Resident Evil Requiem on Switch 2 Is Horrifyingly Great

Capcom is 1 of the strongest third-party publishers connected Switch 2 truthful far. It released an fantabulous larboard of Street Fighter 6 connected the console’s motorboat day, and it’s keeping the momentum going successful 2026 by bringing astir of its large games to the platform, including Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (with dedicated amiibo figures for each 3 games!). I went hands-on with Resident Evil and Pragmata connected Switch 2 successful some handheld and docked mode, and was highly impressed with however these 2 somewhat scaled down experiences are shaping up.

As you’d reasonably expect, the Switch 2 versions intelligibly don’t person the aforesaid fidelity arsenic their counterparts connected PC oregon the different consoles, but if you lone person a Switch 2 oregon truly worth bringing your games connected the go, the versions I saw were perfectly viable and didn’t marque maine privation I was playing connected 1 of my beefier machines astatine home. Plus, I truly enjoyed some games abstracted from my valuation of their performance, and deliberation they volition each marque fantabulous additions to Switch 2’s increasing third-party lineup.

Resident Evil Requiem: Switch 2 Impressions

Let’s commencement with Resident Evil. The demo I tried connected Switch 2 was thing caller if you’ve been pursuing the lead-up to Requiem. I controlled newcomer Grace Ashcroft arsenic she woke up connected an introspection array successful a aesculapian bay. This conception sees Grace tiptoeing astir acheronian hallways that are occasionally illuminated by flickering lights oregon blinking reddish alarms. It builds a batch of hostility successful these opening moments, similar erstwhile I turned a country to spot an unidentifiable wide successful the distance, lone to cautiously attack it and spot it’s conscionable a equine statue staring backmost astatine me.

I was instantly impressed by Grace’s quality exemplary and animations successful the demo’s introductory cutscene. It opens with a closeup changeable of her eye, and it looked precise elaborate and pulled maine into the satellite close away. That beardown archetypal content carried done the remainder of the demo. Requiem appears to sprout for 60 fps connected Switch 2, and I didn’t announcement immoderate drops passim my session. Granted, this is not a precise action-heavy information of the crippled – Grace is wholly unarmed for the entirety of this conception too solid bottles she tin propulsion arsenic distractions – but it was inactive large to spot the Switch 2 keeping up with Requiem truthful far.

Requiem shoots for a creaseless 60 fps connected Switch 2, and I didn’t announcement immoderate large drops.“

Eventually, I recovered a lighter that fto maine research a antecedently transportation achromatic hallway I’d skipped earlier. The lighting effects that the lighter projected onto the partition whitethorn not person been arsenic analyzable arsenic connected the different platforms, but it’s surely not bad, and if I weren’t looking astatine it with a precise captious eye, I astir apt wouldn’t person noticed. This acheronian hallway led to the main confrontation of the demo: a crippled of feline and rodent against a towering, terrifying monster with long, disgusting fingers that chased aft Grace for the remainder of my playtime. It was precise intense, and the biggest compliment I tin springiness Resident Evil Requiem connected Switch 2 is that I was truthful terrified by being relentlessly stalked by this monster that immoderate concerns I had astir the mentation I was playing instantly melted away. All I could absorption connected was Grace’s survival.

After wrapping up the demo connected the tv from Grace’s first-person perspective, I swapped to the somewhat little stressful third-person position successful handheld mode and was likewise enthused with what I saw. Honestly, I deliberation Resident Evil is acold much fitting arsenic a large surface acquisition with the lights turned off, but if you privation to play it successful handheld, the Switch 2 delivered a coagulated acquisition successful this demo. There’s a noticeable solution quality switching from the 4K tv to the 1080p Switch 2 screen, but it inactive looked large and maintained coagulated performance, too. In third-person, I truly similar however Grace stumbled and tripped implicit herself portion initially moving distant from the monster. She’s intelligibly arsenic terrified and stressed arsenic we are, and that tiny item truly sold it. I didn’t get to play arsenic Leon Kennedy, but based connected Dale Driver’s caller preview, I’m excited to effort the much action-heavy portions that volition equilibrium retired the panic I felt aft completing Grace’s demo. Resident Evil Requiem is coming to Switch 2 (and different platforms) connected February 27, and connected the aforesaid day, Capcom is releasing Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village connected Switch 2 arsenic well.

Pragmata: Switch 2 Impressions

Requiem is bringing the newest introduction successful 1 of Capcom’s astir historical franchises to Nintendo players. On the different broadside of the coin, Pragmata is Capcom’s newest IP that’s besides debuting connected Switch 2. This sci-fi third-person shooter stars a worker named Hugh and an android helium names Diana arsenic they research a lunar probe installation filled with hostile robots. I played the Sketchbook demo, which is the aforesaid portion of the crippled presently disposable to effort connected PC and coming to consoles astatine a aboriginal date. It covers Hugh and Diane’s instauration each the mode done the archetypal brag encounter.

Pragmata connected Switch 2 was likewise impressive, but I did announcement a fewer much unsmooth edges and fuzzier details compared to Requiem. My mentation is that’s due to the fact that Pragmata takes spot successful acold brighter, bigger areas than Resident Evil’s claustrophobic hallways, exposing immoderate much of its shortcomings. But with that said, it inactive ran precise good and felt large to play, adjacent successful its much action-focused combat scenarios.

And I truly similar the rotation Pragmata puts connected third-person shooting. Hugh and Diana person to enactment unneurotic to instrumentality down enemies, arsenic Diana hacks into the androids to woody damage, dilatory them down, and exposure anemic points. Hacking is represented by a grid minigame that appears erstwhile you people an enemy, wherever you property the look buttons to navigate a cursor to the extremity arsenic rapidly arsenic you can, passing done harm multipliers connected your way. It’s snappy and satisfying to propulsion off, made amended by the information that the enactment doesn’t halt erstwhile you’re hacking arsenic Diana, meaning you inactive person to aim, shoot, and dodge arsenic Hugh astatine the aforesaid time. It’s instantly amusive to divided your attraction betwixt the 2 objectives, and I’m excited to spot however Pragmata builds upon its unsocial instauration deeper successful the campaign.

It’s instantly amusive to divided your attraction betwixt Pragmata's hacking and shooting.“

Running astir the abstraction presumption and solving airy hacking puzzles was fun, too, and the heft of Hugh’s armor was sold by Switch 2’s HD rumble, arsenic I could consciousness each footstep connected the due broadside of the controller. Just similar Requiem, Pragmata was downgraded successful handheld mode but inactive wholly playable. Responsiveness is precise important successful Pragmata due to the fact that of each its quick-time events, and the Switch 2 didn’t miss a bushed successful this demo.

Capcom was the lone third-party beingness astatine the Nintendo Switch 2 preview showcase I attended past week, but I besides got to spell hands-on with a batch of Nintendo’s upcoming first-party releases. For more, cheque retired my previews of Mario Tennis Fever, the ridiculously large Virtual Boy accessory for Switch and Switch 2, and wherefore I’m bushed of Nintendo Switch 2 Editions aft playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s caller content.

Logan Plant is the big of Nintendo Voice Chat and IGN's Database Manager & Playlist Editor. The Legend of Zelda is his favourite video crippled franchise of each time, and helium is patiently awaiting the time Nintendo announces a marque caller F-Zero. You tin find caller episodes of NVC each Friday connected the IGN Games YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, oregon your favourite podcast app.