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Diablo III: Eternal Collection - Review on Nintendo Switch

BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME

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Year of release : 2014
Genre : Action RPG
Developer : Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher : Blizzard Entertainment

With generations of players battling demonic hordes in the Diablo games, it's your turn to join one of the pillars of the action/RPG genre. The most complete edition of Diablo III: Eternal Collection on Nintendo Switch includes Diablo III, the Reaper of Souls expansion, and the Rise of the Necromancer Bundle. Get ready, mortals! The gates of Hell are opening...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Diablo III: Eternal Collection has software version 2.6.2. When you purchase a game from the  Nintendo Store, it is downloaded to a microSD card or internal storage.

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The total size of the downloaded game is about 18 gigabytes, which corresponds to the PC version.

GAME ENGINE

The game engine is a product of Blizzard's own development. There is practically no information on the network about the structure and development of this engine. Most likely, the engine is a further development of a product line for games based on Blizzard's own intellectual property.

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We have not been able to find detailed information other than our own visual observations.

CONTROL

The control setting is standard, as for other consoles. Absolutely all buttons are involved.

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It is convenient to play both in portable and TV mode.

SETTINGS

There are no graphics settings, as such, in the game, only a change in gamma and brightness is available.

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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 comparable to the Nintendo Switch version. In the Nintendo Switch version, the camera is positioned closer for easy handheld play.

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 does not change at all and is at the same level.

OVERALL GAMING EXPERIENCE

Diablo III: Eternal Collections on Nintendo Switch is on par with the graphics of older consoles and PC, making it one of the best ports for this handheld console. Of course, the game is 6 years old, but still, the work on porting to the portable version was excellent.

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I thought, of course, what else can surprise us with Diablo III, previously studied up and down? In stationary mode, there is nothing to surprise - everything is already so familiar, but in portable mode, the game delivers completely different sensations, especially when lying on a comfortable sofa...

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The interface is quite convenient and quickly gets used after using the PC version of the game. It's a bit unfortunate that you can't transfer all your characters and progress to the Nintendo Switch version, so be patient and spend many, many hours again in the game...

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There were no special shortcomings, bugs and crashes.

GAME PROCESS

Well, below are 20 minutes of the game on the console itself:

 Flaws:

- price, like all games for Switch

Advantages:

- Diablo III in your pocket!

- the most magnificent experience from the game in handheld mode

- graphics from porting did not suffer at all

 

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