Stray – Switch/PS5 Comparison

Although I have a PC that can easily run this game, ever since I got the Lite, I started picking up some ports (for example, I finished the Wolfenstein II campaign on it which, although it was very blurry and looked like I had astigmatism, was still an interesting experience). The convenience is phenomenal, and the Switch is addictive. I had a V1 before, but I sold it and recently bought a Lite again, and I’ve been loving it—especially because it’s smaller and more robust. I’m from the era when we stared at the tiny screen of a GameBoy Color, with no backlight, and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Since I’m in my 30s, I don’t have any vision issues, and I understand it might be bad for some, but the experience is very decent with the games—it’s a trade-off.

Anyway, I felt like the textures in general are quite low quality (for example, there are some air conditioner fans that don’t even have a visible blade outline—it’s just a block, like something from the PS2 era). On the other hand, the lighting, reflections (except for the mirror in the barbershop), and shadows are wonderful and help give it a new-gen feel, even though the textures are lacking. The character and cat animations are really good—another positive point. These things make up for it, because the gameplay still holds up, even with lower textures and resolution, and it still provides a very enjoyable experience. We always need to remember it’s a handheld console.

I saw a comment saying Switch fans were struggling—interesting, maybe that’s on the Dock. On the Lite, I’ve never heard the fans getting loud in any game, even in the ones that seem heavier. And I live in a place where the indoor temperature easily hits 30ºC or more.

393 Gflops compared to 10.3 Tflops. Good port.

Damn looks good on the switch!

its crazy how much better it looks on Switch, with normalized texture detail, the removal of blur that actually shows more graphics, the scruffyness of the cat hair, it's all way better on Switch!

It looks better than both of these on my kids Xbox

Motionblur would’ve helped the switch port 30fps so much, but I understand that it was out of the performance budget.

Just whoa, this is one of the best examples that if they want they can port current gen games to switch with a comparable experience!
Optimization seems a thing of the past these days, this is really impressive!

2:15 why do I literally prefer the Switch version’s lighting here??

This says more about the PS5 than it does about the Switch. The fact that it doesn't look leaps and bounds better on PS5 is honestly kind of troubling if you're a PS person.

Could care less about graphics as long as the game is good

Switch版やとまじグラフィックゴミやな流石低機能任天堂

Why does it look better on switch? Haha

The lightning in switch makes it grittier