Dekuman
Starman
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
- ArtePiazza is the developer
- Uses unity engine
- Attract mode is a video
- All major story sequences are video
- Videos encoded at 60fps, one of the best examples of video playback on the Switch
- Once game starts, switchs to real-time graphics
- Despite using real-time graphics, graphics and level design remain faithful to original design down to details like the pillars, and wall designs
- On top of faithful recreating, modern graphical techiques are added, like light shafts and shadows
- Swicthing to battle sequence is slightly faster on Switch
- World map retains level selection concept of the original but fills the whole screen on Switch
- field map now also fills the entire screen without the one color borders of the original,
- The maps filled in outside the playable field leading a feeling of a much larger world
- one of the best examples of a visual overhaul for a game
- character animation is interpolated to reach 60fps, retains the sprite based flavour of the original game which only had just a few frames per action
- a showcase title for Unity on Switch
- uses old-school techniques. Works well and performant.
- Example - planar reflections where flipped geometry is used to simulate reflections.
- Shadows acceptably detailed.
- Textures are super sharp and suited for the perspective.
- Loading is ultra-fast, beating SuperNES original
- 1080p docked 720 portable, no DRS and no anti-aliasing
- example of how to build a game for the Switch, no texture filtering issue
- some of the best image quality on Switch
- Performance presents some issues; Targets 60fps nearly all of the time. But does drop frames to 60 from 50 or 40 (one cutscene drops to mid 30 fps)
- Nothing like remake of Links Awakening remake, it doesn't drop as often as that game.
- When frame drops does occur, it is distracting.
- Heaviest drop is in the intro sequence
- Soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura is re-arranged and provides access to the original SNES/SFC version
- Some of the remastered soundtract expands on the original song
- nearly a perfect translation of a Super NES game.
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