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the FPS arrives on Switch, discover the first extracts!

Crysis Remastered arrives this Thursday, July 23 on Nintendo Switch. As usual, the Digital Foundry journalists made a comparative video, just to check how the Switch version is doing compared to other consoles and the PC. Verdict in video!

Credit: Crytek

We told you about it some time ago, the Crytek studio had formalized the arrival this summer of Crysis Remastered, a revamp of the cult FPS released in 2007. Thirteen years later, Nomad equipped with his overpowered armor therefore returns to decimate the North Korean army and the aliens on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

On this Thursday, July 23, 2020, owners of the Nintendo hybrid console can already buy Crysis Remastered on the Nintendo e-shop at € 29.99. Still, if you want to get a feel for the title before you checkout, the Digital Foundry site posted a video in which reporters compare the Switch version to other versions of the game. A perfect opportunity to find out the pros and cons. of this grind.

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Up to 900p in TV mode, 720p in portable mode

Thus, this Switch edition takes advantage of ” high quality textures ”, of a optimized and reworked dynamic lighting, improved depth of field, destructible environments and the possibility of aiming with the gyroscope. It should be noted that this porting to Switch was entrusted to the teams of Saber Interactive, a studio which was responsible for porting The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo console.

Regarding the technical aspect, the title will be displayed in 720p in TV mode and this resolution can go up at times to 900p. Once in portable mode, we logically lose image quality, with a display that oscillates between 720p and 540p. Question framerate, the game makes sure to maintain the 30 images per second.

As for the PS4, Xbox One and PC versions of Crysis Remastered, Crytek has seen fit to postpone the release to an undetermined date to continue tweaking the game. a first official trailer of the title leaked in early June. Many players have complained about the graphic quality of this remastered. Faced with criticism, the developers preferred to take a little more time to improve their game.

Source : Digital Foundry


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