4 Ways Dave the Diver Is Worth Picking Up on Switch

Dave the Diver was arms down the shock indie hit of the summer time, and with its first main replace out now and the Swap launch on the horizon, it’s an thrilling time for followers of deep sea exploration and restaurant administration. That mentioned, whether or not you’re a brand new participant or somebody who’s already sunk a while into the PC model of the sport, there are 4 massive the reason why you need to take into account getting Dave the Diver on Swap.

It’s the Excellent Cozy Swap Recreation

The Swap is the quintessential cozy sport console. With video games like Animal Crossing, Cult of the Lamb, Stardew Valley, and Spiritfarer, Dave the Diver suits proper in with that lineup. Right here, we’ve bought a rogue-like adjoining fishing sport that’s additionally a sushi restaurant mangement sim, and there are farming sim components when you unlock the fish ponds and farms.

Dave the Diver additionally occurs to be a type of video games the place you possibly can simply play and take issues at your personal tempo with out worrying an excessive amount of about not hitting your deadlines. I imply, yeah, there are some VIP missions that require you to gather particular components earlier than a sure date, however for essentially the most half, they’re fairly simple to accumulate. And even in the event you occur to overlook the deadline, it’s actually not an enormous deal when it comes to development. You’ll get ’em subsequent time.

Gameplay Sections are Damaged Up Into Small Chunks

What makes a Excellent Swap Recreation (TM)? The power to only decide up and play a sport, put it down, then decide it proper again up later and never really feel like you must get again into the groove of issues.

Dave the Diver suits completely into that class with how its varied gameplay sections are damaged up. The fishing facet is the lengthiest portion for positive, nevertheless it’s additionally largely dependent in your O2 capability and the way a lot stock area you’ve got. Particularly whenever you’re simply beginning out, you’ll in all probability solely spend about 10 minutes underwater earlier than needing to come back again as much as unload.

The restaurant and farming sim facets are additionally very informal, which signifies that Dave the Diver is a good sport to play in your commute or throughout your small pockets of free time. Simply hop in, do a shift and Bancho, then put the Swap to sleep and are available again later.

It Performs Higher With a Gamepad

Whereas the sport did initially launch on PC first, Dave the Diver really performs higher with a gamepad.

The harpoon aiming feels much less funky with a correct controller, which is big. There’s nothing extra irritating than lacking a harpoon on a shark when you’re in fight simply since you wanted time to regulate, and aiming on the gamepad undoubtedly feels extra pure.

Whereas navigating the menus with a mouse and keyboard is definitely smoother, the meat and potatoes of Dave the Diver lies within the underwater exploration, so we wouldn’t thoughts sacrificing a little bit of menu comfort for a greater fight expertise.

It Appears Cuter on a Smaller Display screen

So this is likely to be somewhat subjective, however pixel aesthetic video games like Dave the Diver do are inclined to look nicer on the Swap’s smaller display in our expertise. It’s only a good match for the hand-held, versus wanting all bloated and blown up on an even bigger monitor.

It doesn’t assist that Dave the Diver’s pixel fashions aren’t all that elaborate both, so it’s not such as you’re lacking a lot by taking part in on the Swap as a substitute of on a bigger show. The cooking and prepping animations must also look very crisp on the smaller display, including to the sport’s total cozy vibe.

So, are you planning on selecting up Dave the Diver on Swap? What are you most wanting ahead to doing within the sport? Tell us within the feedback down under.

Concerning the writer

Zhiqing Wan

Zhiqing is the Evaluations Editor for Twinfinite, and a Historical past graduate from Singapore. She’s been within the video games media business for 9 years, trawling by showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous period of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she’s not singing the praises of Amazon’s Kindle as the best technological invention of the previous 20 years, you possibly can in all probability discover her in a FromSoft rabbit gap.