Owlcat Games has announced that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is coming to consoles on September 29, with versions coming to PS4 and Xbox One that will be playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S through backward compatibility. Surprisingly, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is also coming to Nintendo Switch as a cloud streaming game. This is a great fit for a cloud streaming title on Nintendo Switch, considering the issues with the other cloud games released on the system so far.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is an isometric RPG in the vein of the classic Baldur's Gate games, based on the first edition Pathfinder tabletop rules. The story involves demons flooding into the world of Golarion, with the player forming the Fifth Crusade to stop them. These kinds of games might not seem technically demanding on the surface, but there are limits to what the aging Nintendo Switch hardware can do. This led to situations like the Pillars of Eternity port on Nintendo Switch no longer receiving updates, despite the remaining bugs and technical issues, as the devs had reached the limits of the hardware.
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The Nintendo Switch never received a port of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, so fans assumed that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous would also skip the system. Owlcat Games has announced a Nintendo Switch port of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, which will launch alongside the other console versions on September 29. The Nintendo Switch version of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous can only be played via streaming, which means a fast and stable Internet connection is required to play the game. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is a much better choice for a cloud
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