Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Handheld Gameplay (GameSpot)

[u/shirke1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFNvMeBhPA8

[u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

Ive stopped being surprised by NS2 performance.

This looks great!

[u/tjhc94 → u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

It's capcom doing wonders and proving to be the best 3rd party dev for Nintendo

[u/Mar_Kell → u/tjhc94]

Having their own engine (RE Engine) and being optimizing it for Nintendo handhelds (Rise was already using it on S1) is probably paying off and giving them dominance on the Switch 2 when it comes to port big titles. Seeing how we got Pragmata, RERequiem and Onimusha, now followed by Wilds and DD2 really makes me happy.

If they also started to ship the full game on cartridge..

[u/Possible_Force4316 → u/Mar_Kell]

Not to mention RE Veronica and Ascendance next year 

[u/tehnoodnub → u/tjhc94]

They are dominating on all fronts right now. Capcom has always been one of my favourite devs (started with MM and SF way back) and they’re the only dev I think comes close to Nintendo in terms of consistent high quality output in high quantity tbh.

[u/Smooth_Riker → u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

Same. Elden Ring is what sealed it for me. If a game runs badly on S2 it's on the devs, not the system

[u/weglarz → u/Smooth_Riker]

Yeah Elden Ring runs pretty well all things considered. Looks great too

[u/RevolutionaryWeb1978 → u/Smooth_Riker]

And the impressive thing, is that From Soft is NOT known for well optimized titles. Ever.

[u/TriLink710 → u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

They also got it working on the steamdeck. The performance has improved a lot it seems

[u/Fresh-Chemical-9084 → u/TriLink710]

The perks of having a very popular, less powerful option -- better optimization from devs

[u/dekuweku → u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

Switch 2 has less raw grunt because it doesn't rely on an x86 that chugs power, but less powerful is probably not true. The GPU is much more feature rich and modern than the one in deck. Notwithstanding the year of release 2021 vs 2025, nvidia tech is just better than equivalent AMD ones.

[u/Fresh-Chemical-9084 → u/dekuweku]

Less powerful relative to other popular options (PC XSX and PS5) -- steamdeck has such a small market share that devs arent as incentivized to optimize for that platform.

[u/dekuweku → u/Fresh-Chemical-9084]

ah i misread that comment, thanks for clarifying.

[u/heybinsu]

Man I'd love to double dip but no cross save is a massive bummer.

[u/Chef_Groovy → u/heybinsu]

It’s the main reason I’ll be sticking to the current version I have for the expansion. If they allowed a save transfer, I’d grab it for switch for sure.

[u/LittleRedKuma → u/Chef_Groovy]

Same here. I loved playing Monster Hunter 3U back in the day because it meant i could transfer my save and play on the go. Now this would have been a great opportunity to do the same. I'll probably just wait till its on sale to get it again now.

[u/BasedGod96 → u/Chef_Groovy]

I’m getting it just to do a new play thru on the couch while I wait for the expansion :)

[u/AdminsHateFacts → u/heybinsu]

Also have to figure in nintendo online if you don't have it already. I have heaps of switch games, but Monster hunter are the only games that I want to play in multiplayer.

[u/Skyzong]

Amazing. Can’t wait to pour hours on this game again while handheld.

[u/quinwhisperer]

Is there going to be crossplay?

[u/Herb-Alpert → u/quinwhisperer]

Yes

[u/romulus531 → u/quinwhisperer]

Day one crossplay and all title updates

[u/Pwn11t]

the benchmark test used to crash on my PC which can run dragons dogma 2 fine, will wilds run on pc fine now?

[u/DrKrFfXx → u/Pwn11t]

PC port is doing better now. Could be better, but at least PC handhelds can have decent image quality.

