If people have good SSDs I guess they might be OK, but I don't know the data-transfer speed through the USB port. Maybe it can be faster than internal memory.
@ThomasBW84 Yeh you are right, my mistake. I've seen a few articles where some independents really lay into the devs, when they clearly haven't realised that playing games on external HDD is affecting their performance. You can just tell by looking at their video playthroughs.
I'm a little overeager to spread knowledge of your update. A lot of other reviews seem unbalanced, but I think yours is pretty fair actually.
I'm hopeful about the game now Thanks for the updates!
@rjejr I agree, and I think it's a shame that we all jump to the assumption that it's the Dev's and the game's fault.
They've mentioned this definitely happening with Deus Ex (a big game), but I guess we don't see this often, since as soon as the dev's realise, they must really panic and optimise the game further in a patch ASAP, before everyone slaughters them.
It looks like the 'bugs' or 'unpolishedness' that you've mentioned are just because you were running the game from an external source? 'You guys' say other wii u games have the same performance problems when you do this.
Shouldn't you update your article (or at least link to your update) because it's on the front page today and everyone will get the wrong idea?
@Humphries90 Aren't these slaughtering reviews really unfair and damaging then? Considering that most people won't play the game on an external drive.
All of the reviewers ARE probably playing from external HDDs, so all people like @Silgeach are seeing are the framerate spikes, and the criticisms because of that. Could we end up being responsible for hurting their sales by spreading misinformation?
Credit for highlighting the problem with external drives BEFORE they released. That'll probably help them to patch it sooner But maybe we could help the devs by stating more prominently what you've said in comments.
"The game's actually a decent co-op game (when it's installed on internal memory)"
Just because of the slower read-rate of external HDD's, the poor dev's will now have optimise their whole game! In order to run on a less performant device than the Wii, (the Wii is not very powerful in the first place, which is why not many games look this good). Hence I hope you added a disclaimer at the start of your "slaughtering" review, so it does not hurt them unfairly?
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Re: Shadow Puppeteer Publisher Suggests Installing Directly to Wii U Memory, Imminent Patch Planned for External Drive Issue
@livewired That's true, and I would've thought so as well.
Interestingly one of the devs replied to this reviewer and apparently Nintendo QA didn't pick this up either, which surprised me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvXCc5_zoHA&feature=iv&src_vid=7Cw8fj7u6YE&annotation_id=annotation_1067443181 - @Humphries90 is that you?
If people have good SSDs I guess they might be OK, but I don't know the data-transfer speed through the USB port. Maybe it can be faster than internal memory.
Re: Review: Shadow Puppeteer (Wii U eShop)
@Silgeach @spurgeonryan That's true, we demand a lot for our money. But it seems a bit strange when a mediocre takeaway pizza costs me $15.
Re: Shadow Puppeteer Publisher Suggests Installing Directly to Wii U Memory, Imminent Patch Planned for External Drive Issue
@Humphries90 thanks I'll check it out And don't underestimate yourself!
Re: Review: Shadow Puppeteer (Wii U eShop)
@ThomasBW84 Yeh you are right, my mistake. I've seen a few articles where some independents really lay into the devs, when they clearly haven't realised that playing games on external HDD is affecting their performance. You can just tell by looking at their video playthroughs.
I'm a little overeager to spread knowledge of your update. A lot of other reviews seem unbalanced, but I think yours is pretty fair actually.
I'm hopeful about the game now Thanks for the updates!
Re: Shadow Puppeteer Publisher Suggests Installing Directly to Wii U Memory, Imminent Patch Planned for External Drive Issue
@rjejr I agree, and I think it's a shame that we all jump to the assumption that it's the Dev's and the game's fault.
They've mentioned this definitely happening with Deus Ex (a big game), but I guess we don't see this often, since as soon as the dev's realise, they must really panic and optimise the game further in a patch ASAP, before everyone slaughters them.
Re: Review: Shadow Puppeteer (Wii U eShop)
@holygeez03 their new article says the technical issues aren't a problem for most players.
@ThomasBW84 Doesn't this Nintendo Life article make your review outdated and a bit harsh on the devs then?
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/01/shadow_puppeteer_publisher_suggests_installing_directly_to_wii_u_memory_imminent_patch_planned_for_external_drive_issue
It looks like the 'bugs' or 'unpolishedness' that you've mentioned are just because you were running the game from an external source? 'You guys' say other wii u games have the same performance problems when you do this.
Shouldn't you update your article (or at least link to your update) because it's on the front page today and everyone will get the wrong idea?
Re: Shadow Puppeteer Publisher Suggests Installing Directly to Wii U Memory, Imminent Patch Planned for External Drive Issue
@Humphries90 Aren't these slaughtering reviews really unfair and damaging then? Considering that most people won't play the game on an external drive.
All of the reviewers ARE probably playing from external HDDs, so all people like @Silgeach are seeing are the framerate spikes, and the criticisms because of that. Could we end up being responsible for hurting their sales by spreading misinformation?
Credit for highlighting the problem with external drives BEFORE they released. That'll probably help them to patch it sooner But maybe we could help the devs by stating more prominently what you've said in comments.
"The game's actually a decent co-op game (when it's installed on internal memory)"
Just because of the slower read-rate of external HDD's, the poor dev's will now have optimise their whole game! In order to run on a less performant device than the Wii, (the Wii is not very powerful in the first place, which is why not many games look this good). Hence I hope you added a disclaimer at the start of your "slaughtering" review, so it does not hurt them unfairly?