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Yes please. It would help the wait tremendously.
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www.digitaltrends.com
The one point loss just represents how the Switch hardware has showed its age now lol /s
one point drop for every drop in frame rate and resolution!
FTFY
I don't see the issue in and of itself either. When taking the specific context into account ("Bayo being locked down by Nintendo", that whole affair, etc.), one might read it as kind of a suggestive "I wish this was on another platform" kind of opinion.
No, I've thought that when playing XBC3. At times the image quality is crystal clear and it looks stunning, but not as often as I'd like. It's to be expected as the Switch approaches the 7th year, especially from games that aim to push the system.
That's not really a fair representation of what's said though, is it? They highlight specific issues: jarring transitions between 60fps gameplay and 30fps cutscenes, washed out image quality and low texture quality. It's hardly the focus of the preview, either, just a handful of lines at the end. Odd that they make it a focus in the subheading, to be sure, but that's presumably to generate hits.
Sure, the framing is annoying. The preview itself is largely very positive.
I didn't read any preview that said "Bayonetta should be a PS title" or anything. Just pointing out that the game runs super smoothly, but the visuals take a hit as a result. Framing it in the headline is obnoxious, but the reviews are otherwise glowing. I don't think it's unfair to point out underwhelming visuals unless it's in service of a console-war narrative.
While I get your point, and I can relate with your wish for more robust hardware, I must disagree. A game should be reviewed based on its merits and whatever hardware it is aimed at, not what people would like it to be. If you go to the extreme far side of your point of view, all games that are not up to standard with an absolute beast of a gaming rig, should get less points. Or a mobile game should never get past a 60 rating or 3Ds shoud all be below 50s as there were WiiUs, X360 and PS4 at the time.
This makes sense to me. Would you take issue with a reviewer just citing performance issues without mention of more powerful hardware or "I wish this was on X console?"
Absolutely. In my opinion that is actually almost mandatory for a good review, particularly if the issues are damaging to the experience. If the issues are there but almost unoticeable or with little-to-no impact on the experience then leave it out of the review, and let the Digital Fondries of this world do their job for those who like that kind of perspective.
Link's Awakening never gave me anything more than very mild frame issues, and I bought it at launch. Never understood that one! Are you loving the game? Can't wait for Bayo 3, these previews are glowing.
Yes it’s great. Been a long time since I played a top down Zelda.
Isn't that what's typically happening in these previews/reviews though? These games are aimed at the Switch hardware, and suffer as a result in terms of performance. Nothing wrong with pointing that out.
what can they do tho? release the games on other consoles, or to wait for the next nintendo one? neither one makes any sense here. this is a game that's been in development for switch since 2017. is the switch hardware the culprit simply by existing?
They can't do anything about it, but I don't really see how that's relevant. If the game has problems, it should be critiqued on them regardless of how "fair" it is. Games should be reviewed in a vacuum, and the reader should in turn make their own decisions on whether these issues will matter to them.
does it have performance issues? the game will very likely run at ~60fps during gameplay, not sure what can be done to improve that. that's the same performance that bayo 1 and 2 were aiming for.
I just scrolled past the previews so I didn’t listen what those issues were, but I was replying to dragoncaine’s comment where we agreed with the preview that he’d like to see this game and others (he used xeno3 as an example) at higher performance and that’s is point, from a review/preview perspective those are not issues if the game is pushing the system and performing well for its hardware. Poor performance based on something else’s specs to me it does not seem like a good standard. If it was below par to switch hardware I’d agree, but apparently is sub par because “switch is starting to show its age”and this here is where I don’t agree it should be in a review. Switch owners know their consola and it’s limits, review it on the hardware it’s on. It’s not worse performance, if it was then pretty much all console games had bad performance because on pc you can do much better.
Disagree with the idea that games should be reviewed relative to hardware, but perhaps that's a personal preference. I don't really believe in the idea of a game looking/performing well for a console, it either just looks/performs well or it doesn't. If the Switch hardware is the culprit for a game running suboptimally, then I don't see the issue with it being brought up.
I don't know, I haven't played it. My point isn't really directed at Bayonetta 3 specifically though, moreso the Switch library as a whole.
of course a reviewer bringing up performance or ugly visuals is fair, no one will argue against that. but it's all relative to the hardware the game was made for, otherwise all console game reviews will be talking about how the game would look and run better on PC. if the game looks decent for a switch game and runs at a solid framerate, talking about the aging hardware seems pointless to me.
No, it dont work like this and it never did,if it did then every ds and wii game would get low scores because of the graphics, or some thing like shadow of colossus would get criticized because riddick on xbox looked better,or god of war 2 because of the xbox 360 launch games, or even ps5 games because on pc theres 8k games or whetever, games graphics are reviewed compared with other games on the same system
This implies that I think graphics are the only thing that should dictate a review score, which I never suggested and is beyond silly.
some outlets expected the demo they played was the final game, so I wouldn't expect a demo
Switch may be less powerful than the PS4, but it's absolutely not "PS3 era visuals". Shaders, effects work, textures, etc are generally of a notably higher standard.
