After public outcry, 505 Games promises to fix performance issues for Bloodstained on Switch

fst312 · Jun 28, 2019

I want to play this on the switch, is all these problems with the game, how bad is it really, I read a post here I that items get stuck and can’t be picked up. I’m more of a console person, is the game really not that playable in certain areas. Right now it seems I’ll be waiting for an update.

Username4321 · Jun 28, 2019

The Switch version is my only exposure to Bloodstained and it legitimately feels like a Mighty No. 9-tier game, just minus the broken online mode, crouch dashing, Wii U port, extra Kickstarters, and Keiji Inafune's misplaced confidence in adaptations and sequels. Apparently the game is actually excellent but it's hard to feel that way when this port is barely playable.

burial · Jun 28, 2019

fst312 said:
I want to play this on the switch, is all these problems with the game, how bad is it really, I read a post here I that items get stuck and can’t be picked up. I’m more of a console person, is the game really not that playable in certain areas. Right now it seems I’ll be waiting for an update.

The loot bug seems to be in all versions.

It depends on how much you like Igavania games I guess. Im a huge Bethesda fan and I can put up with all the shit in Elder Scrolls/Fallout and still really enjoy the games.

Also I really think the enemy/boss designs and graphics in general are crap...and I doubt that stuff will change with patches.

1NOOB · Jun 28, 2019

am i the only one who doesnt care that much , ofc i want it fixed but im having a blast non stop , im at 73% map completion and the game never crashed or i never encounter a game breaking bug , also the frame ate drop rarely , like maybe when theres a huge monster with the camera going back even then nothing that make it unplayable .

cucholix · Jun 29, 2019

1NOOB said:
am i the only one who doesnt care that much , ofc i want it fixed but im having a blast non stop , im at 73% map completion and the game never crashed or i never encounter a game breaking bug , also the frame ate drop rarely , like maybe when theres a huge monster with the camera going back even then nothing that make it unplayable .

Was to posting something similar, I saw people mentioning the game dropping to 5 fps in some places and I yet have to find those spots, the framerate is pretty stable for me tbh, only have problems with some random micro stutter and that’s about it, there’s a minimal input lag yes, but nothing to the unplayable level.

rufuszombot · Jun 29, 2019

Played it for hours and haven't had a single problem yet. Could it be better optimized for the switch? Absolutely. Could the game design and art have been better? Sure. Is it still fun and playable? I think so.

Kioku · Jun 29, 2019

rufuszombot said:
Played it for hours and haven't had a single problem yet. Could it be better optimized for the switch? Absolutely. Could the game design and art have been better? Sure. Is it still fun and playable? I think so.

I'll tell you the same thing I tell everybody else like you. You don't notice them, because you're used to lackluster and broken ports. You've accepted it (subconsciously) and are okay with the glaring imperfections that everybody else points out.

rufuszombot · Jun 29, 2019

Memoir said:
I'll tell you the same thing I tell everybody else like you. You don't notice them, because you're used to lackluster and broken ports. You've accepted it (subconsciously) and are okay with the glaring imperfections that everybody else points out.

Because it doesnt break the game for me. Ive been playing video games for 30 years on almost every platform that has existed, I honestly dont give a shit what framerate a game plays at or its resolution. If its fun, ill play it. And this game, to me, is fun enough for me not to care.

XDel · Jun 29, 2019

The internet is killing the quality expected with hard releases. I do not want game carts full of bugs, I want finished products.

spotanjo3 · Jun 29, 2019

fvig2001 said:
The Switch port is so bad even with the update. It felt floaty on the Switch while on the PC version the experience was way more fun.

Not Switch only but PS4 too. I think XBOX too.

Benja81 · Jun 29, 2019

Memoir said:
L

It's weird when it's the reverse of the norm. Usually PC players are shafted.

PC does get bad ports sometimes, but when they do it right its fantastic. Like running any of the far cry games at ultra + 144 fps. I am not a PC master race guy, but just saying it is fantastic lol.

Edit: Plus the PC benefits sometimes form being over powered (if you have a good PC), to makeup for any/all performance issues, at least on some games.

depaul · Jun 30, 2019

Any one noticing the irony that company name 505 Games looks like a reference to PS4 5.05 golden firmware

aykay55 · Jun 30, 2019

Question: How is a 2D platformer so taxing on the Switch’s hardware? This isn’t DOOM, Wolfenstein 2 or the Witcher 3, or even Unravel Two. This isn’t a game that occurs in 3D space or has these extravagant scenes it has to render with an intense depth-of-field effect. This is a simple 2D platformer that has a very simplistic art style with probably less than a million polygons to render. Why is the Switch struggling to run this game?

