#OVERWATCH SWITCH PRO#

They do the job well enough, and it’s kind of fun and distinctly more frantic trying to line up your shots by physically moving around, but in this context they’re an oddity that I expect few will stick with. One of the Switch’s exclusive additions is the ability to use motion controls, but I personally can’t imagine anyone really opting to use them on a regular basis over the traditional inputs. The competition is going to be tougher across PC, PS4 and Xbox One thanks to their more experienced player bases, and you get a visually richer offering with a slicker frame rate to boot. Unless you’re solely a Switch owner, you’re going to be better off playing Overwatch pretty much anywhere else.

#OVERWATCH SWITCH PRO#

If you’ve got the chance to use the Switch’s kickstand and a pro controller things get better, but it’s obvious that the best way to play is at home, on a bigger screen.Īnd therein lies the biggest problem. On top of that, while the Joy-Con are fantastic pieces of tech, the shorter analogue sticks and diminutive triggers don’t make them the best choice for a competitive shooter. If you’re playing on handheld, you’re clearly going to be at a disadvantage compared to someone sat in front of a 50” flatscreen, and overall the UI and incidental text doesn’t seem to have been particularly optimised for the smaller screen. The limitations here are ones that are basically inescapable on the Switch, and which apply to pretty much every competitive game.

A few quick rounds of Arcade before bed is perhaps not the most relaxing thing before trying to go to sleep, but the hooks are firmly back into me, and the Switch lets them pull at you a few more times in a day than they otherwise might. You lose some responsiveness from a drop to 30fps from the 60fps you get on other platforms, the gunplay feels more or less exactly the same here as it does anywhere else, and I’ve really enjoyed getting back into the thick of it on a more regular basis.

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