Today, I’m adding one more game to the list of games that have seen improvements when played on Nintendo Switch 2. Let’s have a look!

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Genre: Top-Down Turn-Based RPG

Players: 1-4 Co-Op (Local Wireless, Online), 2 Competitive (Local Wireless, Online)

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Review:

We don’t know for sure the chain of events that led to us getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Divinity: Original Sin 2, a game that is now 7 years old and also seeing new versions released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S alongside it now in 2025… however, I think we can make an educated guess. Developer Larian Studios clearly has a Nintendo Switch 2 development kit, and surely thought it would be a simple enough matter to test it out on one game they’ve already released on Nintendo Switch before moving on to their more recent, massive success. Well, before everyone starts celebrating at the strong likelihood that this means we’re looking at strong prospects of a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Baldur’s Gate 3, let’s have a look and see how this game is improved by the Nintendo Switch 2.

You’ll recall that I thought the game worked surprisingly well on the original Nintendo Switch, albeit in compromised form. Yet despite this, I have to admit I was a bit surprised at how little a difference this upgrade actually made.

The biggest improvement here is the framerates. The boost to 60FPS from 30FPS is wonderful, making the game run much more smoothly. There’s also a boost to resolution, though I honestly found this to be a much more subtle change – there are still plenty of details that seem pretty low-resolution here.

I should also note that the loading times aren’t greatly improved here either loading up the game has actually gone up slightly, from 30 seconds on Nintendo Switch to 31 seconds on Nintendo Switch 2. Loading a game save is faster though – down from 58 to 31.

I’ll also note that one feature you’d really hope to see added into this version, mouse mode controls, is not present. This really is just a graphics and performance upgrade, and not a major one either.

Overall, it’s still a solid version of a great game, and it’s free to upgrade to the Nintendo Switch 2 version of you own the version from the original Nintendo Switch, but this definitely isn’t a massive improvement. Still, it’s nice to have an improved version of such an excellent RPG, even if that improvement isn’t massive.

tl;dr – Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a Turn-Based RPG that had to sacrifice couch co-op and a lot of graphical fidelity to fit onto the Switch, but the game retains its massive, deep, well-told campaign, excellent strategic gameplay, absolutely beautiful soundtrack and superb voice acting and writing, and superb co-op play in local wireless and online. Plus, the Switch 2 version has exclusive cross-save support with the PC version on Steam. The result is a version of the game that is one of the best RPGs on the Switch 2, and a must-have for fans of the genre who don’t already own it on another platform.

Grade: A-

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