so, My Time at Portia on Switch is... .. mhmm....

...look, the game is good, lovely, a lot of fun, i'm really enjoying it, but the port is... pprrreeettty bad.

like, not much effort has gone into it. help messages STILL refer to "right click" as if you're on PC, and it's riddled with bugs and SO much jank. Performance is spotty at best even after a clean boot of the game and the system, and it has a tendency to crash after long periods of play.

I assume the PC version plays and handles better, but I wouldn't know. In general though, from what I know is definitely NOT part of the janky port nature of the switch version, is that the game does not... tell you enough things, or soon enough. The Day of Memories event I failed utterly at because I had NO idea what I was meant to do, when, or how. Nothing was signposted or explained at all. This is endemic to lots of stuff in game.

Also the art style is... odd. It's not BAD, but it just doesn't exactly gel with me you know?

My Time at Sandrock, the sequel currently in development is looking... better in that regard so far? Like the art direction is definitely a little more refined and less overtly cartoony, whilst still remaining charming and on theme.

But yeah, Portia, still a lovely game, loving it a lot, really enjoying it, jank and all. Shame the port is not great. Not the WORST tho, so it's got that going for it.