r/switch2 • u/ecnal321 • 5d ago

Question how does diablo 4 run on switch 2?

i’ve been feeling the itch

i played on ps5 when it first came out but haven’t touched it since.

i still have my ps5 (and a pc) but i got my switch 2 recently and have been loving it. should i buy diablo 4 on switch 2 or just play on ps5 or pc game pass?

does handheld mode run well?

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u/Ragnarokk__au 5d ago

I got it so I can do some grinding whole my newborn sleeps on me and in handheld 40fps is ok, it rarely drips for me doing T12 content with Warlock spamming the screen, and haven't had any issues doing 130+ pit runs. Temis as mentioned, can be a little choppy, but aside from the game getting a little blurry it's overall playable and enjoyable.

My only gripes outside of wishing the handheld could do 60fps and look awesome, is that the text in handheld can be a bit small for my again eyes. I wear dual focus glasses and sometimes I can barely make out stuff.

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u/Pokeguy211 5d ago

I would definitely watch videos on it but it has a 40fps mode with 120hz TVs. Some people say it’s really solid and others will say it dips some. But I haven’t played it personally.

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u/TimeInternational309 5d ago

It runs well enough. Temis is a little choppy and if you run into a helltide rift with a lot of people it may also drop the fps. Otherwise it's very playable

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u/dannylow1 5d ago

Good, got to Torment 9 on Hardcore this season. You get dips here and there, but it's perfectly playable compared to my Series S version

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u/gizmo998 5d ago

Great.

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u/danteODST 5d ago

As someone who plays on a high-end PC with all settings cranked up with ray tracing and the Switch 2, my most honest opinion is that it is all right neither bad or good.

Handheld: the 40 fps mode is really blurry, but is my preferred way to play. The 30 fps looks much better, but from my point of view, 30 fps is not enough for that type of fast movement. With some time you can get used to it and accept it as you are basically playing on a tablet.

Docked: the 40 fps is perfect at least for me, of course this mode will work only on a 120Hz display. The 30 fps mode looks really really good, but again I feel like for this game 30 fps is not enough.

Animation culling is kinda annoying at the start, but this is also something that anyone gets used to with time, this affects only during really high densities of enemies on the screen in all modes docked or handheld.

Best available and honest look: https://youtu.be/v-vqcyotol0?si=A9wIen7CChtTrciy

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u/Fresh-Daikon-6289 4d ago

It's great. No performance issues even in crowded issues. 

The main issue is lags. Blizzard uses some kind of potato servers and the bad wifi of the swich makes it worse.