Shaunodon on 10 November 2017
| DialgaMarine said: The IGN review is sickening. They gave the Switch version a 8.5 vs the 7.1 the game got on other platforms, despite the significantly lower resolution, the many missing graphical effects, half the frame rate at best, and less content. Yeah, it’s Impressive it’s even running on a portable, and really speaks to how far portable gaming has come, but the bias in some of these reviews is utter crap. Really goes to show that either Nintendo just kindof gets a pass, or these reviewers actually are getting paid to push a pro-Switch agenda to convince multiplat gamers to buy a Switch. |
The only thing sickening is that someone at IGN only gave Doom a 7.1/10.
| Cerebralbore101 said: Whenever writing a review you need to consider the platform it was made on. You don't give all 3DS games a 6/10 because the graphics and resolution are from two generations ago. |
The difference is that 3DS games are specifically designed for that platform, because they have to be.
Doom on Switch is an outright port of the same game from PS4/Xbone, so it has to be judged on how it performs in comparison. This is both the upside and the downside of Switch being a hybrid.
The added value of portability is something for the consumers to decide, not reviewers, since it's going to be completely subjective to everyone's needs/playstyles.
