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[Senua]

The video reminds me the Mario Odyssey video, some people here went crazy about a few drops and some technical issues, ended up being almost irrelevant when people played the game. Everything looks and sounds amazing.

 

[GigaBowser]

 

[LordOcidax]

Lol, do you really think that a few fps drops and the use fsr 1 is going to affect the game reception? Some of you really live in a bubble

 

[Senua]

Lol, do you really think that a few fps drops and the use fsr 1 is going to affect this game? Some of you really live in a bubble

Sales wise? No. The masses don't know any better, but to gaming enthusiasts, like people who post on gaming forums, it matters then. Unless you're a fanboy of course, then you'll excuse anything. Demand better bro!

 

[LordOcidax]

Sales wise? No. The masses don't know any better, but to gaming enthusiasts, like people who post on gaming forums, it matters then. Unless you're a fanboy of course, then you'll excuse anything. Demand better bro!

LOL, you live in a bubble confirmed. Even here tons of people are going to buy the game.

 

[Senua]

LOL, you live in a bubble confirmed. Even here tons of people are going to buy the game.

Of course they are, but people can also be disappointed with the games technical shortcomings, no matter how much it irks you.

 

[Danjin44]

Of course they are, but people can also be disappointed with the games technical shortcomings, no matter how much it irks you.

Mostly graphic whores in gaming forums, most people won't even pay attention to it.

 

[Senua]

Mostly graphic whores in gaming forums, most people won't even pay attention to it.

Or just people with some standards and know what could be have been done better

 

[Stafford]

I didn't watch the video, and nor can I right now. But why are people mad about FSR? What does it do? Oh and is framerate at least mostly stable?

 

[LordOcidax]

Of course they are, but people can also be disappointed with the games technical shortcomings, no matter how much it irks you.

Hellblade 2 was a technical showcase and received more shit here than whatever game Nintendo launched… Sorry but graphics are not than important in the real world or even here…

 

[bender]

Or just people with some standards and know what could be have been done better

 

[GigaBowser]

Of course they are, but people can also be disappointed with the games technical shortcomings, no matter how much it irks you.

theys should make more importace gameplay shrtcomings in other aaa crud

 

[Senua]

Hellblade 2 was a technical showcase and received more shit here than whatever game Nintendo launched… Sorry but graphics are not than important in the real world or even here…

This is a digital foundry thread, we're not talking about the games overall quality, just the technical aspects. I don't know why you guys come in here to defend shitty technical decisions saying graphics don't matter etc. The video and this thread is all about it's technical makeup, this just doesn't seem like the thread for you unless you want to just damage control.

 

[LordOcidax]

This is a digital foundry thread, we're not talking about the games overall quality, just the technical aspects. I don't know why you guys come in here to defend shitty technical decisions saying graphics don't matter etc. The video and this thread is all about it's technical makeup, this just doesn't seem like the thread for you unless you want to just damage control.

The game looks good and have occasional drops to 30 fps due the double buffer vsync, the 99% of the time the game runs at locked 60…is not like the game is unplayable

 

[Senua]

The game looks good and have occasional drops to 30 fps due the double buffer vsync, the 99% of the time the game runs at locked 60…is not like the game is unplayable

Again, no one said the game is unplayable. You keep jumping to extremes. Instead of defending Nintendo why not expect better from them? You're the consumer, you should expect the product to be as polished as possible.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I got a 6 pack of bananas and Friday off. Potassium levels through the roof.

"6 pack" in reference to bananas made me laugh. Well played.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

glad to see DF give it an extremely positive review

I think this is a GOTY contender

Can't wait!

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

I swear to god some of these losers would be happy running benchmarks on a data centre rather than playing games.

" I can't play it if it drops fps" .... lol

This is a donkey kong game from Nintendo what did you really expect. Most of their audience playing this game will not even notice the fps drop or cares about fsr/dlss and that's exactly why the game is shipping in that state.

 

[Codes 208]

" I can't play it if it drops fps" .... lol

This is a donkey kong game from Nintendo what did you really expect. Most of their audience playing this game will not even notice the fps drop or cares about fsr/dlss and that's exactly why the game is shipping in that state.

The reviews kinda speak for that. Game looks fun as hell.

Not to mention its not like the drops are hyrule warriors AoC terribad level of quality

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

They need to fix this.

 

[Inanilmaz]

I'm so disappointed Nintendo! Why you guys used color instead of black and white?? Explain please.

