10 Nintendo Switch Ports That Aren't Worth Your Money

6. Wolfenstein: Youngblood

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Bethesda have had mixed success on their Switch ventures, with solid ports of Doom and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus proving some visual compromises can still be made without hurting overall performance or entertainment value. Sadly the same can't be said for Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

A co-operative shooter should be a smooth experience, ease of communication between players the key, but the Switch isn't exactly the best platform to suit such a design. The console struggles to keep up with some of the manic action sequences - given the high visual requirements that's not unexpected - but it's the need to play online on a system that really isn't built with online as a priority that really holds it back.

Safe to say, it's better to play a first person shooter on a system that can both handle the frame rate and control response times, plus have an online that isn't limited by a lack of players or the need for an app on your phone just to talk to your co-op partner. Not having native online chat support is a killer and hopefully that's something Nintendo can figure out properly in the future, but for now steer well clear.

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Born in Ireland and raised in Australia, Mark still wishes his Tetris and Mario Kart skills could translate to the real world more than just writing about games for nearly 20 years. Still, can't complain.