Ambitious port of Apex Legends Nintendo landed on the Switch earlier this month, so how does it catch up? Digital Foundry has now put the panic button conversion to the test, testing the latest version of the game based on patch 1.07.
In terms of resolution, the game runs at 720p, with the “D60 Mick dynamic resolution scaling dropped to a minimum of 1066×600” and the portable 576p dynamic, with a “960×540 minimum”.
DF highlights a number of cuts – the texture lacks detail, shadows are affected, draw distances are retracted and blurred by fog, effects are scaled back, and tree, plant and ground object budget details are greatly reduced. Is. The “vast majority” of grass and foliage will then be removed, which is considered “too much cutting”. It results in a transient experience:
“What users get effectively is good enough, even though it presents a low representation of the game world. Everything should be like that and rendered correctly in range. Think of it as the world’s less complex but appropriate enough presentation. Come on, lens flares are kept, while the texture physics is present and appropriate.Enemies also offer the same range, which is crucial for the right experience for all players.Special advantages are thin on the ground, but include gyro targets . “
The effect is obviously the biggest talking point of the Apex Legends on the switch – during firefighters the framerates are shortening to “Low 20fps”. Outside of this, a target of 30 fps is maintained, but it is still half the framerate players on other console platforms, running the game at 60 fps.
“The main problem is that frame-rate problems infiltrate during encounters with other players – exactly where performance should be optimal. On top of that, there are other implications that frame-rate can start to fade by being in close proximity to other players – kind of unlikely. Early warning system? “
Digital Foundry says the cutbacks are “so sharp” that its final recommendation is to turn off crossplay functionality (which is self-enabled-enabled) to play exclusively with other switch users and even the playing field.
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