Edgarska · Jun 30, 2019

aykay55 said:
Question: How is a 2D platformer so taxing on the Switch’s hardware? This isn’t DOOM, Wolfenstein 2 or the Witcher 3, or even Unravel Two. This isn’t a game that occurs in 3D space or has these extravagant scenes it has to render with an intense depth-of-field effect. This is a simple 2D platformer that has a very simplistic art style with probably less than a million polygons to render. Why is the Switch struggling to run this game?

Part of it is incompetence, but the fact that it's a sidescroller doesn't say anything about how much geometry a game uses. Bloodstained is drawing 2.5 million vertices in the tower exterior according to reshade, which is not a lot compared to other modern games, but unless my math is way off it's more than a million polygons. It's also UE4, which has a pretty high minimum spec requirement all things considered.

burial · Jul 2, 2019

Any news on when we should expect an update?

2DSGamerdude · Jul 3, 2019

hi all, after I "finally" got my copy of the game for switch, started the game after updating to patch 1.0 and I have this to say from my playthorugh so far:

- From start to the end of my 4 hours playing,
- I Had no issues on switch,
- maybe some slight lag at times, but it didn't bother me from stop playing or halt my enjoyment of the game.
- no freezes, or crashes, no chest bug.
- the transition between rooms and the jumping up to higher rooms, I had no lags there.
- the graphics were fine with me, even the darker areas (those looked perfectly fine with me no issues).
- I saved almost alot.
- no imputes lag, Miriam was fully responsive, when I pressed A,B,Y,X,L,R, ZL,ZR etc, all buttons and input was perfect, no issues.

and all this I enjoyed sololy in handheld mode for 4 hours

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I see no issues with it currently, had none ATM, ether I got super lucky on my copy or I dunno.
maybe im not yet at the bug/crash part.

I'm currently passed the 1st castle boss, and did a few quests too.

tho, I few patches for switch wouldn't be bad, not sure if the game later on gets crash/glicthy.

im really enjoying my experience with Blood: ROTN on switch, and it's a good experience,
or maybe I was so eager to play this, that the issues don't bother me, well I haven't had any of them that others may have had.

also, to leave a comment on the Kickstarter page, do you need to be a member?

im looking forward to the DLC stuff (free updates) coming after the switch fixes? in free version updates like
HAL did with Kirby Star Ailles?

samcambolt270 · Jul 3, 2019

2DSGamerdude said:
I see no issues with it currently, had none ATM, ether I got super lucky on my copy or I dunno.
maybe im not yet at the bug/crash part.

You haven't really gotten far enough for the majority of the performance issues, bugs or crashes. If you're on on 1.01, you don't even have to worry about the chest bug. The water glitch is farther in the game, the bookshelf crash is very rare, and the majority of the "unplayable" framerates are on the tower and in some later more spoilery locations. I'v crashed 4 times in the twelve hours i played, two of which were a few seconds after beating a boss.

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samcambolt270 said:
You haven't really gotten far enough for the majority of the performance issues, bugs or crashes. If you started on 1.01, you don't even have to worry about the chest bug. That only happens when you update an existing save. You also likely haven't encountered the progression items effected yet. The water glitch is farther in the game, the bookshelf crash is very rare, and the majority of the "unplayable" framerates are on the tower and in some later more spoilery locations. I'v crashed 4 times in the twelve hours i played, two of which were a few seconds after beating a boss.

godreborn · Jul 6, 2019

I found another bug with the game (didn't see it mentioned). sometimes when you get hit by something, the controller will vibrate (as it should), but it doesn't stop vibrating until you get to a save point to heal. this happened to me several times before the first boss.

2DSGamerdude · Jul 10, 2019

samcambolt270 said:
You haven't really gotten far enough for the majority of the performance issues, bugs or crashes. If you're on on 1.01, you don't even have to worry about the chest bug. The water glitch is farther in the game, the bookshelf crash is very rare, and the majority of the "unplayable" framerates are on the tower and in some later more spoilery locations. I'v crashed 4 times in the twelve hours i played, two of which were a few seconds after beating a boss.

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hmm, I see thanx for the tips,
um after playing a bit more on bloodstained, I'm at the point past the tower, and I stumbled by accident on one of the endings yesterday,
and I got no issues/frezzes or such in the game.
the team on Kickstarter said that the switch patch will come out with the IGA dlc around the week of 15th July, (next week).
im really looking forward to playing as Zangestu in bloodstained, and the 3rd "mystery playable charater.

godreborn said:
I found another bug with the game (didn't see it mentioned). sometimes when you get hit by something, the controller will vibrate (as it should), but it doesn't stop vibrating until you get to a save point to heal. this happened to me several times before the first boss.

lol, I haven't had this issue in my game, maybe cause I had turned off "HD rumble" option?

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