Diablo III Will Run At 60fps In Docked And Portable Mode On Nintendo Switch

Glad they prioritized the framerate (hell the Switch will probably run the game better than my laptop can these days), hopefully it's stable in both modes though.

The Diablo is in the details; these details prioritize 60FPS.

I would hope so. No offense to the game but it doesn't look that demanding.

@Zeraki agree, give me a stable 60FPS any day. Or at the very least 30FPS. No fun having a game that looks great in HD if it's running in like 20FPS a second or less.

It's a PS3 game, it better run at 60fps.

After Diablo 3 you can bet Starcraft will be next (touchscreen).

Diablo III coming to the Switch at 60 fps, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is coming soon, and I just got accepted into graduating this fall. I’m just unusually happy right now, but thanks, Nintendo Life, for being one of my favorite ways of procrastinating!

I really want this. The only things that concern me are how the battery copes with it in handheld and what kind of space it will take up on the SD card.

Happy to read that the game runs at 60fps even if I'm not gonna buy because I played it already...

Really cool for those who never played Diablo 3 but gosh, I'm tired of ports. :/

Hope a Nintendo Direct with some surprises for this year, otherwise Octopath Traveler will be the only game that I'd played on my Switch in an entire year... o_O

@Cobalt AMEN BROTHER!!!

@Shade_Koopa That was one of the problems I had with Bloodborne, the game looks fantastic but the choppiness of the framerate would give me a headache. Really wish there was an option to lower the resolution in order to improve the performance.

@Cobalt Year 3 will probably be better in the exclusives department since we've got games like Bayo 3, Prime 4, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Daemon X Machina and other things coming (not sure if those are games you're interested in, but I am).

I had figured year 2 would be a bit slow considering how Nintendo basically brought out all their heavy hitters right out of the gate and third parties were still leary of supporting the system after the Wii U.

Still, I haven't really had a shortage of things to play. Even if some of the games are ports (Hyrule Warriors for example), being able to play certain games in bed to wind down at night is a godsend.

@MagicEmperor I just noticed your screen name and avatar. Loved Lunar back in the day, never finished it though.

@Cobalt I'm guessing you don't care about Valkyria Chronicles 4, Warriors Orochi 4, Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Super Mario Party, Okami HD, Sonic Mania Plus, Dead Cells, Overcooked 2, Gear.Club Unlimited 2, or Sega Ages.

I played the hell (pun very much intended) out of D3 and reaper of souls at launch and cannot wait to play this on my switch.

Been waiting for this one

Do ya'll ever see Nintendo stop making exclusives? Whereas their hardware is built for third party and indie games only?

@Slasher said :"I'm guessing you don't care about Valkyria Chronicles 4, Warriors Orochi 4, Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Super Mario Party, Okami HD, Sonic Mania Plus, Dead Cells, Overcooked 2, Gear.Club Unlimited 2, or Sega Ages."

Valkyria Chronicles 4, I take the PS4 version (better resolution and framerate)
Warriors Orochi 4, I take the PS4 version (better resolution and framerate)
Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee, Not interested at all
Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Not interested at all
Super Mario Party, Not interested at all
Okami HD, already played
Sonic Mania Plus, already played
Dead Cells, already played
Overcooked 2, Not interested at all
Gear.Club Unlimited 2, Not interested at all IOS Game
Sega Ages I play tose games on the real system + CRT TV

@Cobalt heha, well damn. Maybe the Nintendo Switch just isn't the console for ya. Many of the ya listed as not interested are the reason why players get a Switch.

Oh well, everyone has their own taste of game and such.

@Shade_Koopa

I don't think so... I have all the Nintendo's home consoles from the NES to the Switch.
So all the great games are ports of Wii U games (I already have them) and Octopath Traveler.

Games like Nintendo Labo, Mario Tennis Aces, Go Vacation or Kirby are not really what I could call great games so, yep 2018 is really dry for me...