 

[Danjin44]

Or just people with some standards and know what could be have been done better

The so called "standard" is about people sitting their ass and whine about graphics every time new game comes out.

I personally glad devs focusing on things matters the most rather than trying make bunch of crying graphic whores on internet happy.

 

[Deerock71]

What's great about this age in gaming is you can make a great game that focuses on fun, and it doesn't have to check all the graphical boxes the pinheads put in place for it to be a great game.

 

[DeVeAn]

It won't matter too much, but 8 years and moved platforms and still not enough juice on a launch title? Doesn't look good this early on. Guess this really is a Switch pro in disguise. Also no VRR in docked mode sucks too. Playing it tonight for sure.

 

[kevboard]

Guess this really is a Switch pro in disguise.

anyone who continues to say this needs to change their profile pic to this imo:

 

[rofif]

thats really cool

 

[Windom Earle]

FSR is dog shit

 

[Baemono]

Guess this really is a Switch pro in disguise.

How the hell a 10x more powerful console is "a Switch Pro" ?

 

[LordOcidax]

How the hell a 10x more powerful console is "a Switch Pro" ?

 

[Kataploom]

Again, no one said the game is unplayable. You keep jumping to extremes. Instead of defending Nintendo why not expect better from them? You're the consumer, you should expect the product to be as polished as possible.

I mean, to Nintendo of all? The ones putting 100% functional and very optimized games day 1?

I think did great, maybe they could do more but let's not pretend Nintendo are technically incompetent or something, they're some of the best devs out there from a technical standpoint and hardly get matched, the game looks very smooth with some dips here and there but that's about it.

I mean, if it was a cinematic third person shooter with over the shoulder camera and with barely any interaction with the environment I could understand your statement of it has dips but it's clearly isn't.

Really Nintendo ninjas must have obscure story with some of you that you can't talk about publicly or something for you guys to be so frustrated with others not being issues on everything from them

 

[Senua]

I mean, to Nintendo of all? The ones putting 100% functional and very optimized games day 1?

I think did great, maybe they could do more but let's not pretend Nintendo are technically incompetent or something, they're some of the best devs out there from a technical standpoint and hardly get matched, the game looks very smooth with some dips here and there but that's about it.

I mean, if it was a cinematic third person shooter with over the shoulder camera and with barely any interaction with the environment I could understand your statement of it has dips but it's clearly isn't.

Really Nintendo ninjas must have obscure story with some of you that you can't talk about publicly or something for you guys to be so frustrated with others not being issues on everything from them

We hold all games to a high standard as we should as enthusiasts & consumers, weird how ya feel more persecuted when it comes to Nintendo.

Double Buffered V-sync is unacceptable in 2025. You guys can downplay it all ya want. FSR1 is also dog shit. Why can't you guys just admit these things are issues, you can still enjoy the game lol

 

[Kataploom]

Double Buffered V-sync is unacceptable in 2025. You guys can downplay it all ya want. FSR1 is also dog shit. Why can't you guys just admit these things are issues, you can still enjoy the game lol

I already responded why DLSS can't be used for this game, and claiming it only has FSR 1 instead of SMAA + FSR is moving the goal post:

Analysis  Post in thread 'Digital Foundry: Donkey Kong Bananza - Nintendo Switch 2'

Yesterday at 6:09 PM

Game has:
- Amazing fully destructible environments based on voxels
- High quality characters models and animations
- Very polished gameplay mechanics using a combination of destruction, physics and platforming

People here: "B... But why FSR1?! Console has DLSS they should have just pressed the DLSS button!!!1!"

LOL that's not how it works, the game started as a Switch 1 game using Mario Odyssey engine and almost no Nintendo game had any form of TAA, which means it's not just importing a DLL and calling a function in the code, but they'd have to actually implement motion vectors in the...

• Kataploom

• 

As for the double buffered vsync, I'd agree if the game wasn't a platformer or if Switch 2 could use VRR on every TV available but that's not the case and Nintendo is prioritizing input lag and preventing tearing.

If this was your typical slow AAA shooter I'd agree this would be a weird decision but now in this case. I'd like some option for disabling it tho, but everyone knows that ain't happening lol

 

[DeVeAn]

anyone who continues to say this needs to change their profile pic to this imo:

Oh come now. Yours is smoother than mine. People get so hurt when Nintendo is criticized.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

How the hell a 10x more powerful console is "a Switch Pro" ?

