Gaming Zelda BOTW - Low-res textures?

linuxares · Feb 28, 2017

The Wii U version will have low textures and it will be streamloading things in. So expect loads of pop-in. The Wii U also use optical media (or well mechnical for most I guess?) so expect even more pop-ins.

EDIT: Wii U also have less RAM to play with than the Switch. So that's also a negative.

samcambolt270 · Feb 28, 2017

trigao said:
for those who are playing already... its compatible with pro controller or gamepad exclusive?

yes, you can play on the gamepad screen if you want. i am not sure about the pro controller as i do not own one.

xeroblade · Feb 28, 2017

KingpinSlim said:
I tried out Breath of the Wild on the Wii U now and something seems really off about it.
The textures are extremely blurry and the Aliasing is horrible.
What is going on here?

Playing on the game pad makes it look OK but yes, I started playing it on the TV with the pro controller and something just looks off about it. There is no way that this version looks that worse right? If so when I get my copy on Friday it better not run like this.

samcambolt270 · Feb 28, 2017

could you guys post some pics or a recording of your issue? i dont have this issue at all.

Cell247 · Feb 28, 2017

So some people agree it looks like the videos of the wii u version posted before this. Or everyone thinks it looks way worse?

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

Cell247 said:
So some people agree it looks like the videos of the wii u version posted before this. Or everyone thinks it looks way worse?

It CAN look like the trailers and previews, if you have a TV that can soften the image and use lots of post-processing to make it look good.
I can confirm this myself, because i have been playing around with the settings on my tv.
There are however things you can not hide by using expensive TVs and that is the draw distance and the foliage distance.
This was significantly better in any and all videos i have seen before this leak.
Compare these videos to your own experience by looking at an object in a distance as well as the ground between you and the object. Now run towards it.
The textures will begin to pop in violently and the framerate begins to drop instantly.
Some places are worse than others.

I do not want to spoil anything, so i will do this in a subtle manner.
Someone, at some point, will ask to meet you at a place where two "lines" intersect.
Enter that place and look at the particle effects there.
The framerate will crash.

I think that the patch we have is not, yet the patch that will be released on release-day.
Even tho we are using a patch we are still at version 1.0.0, so i don't think this is actually the intended final release.

huma_dawii · Feb 28, 2017

I think you're exaggerating.. game looks good. I love it.

But like you said, Kakariko Village is the worst as of now for me... impossible to be there, I cant stand it the frame rate in there goes crazy, runs like crap. Disappointing for a game made in Nintendo.

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

huma_dawii said:
I think you're exaggerating.. game looks good. I love it.

I think you are to hyped to judge this objectively.
Just compare Wind Waker HD to this game.

Cell247 · Feb 28, 2017

Hmm. Have it running on my 51 plasma and looks really good.

huma_dawii · Feb 28, 2017

KingpinSlim said:
I think you are to hyped to judge this objectively.
Just compare Wind Waker HD to this game.

WW is not even the size of the Great Platoe or whatever the name is xDDD

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

huma_dawii said:
WW is not even the size of the Great Platoe or whatever the name is xDDD

Plateau.
The view distance just really irks me.
Everything at a distance looks really ugly.
If you design a game where you can see far into the distance, you better make it so the distance doesn't look washed out and lacking of all detail.

But then again, this may be a moot point if we get another patch by release.

aljpn91 · Feb 28, 2017

i just saw some frogs disappearing in front of me lol, but let's not focus on the negative side of things yet
i also saw some framedrops here and there but nothing gamebreaking imo

huma_dawii · Feb 28, 2017

KingpinSlim said:
Plateau.
The view distance just really irks me.
Everything at a distance looks really ugly.
If you design a game where you can see far into the distance, you better make it so the distance doesn't look washed out and lacking of all detail.

But then again, this may be a moot point if we get another patch by release.

I know, it looks awful not like XCX or anything else... from very far looks bad, I don't know if they can fix that... maybe in Switch 2

You know what I hate? that they killed the Wii U version, it was supposed to have the inventory and the map right on the gamepad... they took that out in order to make the Switch version not to look inferior.. e.e I hate Aonuma.

aljpn91 · Feb 28, 2017

i just wish they had given us the option to output sound from the gamepad while playing on the tv

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

huma_dawii said:
I know, it looks awful not like XCX or anything else... from very far looks bad, I don't know if they can fix that... maybe in Switch 2

You know what I hate? that they killed the Wii U version, it was supposed to have the inventory and the map right on the gamepad... they took that out in order to make the Switch version not to look inferior.. e.e I hate Aonuma.

While i couldn't care less about the stupid gamepad (oh yeah, i went there!) i do believe that the Wii U version received less attention because they needed a Main-IP title for the weak Switch-release.
I mean... the Switch lineup is still garbage, with only one Port keeping it alive, but this is what Nintendo does.
They did the same thing with Twilight Princess, so why am i surprised?

huma_dawii · Feb 28, 2017

KingpinSlim said:
While i couldn't care less about the stupid gamepad (oh yeah, i went there!) i do believe that the Wii U version received less attention because they needed a Main-IP title for the weak Switch-release.
I mean... the Switch lineup is still garbage, with only one Port keeping it alive, but this is what Nintendo does.
They did the same thing with Twilight Princess, so why am i surprised?

