Ori and the Will of the Wisp Switch Port (DF)

Seems like Moon Studios did a great job with the Switch port. For the most part the framerate is stable and the visuals, while compromised is done in a manner that marginally affects the visual quality. The video also shares some useful information for the folks who believe that games has to be made with the weakest system in mind and shows how some developers manage their scaling processes.

Sounds like they did a good job with this port. 👍

You didn't think that one through. Feel free to revise.

Moon studios are a great dev team.

glad it was a good port. I still need to play the first one... but it's on the list

They did a good job and I know the game is more demanding then it seems, its still not like some of the other switch ports if we are honest. I think there is a misunderstanding with these scaling this and that arguments. The usual forum discourse demands binary answers. Of course technically every game can be scaled. Folks just have to understand that. Some think that it is easy just turn things down here and there. There is work to be done in some cases it takes more effort.

It is feasible for people including digital foundry to wish that all efforts be put in to new hardware. Utilize not only there power differences but there new make ups to push the design. If the weaker consoles have to be left out so be it. Perhaps port scale or whatever later. First push the game with new hardware right away. Some dev have the same concerns some don't. Sometimes it all marketing. 343 for example will tell you now nothing was held back. It was built to take advantage of new hardware from the get go. Then for Halo Infinite 2 say without thinking about developing for older consoles we were able to really push things this time blah blah.

This will probably be 4th Switch game for me this year, Moon Studios is really good at their job. Must be because they are not a 1st party studio, I mean imagine if this is made by 343i. Ewww.

I would recommend playing it in order. If you play the latest then the old then your experience of the old one may be disappointing because they changed a lot with the game.

@Pedro: thanks - that was the plan. The first is on GP, so I figured I'd start there when I wasn't drowning under unfinished games

I play it on PC, it's definitely a well done, and challenging platformer.

With games like Diablo III running well on the Switch, the system is very capable of running quality ports of current gen games; it all ultimately comes down to the skill of the dev team and the amount of effort they put into scaling it onto the system.

If a single game turns out to be a bad port, let's take The Outer Worlds for example, it really says something more about the team that did a crappy job more than the system itself.

I'm glad the Ori games are great ones. I'll have to check them out at some point.

I was thinking of just playing the second one since I'm trying to save money right now. If I do just go for the second entry, my main concern: is it a continued story or is it a fresh template that you don't really need to play the first one to be familiar with certain things?

You can skip it, if you really want to, but it is a continuation of the first. You'll be wondering who this is and why that is happening etc.

The first game shouldn't be missed and really prepares you for what's to come. The second game changes up some of the formula and gets a bit easier as well, so if you want a real challenge, play the first game.. first.

@briguyb13: hmm we'll see. With a lot of games, it will probably be an impulse buy.

I don't mind playing a later entry in the series as long as I'm not completely lost in what's going on. I suspect it wouldn't be like watching the third Lord of the Rings being completely lost because watching the first two are completely necessary to know what's going on.

@girlusocrazy: Diablo III is a PC game that got ported over to the consoles. The point is people would have never expected a game like that to run as well as it does on the Switch.

Not all ports have been created equal, though. The Switch has its share of bad ones as well, which goes to my point in the Switch's capability ultimately boils down to the efforts of the dev team putting them on the system.

@girlusocrazy: You're missing the point that I'm trying to make over the Switch handling such ports as well as they do boiling down to developer effort.

It's a potato game. Of course it can be optimized for potato hardware.

Awesome... about to start playing this. Can't wait.

I really need to get on playing this and the original.

I've been working through this on the Switch, and perhaps I've been spoiled by the PC, but it runs markedly worse. It's supposedly 60, but I'm getting consistent stutters and drops to the point at times I cease playing. Not small issues.

Not really to complain further as it's wonderful to have this on the go at all in compliment to the original (especially after MS and Moon alluded a Switch port was unlikely), but the Switch's limitations unfortunately rear their head here. Hopefully a patch will soon arrive to help mitigate.

Irrelevant side scrolling indie game.

Are you playing it on the Lite or the "big" Switch?

If you are experiencing framerate issues, then DF video maybe inaccurate. 😮

Regular.

Though to be fair I've been noticing issues with Mario Allstars as well, so it could be something with my system. I haven't watched DF's video yet.