Game runs so slow

[Absalon]

Wondering if this is a problem for anyone else. It feels like its running at half speed or less, damn near unplayable as is.

[TouyaShiro]

This... is strange. The game's been running at full speed consistently for me, and it shouldn't be THAT hard to run - previous games never dropped frames for me on Nintendo Switch, so there's no reason most decent PCs shouldn't be able to run this game.

[Absalon]

I know, I thought my browser might be affecting it but it's the same even with it closed.

[TouyaShiro]

What are your PC specs, anyway? Only the most potato of potatoes should be unable to run this, I feel...

[Absalon]

I can run Fallout 4 on very high so that shouldn't be the issue.

[TouyaShiro]

That is... VERY strange. If there's a troubleshooting/tech issue section in this discussion tab, perhaps take it over there... I can't really help you without seeing how it actually performs on your end.

[Absalon]

I'll do that when ones opened.

[Enhanced_Interrogator]

Check the refresh rate on your monitor while the games running. This game autoselects resolution, and it might autoselect the wrong one.

In your case, it might have selected a 30hz mode.

[Berimbauzero]

Having the same issue, even if a chose the 1x Windowed resolution, sometimes the speed decreases annoyingly. I think the game is not optimized, I really don't know, but the antecessors runned with no problem in a weaker PC that I had.

[Edulcorante]

Even Gunvolt 2 and iX ran better on my pc than the whole BMZ series
At least the first two games were still enjoyable because they didn't have that many slowdowns (it was only on Area 9 and Ship L-229), but man BMZ3 is almost unplayable

[uthoreaulikeagirl]

Hey, I ran into the same issue. If you have a radeon or similar graphics card: I was able to get it to go back to normal speed by using "Alt-R" while playing the game to open my graphics card settings. Then I had the graphic card over-ride the anti-aliasing instead of "use application settings". I also messed with a lot of random settings, but pretty sure this is what fixed it: Hope this helps

[Absalon]

Got it on switch but thanks anyway.

[TouyaShiro]

Big mistake if you're trying to avoid the slowdown, lol. If there are some intense visual effects, and they WILL happen, the Nintendo Switch version will slow down during those moments.

It ends up mostly mattering in the endgame, and in super-dimensional space.

[Absalon]

Beat the game and don't think I've ever noticed any slowdown

[TouyaShiro]

Originally posted by Absalon:

Beat the game and don't think I've ever noticed any slowdown

Good thing, I guess. I'm not sure if it's due to my Nintendo Switch being an original model or not, or playing from the physical version, but I know for sure it can slow down when things get intense - generally, they happen when I chain Rushing Attacker consecutively, and in particular, the final area can have a particularly weird instance of it if you let those green tower mutants eat the purple GX660 and spit out the fireflies. Firing a Lv.8 Cross Wave into the subsequent swarm will make the game chug for sure.

If you really want to experience the slowdown, though, just play in Handheld Mode.

[DuctTape]

I saw the same thing, but turns out dropping my monitor refresh rate from 75 to 60 fixed it!

Old post, but I figured I'd post my solution in case someone's looking for the answer like I was.

Maybe the game engine is locked into a specific framerate and you need to match it (or maybe use a multiple of 60) for it to run smoothly?