It is, in fact, the best looking handheld shooter I’ve ever played. Simply viewed in absolute terms, though, Doom on Switch is a pretty good looking game.
Admittedly, the game looks significantly worse than it does on the PS4, Xbox One or PC, which is to be expected, given the fact that the Switch isn’t even close to being a powerhouse like those three are.
To be fair to the game, though, that’s not necessarily true. " Doom on the Nintendo Switch is perfectly capable of showcasing just why this game was one of the best releases of 2016."īut here’s the thing- much has been said about how Doom doesn’t look good on the Switch. The textures look a little washed out in comparison to the 2016 release, and there just isn’t as much visual detail in the game. Though at first glance the fiery and demonic landscapes of the game look really good, it’s when you get up close to some of the geometry or the character models that you start noticing the blemishes. As you can imagine, that’s a pretty noticeable jump backwards from the game’s original 2016 launch for consoles and PC. Whether you’re playing it docked or undocked, Doom on the Switch is rendered at a dynamic resolution that is capped at 720p. To keep the frame rate steady, id Software and Panic Button have chosen instead to sacrifice a little bit in the resolution department.
There are occasions during both, the multiplayer and the single player when the frame rate dips a little, especially at times when the on-screen action becomes too hectic, and while these aren’t minuscule enough to not be noticeable, they’re also not jarring enough to affect the moment-to-moment gameplay in any real way. Let’s get the most major talking point out of the way right off the bat- the visual downgrade. On the Switch, Doom runs at a consistent and solid frame rate of 30 FPS, and it remains locked at that in both handheld mode and console mode. If, however, you’re simply looking to dive back into this adrenaline-fuelled romp through hell, or if you don’t have access to any other version of the game, Doom on the Nintendo Switch is perfectly capable of showcasing just why this game was one of the best releases of 2016. In attempting to port the game over to a decidedly less powerful system, id Software and Panic Button have made several significant sacrifices to the game’s technical prowess and performance, so the consoles and PC still remain the definitive way to the play the game.
If you’re thinking of playing 2016’s mind-blowing demonic shooter Doom for the first time, the Nintendo Switch is certainly not the way to play it.
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