Cyberpunk has come a long way since a rather tumultuous launch, and now with the Ultimate Edition, it is making waves on the Nintendo Switch 2. The CD Projekt Red team celebrated Cyberpunk’s arrival on the hybrid console by calling it “a thing of beauty” that now sat at the “cyber-enhanced fingertips” of players. Judging by the feedback, let’s just say Night City may have never looked better-well, maybe just a little better than anyone really expected on Switch hardware.
The hype-building tweet gives a shoutout to “Chooms” from CDPR (Choom is Cyberpunk slang for friend, by the way, in case you have been living under a rock) and teases the gorgeous visuals to whet appetites. Yet, the real story lies in the replies where players are taking down their stories, shocked and skeptical in some places, downright enamored in others.
First things first. Performance-wise, justfilthy shared that they were enjoying the Switch 2 version, saying that the experience is fantastic if you can look past a few minor graphical hiccups, while NS was quite impressed that CDPR pulled off getting it running on the system in the first place but did mention some frame drops while driving. Then there is Julia who jokes that Night City is “under lockdown” because there just aren’t five NPCs in the entire city. Ouch. Judging by everything I have seen, most players appear pleasantly surprised, again considering how demanding Cyberpunk tends to get on any other platform.
Another win is being able to cross-save from all platforms. Fuzzy_Reasoning said he was “floored” by the performance, and justfilthy chimed in, saying that being able to switch between controller and mouse on the fly is a game changer. That flexibility is an absolute plus for a game like this, especially for a portable system where people might play in different ways.
Not everyone is convinced. Some have even countered the obvious compromises-for instance, M3rte putting it down to less cars on the road, and less pedestrians-the usual sacrifices required for any Switch port. One other user took the other side of the ongoing debate: why do so many people get upset on sub-60fps gameplay? (And pretty valid question, would you agree?)
For Mac users, however, it’s a wait. There are a couple of replies asking for an OSX version, one of which even tagged CDPR twice as if trying to summon them. No luck so far; maybe sometime in the future.
The Ultimate Edition already supplies sufficient cause for happiness as it includes the Phantom Liberty expansion, which was never available on the last-gen console. Drnoobdentist felt compelled to point out the irony: “PS4 and Xbox One don’t get the DLC, but Switch 2 gets the whole Ultimate Edition.” Brutally true.
Physical collectors could enjoy this, with RedFella wholeheartedly applauding CDPR for making the full game available on a cartridge, throwing a little shade towards those other third-party devs who still haven’t done the same. Much Respect.
Of course, any Cyberpunk discussion would never be complete without some… interesting requests. For one, Darkme Son got pretty specific about his hope that someday Panam’s textures get “fully loaded” for… reasons. We’ll stop there.
On the whole, it seems that the reception is quite positive. Those who have been with Cyberpunk since the very early days, like MikeJFile, are all eager to get back into it on Switch 2, while, for new players, this is the first time they’ll get to experience a fully complete and polished version. Sure, it’s not perfect-drumming can be an annoying jarring, and Night City does feel a little bit empty-but for portable? Not too shabby.
If that’s been the case for you, waiting for some time for Cyberpunk, or a trip down memory lane with Night City, maybe Switch 2 Ultimate Edition pays off with its worth. The thing is, it’s definitely not going to look quite as good as your maxed-out PC build. That is, if you really care about carrying PC builds on the bus, which you simply can’t do right now.
