@ramu-chan - Kind of agree that this is definitely a game that looks like it was designed first and foremost for the Switch and then "uprezzed" for the Switch 2. It looks kind of like the upgrade we saw from the Super Mario Odyssey patch on Switch 2 in my opinion. Looks sharper and clearer but definitely not a generation leap in graphical fidelity over the Switch version which I saw a comparison of on YouTube this morning.
As such, it looks nice enough for a Switch 2 game but at the same it is disappointing that it isn't doing more with the hardware beyond offering a higher resolution and a 120 Hz mode.
I think we are going to see a very long cross gen period on Switch 2 as it seems clear that Nintendo are absolutely not going to be turning their backs on the those 100+ million original Switch owners any time soon. I kind of get it but at the same time without the exclusives then there is less incentive for those people to upgrade to a Switch 2 if almost all the major first-party releases on both consoles.
Also, it is funny to think that the game likely looks better on the Switch OLED in portable mode than it does on the Switch 2 by virtue of it having a superior screen! I hate the LCD screen on my Switch 2 so much that mine has been permanently docked to my 55" OLED TV since I bought it in June!
I loaded up AC Shadows a few weeks ago and noticed that the performance was surprisingly bad but at the time I just put it down to it being the result of a bad patch or something. Good to know that this is fixed but it does annoy me just how many things Microsoft break with Windows updates.
I had an issue with Star Wars Outlaws crashing to the desktop with no error or event log entry when I updated to Windows 11 24H2 last year and it took almost six months for that issue to be fully fixed at which point I had lost interest in playing the game.
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Re: Review: Metroid Prime 4 Proves Retro Studios' Prowess On Switch 2
@ramu-chan - Kind of agree that this is definitely a game that looks like it was designed first and foremost for the Switch and then "uprezzed" for the Switch 2. It looks kind of like the upgrade we saw from the Super Mario Odyssey patch on Switch 2 in my opinion. Looks sharper and clearer but definitely not a generation leap in graphical fidelity over the Switch version which I saw a comparison of on YouTube this morning.
As such, it looks nice enough for a Switch 2 game but at the same it is disappointing that it isn't doing more with the hardware beyond offering a higher resolution and a 120 Hz mode.
I think we are going to see a very long cross gen period on Switch 2 as it seems clear that Nintendo are absolutely not going to be turning their backs on the those 100+ million original Switch owners any time soon. I kind of get it but at the same time without the exclusives then there is less incentive for those people to upgrade to a Switch 2 if almost all the major first-party releases on both consoles.
Also, it is funny to think that the game likely looks better on the Switch OLED in portable mode than it does on the Switch 2 by virtue of it having a superior screen! I hate the LCD screen on my Switch 2 so much that mine has been permanently docked to my 55" OLED TV since I bought it in June!
Re: Proof That Recent Windows Update Harms Gaming Performance
I loaded up AC Shadows a few weeks ago and noticed that the performance was surprisingly bad but at the time I just put it down to it being the result of a bad patch or something. Good to know that this is fixed but it does annoy me just how many things Microsoft break with Windows updates.
I had an issue with Star Wars Outlaws crashing to the desktop with no error or event log entry when I updated to Windows 11 24H2 last year and it took almost six months for that issue to be fully fixed at which point I had lost interest in playing the game.