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PS1-PS4 and PC gamer here. I got into the Switch in Dec 2020 and I've been significantly impressed with the quality of the games and console. I had heard from m
by 12ian34 5y ago
PS1-PS4 and PC gamer here. I got into the Switch in Dec 2020 and I've been significantly impressed with the quality of the games and console. I had heard from many that the Switch is worth buying for "Breath of the Wild" alone and that was fair for me.
That game is still IMO far better than any AAA title I've played (including GTA V, Red Dead 2, Cyberpunk (!), AC Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla) on significantly more powerful consoles/PC and it runs nearly perfectly on the current Switch, both handheld and docked. What's even more shocking is how they manage to keep the game so engaging and beautiful looking whilst keeping the loading times so low. I can boot the console, load the game and be playing in probably <30 seconds compared to at least 4 minutes for top PS4 titles.
Who needs hyper-realistic graphics and 5 min load times (looking at you AC/RDR/GTA...) when you have less realistic but MORE beautiful graphics, attention-to-detail with truly addictive, deep and mastery-focused gameplay?
Which leads me to the new OLED Switch release: when a game like BOTW is so great, still so relevant today and runs so perfectly on the existing Switch models, I'd say the console didn't even need an update ... although I would personally have loved bluetooth audio.
- ex3ndr 5y agoPS4 and first Switch are like 4 years apart and modern (PS5/XBox) load almost any game in seconds.
- bentcorner 5y agoYes - I recently got a XSX and fast-switching is (sorry for the pun) game-changing. It's extremely similar to the DS-close-lid suspend experience, but you can also juggle multiple games at once. I no longer need to think about save points.
- 12ian34 5y agoSure, and whilst I used them as main examples, it's not just about hardware and load times. What's important to me at the end of the day is a great game, not technical metrics which aren't meaningless but less meaningful ... e.g. Donkey Kong Country on a SNES emulator is still a better, more enjoyable game than 2020's Crash Bandicoot 4 which fits into the same platforming category. PS4 had plenty of chances to release a "great" critically acclaimed game given the hardware, even 4 years in yet they still didn't manage to beat BOTW according to gamers/critics. Looking at metacritic, the best PS4 games of all time (RDR2, GTAV) are at 97, which is the same as BOTW. As for PS5/XSX. Do they even have any truly "great" games yet? All their best games are remakes/remasters which are limited to better graphics. Truly great games are exactly why Nintendo can afford to barely update their console 5 years after release.
- drozycki 5y agoThe PS5 and the Xbox Series X don't support Bluetooth audio either. I would love it if it was possible but all the low latency codecs are a mess, and 250ms of desync with SBC or AAC would have you hating Bluetooth audio.
- wolrah 5y agoAnd at least the Xbox supports plugging headphones in to the controllers, since the controller refresh in the middle of the Xbox One generation. This doesn't entirely solve the same problem but it gets close.
- chemmail 5y agoSounds like I need to play it. Luckily i still have a Wii U.