
Glad to hear the switch version mostly holds up. I can handle some softness and 30 fps in exchange for portability. Once you taste that portability it's impossible to go back unless the game is truly unplayable.
RichiRamjag
Member
Looks great docked. A little blurry undocked. They said they're aware of the rumble issue and a fix will be out soon.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I grabbed it for the Switch as well. Very impressed with it. The frame rate dips a little at times but nothing extreme from what I noticed. The backgrounds aren't as detailed as the PS4 version and it looks a little more washed-out but everything else looks great. Very cool to see a UE4 game running this well on the Switch. I played in handheld mode btw.
It really is. Then you eventually get a grasp on the controls and realize it was super easy and then you begin to dread what the game might throw at you later!
pizzapizza64
Member
Thanks!
The hardest thing for me was figuring out how to grip and wrap around poles, once you turn the corner on getting that down it gets real good
Haha, yeah, I earned three death-related achievements trying to snag that. Got there in the end, though, after a solid 20-odd minutes of failing miserably.
blame space
Banned
why is your post like that
The Main Event
Member
Digging the impressions. Will probably cave in tomorrow!
This game is a dick joke.
In a good way though. This game is cool. I really want the 3D platforming genre to get more attention.
Oh, I didn't know you could do it at a system level. Thanks, that's better than nothing, though it should really be available in game like Fast RMX does.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Did you try 5ghz?
OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm hoping the lack of time trials in the Switch version is simply due to Sumo Digital wanting release date parity and that it'll be patched in later.
Going atm and this us the first time I've had issues. Either way I'll change it after the download or if it screws up again, thanks!
Garrett Hawke
Member
Lmao it took me a while too. Finally got lucky 😂
I know people hate SMD (not a fan myself either) but on his video I honestly couldnt tell which version was which until a button prompt showed up. I'll be getting this on switch for sure
Well, it wasn't SMD. It is my video.
goldenpp72
Member
What an unusual method of posting.
:| sorry! I thought someone said it was.
Haha no worries. Yeah...someone on the previous page said it was from SMD64. It's all good.
Ah, the game seems decent enough but it does look rough on the Switch. Definitely sub 720p in handheld mode. No idea what it is docked but it looks worse blown up on my TV than in handheld mode. Also, due to the game's unique control style, I'm betting it feels way better at 60fps. It feels a little sluggish.
I feel like it would have been loudly advertised. HDR support on PC is virtually nonexistent.
Reviewers got their codes yesterday, so I imagine that more thorough reviews won't be popping up until Thursday.
Confirmed: life is pain.
DeuceGamer
Member
Downloading now. Seems to be going pretty slow though for some reason Can't wait to give it a shot.
Can't wait to give it a shot.
CharminUltra
Member
I'm definitely tempted, but I already have two Switch games on my backlog for when I'm done with Zelda.
