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Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release

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Post by Gamemaster1379 »

76SlashDolphin wrote: post #451
merpkz wrote: post #275

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That's what I was thinking. Recently got myself a PS4 because they are really affordable now and god damn those loading times are obscene. About an hour to install new game on first disc load - didn't even connect to internet to skip downloading 10s of GB of updates.

Pro-tip: install an SSD in the PS4. I put a 2TB one in my OG one and everything runs way better despite the connection being just SATA2.

Seconding. I put a 1 TB in mine up from an HDD. It's also softmodded and has PS1 and PS2 title I injects in it. Having sleep mode and resume for my favorite PS1 and PS2 games has been great.

Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release

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Post by annexrichmond »

basisword wrote: post #161

I caved and bought a Switch last week. It’s the best tech purchase I’ve made in years! The games on it are fun, the versatility of the Joycons is incredible, and the loading speed is a breath of fresh air. My main console is an original PS4. I upgraded to PS5 last year and returned it. It’s just more of the same. Huge game downloads, huge update downloads, a huge console, and long load times. And tbh, I didn’t see a…

I really want to get a Switch but I can’t seem to justify paying full price for hardware that is evidently several years out of date. Released 6 years ago and still $300.

I was so used to older consoles being bundled with games after a couple years after being released

When I first got a PS4 it was bundled with GTAV and Last of Us. Pretty incredible deal.

Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release

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Post by basisword »

annexrichmond wrote: post #692
basisword wrote: post #161

I caved and bought a Switch last week. It’s the best tech purchase I’ve made in years! The games on it are fun, the versatility of the Joycons is incredible, and the loading speed is a breath of fresh air. My main console is an original PS4. I upgraded to PS5 last year and returned it. It’s just more of the same. Huge game downloads, huge update downloads, a huge console, and long load times. And tbh, I didn’t see a…

I really want to get a Switch but I can’t seem to justify paying full price for hardware that is evidently several years out of date. Released 6 years ago and still $300. I was so used to older consoles being bundled with games after a couple years after being released When I first got a PS4 it was bundled with GTAV and Last of Us. Pretty incredible deal.

>> I really want to get a Switch but I can’t seem to justify paying full price for hardware that is evidently several years out of date.

I thought similar but at the end of the day does it matter? Games work well on it. Sure they might be making bigger profit margins on it but it still does what it’s meant to at a good level.

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Post by thecosmicfrog »

SkeuomorphicBee wrote: post #443
epolanski wrote: post #147

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The Switch combines lower powered A57 (a soc from..2012 on a 20nm process) with a Maxwell GPU (9+ years old at this point) Honestly this is the time to start working on a Switch successor, they could easily more than double the current compute capabilities while keeping the same or lower power envelope. That doesn't even counts the untapped bonuses from much higher memory speeds. I would instantly buy this, we would…

There is a big problem with any switch upgrade plan: Current GPU architectures are too different to the original Maxwell GPU arch, so it is impossible for Nintendo to make a better console that is hardware compatible to the switch. The games themselves include low level GPU driver stuff, so they won't run in any other GPU architecture without an emulation layer. In the past, Nintendo either forgone backwards compatib…

MVG on YouTube did a great video on this exact problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH03ht2fVqI&pp=ygUKbXZnIHN3a...

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Post by netdoll »

basisword wrote: post #161

I caved and bought a Switch last week. It’s the best tech purchase I’ve made in years! The games on it are fun, the versatility of the Joycons is incredible, and the loading speed is a breath of fresh air. My main console is an original PS4. I upgraded to PS5 last year and returned it. It’s just more of the same. Huge game downloads, huge update downloads, a huge console, and long load times. And tbh, I didn’t see a…

Honestly, while I have a running boycott of consoles on moral grounds (Steam Deck notwithstanding), I feel like the Switch and PS4 are the best systems in quite a while, both for the variety of independent/AA games in all genres on them, and the retro arcade game ports M2 and Hamster are churning out at a steady and ever increasing pace.

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Post by glonq »

Despite being 50yo and much more of a PC guy than a console gamer, I actually pre-ordered TOTK. Even though BOTW was my first Zelda game and also my first open-world console action/RPG, I really enjoyed it and was impressed with what they were able to accomplish.

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Post by morelisp »

pdntspa wrote: post #622
valianteffort wrote: post #581

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> It doesn't even feel like a Zelda game. The original Zelda was open-world. I will agree that the game world felt sparse and underpopulated, but given the minimalist tone (as evidenced by so many other game elements, like the music or lack of hand-holding) it felt on-brand. > Weapon durability is literal cancer. They did this to discourage player min-maxing and to force some variety. I didn't like it either but appr…

The idea that you get Elden Ring as-is without BotW coming years before is also ridiculous.

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Post by tl »

akhosravian wrote: post #690
least wrote: post #628

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> Exploration was not rewarded. I found exploration very rewarding. I had a lot of fun finding my way on the island where I lost all my items. I remember seeing a Dragon flying through the sky which I thought was delightful. I found certain vistas to be rewarding as well. It's not rewarding in the sense that you're not going to be finding permanent upgrades to your character much, but it's definitely rewarding. > Wea…

I’ve found many people who complain about weapon durability also complain about exploration being unrewarding. Seemingly oblivious to how these two systems are deeply related: weapon durability allows the game to give you powerful items in random places without either permanently breaking the game’s difficulty or strongly incentivizing/requiring every player to visit some particular random spot.

I liked BotW. Weapon durability was annoying, but in practice it means you pin map locations of good weapons that respawn every blood moon updating those pins as you find better weapon spots (this step happens because the weapon is carried by some appropriate strength enemy).

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Post by turbo_fart »

tompagenet2 wrote: post #253
peanuty1 wrote: post #221

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I think they have a couple advantages: 1) Zelda on Switch has very basic graphics compared to modern AAA titles on other consoles and only a 30 fps framerate. 2) The last Zelda game came out in 2017 so they've had tons of time.

I know people say this, and of course the art style is stylised. But playing it last night and watching the day-night cycle, the grass moving around on the first sky island, the physics simulation as I dropped my clumsily-made creations and I thought it was pretty impressive. I do think it's a wonder this runs on a low power tablet computer from 2017 but if I open up Teams on a brand new machine it can be a laggy mes…

2015 actually!

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netdoll wrote: post #695
basisword wrote: post #161

I caved and bought a Switch last week. It’s the best tech purchase I’ve made in years! The games on it are fun, the versatility of the Joycons is incredible, and the loading speed is a breath of fresh air. My main console is an original PS4. I upgraded to PS5 last year and returned it. It’s just more of the same. Huge game downloads, huge update downloads, a huge console, and long load times. And tbh, I didn’t see a…

Honestly, while I have a running boycott of consoles on moral grounds (Steam Deck notwithstanding), I feel like the Switch and PS4 are the best systems in quite a while, both for the variety of independent/AA games in all genres on them, and the retro arcade game ports M2 and Hamster are churning out at a steady and ever increasing pace.

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