Digital Foundry released a video which provides graphics comparisons and performance testing of the Nintendo Switch demos of Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6.
In short; The basics are there, resolution is high, but performance isn’t quite right.
Resident Evil 5 summary
- Docked 1080p, Handheld 720p with AA blurrier compared to XBO/PS4.
- Derived from XBO/PS4 version so has ‘improvements’ like wider FoV etc.
- Motion blur disabled on Nintendo Switch. John comments it looks better on 360 ‘in motion’ (compared to the Nintendo Switch that is)
- Shadows have a lower resolution.
- RE5 on base PS4/XBO was close to 60 FPS but didn’t manage locked frame rate (The Pro and X do this by brute forcing)
- NVIDIA Shield version also commented: 720p with ‘abysmal’ frame rate and quarter resolution texture and effects.
- Nintendo Switch version has uncapped frame rate with wildly unstable level of performance.
- Frame rate is at or above 30 FPS most of the time, but prone to drop. DF thinks a 30 FPS cap would have been a much better way to go.
- Portable mode equally bad in terms of frame consistency.
- “The 360 version feels more impressive to play”
- Nintendo Switch also has longer load times compared to 360 version off a DVD (not even installed).
Resident Evil 6 summary
- PS4/XBO ran the game pretty flawlessly at 1080p/60.
- Docked 1080p, Handheld 720p.
- Nintendo Switch version looks exactly like the other versions (no MB, shadow quality related issues)
- Performance is even less stable than RE5 on Nintendo Switch.
- Opening cut-scene has 17~22 FPS average…
- Game-play average is 25~35 FPS, and gets worse during Chris’s opening chapters. Long stretches of low 20’s and the like.
- Frame rate fluctuates wildly depending on where you’re looking at the screen.
- Split screen almost consistently under 20 FPS.
Well all in all it does not sounds that great … Capcom for the love of god get this running properly before releasing them.
Are you looking forward to the full releases of Resident Evil 5 and 6?