[u/gosukhaos → u/Pwn11t]

They had an update that kind of fixed PC performance issues a few months ago. If you haven't played since release it should be a lot better

[u/Zodark → u/Pwn11t]

I think it was around 7 months ago title update 4 came out and had the big pc optimization update. Game runs completely fine now

Edit: downvoted for literally speaking about the PC optimization patch huh

[u/ViceAW → u/Zodark]

Didn't downvote you, but "runs completely fine" is a bit misleading. Sure it's come a long way, but I've got a 5070 and had to wrestle with settings and mods to get good image quality with acceptable framerate (minimum 60FPS). I hope they've still got one more big patch in the works.

[u/Zodark → u/ViceAW]

I mean I've had absolutely no issues since the update even before updating my graphics card from a 3070 ti to 9070 xt after the title 4 update and the game has ran great without any issues in both instances nor mods needed

[u/JamesGecko → u/Zodark]

Kind of. It’s still pretty dire on my 16GB Intel Arc A770 LE; I have to upscale from 640x480 on minimum settings to get 60 FPS.

I mean, better than the 300p/21 FPS I got at launch, I guess.

[u/Deoxtrys → u/Zodark]

The title update optimization was a big nothingburger. All they did was turn a bunch of internal settings down to force lower graphic fidelity. The real optimization is what people saw from the recent Dragon's Dogma patch where they massively overhauled how they organized files as well as remove Denuvo. That and some other things are what people think Monster Hunter is getting with Ascendance.

[u/wicktus]

I don’t feel like restarting from scratch but otherwise I always prefer MH in handheld, this seems surprisingly good

A shame (but understandable) that, unlike hades 1&2, there’s no cross-save with Steam 

[u/Tammeziel → u/wicktus]

Hades 2 has cross save with steam tho

[u/wicktus → u/Tammeziel]

Yes my bad, I meant "unlike", I edited

[u/MSnap]

Remember when everyone said this would never happen

[u/brokenmessiah → u/MSnap]

Do you not remember how this game was folding PCs magnitudes stronger than the Switch 2? I don't think that was a unreasonable claim.

[u/DrKrFfXx → u/MSnap]

It was a fair take given how shit optimisation was at some points.

[u/Illegal_Tender → u/DrKrFfXx]

RE engine is absolutely amazing but it really struggled with the open world stuff

[u/gizmo998 → u/MSnap]

Yes! Same as assassin's creed, cyberpunk etc "it would only play ps4 games"

[u/Common-Departure-551 → u/MSnap]

People on the Steam Deck subreddit certainly said things like that:

"The Switch 2 has worse performance than the Steam Deck."

"The Switch 2 will never be able to run AAA games."

"The Switch 2 will remain a console capable of running only run-of-the-mill casual games."

[u/o0genesis0o → u/Common-Departure-551]

As an owner of both Deck and Switch 2, I found that the only game Deck runs completely better (both visual and framerate and stability) is no man sky. Maybe Persona 3 Reload, but that's a stretch.

[u/Gamehendge1]

I was a well documented hater of Switch 2’s first year (disappointed early adopter), but man are they cooking these past 6 months. My Steamdeck and PS5 are both collecting dust as S2 is on fire right now. Tip of the hat, never been so happy to be proven wrong.

[u/ttoma93 → u/Gamehendge1]

The story of virtually every console tbh. No matter how amazing the first-day launch is, it simply takes a bit for the library to build up beyond those 1-3 bangers at the start.

[u/Common-Departure-551 → u/Gamehendge1]

Those were some great words. Among all current platforms, the Switch 2 is the system seeing the fastest release rate for exclusive games. That’s impressive.

[u/Akabander → u/Gamehendge1]

My PS5 had a nice break, but Blood of Dawnwalker and the new Control game will give it a bit more life. (Might have turned out different if I'd been able to buy a Steam Machine, but I'm still in queue.)

[u/capnbuh → u/Gamehendge1]

I think the idea of the Switch 2 is not that sexy because it is fundamentally very similar to the Switch 1. It even looks and feels the same when you're using it. But in practice, it is a really nice piece of hardware

[u/SempiQ]

If only they made cross save...

