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I haven’t played The Witcher 3 since May 2015 (when it first came out on PC). I honestly can’t remember if I ever beat it, as I’m the type of player that wants to close out all quests before taking that final battle. Certainly, I got really, really far into it… and reconsidered playing it again when the Expansions and DLC came out a year later.
When The Witcher television show came out last year on Netflix, there was a massive uptick on newfound fans playing the game again. That’s because, like the game, the show was very well done and had a compelling story.
So… why am I playing The Witcher 3 again? Partly because I’ve forgotten almost everything about the game, but also because I started playing The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch in 15 to 30-minute increments at work. It’s slow-going, but I have limited time with it.
To get the massive game on the Switch, the developer had to make sacrifices, so, as a result, the game looks incredible ugly, compared to its PS4, Xbox, and PC versions. If you can get past the low resolution and junky details… it is nice to get the game on a mobile device. Alternatively, if you have the first generation Switch, you can always dock it to the television and play the game with a traditional game controller - but it’ll still looks fugly compared to the modern consoles.
The other thing about the Switch version is that the loading time is much slower compared to the PC version (especially with NVME storage).
There is cross-save between the Switch and GOG version for The Witcher 3, which is pretty amazing when it works.
How to use Cross Save on the Nintendo Switch:
There is no automatic Cloud Saves, so you’ll have to manually do this every time you decide to go back and forth.
When The Witcher television show came out last year on Netflix, there was a massive uptick on newfound fans playing the game again. That’s because, like the game, the show was very well done and had a compelling story.
So… why am I playing The Witcher 3 again? Partly because I’ve forgotten almost everything about the game, but also because I started playing The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch in 15 to 30-minute increments at work. It’s slow-going, but I have limited time with it.
To get the massive game on the Switch, the developer had to make sacrifices, so, as a result, the game looks incredible ugly, compared to its PS4, Xbox, and PC versions. If you can get past the low resolution and junky details… it is nice to get the game on a mobile device. Alternatively, if you have the first generation Switch, you can always dock it to the television and play the game with a traditional game controller - but it’ll still looks fugly compared to the modern consoles.
The other thing about the Switch version is that the loading time is much slower compared to the PC version (especially with NVME storage).
There is cross-save between the Switch and GOG version for The Witcher 3, which is pretty amazing when it works.
How to use Cross Save on the Nintendo Switch:
- On the Main Menu, chose “CLOUD SAVES”
- Choose STEAM or GOG.COM
- Log in with your credential
- Choose STANDARD EDITION or GOTY EDITION
- Choose LOAD GAME or UPLOAD
There is no automatic Cloud Saves, so you’ll have to manually do this every time you decide to go back and forth.
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