I'm the opposite - I have far more dislike for Mania than 2017Rangaman said:
Porting the original Skyrim (NOT SE) to a format that the Switch supports, probably. I mean, you know how archaic Nintendo can be with their hardware and software, and the Switch is pretty much a lightweight when it comes to the hardware, so I think they need to cut Skyrim down by quite a lot to make it run in a half decent state on that thing.Meiam said:
The Switch runs on 720p, and can upscale to 1080p when hooked up to a TV. But that is still an upscaled resolution, it runs at 720p native.Kibeth41 said:
That... makes no sense? There's no reason why the system can't be designed to accommodate either resolution and switch between them depending on whether it's docked or not. Just like how you can make a laptop output at a higher resolution than its own screen when you plug a monitor in.JenSeven said:
It mostly depends on the hardware scaler that is built in. But, as we know, the lowest resolution that the games need to run on is tied to the resolution of the screen, which is 720p. So, the games need to be made to natively have that 720p resolution. Any upscaling is all due to the hardware scaler that needs to be built in, but that is all that it's going to be, an upscaled version of the native 720p resolution.Steve the Pocket said:
Yeah, Mania is a blatant nostalgia tease. But it actually looks like it's changing the old zones (well, zone) up a bit with some new level design and adding its own zones too, so I'm okay with it. It doesn't look like the bland rehash that Sonic 4 was, in other words.Hawki said:I'm the opposite - I have far more dislike for Mania than 2017
"Dislike" is kind of too strong a word, but the thing is, Mania is a game that tickles my nostalgia, but not so effectively that I'm not aware I'm being tickled. Mania's selling point is "look, 2D Sonic remade!" and...that's it. No story to speak of, nothing new gameplay-wise, it's basically "Nostalgia: The Game." Which is fine, I guess, I have a lot of nostalgia for Sonic, but if nostalgia is your only selling point, don't expect me to be enamored.
Sonic 2017 on the other hand, does strike me as being its own thing. I have no idea how that thing will turn out, but it does at least raise questions (what's the resistance? Has Eggman took over the world? How will it play? Is this possibly set after Sonic Chronicles? Etc.). It's also a personal welcome return to form for me, in that it's a game that seems to be taking itself seriously, but not so seriously that we're in Shadow the Hedgehog territory. Because if anything, the trailer feels like a send-up of past cliches, because as soon as Classic Sonic turns up, the tone does a...well, not so much a 180, but more a 90 degree turn, that genuine stakes remain, but we haven't forgotten that this is a setting of anthropomorphic animals and whatnot. I can enjoy Sonic material that is focused primiarly on comedy (e.g. the Boom cartoon), but there's a reason that SatAM is my favorite Sonic cartoon for instance. I've noticed that the Sonic games have been focusing more and more on camp (Colors, Generations, Lost World, Boom), so something on the level as, say, Sonic Adventure 1/2 would be welcome.
Will 2017 be "good?" No idea. But I get the sense that 2017 is at least trying, while Mania is a cynical attempt at reliving the "good ol days," Green Hill included. Because of course Green Hill is included. Thank you Mania, you've made me resent the presence of Green Hill Zone.
Games can also be designed to run at multiple resolutions natively and switch between them. Or haven't you ever played a PC game in your life?JenSeven said:
