More than anything, it is a testament to the skill of CD Projekt Red. I wouldn't call it a miracle since any game can be scaled to meet the capability of the hardware: you could get The Witcher III to run on PS2 if you have the discs and downgrade to do so. The game would essentially need to be remade in that case, but you see my point.
Having The Witcher III on Switch is a huge deal. It really shows how much developers are embracing Nintendo.
embracing nintendo? it just seems to me like easy money. the game is already made and its considered a masterpiece. switch is like 35 million potential users. drop some devs there and you can relaunch the game and keep people talking about the witcher. sounds like a no brainer to me. embracing nintendo would be to launch cyberpunk on switch.
1. I'm well aware CDPR is not handling the port directly; it wouldn't make sense because they're making Cyberpunk 2077 and, to my knowledge, they aren't split into teams.
2. Ports are traditionally done in consultation with the original developers -- good ports, anyway. Saber hasn't really been known to take the reins of such a massive undertaking as The Witcher, and I certainly do not believe the successful transition to Switch is within the scope of their skillset. So yes, I credit CDPR.
Nintendo fan "it's not about the graphics! It's about the mobility and convenience of playing it anywhere I want! Game Looks amazing for being able to play it handheld! So there! :-P" Copy and paste reasoning for every downgraded full priced year old game on switch....
But I didn't criticise the visuals, I just said that it's not a miracle that it's running on the Switch because of the downgrades. I actually think this is a good thing that it's on the Switch. I'm all in favour of gamers getting to play as many games as possible no matter what way they prefer to play.
Yeah, people are pretending not to notice the downgraded visuals, I don't believe them. It's a massive downgrade and painfully obvious. That's fine and certainly expected, but it's silly to pretend like this is some sort technical marvel.
I'm surprised they got it to run. You can clearly tell the graphics were toned down, but it actually doesn't look too bad considering the scale of the game.
I’m not so much concerned as to the resolution but as to what the frame rate situation will be like. If it’s 720p and at a stable 30fps... then I might consider the double dip, particularly to finally go through the DLC.
Both DLC’s are fantastic. Blood and wine might as well be a smaller but just as packed and lovingly made sequel. And hearts of stone is a great new questline/story with a bunch of new items and weapons. If you loved Witcher 3 you are going to be wondering why you didn’t dip back into these sooner.
I see what you mean, but for what its worth, nintendo actually pushed back the release of 32gb cards (and up) until earlier this year. so all games prior to that were only working with 16gb cards at most. plus, the GOTY addition is only like 40something gigs on ps4. scale back even some graphics and that saves a lot of space.
No, Dragon Quest Heroes came on 32GB cart at launch. 32GB carts been there since the start but just very costly. Nintendo is looking to release the 64GB cart this year.
Well, 540P is the same resolution as a Vita. So that's fine I guess. Better than Nintendo's own Xenoblade 2 in handheld. That thing is like 240P it looks awful in handheld. Torna looked fine tho.
You don't even recognize the fallacy you just used. Why would I want to see what happens when I have no interest in portable gaming. Y'all Nintendo fans get upset way too fast
So wait.. whats gonna be the excuse when next gen people are streaming to portable devices..? games in MUCH higher framerates and graphical fidelity..? loool im just curious..? Literally like a year and a half from now..?
would it be though for people that never played the game, much less in high resolution??....i don't understand why people like to put so much weight on resolutions. if you were a devoted fan of a tv show and you watched it in 4k all the time and suddenly you find yourself in a house without a 4k tv would you not watch the show at all? some people are quite satisfied with what they have and 720p is just fine for a lot of people.🙄
Will be really interesting to see how this runs. I imagine quite a few developers will keep tabs on the sales/performance to see how worth it porting games is to the switch. So far it's proven money but this is a different beast of a game. If it has a stable 30 fps in handheld I'll definitely pick it up again
This is an old game it's been released on pc and consoles. How is this some kind of victory? Its the full game but dubmed down heavily seems like a cash in to me. Release cyberpunk day and date with the rest and il believe they embracing nintenso
Getting this game running on Switch seems nothing short of a miracle.
I'm surprised they got it to run. You can clearly tell the graphics were toned down, but it actually doesn't look too bad considering the scale of the game.
I’m not so much concerned as to the resolution but as to what the frame rate situation will be like. If it’s 720p and at a stable 30fps... then I might consider the double dip, particularly to finally go through the DLC.
This makes any other developer/publisher requiring downloads look like fools, since the entire Complete Edition fits on the 32GB cart.
720ps fine for the handheld mode, it just better run good.