Welcome to the lowest stages of Hell. Nintendo Switch Hogwarts Legacy DF Analysis!

They felt so bad about this version, they decided to compare it to the Xbone S from 2013, a system that was released almost half a decade before the Switch was even available.

For portability, we ruin everything, and that is OK.

1. Bunch of additional loading screens added to the game because the system can't handle 3D visuals. Loading screens can be over 40 seconds long.

1. Completely featureless water texture that is on par with what we've seen during the 5th generation of consoles.

1. Addional walls added to areas that shows demanding vistas because the system is simply incapable of compuiting polys on screen.

1. 360-576p resolution with no AA, offering us the chunkiest and ugliest picture that is achievable by a gaming system.

1. Average FPS is in the mid 20's with a ton of stutters. Portable gaming ftw!

1. DF: "One of the most heavily downgraded Switch ports we've seen"

HOW CAN ONE EVEN CONSIDER MOBILE GAMING AS "GAMING"? Jesus Christ. Should be considered as eyes and brain torture.

Oh Lord, ya'll MY EYES! What did they do?!

That is indeed sickening.

You expected something better??? Just shows you how much Nintendo is overcharging for the switch.

Does anyone care? The gaming industry already forgot about this game by snubbing it at the award shows.

My expections for the Switch are in the negatives. What bothers me is that people have the audacity of even calling the Switch as a gaming system. What kind of respectable gaming system would even release games that run in the low to mid 20's fps at pretty much all time? Like, HELLO? Does anyone have standards out there? Or do they know that the massive majority of those using the system, are mostly children that wouldn't know any better, so they just yolo everything at sub 30fps? I mean, you look at the left side of the first picture above, and its real hard to distinguish these visuals to the original resident evil on the ps1.

Yes, this game in particular, i am sure that a ton of people care. Harry Potter is great for kids, and their experience might very well be traumatizing.

Looks terrible. 40 quid for that. No thank you.

Cool seeing all the changes.

lol Nintendo's only purpose seems to be releasing "Exclusives" for PC to emulate at 60-120fps 4K.

@hardwenzen: why are you hating on the switch version being worse than the Xbox one version?

The switch is on par with the Xbox 360, which is already known. It's a handheld afterall, and it was released in 2017. It's only warner bros fault for releasing the game on switch in the first place. Imagine being so greedy, you butcher your game by 2 generations, just to reach that 150 million switch owners. 💸 💰 💸

Warner Bros...for the share holders. Keep making your 🤡 threads though.

And they're charging what, $350 for it? At the end of 2023?😂That should answer all your questions😂

It needs to be stressed that those comparisons are Switch vs Xbox One S not Series S. Holy hell lmao.

My wife plays the game on PS5. It looks and runs meh there. But nothing like this Switch monstrosity. If only I could get her on PC… 🤔

Only part that really sticks out to me is the structural changes, such as separating the open world into separate segments with loading times inbetween.

What's the issue? Just plug it into your tv, give her a controller, and its just a ps5 2.0.

lmao

Its actually pretty impressive they got it to run so well on a CPU heavy game when Switch has such a low CPU. Even modern consoles struggle to run this game. Even high end computers pop in issues and screen stutters etc. This is a welcome port amoung some of the best to release on Switch.

Who are you kidding exactly? I can't even tell what the **** is on the screen🤣This is worse than Pokemon and Bayo3😂

Please Nintendo, stick to 2D side scrollers.

I actually never really cared about this game because I was never a huge " Harry Potter" fan. My wife rarely plays games, however my wife loves " Harry Potter" so I thought about buying the game for her. She saw a trailer a few months ago and begged me to buy it.

I have my PS5/XSX and Switch in my game room but I didn't want to move my PS5 or XSX into our bedroom. So I asked her if she would want it on the Switch and showed her a comparison video against the PS5 version. She told me just to wait till I was willing to move the PS5 into the bedroom.

This is coming from a women who hasn't played a game outside of " Mario Kart" in probably 8 years.

Looks like PS2 graphics.

Just watched the DF video there and their summary is correct. The port itself is good given the constraints the developer is working under. They did a good job.

But it's a PS5 game being ported to a PS3. The switch is what it is: It's a portable PS3/360 basically. A bit more powerful but not much more so. The game is just a bridge too far.

A game looking and performing worse on a weaker system? That is totally unexpected.🤭

@osan0: Yeah, all the analyzers have said the same thing, they were highly impressed by how well they ported it. The developer did an amazing job.

@hardwenzen: Bro stop being a clown, that image hasn’t focused in cause the player is to far away to see it. It an amazing technique the developer used to get better textures and avoid Poppins that plague, all the other consoles, including high-end PCs

Its the ugliest game i have ever seen in my life. Lords of the Ring Gollum looks like an AAA in comparison.

Better Textures then what? This looks horrible in comparison to the PS5/XSX versions.

It looks pretty impressive with what they were able to accomplish. Probably something I might grab down the line in a sale.

Honestly, none of those screenshots look good, not even the Xbox ones.