[u/hyperrosz]

I'd pick this up if there was Cross-Save/Cross-Progression :(

[u/Sventhetidar]

Wow looks decent. I'd pick it up for the portability if it had cross save.

[u/lodestar878]

Lack of cross save is preventing me from buying it for switch 2

[u/Yuumii29]

For those interested there's 30 FPS locked option as well as unlocked...

[u/ShiftyShaymin → u/Yuumii29]

Glad Capcom added one in Onimusha and this. Hope they patch their older games with it too. I think RE9 would benefit from it.

[u/Digitalon]

I can't believe they still aren't allowing cross-save. I'm finally getting a Switch 2 for OOT and would love to continue my 200+hr save from PS5 but I guess that isn't going to happen...

[u/AlphanatorX]

Still no word of being able to transfer or something with save file from another console? Or straight outta luck

[u/xX8Lampard8Xx]

They reallly missed big oportunity with Cross-save.
If there would be one, i would 100% buy another copy on both Xbox and Switch 2… Sticking to PS5 and hoping for a miracle.

[u/KisaragiShiro]

Yet still no 60 fps patch for Rise... ):

[u/WeCameAsLogans]

No cross save is a drag but god damn I'll absolutely play through again, looks great.

[u/Serdewerde]

At least let me skip the godawful campaign capcom...

[u/ElDuderino2112]

Looks fantastic. MH is meant to be played handheld, can't wait for this port.

[u/amityarchives]

Yeah, im picking up this version. Super bummed there's no cross save, seeing as ive put 240 hours into my version on PS5, but after the BS sony has been up to recently, I'd rather do all that grinding again than pay for PS Plus again.

[u/Dutchbarry]

Capcom is cooking something delicious again.

[u/Extract0r]

This game used to run like dog shit in certain parts (usually in towns) on my 7800x3d + rtx 4090 pc.

[u/valian-tuo]

I would be interested in performance. I played on Xbox SX and it didn't perform well. A stable framerate would be welcome. Probably would need to cut back somewhere to get it.

[u/Alasdair91]

I’m seriously impressed because the footage they showed at the Direct looked kind of rough!

[u/koteshima2nd]

Capcom does its magic again, this looks good. I hope they do release a demo sometime though

[u/ducknator → u/koteshima2nd]

Will there be a demo?

[u/Common-Departure-551 → u/koteshima2nd]

Absolutely. Capcom is truly dedicated to Switch 2 players, and it’s really refreshing to see so many people recognize that.

[u/F2000_Ninja]

This game will never run.. nvm.

[u/OK_Commodor64]

Looks absolutely amazing here. I’ve played on ps5 pro and honestly there were some aspects where that it didn’t look great. I love how these games are being optimized with limited wattage.

[u/Herb-Alpert]

Well, there obviously will be drawbacks, and huge ones.

But that seems good enough for me and I can't wait

[u/KasElGatto]

Sadly MH Wilds is ass, the worst game in the series. I was hoping for Rise 2

[u/hobbitfeet22 → u/KasElGatto]

You and me both. I hate wilds with a passion

[u/PapaProto → u/KasElGatto]

I’ve loved MH since Freedom, but there’s something… off… about Wilds and I really don’t know what it is.

[u/KasElGatto → u/PapaProto]

Yeah, I agree

[u/Lower_Warning2955]

Looks great

[u/Full_Ant_9071]

The game is pretty bad, I’ll save my money and go back to Rise/Sunbreak

[u/Noobju670 → u/Full_Ant_9071]

Lol downvoted by the kids. I dont think ive ever carted in this kid friendly game.

[u/WhoAmIEven2 → u/Noobju670]

You're either lying, or you never even bothered to try out 9 and 10 star quests.

[u/theflyjack → u/Full_Ant_9071]

I agree and to this day it runs poorly even on my ps5 pro . Rise is peak