@Cobalt I agree with you. I am also playing Octopath Traveler having finished Skyrim from last year. And the Mario + Rabbids dlc pack. Not much else. I am looking at Diablo or Red dead as something to fill a gap and not because I really want to play these old games.

do not even care about 60fps, it can be 30fps. Just happy that they are bringing Diablo 3 to the Switch. The facts itself is a huge thing for me. Thank you Blizzard.

@iLikeUrAttitude a lot of enemies on the screen, which Diablo 3 has on higher difficulties is heavy no matter the graphics, there is a reason why a game like Cities Skyline on PC for example needs a beefy CPU, something all current consoles lack (and the bigger your City gets on PS4 the more framedrops you start to see)

@Nincompoop no it's NOT a PS3 game, PC game was ported to the consoles and most likely they do the same now.

@Zeraki Yeah, understandable! But the Magic Emperor pardons you... and is secretly fanboying over Zero!

Be interested if it does manage some of the crazy action when u start ramping up tye levels. Theres some crazy amount of onscreen action once ur into the grind

I'm curious about the "eight to nine" people that worked on this. You could say I'd be willing to stay a while and listen to their story.

@iLikeUrAttitude The issue is that this game is incredibly heavy on Particle effects. Especially in multi-player mode it can get totally insane with spell effects on the screen.

Particle effects is still one of the most taxing GFX elements in games. When you run into lag and performance issues, this is often the first setting I start tinkering with. Reducing particle effects always gives a huge performance boost.

For $60 it'd better.

@Nincompoop Tall order.

@Cobalt I was playing those games on the real system last night but that isn’t going to stop me getting a few for portable play. I use my switch mainly undocked so if a game is on PS4 and Switch, I would prefer it on Switch. Each to their own though. I’m desperately trying to work through my Switch backlog of over 50 ga,es so I can justify buying Octopath- I can’t wait to play that. 👊

@Cobalt again so do I but have you not been picking up the Neo Geo releases? I also have a Neo `geo CD but it’s far cheaper and more practical to pay 6 quid and again be able to play them anywhere. I’d be interested to know what other systems you own.

@darthstuey

I play 99% docked. So, I choose the best performances when it's about to enjoy my playtime. About the NeoGeo, I have all the games that I like on my MVS system... and even if I haven't, I wouldn't buy them because NeoGeo and flatscreen is like, red wine on your morning cereals... a nonsense for me.

So hyped for this.

Will it be cross-platform though? I have this on PC and would like to continue my saved games from there on the Switch.

@Cobalt ah, so you actually have a WiiU. Which make sense. Though keep in mind, the ports are being made due to the fact the WiiU did horrible in sales. Since the Switch is doing so well, and many never really bothered with the WiiU, it makes sense for the ports to have another shot.

@Galenmereth heha, oh well?

@Nincompoop yes, because most PS3 and for that matter ran at 60fps, right...right?

@Cobalt your the type who buys Nintendo and argues Mario, Zelda and Metroid hold no interest for you.

I would've been fine at 30fps.

But hey, I'm not gonna complain if it's more.

This release 'HAS' to come with 'EVERYTHING' on the cart. No downloads, no compromising. Please take note of this Blizzard. If there is any kind of off cart content or download required, this release will crash and burn and you won't understand why, and you will think that Switch sales are poor. Please don't under-estimate us. Please give us the complete content on cart, out of the box.

@Pazuzu666 said "your the type who buys Nintendo and argues Mario, Zelda and Metroid hold no interest for you."

Then you're the type who talk about people without knowing'em or you're the type who need to take meds... ^^

It's not because Mario Odyssey is an average game that I don't have interest in Mario games... for example, 3D World was outsanding, Galaxy 1+2 were fantastics etc...

So, I don't get why you're saying stupid things on me like that...

@Cobalt yes, "Odyssey is an average game" but it's me who needs to keep taking the meds, right? Keep digging. Keep digging.

@Pazuzu666 I really don’t think he is- in fact he comes across as a guy or gal who has been playing s lot of games on a lot of platforms for a lot of years.

