Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Update Announced For Switch

Good to hear. Planning to pick this up once I can find a physical copy

Hopefully they do something about the performance.

Cool. Will pick up later.

@XCWarrior my local big box store said they didn't have any in stock and when I went to look they had one.
just sayin

@iLikeUrAttitude I play in handheld and it works fine. Probably you're playing it docked?

@Dazman lol

Awesome news! I'm really pleased with the game's performance. True, I had a couple of crashes, but the auto-save saved me from bigger headaches.

Overall, I just can't stop playing this DQM, the game is genuinely fascinating. I enjoyed revisiting the maps through the three stages.

I managed to create some monsters with higher ranks, and now the internet is brimming with sites specialized in synthesis. I found this site really good:

https://dev.metalkid.info/DQM3/Monsterpedia/Details/balhib

I'm 177 hours into the game.

I don't know what quality of life things they're adding, but if it can make my time more efficient, who am I to complain?

It has frame drops for both docked and handheld mode, you either don't notice it (though I don't see how considering how prevelant it is) or are just used to it.

Also why is "I didn't experience it msyelf therefore it doesn't exist" such a common defense on this site?
You aren't the only person in the world and this has no substance so you just make yourself look like a shill.
There are multiple people here that pointed it out, even on the review on this site and there are performance reviews you can look on youtube.
The framerate is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.

@iLikeUrAttitude Framerate is almost impossible to debate because it's always subjective. They're not saying an issue doesn't exist, they're just saying they didn't notice it and they don't want to stop enjoying something just because someone else isn't enjoying it.

Some games, like Pokemon Scarlet/Violet are almost unanimous in that most people agree the framerates are terrible, but not everyone agrees to what is "playable" and "not playable".

A game like TOTK struggles to keep 30 FPS, and even though that game is real-time and not turn-based, choppy frames never hindered my ability to play the game well, and I think the same is true for Dark Prince.

A patch to improve frames would be very much appreciated, but I don't think the framerate is hurting this game nearly as much as other recent entries.

Though, to be fair, this is coming from someone who played Rune Factory 5 and Deadly Premonition 2 on Switch and still had a good time, so take it with a grain of salt as you would any opinion.

I've had no disruptive performance issues and the game is fantastic and runs great on my Switch. It will stand as an example for other monster-catching games hopefully, in regards to its synthesis mechanics and overall gameplay structure. Square Enix knocked it out of the park with this one and I highly recommend fence-sitters to pick up a copy.

@Astral-Grain It quite literally isn't subjective as you can actually go out of your way to measure the framerate of the games yourselves, digital foundry and a multitude of other youtube channels do it themselves.
People like @Dazman can pretend to not notice it but that doesn't change the fact that the issue is still present.
What is subjective is how "playable" it is as you mentioned it.

In the anecdotal example you gave me you could just argue that your ability to play the game wasn't hindered that much if at all was because that the framerate issues for TOTK aren't nearly nearly as bad compared to Scarlet/Violet and even to an extent DQM3's. For this entry the framerate issues are plain as day especially in the open world areas.

Look I don't mean to come off as snarky or condescending, I just don't know how else to word this; but I think this is just due to you and a lot of other switch players having much lower standards than the average person, because only on a nintendo forumn would this ever be a discussion about how good a games framerate needs to be and other people justifying it.

I played my fair share of games too with framerate issues and still very much enjoyed them (SMT V, MH Stories 2, XC2), but I would be lying to say that I was disappointed by those aspects in the games and would be delusional to say I didn't derserve better as a consumer.

Looking forward to what changes they bring. Performance improvements aside, I think the UI could use some tweaking. Less delay between battle transitions, more consistent button parity to open certain menus(I think Talent points have a different method to open for each menu), and maybe more search options for the reverse search. I also think drop rates for eggs should be improved - theres just not nearly enough content to justify the drop rates for certain high ranked monsters.

@iLikeUrAttitude 100% co-sign on this. Switch is my most played platform but I'd be straight up lying if I said that performance issues in some games aren't frustrating and noticable.

No crashes or any game breaking bugs I've noticed. Some choppy frames but that's about it. Nothing that stops me from playing the game.

But nice to see the game getting some patches on the way. Looking forward to seeing if this game will get any more DLC. Heha, would love it. ^^

@iLikeUrAttitude

When you see someone enjoying fishing, is it your duty to remind them how dirty and gross you think it is, despite their enjoyment?

Is it your goal to accuse others of "pretending" simply because they enjoy something you don't enjoy?

Just let the people fish. It's not your job to question why they enjoy it.