Crysis remastered It has been released on the Nintendo Switch, despite versions of the PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One being delayed due to negative reactions from fans to the leaked images. So how does the game play on the less powerful hardware of the current generation?
After spending a few hours with the game, the code was only shipped last night, I’m impressed with how good this port looks and how much fun the game is in 2020. The lighting effects in particular and an impressively wide color palette, It helps the game stand out compared to other first person shooter games on Switch.
The numbers themselves tell the story of what to expect. Crysis remastered It adjusts its resolution on the fly to try to keep the game running as close to 30 frames per second as possible, at speeds between 400p and 720p in portable mode, and 540p to 900p in docked mode, according to Digital Foundry.
However, that doesn’t mean Crytek has succeeded in blocking that frame rate, as the game often drops frames during busy action scenes or snags while trying to keep up with the destruction of the environment. That means that in the worst case, in portable mode, you may be playing a game that has a short 400p resolution while only running at around 20 fps.
But those numbers are not everything. Resolution can turn the jungle into mush every once in a while, but Crysis remastered on Switch runs closer to the high end of those values the vast majority of the time. Sometimes I was a little annoyed by the frame rate drops and blurry surroundings, but those moments punctuated much longer game sections where I happily hunted down my enemies and explored the world.
There were also multiple moments, even in my limited game time, where the lighting effects and destructible environments were aligned in a way that was almost impressive to see on the laptop.
Crysis remastered on Switch is a good time, even in portable mode, although investing in a set of these is probably a good idea if you have hands that are reluctant to play first-person shooters on Nintendo hardware.
Crysis It’s always been a story-based game with levels that offer multiple ways to get where you’re going, and the variety of tactical options offered by your character’s nanosuit give you even more options on how you’d like to do things. I enjoyed returning to this world much more than I expected, even when I played what will surely be the visually less impressive version of the remaster.
This port is not perfect, but nobody expected it to be. However, it offers what really matters: it’s playable, it’s fun, and it looks great compared to other similar games on Switch.
