Hogwarts Legacy is earning a great deal of praise so far, but the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch versions have a unique problem to solve.
Hogwarts Legacy on Nintendo Switch 2 delivers performance close to the PS4 Pro version with faster loading times.
I mean, did anyone think the Switch 2 would be comparable to current-gen? Yea, I’m pretty sure it’s going to give you PS4 quality looking/playing games and in a couple years we’ll be onto PS6 and most third-party games will either be downgraded to hell or just not be available on Switch 2 🤷♂️.
I was never under any illusion it would compare to series s imagine the battery life
It’s doing exactly what I expected and what it needed to do base Xbox One settings in most games upscaled to 2x the resolution with DLSS when docked, and running with better performance. What more can you ask for out of a 10w - ~57w~ platform
Current-gen AAA Games (SX/PS5): 540p @ 30-40fps most games upscaled to 1080p @ 30-40fps
Last-gen AAA Games (XBO/PS4): 720p @ 30-60fps most games upscaled to 1440p @ 30-60fps
PS360/Switch AAA Games: 1080p @ 30-60fps most games upscaled to 1440p-4K @ 30-60fps
Rare cases the PS360/Switch games at 1080p@120fps games like Metroid
And that’s perfectly fine, except docked mode on AAA games could become fairly blurry on large 4K displays.
Sorry, I disagree with this sentiment. The Switch 2 is a current gen machine and well above the PS4 Pro. It goes toe to toe with the Series S due to great DLSS and a modern architecture in many games. This game (Hogwarts Legacy) has always been the poorest example of what the Switch 2 can do and appears to simply be a bad port. Cyberpunk 2077 is on the other hand a great port.
for a handheld it's quite nice, but don't go in expecting a serious console. Keep your PS5 and/or PC. You can tell a huge difference in those long distance shots w the foilage/grass. But again on an 8 inch screen, I bet it looks and plays decent enough.
the way I look at it, the PS4 Pro still had some gorgeous games. If I could have games that looked like TLOU2 on the system, would I really care about what it would look like on a PS5? No.
Only on my 55" 4k do I care for that extra oomph. I would be blown away to have a game on par graphically w the PS4 Pro version of TLOU II on a handheld!
Switch 2 is around $450 to $700 depending on the country. Let that sink in. Get that nice '280p' Cyberpunk...
They are comparing the S to the PS4. HA!
Hogwarts Legacy 2 is years away at this point, but the sequel could be the perfect game to make use of the Switch 2's features.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 could benefit from an expansion of the first game's enemy roster, and luckily, it has a large pool of creatures to draw from.
Couldn't go 2 sentences without bringing up JK Rowling's viewpoints (which are now acknowledged and supported by the UK Supreme Court). Time for all the "progressive" whiners to latch back on to reality.
Just leave it behind. We’re almost 3 years into current gen.
Bought the Deluxe Edition on PS5, have a couple hours in already and I'm really liking it. But I agree with the above - forget at least the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Based on PC player count already, they'll have plenty of sales from that and current gen to be more than profitable if they aren't already.
My complaints are purely technical and seem addressable as they optimize the engine for weaker machines - spinning the camera too fast and you can see blank spots from polygon culling, opening doorways especially when going in and out has that awkward loading. I can't imagine what the loading will be like on an Xbone and just hope whatever they do for last gen polish ends up benefiting the current.
Imagine if it wasn’t cross gen there would be even more enhancing it looks great right now too
It sucks for those still on last gen. tech, but current gen. is here now.
I can't even imagine how this game would run on the switch hardware. This has to be a cloud version (and we all know how well those play).