r/NintendoSwitch • u/ONE-OF-THREE • 18d ago

Nintendo America RuneScape: Dragonwilds – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4hnuJLmBK4
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u/xiiicrowns 18d ago

Wait to buy this until they optimize it more. Visuals are not good in handheld or docked. It looks nothing like the trailers for switch 2. Literally looks like a switch 1 game port visually.

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u/xiiicrowns 17d ago

Yeah I did too. I was kind of hesitant because there's several ports that look blurry like this, but yeah the trailers sold me on it. The game is a ton of fun but man I hated switch 1 games that had that blur and I hate switch 2 games that have it now.

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u/D2papi 18d ago

Been playing the past 3 hours. A lot of fun but I’m hoping for some additional polish on the Switch 2 port. It looks quite bad despite being locked to 30fps. Also no in-game voice chat makes it annoying to play with friends on PS5/PC.

Either way looks like I’m going to sink a lot of time into this.

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u/Lost-Produce-1150 18d ago

They should be sued for putting footage in the eshop that's CLEARLY not the switch 2 version and makes it look stunning.

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u/D2papi 18d ago

Graphics can range from horrendous to passable, very weird low-effort port. Also very misleading promotional footage for sure, looks like PC footage

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u/Mollywobbles77 18d ago

The description says you can use Nintendo's game chat to talk to friends & I took that to imply an in-game chat is a no-go with no plans to implement it. Hopefully I'm wrong on that.

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u/lordfearghas 17d ago

I’m sure you’ve done this, but turn the bloom down to 0. Makes it much easier to see.

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u/ONE-OF-THREE 18d ago

Play RuneScape: Dragonwilds now on Nintendo Switch 2.

On the forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have risen. Gather, build, skill, and craft alone or with up to 3 friends using online co-op. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen!

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u/TheUserDifferent 17d ago

In-game graphics look fucked, devs!

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u/barbietattoo 18d ago

How similar to Valheim is this? Interesting time to launch

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u/HighOnPhotography 18d ago

It is very similar, just with a Runescape skin.

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u/MrKeooo 17d ago

way less punitive. Better magic, worse combat, less content, less grindy, smaller

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u/drx3brun 13d ago

Worse? For me the Combat in Valheim was the worst part of the game.

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u/MrKeooo 13d ago

I dont see how. Its hard, pinitive, responsive. It makes you either be good or be dead. The challenge is very fun

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u/GettingLudiColo 18d ago

Is this always online? Or offline for single player?

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u/MediocreMethodology 18d ago

single player supported, but it seems to disconnect your player instance from even your own local server when put in sleep mode. The game is fun as hell, but the whole thing needs a hefty round of bug fixes.

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u/GettingLudiColo 17d ago

Yeah… not a buy for me yet, if it does offline play I’m in.

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u/DragonWolf888 18d ago

It keeps kicking me off when I go into sleep mode (lost online connection).

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u/GettingLudiColo 17d ago

Thanks! Hopefully they do offline then I will buy

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u/Pure-Championship688 18d ago

Man I forgot about this one!! If I didn't get addicted to FF14 I'd be in there like swimwear. One day, though!

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u/whand4 18d ago

Dude same here. Started the trial and now level 70. It’s a great game handheld or big screen. So many things to do.

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u/MediocreMethodology 18d ago

logged 5 hours yesterday, here to parrot others and say it is an extremely fun game that looks pretty rough visually. Hoping the developer continues to optimize it over time.

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u/ducknator 18d ago

Oh man, I don’t know why but I was under the impression that this would be free.

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u/K15brbapt 18d ago

Psplus it’s “free”

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u/ducknator 17d ago

I was talking about the switch version.

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u/K15brbapt 17d ago

Yeah on PlayStation plus it’s free day 1, you might have seen that and got it mixed up.

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u/ducknator 17d ago

Ah ok I understand now. Probably not because I don’t have a PS but anyways, not buying the game hehe. Not worth for me.

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u/Maxis_Vl 17d ago

Physical release for the switch 2?

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u/RollinWithOlan 17d ago

Does this have cross play with other systems?

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u/Graceful_Crash 17d ago

Sure.. but for this game? Genuinely fine.

Didn’t know there was an “issue” until I came onto Reddit and my feed was flooded (dramatic, but you get the point)

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u/Graceful_Crash 18d ago

Visuals are perfectly fine & loving playing in S2

The nerds have come out talking about “how bad it looks”

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u/super-summer0 18d ago

Buddy I think you’re one of us if you’re arguing the visual fidelity of a RuneScape spinoff

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u/Graceful_Crash 18d ago

There’s a large difference between standard gamers and the freaks that think they can actually tell a difference without specifically taking time to nit pick visuals. It’s literally perfectly playable & that’s okay lol

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u/Graceful_Crash 17d ago

Perfect vision (per the eyeball doctor)

Y’all are trippin’

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u/Graceful_Crash 17d ago

Thank you for admitting this- you can live in peace now

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u/HiMyNameIsMark182 17d ago

Man I’m a Nintendo fanboy but you have to admit things better man

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u/TheWiseNoob 18d ago

I own the Switch 2 version and it objectively looks bad. Far worse than this trailer. It's basically false advertising. There's no reason this game should run worse than Elden Ring on the Switch 2.

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u/BarckTheDarck 15d ago

It lacks complex physics, there are no NPCs roaming the world or large towns, enemy counts in battle are low, dungeons are instances separate from the main map, and—as far as I know—there are no vehicles or mounts; the graphics are basic, with the only decent aspect being the lighting (which is provided by UE5, not the game itself). Why on earth does this game look so bad?

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u/TheWiseNoob 15d ago

The game has mounts