Elden Ring is likely one of the most enjoyable third-party games coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Who amongst us doesn’t wish to get our shit rocked on the go? Properly, in keeping with of us who’ve performed FromSoftware’s motion RPG at Gamescom in Cologne, the system is outwardly struggling to run the sport in handheld mode, and to make issues extra worrisome, Bandai Namco is reportedly not letting individuals document footage of it.
Nintendo Life posted a video on its YouTube channel discussing the port and stated that whereas they solely performed the Change 2 port for about quarter-hour, the sport seems to be fairly good visually, however leaves rather a lot to be desired by way of efficiency. The tutorial ran fairly nicely at a locked 30fps. As soon as they reached the open world, every little thing modified.
“It’s really bad, and I understand why they don’t want you to see this, because wowie zowie, it is terrible,” Nintendo Life video producer Felix Sanchez stated. “Of course, you’re never going to see the light of this—maybe it will just release in that state, but I can’t imagine they will do that—It was like playing Ocarina of Time. It was like 20 frames per second, sometimes I was like, ‘This has dropped [to] 15 frames per second.’”
Sanchez says that within the Change 2’s handheld mode, the sport was “incredibly unstable” within the open-world segments, even in surprisingly static areas the place few enemies have been on display screen without delay. You possibly can hear his full impressions beneath:
So for those who’re questioning why Elden Ring footage is conspicuously absent from the web’s Gamescom protection, now that Bandai Namco has prohibited it. The sport is meant to launch on the Change 2 this 12 months, nevertheless it doesn’t have a launch date in the mean time. It’s totally potential the sport may very well be delayed into 2026 to sort things up, or that issues might flip round by the point it lastly comes out. Regardless of the case, it appears like Elden Ring on Change 2 has not made one of the best first impression.
