Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade performs well on Switch 2 handheld

Kotaku reports the latest version of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade brings the 2021 PlayStation 5 upgrade of the 2020 PS4 game to a 2025 handheld hybrid in 2026, and calls it a good port of a great game.

The reviewer played the new version, out January 22, for around four hours and said the game felt linear, focused and cinematic compared with its successor Rebirth. The Switch 2 build is locked at 30fps in handheld mode but the writer rarely felt it was a compromised experience; textures, lighting and particle effects held up and Digital Foundry’s technical analysis finds it weaker than the PS5 in some areas but generally better than the PS4 overall. Small downgrades noted include fuzzy or dithered hair in handheld mode and occasionally small or hard-to-read UI elements, and the Switch 2 release arrived alongside Xbox Series X/S ports.

The piece recommends the Switch 2 version for players who never owned a PS4, PS5 or PC that could run the game and says if the Switch 2 is the only console someone owns it might even be a "must buy" relative to the system’s library. It also suggests the port points to a bright future for third-party blockbusters on Switch 2 for publishers willing to invest in doing them right.

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Culture, Final Fantasy, Intergrade, Rebirth, Cloud