Nintendo putting out banger exclusives unlike Sony and ms is breaking people

 

[Senua]

I already responded why DLSS can't be used for this game, and claiming it only has FSR 1 instead of SMAA + FSR is moving the goal post:

Analysis  Post in thread 'Digital Foundry: Donkey Kong Bananza - Nintendo Switch 2'

Yesterday at 6:09 PM

Game has:
- Amazing fully destructible environments based on voxels
- High quality characters models and animations
- Very polished gameplay mechanics using a combination of destruction, physics and platforming

People here: "B... But why FSR1?! Console has DLSS they should have just pressed the DLSS button!!!1!"

LOL that's not how it works, the game started as a Switch 1 game using Mario Odyssey engine and almost no Nintendo game had any form of TAA, which means it's not just importing a DLL and calling a function in the code, but they'd have to actually implement motion vectors in the...

• Kataploom

• 

As for the double buffered vsync, I'd agree if the game wasn't a platformer or if Switch 2 could use VRR on every TV available but that's not the case and Nintendo is prioritizing input lag and preventing tearing.

If this was your typical slow AAA shooter I'd agree this would be a weird decision but now in this case. I'd like some option for disabling it tho, but everyone knows that ain't happening lol

I didn't claim it only had FSR1 I just said the use of FSR1 is baffling with how poor of an upscaler it is. Yea they're definitely prioritizing input lag with those extended drops to 30fps huh?

 

[ADiTAR]

We hold all games to a high standard as we should as enthusiasts & consumers, weird how ya feel more persecuted when it comes to Nintendo.

Double Buffered V-sync is unacceptable in 2025. You guys can downplay it all ya want. FSR1 is also dog shit. Why can't you guys just admit these things are issues, you can still enjoy the game lol

I don't even know what they mean. Wtf is double V-sync, why is it bad? why should I care?

 

[Senua]

I don't even know what they mean. Wtf is double V-sync, why is it bad? why should I care?

Watch the video maybe? They even have it time stamped. Go to the Framerate section.

 

[Baemono]

Nintendo putting out banger exclusives unlike Sony and ms is breaking people

No but I even heard that from Jeff Grubb, like it was his first reaction to the console. Like we know what a pro console is, we saw that with the DSi, the New 3DS, the PS4/PS5 Pro and the One X, like basically the same console but with slightly better running games, not a 1.5 gen jump

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Look at those pop ups. This took 8 years to develop? Jesus Christ.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

The so called "standard" is about people sitting their ass and whine about graphics every time new game comes out.

I personally glad devs focusing on things matters the most rather than trying make bunch of crying graphic whores on internet happy.

Not utilizing DLSS and dropping from 60fps to 30fps in boss fights is unacceptable.
It's so bad I am considering returning my copy or at the least not opening until talk of a fix happens.

 

[Danjin44]

Not utilizing DLSS and dropping from 60fps to 30fps in boss fights is unacceptable.
It's so bad I am considering returning my copy or at the least not opening until talk of a fix happens.

You do what you have to….meanwhile I'm gonna play the crap out of this game.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

You do what you have to….meanwhile I'm gonna play the crap out of this game.

Kool. I have better and smoother options.

 

[Danjin44]

Kool. I have better and smoother options.

Maybe you can wait until Switch 3 comes out.

 

[Senua]

Not utilizing DLSS and dropping from 60fps to 30fps in boss fights is unacceptable.
It's so bad I am considering returning my copy or at the least not opening until talk of a fix happens.

You can emulate it on your 4090 in the not so distant future

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Maybe you can wait until Switch 3 comes out.

Maybe people can call them out for piss poor efforts and hold them accountable?

 

[LordOcidax]

You can emulate it on your 4090 in the not so distant future

Oh no, NDS spotted

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

You can emulate it on your 4090 in the not so distant future

I want Nintendo to utilize its SW2 tools.

 

[Danjin44]

Maybe people can call them out for piss poor efforts and hold them accountable?

Like I said you do you.

I'm not graphic whore enough to care….the game is fun and I'm gonna play it.

 

[Senua]

I want Nintendo to utilize its SW2 tools.

 

[Zathalus]

Double buffered vsync won't be the end of the world in portable play or when VRR is on the dock, but in the here and now it is a bit shit for docked play. FPS drops are fine, but the sudden shift from 60->30 is jarring. The lack of DLSS is disappointing, but hardly a dealbreaker. Just that odd choice of vsync is.