The Assassin’s Creed franchise has thrived for years now. However, those earlier installments were also far more linear than what we’re used to getting today. Modern Assassin’s Creed installments are massive open-world experiences, with several quests and activities to partake in. However, Ubisoft does not forget about those past games as it was a few years ago, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection was released.
With that said, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection came out in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One console platforms. The game collection made its way onto the Nintendo Switch platform this past month. Gamers who wanted to experience this collection for the hybrid device, either docked or handheld, can finally do so. However, it does bring up the question of how the game collection handles on the platform compared to the 2016 counterpart release.
Fortunately, Digital Foundry has taken a look at the game and its performance. This media outlet does well in going in-depth with the different technical aspects of hardware and video games. As some might have suspected, the Nintendo Switch platform release has slight downfalls. For a quick refresher, this collection comes with Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and lastly, Assassin’s Creed Revelations. The technical issues vary between the video games.
Overall, players can expect to see some issues regarding the depth of field effect, shadow resolutions, character lighting, and uneven pixel scaling. Meanwhile, the outlet found that the resolution typically held up to around 1080p with minimal drops while docked. In contrast, it was reported that portable mode saw the game resolution drop from 720p to 540p. For the most part, the same can be said when it comes to fps. When docked, the games ran reasonably stable at 30 fps, although you did see more dips when played as a handheld.
As mentioned, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection is available on the Nintendo Switch right now. For a more in-depth breakdown of the technical side of things for this collection, you can check out the Digital Foundry review in the video embedded above.
