Digital Foundry is at it again, this time putting the Paladins – Founder’s Pack through a series of tests to find out if it’s potentially the best third-party port we’ve seen so far on the Switch. Starting out with a review of the framerate, the analysis is quick to note how the game in docked mode runs at a smooth 60fps, with only the occasional hiccup here and there.
As for the game’s resolution, it resorts to dynamic resolution scaling (DRS), maxing out at 1600×900. In reality, though, most battles were capped closer to 1280×720, and the lowest figure recorded was 1008×567. In handheld mode, the game maintains 60fps while being limited to 720p. In truth, it goes down to around a resolution of 672×378, with quality comparisons to a compressed YouTube video. Despite this, the folks at Digital Foundry still found it to be an impressive feat for such a game to perform so well on Nintendo’s hybrid system.
There are also a number of comparisons made to Rocket League and Fortnite throughout the video, mainly due to the fact Hi-Rez Studios’ game utilises the Unreal Engine. Compared to Fortnite, Paladins actually puts players on a level playing field when competing against cross-play counterparts. However, cross-play with PlayStation users remains off-limits. Overall, Digital Foundry labelled it as a “remarkable port” that runs at a stable 60fps in docked and handheld mode with only minor technical setbacks present.
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