Hogwarts Legacy - Nintendo Switch Review - Massive Downgrades... But Does It Work?

Hogwarts Legacy was quite the showcase on PC and current-gen consoles and managed a reasonable enough transition to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo Switch...? That's the game's biggest porting challenge yet. What you get is recognisably Hogwarts Legacy, but a massive array of compromises, cutbacks and design changes are required to get the game running - and even then, the results are far from ideal.

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00:00 Overview
00:47 Visual settings changes
06:15 Extra loading areas
7:37 Image quality and performance
11:20 Analysis and conclusion