BioShock The Collection on Switch - A Remaster That Works - All Games Tested 

Df is so great. This is the kind of info I want to know when making an educated purchase on a port.

i'm really surprised they went with the remastered version as a base. and it seems like the performance still holds up very well

Impressed with this port, interested to see if you guys will cover the Borderlands ports also

These ports are actually kind of incredible. If the Switch was a home-console exclusively I feel like it wouldn't be as impressive but the fact that these games can be played so well on a glorified handheld is nuts. Would have bought the collection day one if the games were on the cart, but personally I'm just going to wait for a deep sale to justify rebuying these games for the fourth time lol

I'll definitely be picking this. Portable Bioshock, yes please! I'd love to see the Return to Arkham collection on Switch too. Make it happen Rocksteady, please! 🙏

The Bioshock Collection on Switch is perfect for me, they run amazing. Playing Bioshock handheld is unreal.

Still waiting for that Bioshock Vita.

"it's a lot to cover in one go" I feel your pain brother!

I'm halfway through actually playing the collection myself, and I was still excited for this video...

Bio shock is beyond my favorite series. Happy to see these master pieces on hand held.

Now I know its a decent port, I might actually need to pick this up and replay it

If someone told me, “You’ll be able to play this handheld one day”, when I was playing on the 360, I would never have believed it. Yet, here we are. I have this on XBOX Series, but will get it on switch. It’s worth having twice. Well, thrice.

Nice to see a proper optimized remaster for switch, thanks bioshock

This genuinely looks amazing on the OLED model in handheld. That OLED brings the Darkness of Rapture and the Colors of Columbia out beautifully and it's really impressive looking for this small handheld. And in handheld for whatever reason even the 30fps doesn't bother. The smaller screen and good motion blur hides it in a way and in the end these 3 games end up one of the best looking Switch titles period. Amazing porting effort 👌 😊

I was so impressed by this game on the switch! I was expecting really bad performance on it but holy crap it stayed solid through out the game

When ps5 and xbox sx are out, Im going to be glued to you guys xD

ahh yes my favorite action game the DF comments section

That initial 0:16 intro... will never forget how immersive it felt.

PS360 era ports of high-quality games that have never made it to handhelds (and never been available to Nintendo console owners) are one of the areas where Switch really shines. Switch is really able to sell these experiences convincingly in a handheld setting. I really don't understand why GTA V (the last-gen version) hasn't made its way across, it seems like the perfect candidate in this category.

Played through all 3 games last week again..they're just amazing! I'm really in LOVE with those ports! Graphics are amazing!

Currently bought the Collection and must say it's damm big and works really good

God, rewatching this 2 years later it just blows me away how much people would have given to have a portable version of these games on their respective 360/PS3 launch days.

The port is great, can't wait to revisit rapture and Columbia wherever I go. Also, will you cover the xcom and borderlands ports?

I’m definitely buying the pack on the switch. Can’t wait to replay all three.

Nintendo Switch, SteamDeck, ROG ALLY. What a time to live in where handheld devices are pretty much capable.

It's awesome to revisit childhood games like this and borderlands again. The combat in Infinite is the best imo. That rail system makes for some awesome immersive moments.

I like when Tom is around in these videos.

Looks surprisingly well ported! Hope you do the borderlands collection next, been waiting to play them (despite having them all on PC already)

Hey DF could you try Switch overclocking for Hyrule Warriors in portable mode? Koei Tecmo never fixed the bug where it runs 1080p in portable and thus kills performance

Damn, it might be time for a BioShock trilogy playthrough. I have them all on PC, but being able to play while sitting in bed is a tempting notion

improved foliage? this is a Must Buy!

Got the collection for 6 bucks on the E-Shop and looking forward to seeing how it looks on my OLED. Hoping the performance is great and the ocean will hopefully look even more beautiful with the OLED

Tom, you are my hero. While others make videos about PCs of 2005 and games they have weird obsessions in for a very long time (Crysis!), you make the basic work at DF with your classic game analyses. This is why most people came to DF and love it so much. Thank you!

Shame about the physical release but it's good to know this is solid in case the digital comes on sale

Why do consoles always have a problem adopting AFx16, when on PC it almost doesn't consume any resources in comparison with other effects?

Would really love them to drop and MGS collection, 1-4

I think 30 FPS is an unnoticeable drop in quality for a game on switch that plays on a projector like a high quality game. Good job bioshock I enjoyed your games so so much!

I'm in love with my portable BioShock

Excellent, I was eagerly awaiting for this video. All three games surpassed my expectations and it’s always a joy to revisit Bioshock 1.

Well researched, informative and entertaining. Every video from you guys is a treat.

I like how Tom is very softly spoken and positive.

These games look amazing on the switch itself. These videos don't do it justice.

Man I'm glad these games are coming to switch. Not a huge fan of the classic nintendo IP games, being able to play black flag and witcher 3 on the go is awesome. Dont even have my switch dock connected to the tv, just have it next to the bed for charging lol, have the other consoles and a pc for big screen stuff.

Man, I miss Bioshock. I really wish there was a new one coming

I bought this collection on a whim for my switch because I wanted to get it on my Xbox but I also wanted to play while traveling and going to work so I settled for handheld option. I haven’t played it undocked yet because I was blown away by the graphical fidelity docked mode has. Any untrained eye could see some downfalls in texture resolution and frame rate dips but to be able to go from playing on my tv to traveling with it , there’s no match. I’m really pleased with my purchase.