Thank God I wasn't around for that... (I mean I didn't have internet or anything like that) is not that the Wii U received less attention, they took the features out. Because they confirmed them before Switch announcement, and the poof, like magic they are gone.

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

huma_dawii said:
Thank God I wasn't around for that... (I mean I didn't have internet or anything like that) is not that the Wii U received less attention, they took the features out. Because they confirmed them before Switch announcement, and the poof, like magic they are gone.

Well, nothing we can do but complain, grumble... and then play it anyway! ; )

daranus · Feb 28, 2017

I had a feeling that the game might not look as good as the gameplay we saw suggested. And that's sort of okay I guess, it's Nintendo afterall.

Framerate however is another thing. If it doesnt look good AND it runs bad, thats some red flags for me. 30fps instead of 60, oh well, I can live with that if its handled well. but frame drops in cities and the open world?!....If that's really true, we should go gather funds for cemu development so we can someday enjoy this game how it was meant to be enjoyed..I took a look at whats possible with skyward sword on pc now a few weeks ago and the difference in image quality is astounding. It looks better than the screenshots in here from botw

jimbo13 · Feb 28, 2017

Hey fucktards this isn't a thread for your fanboi switch bullshit of why you think one should, will or whatever look better. If you fuckbois had your way they would of canceled the Wii-U version just so you could feel the love your daddy didn't give you while you circle jerk with other losers at a midnight release or Link would be wearing dunce cap in the Wii-U version because it's the only way you failures feel self worth besides an anonymous facial.

This is about the OP wondering if the textures got down-scaled/compressed in the leak. IMO the game looks great, but everything seems a bit more jaggie than it should even being a Wii-U version, of course I been playing WWHD on my PC in 4K as a warm up...

But yes, something seems off but not enough I'd complain if it stayed that way.

nolimits59 · Feb 28, 2017

You REALLY though that the WiiU version would have a flawless-noLoadingScreensBetweensAreas and be filled with a shitload of stuff without compromises ? It barrely handle normal games at 720p guys... Xenoblade X is empty as fuck compared to BOTW, like... a big desert.... so much vegetation, enemies poping ect ect, and its the same map size as XCX roughly, so, WTF ?
And the game is not THAT bad... but there is something i agree, game look "less appealing" on T, tried it on a 24" pc monitor, A LOT more gorgeous...
Some areas drop at 15-20fps when wide in the open, very ponctual at last, the draw distance for a game that big on a WiiU is INCREDIBLE guys you can see up to 150km, there is no "big fog" compromising it,
you don't see the efforts they made to make it huge on such a "not build for" console...
Even GTA V is not that good on PS3, BOTW coulnt run on a ps3 with the same caracterstics, impossible, it can't handle such drawing distance with such close distance details and for a map that big... remember the PS3, gta v trash version on a 80km²... now picture BOTW and its 350km² map.

jimbo13 · Feb 28, 2017

nolimits59 said:
You REALLY though that the WiiU version would have a flawless-noLoadingScreensBetweensAreas and be filled with a shitload of stuff without compromises ? It barrely handle normal games at 720p guys... Xenoblade X is empty as fuck compared to BOTW, like... a big desert.... so much vegetation, enemies poping ect ect, and its the same map size as XCX roughly, so, WTF ?

Can you quote anyone saying any of that? No.

This is about people having noticeable texture issues versus what they seen in known WiiU videos.

KingpinSlim · Feb 28, 2017

No. I think that trailers and previews should be representative for the final product.
In this case they are not. The game looks far worse than any footage shown so far.
There was a significant visual downgrade and the performance is still bad.
THAT is what i am saying.

jimbo13 · Feb 28, 2017

KingpinSlim said:
No. I think that trailers and previews should be representative for the final product.
In this case they are not. The game looks far worse than any footage shown so far.
There was a significant visual downgrade and the performance is still bad.
THAT is what i am saying.

IMO I think the games doing some unusual on the fly caching, either my eyes adjusted or the textures improved after the first half hour. But quite a few objects seemed out of place and jaggie. You're not hallucinating.

Gaming Zelda BOTW - Low-res textures?

The inadequate, autocratic beast!

Well-Known Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Prickly Goomba

KingpinSlim

Guest

Well-Known Member

KingpinSlim

Guest

Prickly Goomba

Well-Known Member

KingpinSlim

Guest

Banned!

Well-Known Member

Banned!

KingpinSlim

Guest

Well-Known Member

KingpinSlim

Guest

Member

Terry Crews #1 Fan

Well-Known Member

Terry Crews #1 Fan

KingpinSlim

Guest

Terry Crews #1 Fan

Similar threads

Popular threads in this forum