Switch 2: Six-Month Review & User Ratings
▼ Summary
– The user is disappointed with several major Switch 2 game releases, finding them unremarkable, boring, or visually substandard compared to PC versions.
– They criticize the prevalence of low-quality shovelware, hentai-style games, and rip-offs on the eShop, which they find baffling and off-putting.
– The user expresses frustration with Nintendo’s customer service and refund policy, citing a lack of transparent technical information like resolution and framerate for games.
– They highlight a significant issue where many Switch 1 titles perform poorly on the Switch 2 due to a lack of proper upscaling or native ports, making them visually intolerable.
– The core complaint is that the Switch 2’s library and performance do not justify its high cost, leading to buyer’s remorse as the user often prefers playing superior PC versions.
After six months with the console, the Nintendo Switch 2 has proven to be a source of significant frustration for many players, particularly those accustomed to high-performance gaming on other platforms. The promise of enhanced power has often fallen short in execution, leaving a library that feels undercooked and a user experience riddled with compromises.
Major first-party releases like DK Bananza and Metroid Prime 4 have been perfectly fine, but they haven’t delivered the groundbreaking innovation many were hoping would define this new hardware generation. Even social staples like Mario Kart World lose their appeal quickly in solo play, failing to offer substantial new hooks.
A core issue is performance. For gamers sensitive to framerate, the experience is frequently disappointing. Demanding titles such as Split Fiction or Cyberpunk 2077 are locked to 30 frames per second in handheld mode, making the touted 2160p display feel like a wasted feature. This forces a retreat to the PC version, undermining the console’s portable appeal. The problem extends to third-party ports; purchasing Yookla-Replaylee on Switch 2 was a regrettable decision due to its subpar visual quality and that same 30fps cap, which is jarring for anyone used to smoother high-refresh-rate displays.
The digital storefront presents another hurdle. The eShop is awash with low-effort shovelware, bizarre hentai-themed titles, and blatant rip-offs of popular AAA games. This clutter makes discovering quality software a chore. While cultural tastes vary, the prevalence of heavily sexualized character art in genres like shoot-’em-ups can be baffling to a wider audience, even if it finds a market.
Genre preferences also play a role. The console’s library continues to lean heavily into Japanese role-playing games and quirky cult hits like No More Heroes, which simply don’t resonate with every player. When technical disappointments arise, customer service offers little recourse. Requests for refunds, such as for Yookla-Replaylee, are met with instructions to “check product information,” even though key details like resolution and framerate are routinely omitted from game listings.
Perhaps the most glaring problem is the handling of last-generation software. A vast number of original Switch titles look terrible on the new hardware because they don’t utilize DLSS upscaling. Games like Doom Eternal and Journey to the Savage Planet, which targeted the older system’s capabilities, appear blurry and unrefined on the sharper Switch 2 screen. While developers may lack access to updated dev kits for native ports of games like Turbo Overkill, the result is a premium-priced console often showcasing last-gen visuals.
The sentiment is one of paying a premium for a compromised experience. Spending over five hundred pounds on the hardware only to frequently purchase inferior versions of games, or be forced back to a PC to enjoy them properly, feels like a poor return on investment. While thermal and power constraints are understood, the current execution feels like a waste of time, patience, and money for players expecting a clean generational leap.
(Source: Nintendo Life)
