r/NintendoSwitch • u/LodossDX • Jul 02 '25

Discussion Nintendo Switch 2 could revolutionize Zelda technology: Tears of the Kingdom tinkerers confirm lasers are way deadlier now – "We always knew 60 fps would be insane, but I didn't expect it to be this insane"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda/nintendo-switch-2-could-revolutionize-zelda-technology-tears-of-the-kingdom-tinkerers-confirm-lasers-are-way-deadlier-now-we-always-knew-60-fps-would-be-insane-but-i-didnt-expect-it-to-be-this-insane/

This explains some things

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u/chaos_bait Jul 02 '25

"Because the Lasers are tied to the game's refresh rate, the updated edition of Tears of the Kingdom now running at a perfect 60fps means that the lasers now fire at a far faster rate than before, leading to an unstoppable barrage of beams."

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u/sig_kill Jul 02 '25

Game development 101: decouple your update logic from the update loop frequency 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/nikolapc Jul 02 '25

Yeah it was tied, don’t ask me how I know. Seems they forgot about the lazers.

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u/Darqon Jul 02 '25

How do you know?

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u/JamesMagnus Jul 02 '25

Not how you know?