Darksiders: Warmastered Edition - Review on Nintendo Switch
BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME |
Release Year : 2019
Genre : 3D, 2016, 3rd Person, Action
Developer : Kaiko
Publisher : THQ Nordic
Meet the re-release of the first part of the famous franchise and a more complete and detailed version of the events of what happened to the older brother from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The game received updated graphics, improved visuals and acquired a more modern look.
You have to take control of the War, who is accused of creating chaos on Earth, although he did not like anything like that. However, the court needs proof of his innocence, which means the Horsemen will have to descend to Earth and figure out what happened. They only have one day for everything.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION |
Darksiders - Warmastered Edition has software version 1.0. When you purchase a game from the Nintendo Store, it is downloaded to a microSD card or internal storage.
The total size of the downloaded game is about 13 gigabytes, which is almost 2 times smaller than the size of the PC version.
GAME ENGINE |
The game engine for Darksiders is an in-house development by Vigil Games and ported to the Nintendo Switch by Kaiko. The engine has been designed to run on PCs and current generation game consoles.
Unfortunately, we could not find more detailed information about the game engine, except for these press releases.
SETTINGS |
There are no graphics settings, as such, in the game, but there are two modes to choose from: quality or speed.
Well, then let's see how the game differs from the PC version.
MODES COMPARISON Nintendo Switch and PC |
Now let's compare with the PC version of the project. The "maximum" settings of the PC version and the console were taken as the basis.
As we can see, the maximum PC settings are almost comparable to the Nintendo Switch version, but still some details have been simplified.
COMPARISON OF TV AND PORTABLE MODE |
In this review, we presented comparisons of rendering quality between stationary and portable modes:
As we can see, when switching to portable mode, the quality is slightly inferior to the TV version.
OVERALL GAMING EXPERIENCE |
Darksiders - Warmastered Edition is a great port for the Nintendo Switch and the game lost absolutely nothing in the port, neither in gameplay nor in graphics:
There were no special shortcomings, bugs and crashes.
GAME PROCESS |
Well, below are 30 minutes of the game on the console itself:
Flaws:
- price, like all games for Switch
Advantages:
- one of the best slashers of the past years in your pocket!
- graphics from porting did not suffer at all
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Rating 82% [5 Votes]