(Slightly) Early Access: Hogwarts Legacy - Nintendo Switch Review - Massive Downgrades... But Does It Work? (Patreon)

Hogwarts Legacy - Nintendo Switch Review - Massive Downgrades... But Does It Work?

Hogwarts Legacy was quite the showcase on PC and current-gen consoles and managed a reasonable enough transition to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo Switch...? That's the game's biggest porting challenge yet. What you get is recognisably Hogwarts Legacy, but a massive array of compromises, cutbacks and design changes are required to get the game running - and even then, the results are far from ideal. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: https://bit.ly/2BqRTt0 For commercial enquiries, please contact business@digitalfoundry.net 00:00 Overview 00:47 Visual settings changes 06:15 Extra loading areas 7:37 Image quality and performance 11:20 Analysis and conclusion