And obviously, I would not play this game on Switch. The console has had a large share of excellently running, visually impressive games. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is its most recent eye candy. Switch is “underpowered” and has some age on it, but it doesn’t have anything to prove performance-wise in any way.

@silentchief: The nice textures don’t load till you get up close. This clown is posting unloaded textures on a 7 year old handheld, it’s embarrassing slander on the worlds greatest gaming device ever know to mankind.

We don’t call them Clown Cow for nothing.

Because those are Xbone S screenshots. Why would it look good on a system that was a meme from day one, especially since we have the XboneX, Series S and Series X as an upgrade to it? From the Nintendo side, we have zero upgrades, and that's what's pathetic.

Was designed for new hardware, then ported to hardware that has been weak since even before it released in 2017. They didn't make any form of changes to the visuals except downgrading everything/flat out removing shit to a playable state. It looks exactly as you'd think that would look.

They could've made it look good by changing the artstyle to something the Switch could handle with acceptable clarity and frame rate. Or they could've made a different game tailored for the hardware it's for, like developers often did in the past. But these things would take effort.

Not sure if I am reading your implication correctly. Are you implying that this port didn't take effort?

I can't believe they're still porting games to the N64. lol :P

Jokes on you TC as I only purchase Switch exclusives and 3rd-party games aren't one of them. That's reserved for PC only hence Hogwarts Legacy looks freaking amazing on PC😉

Naaa, PS2 had way better graphics than that. Those pics are from the N64 graphics days.

Stop defending shit ports. This port should have never been made. Do not buy it or even attempt to play it. Accept that Switch has shit hardware and stick to potato games on the device.

Nintendo Switch - Exclusives only.

3rd-party games - PC only.

This type of shit should have been on everyone's mind by now. Switch hardware is ancient as hell.

lol, poor Nintendo, laughing stock of industry..lol

That's a pretty fair rule of thumb. Except I would say 3rd-party games PC, XBox and PS. (I don't give a bone about PC gaming.)

The Switch does surprisingly good for what it is with system exclusives. That said, I really hope its successor is at least on par with the XBox One and PS4 in terms of power and graphics.

Why are you playing Nintendo exclusives in 17fps when you can emulate them?

Doesn’t affect me one way or the other. 🤷‍♂️

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They felt so bad about this version, they decided to compare it to the Xbone S from 2013, a system that was released almost half a decade before the Switch was even available.

For portability, we ruin everything, and that is OK.

1. Bunch of additional loading screens added to the game because the system can't handle 3D visuals. Loading screens can be over 40 seconds long.

1. Completely featureless water texture that is on par with what we've seen during the 5th generation of consoles.

1. Addional walls added to areas that shows demanding vistas because the system is simply incapable of compuiting polys on screen.

1. 360-576p resolution with no AA, offering us the chunkiest and ugliest picture that is achievable by a gaming system.

1. Average FPS is in the mid 20's with a ton of stutters. Portable gaming ftw!

1. DF: "One of the most heavily downgraded Switch ports we've seen"

HOW CAN ONE EVEN CONSIDER MOBILE GAMING AS "GAMING"? Jesus Christ. Should be considered as eyes and brain torture.

Naaah. This is an ugliest champion on Switch. And love the intro music from Jurassic Park. LOL

@loudheadphones said:

@hardwenzen said:

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They felt so bad about this version, they decided to compare it to the Xbone S from 2013, a system that was released almost half a decade before the Switch was even available.

For portability, we ruin everything, and that is OK.

1. Bunch of additional loading screens added to the game because the system can't handle 3D visuals. Loading screens can be over 40 seconds long.

1. Completely featureless water texture that is on par with what we've seen during the 5th generation of consoles.

1. Addional walls added to areas that shows demanding vistas because the system is simply incapable of compuiting polys on screen.

1. 360-576p resolution with no AA, offering us the chunkiest and ugliest picture that is achievable by a gaming system.

1. Average FPS is in the mid 20's with a ton of stutters. Portable gaming ftw!

1. DF: "One of the most heavily downgraded Switch ports we've seen"

HOW CAN ONE EVEN CONSIDER MOBILE GAMING AS "GAMING"? Jesus Christ. Should be considered as eyes and brain torture.

Naaah. This is an ugliest champion on Switch. And love the intro music from Jurassic Park. LOL

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When it was first released, yes. But i've heard they've updated it the visuals by a good amount on the Switch.

Cause I need time to burn during my launch break after all. What? Do you think I will waste my time playing Steam Deck when I have a high-end desktop PC with 4070/5900X/32 Ram too? I'll settle for Nintendo exclusives any day pal.

Fair argument as gaming PC isn't for everyone. At least current-gens do offer performance mode.

@hardwenzen: It actually still looks pretty playable, with all things considered. I would give it a try with price drop though. I think Switch ports of PS5 gen games should be no more that $30. You know it's going to be butchered compared to the big systems so it doesn't make sense that you'd have to pay the exact, same price.