{"id":129293,"date":"2022-10-29T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-140106"},"modified":"2022-10-29T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T00:15:00","slug":"video-digital-foundrys-technical-analysis-of-bayonetta-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/29\/video-digital-foundrys-technical-analysis-of-bayonetta-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Digital Foundry&#8217;s Technical Analysis Of Bayonetta 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ef7a0fe55f76d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ef7a0fe55f76d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ef7a0fe55f76d\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"XYmd1g_3OaM\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bayonetta_3\">Bayonetta 3<\/a> is finally here and as usual with the latest Nintendo release, Digital Foundry has taken a closer look at the game&#8217;s performance and frame rate. So how does it hold up?<\/p>\n<p>In short, John Linneman thinks the third game has &#8220;some serious technical hiccups&#8221;, and that it&#8217;s a game that &#8220;feels as if the entire production was in search of more powerful hardware that never ultimately arrived&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the image quality is described as being &#8220;fairly limited&#8221;. Although Bayonetta 3 improves upon the second game by jumping from 720p to <strong>810p docked<\/strong>, but the <strong>portable mode<\/strong> is now under 720p &#8211; with pixel counts lower than <strong>480p<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the game&#8217;s performance, <strong>cutscenes<\/strong> <strong>retain<\/strong> <strong>30fps<\/strong> and <strong>gameplay<\/strong> targets <strong>60fps<\/strong>. <strong>Larger scale gameplay<\/strong> set pieces have now also been <strong>capped at 30fps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;But here&#8217;s the thing, during normal gameplay the target frame is 60 frames per second, but it rarely manages to reach that and that is the real bummer&#8230;in a completely empty battlefield, the frame rate still regularly dips below 60 frames per second.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;once you drop into combat, it basically just completely unlocked and unstable&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the technical issues, Linneman thinks there&#8217;s still something special about Bayonetta 3, it&#8217;s just a case &#8220;where it could really use the next generation of Switch hardware to shine its brightest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;And given Platinum&#8217;s history with porting games, that actually seems like a very real possibility as well, so maybe we&#8217;ll see an enhanced version of Bayonetta 3 down the line&#8230;my feeling is that Platinum&#8217;s technology really needs a full revamp&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t exactly play well to the strengths of the Switch hardware&#8230;temper your expectations on the tech side and you&#8217;ll have a good time with Bayonetta 3&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On a more positive note, the game&#8217;s loading times are &#8220;relatively brief&#8221; &#8211; with seamless transitions between maps in real-time. Get the full rundown from Digital Foundry in the video above. <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-bayonetta-3-is-a-great-game-let-down-by-polish-and-performance-issues\">You can also check out DF&#8217;s written tech analysis on Eurogamer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com.ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:139851 @ 2022-10-29T05:24:55+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><!-- End Widget --><\/p>\n<p>Have you got your hands on Bayonetta 3? What are your thoughts so far? <em>Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Bayonetta 3 is finally here and as usual with the latest Nintendo release, Digital Foundry has taken a closer look at the game&#8217;s performance and frame rate. So how does it hold up? 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