Well its going to retail at about 50 pounds i guess and you get it loads cheaper on other devices. I know its new on switch and it is great. But we all know they only bringing it out on switch so they can charge at least double for a 6 year old game. Unless it has another xpac at blizzcon in november and that is free on the switch to not interested!.

@Pazuzu666

I'm sorry but Odyssey is the most overated 3D mario ever...

@darthstuey

I'm 42 so yeah it's about 38 years of gaming experience behind me...

@Cobalt oh it is, is it? Sorry, here's me taking my own experience of it, not to mention numerous well respected journalists into account where as you can see through all that.

For the past several years, I've been playing D3 in Linux through Wine at around 25FPS, and I've been perfectly happy. 60FPS on the Switch will be awesome.

@Pazuzu666

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D Mario made for casuals but not for traditionals.
It's the easiest 3D Mario ever. You have to just bend over and get a moon. Just after, you climb on a tree and you get a moon and while you climb down you do a rodeo jump on the floor and guess what ? There is a moon for you... and so on and on and on...

Every friend I have who already played all the 3D Mario since Mario64 think the same way as me.

The essence of a 3D Mario is to play good to be rewarded, here in Odyssey you're rewarded just by walking around...
Add to this that you can't die and yep, you have the perfect casualized game for a casual audience.

Don't get me wrong, the game have great controls(with the pro controller), nice graphics, cool soundtrack but the core is really really poor.
Talking about poor, even the costumes have no value... back then a costume in a Mario game means something ( Tanuki suit, cat suit etc...), they have a purpose, here in Odyssey it's just a cosmetic stuff... insane. :/

So yeah, I think Odyssey is far from galaxy, far from 3D World, far from 64, far from Sunshine and even behind 3D Land(which is a draft version for 3D World).

@Cobalt 38 years of gaming experience and you still can't see the value in a good port? Have you not seen the comparisons between Valkyria on Switch and PS4? There's almost ZERO difference. Does anyone really need Megaman 11 in top pixel count? Were you a Jaguar fan just because it was "64 bit"?

God, I dont even know why I'm getting into this arguement. Its just another meaningless online debate.

Oh yeah, cause you annoy me. You annoy me and, from what I can tell, you annoy almost everypne here. You probably hold yourself up so high (why do I even say probably. There's no doubt). We arent annoyed cause you have a differing opinion. Its because you won't stop until everyone knows your name you egotistical tick.

You're 42, can't you waste your time on something else? Because, since you probably cant understand, nobody wants you here. I happen to like this place you pathetic party pooper.

@Cobalt I do agree that the main campaign of Odyssey is quite easy to get through compared to other Mario games, so if difficulty is your main rating criteria, then it rates lower than other 3D Mario games. Some of the optional content, especially stuff that becomes available if you revisit areas, is every bit as hard as old Mario games, but if you already gave up on the game before getting that far you might not have encountered that. I think a lot of the praise for the game comes from people who valued other aspects of the game than the difficulty level of the main campaign.

@ieatdragonz Do I dream or you're avatar is a pair of buttocks face ?

Hummm maybe a wink or something like that...

That bad faith of you, god... I even don't want to reply because the trap that you have set to me is so obvious that it's pathetic.

I can say that to you : No, I'm not gonna be insulting, no I'm not gonna say nasty words and no you won't get me upset...

PEACE

@bilboa

I played the post game and sorry it's not good, I mean for a game of that standard.

The game is well made in the visuals, animations, SFX but the essential is not there from my perspective.

I understand that a lot of people really love the game like 10/10, 100%, 5 stars blablabla, I swear I understand why but it's just not my opinion at all.

I'm convinced that if the game was out without the "Mario univers" all around, much more people will think the same way I do.
The hype factor has played a huge role in the perception of Odyssey.

