Reviews Digital Foundry || Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Nintendo Switch - Digital Foundry Tech Review

[Gianko]

One of the most impressive game on Switch if not the most.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Maybe a new one. Because I can feel hot air coming from the top and fan is spinning more than usual.

the hot air is normal. could be that you happened on a system with poor paste application

 

[CM132]

the hot air is normal. could be that you happened on a system with poor paste application

XC3 is the only game where it happens. In other games fan is at min speed and air is just a little warm.

 

[Serif]

Honestly having tested the game on my CX with the mClassic on and off, the difference isn't as noticeable as with other games considering my viewing distance. Whatever upsampling solution they used works pretty well, turning up my sharpness is enough to compensate for some of the softness.

Still, I keep it on to cleanup the edges which it does do. Left off, right on.

 

[SiG]

Honestly having tested the game on my CX with the mClassic on and off, the difference isn't as noticeable as with other games considering my viewing distance. Whatever upsampling solution they used works pretty well, turning up my sharpness is enough to compensate for some of the softness.

Still, I keep it on to cleanup the edges which it does do. Left off, right on.

Your media links seem to be broken or don't work for some reason.

 

[Serif]

Your media links seem to be broken or don't work for some reason.

Thanks - I ought to have checked in a private browser window, should be working now.

 

[EnergyDrink]

XC3 is the only game where it happens. In other games fan is at min speed and air is just a little warm.

Depends on the game. I played Zombie Army 4 (a graphically very impressive game on Switch) before and fan blew as strong as in XC3.

 

[curl-6]

While I do recognize the technical steps forward in things like reflections, cloud rendering, motion blur, etc, I can sorta see why some are disappointed in Monolith's engine on Switch; I reached 3's forest area tonight and it looks way worse than Noctilum did on weaker hardware in Xenoblade Chronicles.

 

[Zeal543]

While I do recognize the technical steps forward in things like reflections, cloud rendering, motion blur, etc, I can sorta see why some are disappointed in Monolith's engine on Switch; I reached 3's forest area tonight and it looks way worse than Noctilum did on weaker hardware in Xenoblade Chronicles.

I'm no hardware expert but I speculate that the switch is held back by battery and overheating concerns despite having better specs than the wiiu

 

[curl-6]

I'm no hardware expert but I speculate that the switch is held back by battery and overheating concerns despite having better specs than the wiiu

We can see from plenty of other games that the Switch surpasses the Wii U in realworld performance too, even with its low wattage. Almost every Wii U to Switch port or Switch sequel to a Wii U game shows technical improvement, for example.

Monolith Soft just struck a better balance of effects, image quality, asset quality, framerate, and art direction in Xenoblade Chronicles X than in 2 or 3, in my humble opinion.

 

[Zeal543]

We can see from plenty of other games that the Switch surpasses the Wii U in realworld performance too, even with its low wattage. Almost every Wii U to Switch port or Switch sequel to a Wii U game shows technical improvement, for example.

Monolith Soft just struck a better balance of effects, image quality, asset quality, framerate, and art direction in Xenoblade Chronicles X than in 2 or 3, in my humble opinion.

yeah could be that too, at the cost of pop in