Tempy wrote:

I would take a decent frame rate over any 4k fuckery. Performance is the issue for most Switch stuff. I guess 4K is an easier selling point than "the games run well now!" though.

Depends how dedicated the DLSS hardware is - if it's tensor cores, the hardware wouldn't be doing anything better anyway, if it's some kind of custom semi-dedicated thing then it might be using resources that could be dedicated to resolution.

I feel like the catalog is split into games where native res and 60Hz are already prioritised over everything else and games that are so far away from native res 30Hz that not even an upgrade will bring them to a decent 1080p-max res at 60Hz.

retroking1981 wrote:

Never gets old

How can it get old if they NEVER RELEASE IT?

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Seinfeld I'm Out.gif I think. Surely upscaling is the only even remotely sensible route to 4K going forward then, as that way games could run in faux yet indistinginguishable 4K at 60fps (or higher), with Ray Tracing doing his thing?

Put it this way, a current Switch running at 1080p on my 4K telly looks a bit sad, like watching SD on a first-generation HDTV was - not quite as bad but you catch my drift. But I can play Spider-Man set up to render at around 1080p on my PS5 and with the image reconstruction techniques and using the 4K HDR container, it looks amazing. It's not so much about the raw render resolution, but more about the console having the ability to address the 4K format so it can display in HDR and actually attempt to reconstruct the image in 4K.

DLSS works. That’s the way to go. No point to even try to go native. Most people outside DF won’t notice unless they are 2ft from a 4K set. I was doubtful after DLSS 1.0 on Nvidia cards, but V2 was a massive improvement.

Play Mario Odyssey 2 exclusively on Nintendo Switch Pro, available from all good scalpers for the low low price of double the RRP.

When's that out?

stonechalice wrote:

When's that out?

June 25th

Thoroughly enjoying Bravely Default 2 now that I’ve unlocked a few job classes. Also surprised by how restrained it all feels. They’ve dialled back the silly, the dialogue isn’t anywhere near as bad as the two previous games, and there’s some half decent voice acting this time around. Also, Adelle sounds familiar; haven’t checked, but sounds like Fran from FFXII.

Raiziel wrote:

Thoroughly enjoying Bravely Default 2 now that I’ve unlocked a few job classes. Also surprised by how restrained it all feels. They’ve dialled back the silly, the dialogue isn’t anywhere near as bad as the two previous games, and there’s some half decent voice acting this time around. Also, Adelle sounds familiar; haven’t checked, but sounds like Fran from FFXII.

The dialogue and voice acting is great throughout. Just wait until you reach the latter half of the game though, job stuff gets crazy good. Some mad combos available.

QUBE 2 for 2.29 quid, 90% off. Has been on my wish list for years it seems, and I can’t quite remember why but with gold coins discount I got it for 1.78. Hope it’s decent! Looks alright from the videos. Kind of a Portal clone first person physics room puzzler it seems.

Ha, good point. Nope, haven’t played the first. Is it on Switch also?

EvilRedEye wrote:

Switch running at 1080p on my 4K telly looks a bit sad

Is why I don't like 4K tellies. Great for photos, but games have texture packs and they'd benefit far more from clear motion.

I think a 60Hz 720p LCD is okay for the Switch, but it should've been 7" without those borders at launch. It looks like a designer just figured they'd go with a 7 and was told to revise at the 11th hour. And since they weren't launching at Christmas I think they should've delayed a bit for the newer Tegra.

So to me it sounds like the Switch 2 is what the original should've been. Better late than never, I guess.

Soinds shit now, because the structure of the system is to fault, but shoulda joined the orzly gang. From day one we knew the shit was a scratch zone. My orzly screen has been replaced once because it helped my switch survive a drop, but it is immortal over.

I’ve got the official screen protector so presumably I can remove it and put a new on but it still smacks of poor design when the THING SCRATCHES ITSELF!!!

Hmm, it's a tough one. On the one hand it's bad design and there have been reports of the dock scratching protectorless consoles, but on the other, if you've stuck on a plastic protector it is slightly increasing the thickness of the console and the protector may actually be more scratchprone than the plastic the Switch is made out of. Ultimately it's done what it was designed for, which is enable you to dispose of the protective layer on the screen if it is damaged - like others have mentioned, my Orzly is still immaculate so maybe it'd be better to replace with one of those.