Exclusive: Dying Light on Nintendo Switch Tech Review - Another Miracle Mobile Port?

Dying Light is out soon for Nintendo Switch - and Digital Foundry has exclusive access to the game. This is one of the most challenging ports we've seen and Techland has done a remarkable job in scaling down and optimising this brilliant game for a vintage 2015 mobile chipset. John Linneman has all of the details.

[DyingLightGameOfficial]

Thank you for this review! We’re flattered by the positive response but as there are still things that we can improve - our players can expect free post-launch support with fixes, quality improvement patches and more! ^^

[LoReNzOpTs]

Dying light *gets released on switch*

Square-Enix: naaaah KH would be too much work to port on switch

[xym]

Seems like to be the result of in-house experiment rather than a typical Switch port cashgrab. It’s fresh to see a Switch port that doesn’t feel forced.

[SwitchUpYt]

Pleased to have spotted the same things. Enjoying Dying Light on a handheld immensely!

[TheLoganLives]

So happy this turned out to be a solid port. Looks like I'm in for another 100+ hour Dying Light run 😂

[swayamkrishnan]

At this point if any massive AAA game gets ported to the switch, it is considered a "mobile miracle"

[winlover]

I am floored by how good this port is. Played it originally on the PS4 and nearly every fine detail is intact. Feels great to play too. Incredible job here Techland!

[adrianlugo]

Im surprised this game is running at all in the switch

[sushimshah]

Dying Light is certainly one of the best & most fun game I've played

[prezzeruk]

As long as the gameplay is there with a decent framerate, switch dying light will be good enough x

[TexelGuy]

The TAAU really improved the anti aliasing in the switch version compared to the PS4 despite the lower internal resolution, much less shimmering and the trees look more "correct". We saw similar improvements in Alien Isolation too. It's crazy how far we've come because of a proper anti aliasing technique, I feel like this game could use a sharpening filter though.

[Jahranimo_]

2021's Metro Redux in port quality and content included. Very nice!

[mitchboland]

Techland seems like a pretty decent dev studio. I love Dying light and I never thought this game would have worked this well on the switch.

[Melsharpe]

I'm going to 100% honest here: I laughed like hell when Nintendo initially revealed how weak the Switch was.
Developers have not only made me eat my words but also made me want to buy a Switch.
Now if Nintendo could just sort out their online...

[TrepeGB]

Looks like they did a pretty good job. I understand why but it’s a shame they have only brought 2 to Switch through streaming.

[Games-txzc]

This is pretty damn impressive and proof the Switch has more juice in tank. Absolute shame that we're going to get a million cloud versions before all is said and done.

[Dedaim]

I mean great for switch gamers, but it looks like absolute ass and we cant deny that fact. Devs did all they could to make it run atleast but this is nowhere near a game should look like in 2021 and switch still cant handle 30fps.
And i think its quit obvious it loads faster than ps4 with 144p textures vs 1080p

[Drilbit]

This makes it prove even more that KH 1.5 and 2.5 should have been possible and not a cloud port.

[JoshuaDontASK]

DF be like: PS5 vs PC version “the ps5 version just looks blurry compared to PC!”

Switch vs anything: “OMG! It’s a marvelous conversion! So good!”

You guys seem to always praise switch for its limitations. But, call out Xbox or PS5 for the slightest difference even if it looks phenomenal. You guys gotta work on that seriously.

[kashdashortsman]

Please make dying light on mobile!! Mobiles are more powerful than the switch it could easily run on and 2021-2 flagship phone!