Elliot B. Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Tap Tap Revenge (2008) was very slow on my iPhone 3G (the 3GS had not been released at this point), to the extent that it made the game unplayable (due to the nature of the game). Despite this, Apple refused to refund me at the time, which I felt was very unfair. Real Racing? wasn't fluid (i.e. no jitters) on my old iPhone 4, Real Racing 2 isn't fluid on my iPhone 4S, so I am naturally doubting Real Racing 3 will be fluid on the sixth-generation iPhone, either. Yesterday, I got Zynga's new RPG Horn. Again, it judders quite a bit. Not enough to ruin the game at all, but also far from silky smooth. This can't just be me, as I've owned 3 generations of iPhone and they all had similar issues. This only happens with high-end, graphically intensive games. I presume developers of visually demanding iOS games try too hard to make the game visually appealing rather than concentrate at a fluid framerate? Anyone have any thoughts? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Tap Tap Revenge (2008) was very slow on my iPhone 3G (the 3GS had not been released at this point), to the extent that it made the game unplayable (due to the nature of the game). Despite this, Apple refused to refund me at the time, which I felt was very unfair. Real Racing? wasn't fluid (i.e. no jitters) on my old iPhone 4, Real Racing 2 isn't fluid on my iPhone 4S, so I am naturally doubting Real Racing 3 will be fluid on the sixth-generation iPhone, either. Yesterday, I got Zynga's new RPG Horn. Again, it judders quite a bit. Not enough to ruin the game at all, but also far from silky smooth. This can't just be me, as I've owned 3 generations of iPhone and they all had similar issues. This only happens with high-end, graphically intensive games. I presume developers of visually demanding iOS games try too hard to make the game visually appealing rather than concentrate at a fluid framerate? Anyone have any thoughts? a good friend of mine has RR2 on his ipad 2 and it runs fluid as can be on ther and it runs the same SOC as the iphone 4S and runs higher Resolution so not sure why it not be fluid on your iphone Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
myxomatosis Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Dunno. I play Dead Trigger on my 4S, and it?s fluid and smooth. This is probably one of the most demanding games at the moment on the iOS platform. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 to the OP maby you need make sure you close the rest of your apps down before ya go to play a game double tap the home button bring up taskbar system and close other down free up ram and stuff Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 to the OP maby you need make sure you close the rest of your apps down before ya go to play a game double tap the home button bring up taskbar system and close other down free up ram and stuff Apple implemented iOS's multitasking to not need to do it this. It's unnecessary. Dunno. I play Dead Trigger on my 4S, and it?s fluid and smooth. This is probably one of the most demanding games at the moment on the iOS platform. <image snipped> I'll try it. EDIT: It's smooth, but there are just frequent short "jolts". e.g. when you first shoot after loading the game etc. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asharae Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Apple implemented iOS's multitasking to not need to do it this. It's unnecessary. Hmmmm, why is it that when I used to run Football Manager it said to close apps to make sure it runs properly? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Dead Trigger runs smoother on my Motorola XOOM as well (jellybean) so you should get some good results Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hmmmm, why is it that when I used to run Football Manager it said to close apps to make sure it runs properly? Poorly programmed game, perhaps? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Certain things will still run in the background, at least for a while, mostly media players(including in the browser) and stuff like irc chat. But also some games. Not bad programming, but the way the multitasking is made to work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Certain things will still run in the background, at least for a while, mostly media players(including in the browser) and stuff like irc chat. But also some games. Not bad programming, but the way the multitasking is made to work. Only services stay running. If apps need the memory, the "background apps" should be making the memory available. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595133417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Still a lot of services that can take a lot of resources in the background. irc apps will run until the stupid multi task timer says it will close unless you open it. media players will stay until you stop them. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595134429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I think the OP needs to tone down his expectations, this is a mobile platform, there are certain limitations because of that, don't expect top end PC level performance out of a phone Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595141959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 I think the OP needs to tone down his expectations, this is a mobile platform, there are certain limitations because of that, don't expect top end PC level performance out of a phone I expect better high-end game performance than this out of a ?550 device. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1101987-not-too-impressed-with-high-end-game-performance-on-ios/#findComment-595141963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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