It's time for the people who purchased Pillars of Eternity on Nintendo Switch to ask for a refund, as the publisher of the port has announced that it won't receive any more updates, despite the bugs still present in the game. Pillars of Eternity is an isometric RPG in the vein of the old Baldur's Gate games, set in the unique fantasy world of Eora.
Pillars of Eternity is available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, as well as the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S through backward compatibility. All of the console ports of the game were criticized for their slow load times, but the Switch version had a ton of issues relating to glitches. The Switch version of Pillars of Eternity had the portability factor, but that doesn't mean much when the game doesn't work properly or takes forever to load. Obsidian Entertainment (the developers of Pillars of Eternity) has blamed publisher deadlines in the past for bugs, as the company has earned a reputation for buggy games.
The Switch version of Pillars of Eternity received a patch last month, but that's the lot. The Switch version of Pillars of Eternity was published by Versus Evil. According to the Versus Evil Twitter page, the Switch port will no longer be receiving any updates, even though there are prominent bugs still present in the game, such as the Ranger's pet not spawning.
The reason given for the abandonment of Pillars of Eternity is that Versus Evil has gone as far as it can with the hardware available, and what is left to the team from the PC original. This announcement also doesn't seem encouraging for the upcoming Switch port of Pillars of Eternity 2, which still doesn't have a release date. If the Switch is struggling to run the original Pillars of Eternity, then it's going to have a lot of problems with the sequel, which chugs hard on the PS4.
The question of glitches in games being present at launch has been a major topic of discussion over the past few months, thanks to the Cyberpunk 2077 bugs debacle. In Pillars of Eternity's case, this is the game being abandoned almost two years after its original release. It's probably too late for people who purchased the game at launch to get their money back, but it's at least worth asking, considering how unique this situation is. Pillars of Eternity is a great game, and it's a shame that it never reached its full potential on Nintendo Switch.
Source: Versus Evil
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February 10, 2021 at 04:58AM
