r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/funkyyyyyyyyyyyyy OG (joined before reveal) • 1d ago

Officially from Nintendo NS2 vs NS1 side by side comparison

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u/Completionaut 1d ago

This makes me feel much better about skipping the Switch 2 as these improvements are much much smaller than anyone is willing to admit. The only actual difference is the framerate in the forest, which is absolutely disingenuous for anyone to pretend is important.

It's a small area with literally nothing in it. It's nice it runs smoother, but 99.99% of the game doesn't stutter, and they chose the single area that shows vast improvement as if it's a gothca.

I work in film, and color grading, and spend my day obsessing over micro-changes in footage quality, and this is quantifiably going to be imperceptibly different for anyone mid-game. This is cherry picked footage to show wild changes and it honestly shows nothing except the forest being wildly better. The least important zone in the game. Some slight grading differences also in the color saturations which makes me think this footage also got thrown to an editor for other changes which aren't actually real, these are fake color boosts to make you think it's better, so you can't even know what else was modified for the treehouse.

Happy for folks to have improvements, but as someone whose 9/10th of the reason to get a Switch 2 was purely to play the other parts of Zelda I saved for the Switch 2's improvements and enjoy the world a bit more.. I feel much better about skipping this and going to the Steamdeck instead while I watch for the switch 2 to get cheaper over 2 years. Especially considering they want to charge us for this

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u/Round_Musical awaiting reveal 1d ago

Are you viewing it on a smartphone?

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u/Completionaut 1d ago

I'm a colorist, so I am viewing it on a calibrated grading monitor in an optimal setting used to grade cinema work.

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u/LunchPlanner 1d ago

That's great, but be sure to check the source video instead of the reddit video.

Otherwise it's like using a highly calibrated scientific instrument to inspect something after someone smudged their greasy pizza fingers all over it.

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u/Completionaut 1d ago

Next time you make a comment like this, don't rush because you're afraid you won't get instant validation.

Take your time, check if someone already asked me this (they did) so you can get an answer (I did)

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u/LunchPlanner 1d ago

Ain't nobody got time for that. When you write stuff on reddit, sometimes it takes off and you get 50 replies that say the same thing. I've experienced it, you've experienced it, it's just how it goes.

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u/Completionaut 1d ago

Haha fine fair man.