Skyrim for the Nintendo Switch launches tomorrow and our review for the extensive RPG has already gone live. However, if you are interested in the performance of the title on the Nintendo Switch then you will want to check out the latest video by the tech enthusiasts over at Digital Foundry. Here’s a quick roundup of what was discovered thanks to ResetEra member, Spider-Man:
- Solid 30fps
- Draw distance is the only graphical setting reduced in portable mode
- Volumetric lighting is not in this version
- 720p (with dynamic res) portable
- 900p docked
Oh okay. So it’s overall a solid port. :) Why couldn’t Doom be like this?
Because 2016 doom is graphically much more intense than 2016 Skyrim remastered version, even more than 2011 Skyrim.
And David Blaine doesn’t work for Panic Button.
I’m probably not gonna ask how when Skyrim is a bigger sandbox with more variety than Doom but whatever. Hopefully an update will change that. But I’m happy to hear that this Skyrim port is solid unlike Rocket League for some fucking reason is worse than Sonic Forces gutting 60FPS from Switch even though it looks graphically sound enough.
Here we go again :P I don’t know if I should say something here xP
@thestrangablog This shuld b basic knowledge for the average gamer. Skyrim is a 2011 game tht got remastered visuals and technical upgrades, it still barely requires much to run the game. A Wii U can run the remaster at its lowest settings. Doom 2016 is a game built and released on 2016 with the id tech 6, a game engine tht is for higher end hardware than Skyrim remaster. But the engine is optimized to run on low end systems pretty well and uses vulkan api. Doom on Switch runs on settings tht is one tic lower than the PC ver. lowest settings, adaptive res between 540p-720p, runs at 30fps with frequent dips in performance the higher the difficulty. (bc enemy count increases the higher the difficulty) Now a game like Witcher 3, Watch_Dogs 2, etc. are pretty recent open world games. (fyi Skyrim isnt sand box, its open world. Mario Odyssey is a sandbox game) Games like those wont b able to run due to mostly the Switchs low Vram, RAM, and CPU power. Game engines define how well the game performs on a console.
What are you talking about? RL has an incredibly solid 60FPS that RARELY goes under, and I have 6 hours playing it so far. As for Doom, I only encounter 4 locations where I felt FPS drops in the campaign, and 3 of those spots were the Argent Energy Tower, the last one being in the Necropolis. I also played on Ultra Violent(Very hard).
Sir, you really should get a PC if you expect 1080P/60FPS all the time, personally, I take my rock solid 30FPS 600p portable Doom any day, is an incredible port you like it or not, also is not 6 years old like Skyrim, reason Skyrim is a better port obviously, but w/e, support 6 years old games, I am sure that will bring new incoming games to the Switch unlike supporting Doom would?
I have no problem with the Doom port. However, it has noticeable issues that I wish it’ll be patched soon.
because they are ports and one is fairly more recent.
Both are fairly recent. lol
Skyrim Switch looks more like the 2011 version, and much of the game is still based on the 2011 even on the 2016 release. Doom uses a lot more polygons on the models it seems.
Well Skyrim looks like a mix between Xbox One and PC 2016 at 720p which is okay and enhanced to 900p on dock so it’s a good port.
Yeah, it’s a good port. Too bad the game just looks so dated in itself xP haha, but what Switch is doing here is impressive.
That’s because it is an old game. Would you also say GTA5 is an old game? Yes because it is,
I’m still playing on my Neo Geo-games. Something just never grows old.
You must be the most miserable entity on here. Sucks to be you Strangablog
The same benchmarks as Zelda.
Except Zelda didn’t have a solid FPS
I’ll probably pick this up someday as a complimentary version to the PC version with mods. It might be vanilla Skyrim but I have always had a soft spot for portable gaming.
Vanilla Skyrim??? DF already confirmed that the Switch version of Skyrim is the remastered version. For it’s form factor, the Switch is a far more capable gaming device than what most people give it credit for
Vanilla as in unmodded
Good news. Solid ports for “Doom” and “Skyrim”, with an awful “Rime” port as a comma. I’m enjoying L.A. Noire at the moment, and can’t wait to relive “Skyrim”.