But whatever, the most important is to have fun, isn't it ? ^^

@Cobalt as you've stated, Odyssey is aimed at casual. That casual crowd includes my 5 year old. Who thanks to Nintendo, can keep trying, raving about completing a kingdom and going back and trying the harder ones. You sir, and your traditionalist crowd(myself included) cannot sustain Nintendo alone. 13m Wii U sales with me being one of them is not a sign of a success. So you shall remain the minority, sad to say. Nintendo of old is gone, chasing that green in order to later come back and create some more traditional games later is my hope. I thoroughly enjoyed Odyssey and so has my son. So in that regard the game was a perfect 10. Opinions, everyone's got one 😊

@Cobalt Not in the mood for long discussions, but I agree with most of what you said in all of your posts. People can disagree with that but no need for people to be calling you troll and the like. Nobody has called you a Sony shill or fanboi yet but it's probably coming.

Frame rate and resolution really are the new "bits". Easier to whine about and argue over because it's tangible and measurable.

But what really matters is whether the game is fun, and does it run without issue? But those are mostly subjective questions. What I think is fun and runs well might not meet someone else's standards and vice versa. By arguing frame rate or resolution, you can state, more solidly "the game runs better and looks nicer on platform X compared to Y"

While that's fine when comparing PS4 and Xbone, which are almost the exact same product, the Switch is a different device meant to fill a different role and should not be directly compared. It's like comparing a sedan and a motorcycle. Neither is strictly better than they other. Both are designed for different things with some overlap.

@Cobalt It sounds like your primary console is PS4 and you just have a Switch for Nintendo exclusives. That's fine and fairly common I expect. Switch exclusives this year:

Tennis Aces
Labo x3
Octopath
Mario Party
Smash Bros
Pokemon

plus major DLCs for Xenoblade, Rabbids and Spaltoon2

Now, those are all extremely 'Nintendo' titles. If you are only interested in one thing from that list, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest you aren't really that interested in Nintendo exclusives.

I suspect your answer to that is you like a certain kind of Nintendo exclusive. That's also fine, but Nintendo doesn't make those games very often (and they take many years to develop).

Personally, Switch is my only console, and I'm really happy with the selection of indies, multiplats and so on. There's a huge amount I want to play and I'm not bothered if it's already on PS4 or whatever.

So the bottom line is, keep your expectations low. The kind of game you want isn't going to appear that often

@Galenmereth RIP in peace when you have low FPS per second!

Kudos to both Blizzard and Iron Galaxy (Thank you, Adam Boyes) for developing D III for the Switch!

I'm definitely gonna add it in my most wanted list to go along with Dragon Ball FighterZ, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Bayonetta 3, Daemon X Machina, and Metroid Prime 4.

So ready for this.

I can't wait!

I know that everybody can have an opinion, but why do we need party poopers and negativity on an Nintendo site? There are people talking about playing the same game on other platforms. Big deal!!!. Not everyone has played that same game. So the party poopers want to bring their negativity on people that are excited that the game is coming or that it is portable to play. I think that they want to have a voice, so they feel they are superior to everybody because they had played that game before. People talking about the switch is getting ports. Well so is. Ps4 and Xbox one. But those party poopers don't care, because the switch is being treated like a step child compared to the other systems. What would have happened if the switch was just a home console. It wouldn't had its individually other than Nintendo first party games. By making it a hybrid system. Nintendo has something no other system have, playing it on the go. But the party poopers don't care. It is all about the graphics and the horse power of the.system. Nintendo could have made it as powerful, but the consumers would have paid much more than 300 dollars. Nintendo wanted to make it affordable, that is why the less horsepower, but still more powerful than other Nintendo systems. But party poopers still don't care. That is why they put everyone down that are excited about these games coming on the switch.

@Cobalt It's completely understandable that if you play 99% docked, the Switch would be underwhelming to someone. The portable aspect is kind of a big selling point, and despite it getting a decent amount of third party support, it's still mostly a "Nintendo box". Just like the last few consoles.

I'm surprised Smash doesn't interest you though. That's a huge one. But yeah, it's good you have a PS4 with lots to hold you over. It'd be awful if it was your only console and you went long without anything to interest you. Those were dark days with the Wii U for me...

