CITIES SKYLINES SWITCH 720P
CITIES SKYLINES SWITCH PS4

One nice tweak is the inclusion of HD Rumble through the Joy-Con, in whatРІР‚в„ўs a minor but pleasant little feature. The most unusual part of this is clicking the left stick to pause the game and having to hold it clicked in if you want to change the game speed. Camera control is nicely handled with standard twin-stick controls for movement and tilt, while the trigger buttons are there to zoom in and out. You simply navigate the building options laid out along the bottom of the screen, while holding РІР‚ВYРІР‚в„ў brings up a context sensitive radial menu that lets you switch between straight and twisty roads, delve into the city finances, and so on.

CITIES SKYLINES SWITCH PS4

The control layout makes sense, even if it can be a bit esoteric at times РІР‚вЂњР’В itРІР‚в„ўs been tweaked to NintendoРІР‚в„ўs button layout, but if coming from PS4 or Xbox One, you can switch it round so that РІР‚ВBРІР‚в„ў is the main interaction button and РІР‚ВAРІР‚в„ў goes back. It goes through the very basics of road placement, zoning for houses, business and industry, setting up a water supply, electricity and more, and while the game was always designed with a softly, softly approach of unlocking different utilities and services, this really goes root and branch for what Paradox hope will be an audience of newcomers to this style of game. ItРІР‚в„ўs a problem with this version of the game and one that Paradox will continue to optimise around, but to help mitigate the issue, you can choose to lock the camera to a steep downward facing angle in the settings.Р”В«ut one thing that is very useful is a new and more extensive tutorial thatРІР‚в„ўs been developed specifically with the Switch in mind. Pull out to get an overview of the world and things quickly improve, as can simply tilting the camera down to avoid gazing too far off into the distance. Given the hardware, the even a moderate city seems to be able make the frame rate a juddering mess.

CITIES SKYLINES SWITCH 720P

The game runs at 720p in handheld mode, Paradox told us, but thereРІР‚в„ўs a lack of anti-aliasing and a very obvious amount of detail pop-in as you get closer to buildings, trees and scenery.

So where have the cuts been made? Well, in the level of detail that youРІР‚в„ўll see when zooming around the world.

ItРІР‚в„ўs through this that the Switch lets you adjust the game speed, which wasnРІР‚в„ўt available at the original release of the game on Xbox One. Naturally, its release on home console and the continued optimisations its seen alongside updates to Unity over the last eighteen months have helped. ItРІР‚в„ўs impressive that this is possible on the mobile processor in the Switch, and even more impressive when you consider that the game can sometimes struggle on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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