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Re: Review: Fire Emblem Heroes (Mobile)

Braok

@rjejr you get orbs while playing, a common practice is to reroll at the beginning (finish tutorial for 15 orbs, get 2 login bonus orbs, finish 3 chapters for 3 more orbs and try to get 5 people who are good)

Re: Soapbox: The Nintendo Switch's Final Specs Don't Matter

Braok

@MilitiaMan admittedly thats on high graphics please don't roast me

i get what you're saying though, and while I think that depending on the game graphics can be very important, possibly moreso than the framerate, but that it would be nice if the GPU in the Switch were much better than the Wii U. As long as you don't notice the graphics, they're fine, right? With that mindset, if the graphics are noticeably poor, they can be distracting from the gameplay, which, in a perfectly optimized game, leads to 4 different options.
A: the developers cancel the game
B: they change the art direction/style to be less demanding or mask the poor graphics more, changing how they intended the game to look
C: they change how the game is played/limit the environments, or in the case of cpu limitations, reduce the complexity of their game
or,
D: put up with a lower framerate, impacting the visuals AND gameplay.
All of these options aren't ideal, and while compromises have to be made and often lead to better ideas, less power limits the developers freedom in how they want their game to look, feel, and yes, even sound, while keeping a good framerate, which can be extremely important for many titles (as I'm sure you agree). Thats just my 2 cents though (Is that how they say it?), and if you disagree with me, that's fine by me.

Re: Nintendo Slams 3DS Homebrew App Which Enables Piracy With Takedown Notice

Braok

@nhSnork I've used it before (not for piracy I swear) and it's extremely slow.

I think it would be used best for downloading a copy of a digital game you own in case the data gets corrupted and it gets taken down. They also have free games there. I don't see much use for it but I did end up getting more save files for certain games which is always nice . I could have easily used it for piracy though and I think taking down a key download website would have been a much better decision since it would make it much easier to pirate games.
TL;DR: nothing wrong with it but very limited use cases

Re: On Nintendo Switch Power, WSJ Tech Writer Pitches in With Alternative Details

Braok

@KirbyTheVampire Chances are the resolution just depends on the game. Dynamic resolutions are a thing now, you know. Heck, Overwatch on the Xbox One shows a very good example of this, sometimes lowering the rendered resolution in order to maintain 60fps. I don't think a game like Zelda: Breath of the Wild would run at 1440p, even at 30fps.

Which makes me hope that they let you choose a higher framerate over resolution...

Re: Video: Take an Extended Look at Switch Exclusive Seasons of Heaven

Braok

@A01 Optimization is key

Also the rocks didn't look too good on my phone (imagine how they look on a 50 inch TV) so I think they are clearly doing something because as you said, the PS4 Pro probably couldn't render scenes like this with acceptable performance (AFAIK PS4 Pro has a GPU pretty much equivalent to a RX 480) at 1080p.

15 fps masterrace

Re: Video: Pokémon Generations Episode 17: The Investigation, is Now Live

Braok

@allav866 I have a feeling the Aether Foundation is making fun of PETA

They disable Pokéballs in their facility, just like PETA, they seem to be all about protecting Pokémon but I saw the (loli) president let out this evil grin when saying she will "love and protect" the ultra beast (I'm not too far in, excuse my possible ignorance please) which reminds me of how PETA doesn't actually "save" most of their animals. Sorry if you support PETA but...

its propaganda lol

Re: The Nintendo Switch Power Debate is Back - Report Suggests It Won't Quite Match PS4

Braok

Maxwell Switch? No Pascal switch?

There are 2 ways we could look at this, I guess. Pascal has far better power efficiency, but Maxwell overclocks like a champ, which could provide the extra boost needed to run games at 1080p when docked.
I'm all for Pascal though, and am disappointed by this, hoping the GPU uses the Pasca; architecture

Especially considering how much more powerful laptops have gotten since August because of it, I don't think they'd just go Maxwewll
January can't come soon enough, it seems.