@HollowGrapeJ

I never was a Smash fan and since the N64. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game but the fighting games that I really like are in 2D ( Mark of the Wolves, Street 3.3, Kof 98 etc...)

I really cross my fingers for the "Nintendo Direct" next month because I think they're gonna reveal the next Ridge Racer and I hope to get secret announcements too.

And like you say, I have a PS4 and there are still plenty of games that I have to play on it, just that I feel that 2018 is a mediocre year for the Switch only owners. For me Nintendo = creativity, polished games, awesome experiences and I must say that this year I saw the opposite with Wii U ports and games like Labo, Go Vacation, Kirby Star Allies, Aces so yeah Thank you Square Enix for the nice Octopath Traveler.

@rjejr

Thanks dude.

I'm not pro this or that I'm just a gamer, but apparently when you're not on the same positions as the masses you're a troll.
It's almost a sectarian way of thinking. When I read some people comments I ask myself if I played the same games or not... really. ^^

I can't remember the last time I owned more games for a console than I had time to play, and that is what's happening with me and the Switch. I ran out of things worth playing on PS4 quite a while ago, except for indies which I always prefer playing on the Switch anyway because I prefer handhelds. The hits just keep on coming.

Interestingly, I also don't find myself gravitating to a lot of Nintendo exclusives. I only have Mario Kart because I got it for free through a reward program at my bank, I liked Breath of the Wild but not enough to keep the rental, I'm extremely burnt out on Smash, and I've never liked a 3D Mario game (though I do like 2D Marios). What I like is the flexibility and uniqueness of Nintendo's hardware. Even if a game is prettier elsewhere or just available elsewhere, the Switch being a hybrid makes it my first choice when looking to buy a game. Diablo 3 coming to it couldn't make me happier.

I may be interested.

@ekwcll agreed. I don't know why people don't just ignore what they don't like and let people enjoy things.

It’s a ps3 game, I hope it runs at 60fps

@Cobalt Don't forget the Tales of remake is coming. Also, Monster Hunter and NES games with the online service.

I'll buy it!
If you lot won't !

For the first time ever I’m going to have to double dip

@HollowGrapeJ completely agree, I spend 90% of the time with my Switch undocked with me playing it on the toilet.

@Cobalt I feel ya. But I'm not interested in many of those games either. Except for Smash. On the PS4 side, DQ11, everything else looks meh.
It is what it is. I don't get what people dislike about not making the same decisions.

@Ephidel

Because we live in a world of trends. If you're not followind the trend, you're a pariah, simple as that.
So generally, the "pariahs" change their positions after a while to be accepted in the group. I'm not like that, I just say what I think and it's not because the entire world would think different than me that I would change my way of thinking.

If I like something, it's because I really like it, if I don't...

@Mgene15 @Nincompoop

The PS3 (and 360 version) ran at native 1120x584p. It was a substantial sacrifice to get the game to run at 60fps. With other current ports on Switch targeting 30fps, this is just confirmation that the Dev's are still committed to 60fps over resolution/graphics.

@Mark-number-12 maybe that's why it costs $60 and they are using a bigger cart. How big is the game file for everything included on pc?

@Dualmask @ekwcll "I don't know why people don't just ignore what they don't like..."

Very well put. Don't like someone's comments? Ignore them.

Noice!

@tedko yeah, I suppose I walked right into that one.

Some of the class builds don't work well on console as PC due to no macro..

*random developer who made nothing special - "The Switch isn't powerful enough for us to port our games!"

*Blizzard - "Yeah we are going to port over Diablo 3 and it is going to perform at a solid 60fps."

@Cobalt agree, this year is super dry. it took a full year to get a good exclusive (Smash) which is also nothing really new. i haven't played my Switch from Jan to July.

@brutalpanda

Did you tried Octopath Traveler ?

@darthstuey yes, and? My first was a ZX Spectrum. That somebody has been playing videogames for a long or short time doesn't exclude them from talking nonsense.

@Cobalt I bought it but got gifted dragon quest builders at the same time so have been playing that