It is not just the physics quality, it is also the smooth camera quality that looks similar to the real thing.
Smoothness is just frame rates. Game is cleverly optimized so it doesn't waste hardware resources that it has available to acheave 60 fps.
fps actually depends on how much it show on screen at a time, and this is still a demo not a real thing. The more you add the less smooth it gets, unless you optimize and take out something not needed at the moment of rendering. Its clever, not impressive imo.
Thats just how i see it.
Says the person who is not making Mario Galaxy for the DS
J/k, but the impressive part is actually making Galaxy DS
from scratch, most ports its basically a conversion process with some fine tuning.. Yes of course its within the DS' limits, did you expect custom hardware or magic?
Well its been 17 years since first game came out.
Every newer and newer game is looking more and more impressive than it used to and pushes the hardware even more.
When developers learn the hardware and new, better, faster technologies become available to produce games.
Its easier than ever these days to make a game and we know so much about DS now after 17 years.
That's why i don't find it impressive per se, cause i was expecting this. But that's why i find it exciting that someone actually made this into a reality.
This is the most impressive software I have seen for Nintendo DS, even comparing to licensed software.
I looked up Super Mario 64 to make sure.
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Exactly.
licensed software doesn't mean much. i seen licensed software that is actually a crap and fans actually cared enough to make it good and utilize full hardware capabilities.
I mean developers of licensed software usually have a reason (corporate or practical) to limit a game not to use all hardware capabilities such as to save batter for example or to be 30 fps on purpose to evade slowdowns at the cost of lover frame rate but stable.
I mean just look at vita scene. many games are limited in resolution and hardware power that game uses...why? beats me, but once you unlock it by shady means you have exquisite looking game that runs 60 fps..but as i said it drains battery more and heats up hardware on return, and it can slowdown sometimes....
Whatever the reason, the point is "licensed" means nothing, its not ultimate comparison to game pushed to its limits.
Its just not always black and white.
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But yeah...great job developer, for sure!
