10 INSULTING Nintendo Switch Games

10. Ark: Survival Evolved

With the seemingly timeless popular culture appeal of dinosaurs, Ark: Survival Evolved was a winning concept for many from the very beginning. A survival title that sees the player hunting, domesticating, or running in terror away from prehistoric titans? What’s not to like?

Well, the initial Nintendo Switch port, that’s what. Studio Wildcard crafted something truly intriguing here, and while the game isn’t perfect on any platform (no title is), the Switch port wasn’t just “acceptable if you only have a Nintendo Switch.” It was almost literally non-functional, with awful textures and resolution and very lengthy loading times.

Late in 2022, the developers introduced the system’s Ultimate Survivor Edition of the game, which went a very long way indeed to fixing these shortcomings.

Technically, the title is vastly improved, though performance is still imperfect. Sadly, though, the game’s reputation on the system remains tainted by the unfortunate condition it was in when it first made the leap to Nintendo’s system in November 2018.