I was waiting for this one. Never played but will buy this collection. Thanks for the upload DF.

Wish it was 60 fps, but still it is really nice to see the remastered games running

Impressive visuals and performance on the switch. Thanks for the upload.

Switch related content is the only thing that makes pirn analysis interesting

it's sick you can play game like this on a mobile device

I'm so happy three of my favorite games of all time got a pretty amazing Switch port with excellent frame rate and basically no frame drops. I just wish they had included motion aiming

Playing through the first one and I'm thoroughly impressed by the port!

People have found the Switch can be modded to unlock the frame rate with many games ported from PC or other consoles. Most of the settings are modified for stable performance and avoiding over heating of the system. Can you run 60fps? Yes with modding but only if you can chuck in some extra fans lol

I just finished Bioshock 1 on my switch rn! It was so much fun! The only complaints I had were with some audio issues, like with switching between guns and looping sounds

I was waiting for this, thank you! I always watch your videos before I buy a third party game. I’ve been waiting to revisit bioshock on switch ever since it was rumored.

All these games run awesome on the switch.

DF is amazing, thank you guys!

The switch is legendary!

This is the video i was waiting for

Great job as always Tom.

You sounded sooo disappointed that the frame rate is stable.

Are we getting borderlands soon?

Bought this and Borderlands, extremly pleased with both :)

Glad they mentioned the physics fps fix mod.

Would've like to see how the Bioshock 1 port compares to the Nvidia shield handheld from years ago. If I'm remembering right the switch was going to have a more powerful chipset than that machine but final production model had the same tegra chip. Would love to see what improvements the switch version pulls off. Also, checking the early sections of these games doesn't really tell the full performance story. In particular, I remember the last few combat sections of Infinite going to straight garbage framerates back on ps3, would be curious if that's all fixed on the remaster versions. Obviously don't need to show those sections for spoilers but would be nice to know about the more taxing parts of the game

I remember trying to play Bioshock Infinite on my i3 3rd gen with Intel HD 3000 graphics. I can't remember specific frame rates but it became unplayable due to loading times. It had a hard drive, but I'm sure it was the CPU that was the bottle neck in that regard. I'm sure the GPU kept me at in the low 20's fps wise, but back then that didn't bother me much. Its weird to think about, but now that 30 fps looks absolutely horrible to me having had a decent PC for years. I can't help but remember those days with that laptop though, and think about how hard I tried to play infinite with a terrible frame rate and loading times, while the switch does it better. Had the Switch existed when I was in highschool, It would have absolutely blown my mind. To be completely honest, it still actually does.

The most annoying bullshit about the collection on ps4 is that it blocks the use of the share button for streaming. Only game I know that does this. Mafia 3 blocked cutscene audio but that's it

I’m more impressed with how good the xbox 360 version looked back in 2007. Wow that’s impressive

I’ve owned a gtx 970 and a Radeon hd 7850. The 7850 is basically equivalent to what you see on Xbox one and ps4. I got over 60fps all the time in bioshock infinite maxed out 1080p. I think it was on the 7850. How could an optimized console drop any frames lower than 60fps. Unless this remaster is putting the details higher than the original pc release

But what about on Switch Lite? Does not docking make it better or worse for me?

while the witch has a lot more RAM, its bandwidth (25.6 GB/s/) is only a little bit faster then the xbox 360s (22.40 GB/s)

Considering this is vidoe is over 15 minutes, some comparison with X360 would’ve been great.

Cross save functionality would be pretty cool

Anyone else prefers solo vidoes rather these ones where it just feels like watching a conversation rather than a simple analysis video?

I just got BSI since I never got the Buried at Sea DLC, I am very impressed how well the port runs and looks considering these were the same guys that ported Outer Worlds (Virtuos), maybe due to the lower technical constraints on these older titles. I do have all 3 originals/remasters on PC as well. :)) Glad to have BS on the go!!

Huh, so it looks like they’ll never fix the crashing problem on the PC remasters.

Great stuff as always, it would be awesome if you can do Borderlands Switch collection aswell!

Wish they would bring fallout 3 and new vegas to modern hardware

What version/port available would you recommend to someone with a switch and pc? I’ve read about a lot of problems with what I’ve seen available on Steam. Thanks

Just wish it had cross save between consoles.

Too bad its not possible to unlock the frame rate on Switch. I loved that I was possible on Xbox360. Edit: With a CFW on Switch it actually IS possible to unlock the framerate and it works perfectly.... at least in handheld mode.

Man I want new Bioshock so badly. People play this games, they are awesome.

Very little discussion of portable play - what is the average resolution of the dynamic 720p?

13 years since it first came out. Someone stop the clock please.

I picked these up and am happy but damn the fact the ports are so good makes the lack of a true physical copy really awful.

Why no comparison to OG Xbox 1 once again???

im gonna buy a game this month but i dont know if buy Bioshock the collection (i never played none of them yet), Wolfenstein 2 or the outer worlds (i have see a lot of reviews of this game and all say that it dont got the better quality yet and allbody are waiting for a new patch). Do you think Bioshock the collection is worth it? or maybe i shoud buy wolfenstein 2?

7:34 for some reason Xbox 360 frame rate looks smoother than Switch's, even when both of them run at 30fps.

I was waiting for this vid :)))

game runs nice on my switch

All 3 Bioshock games and all 3 Borderlands games are muah! Chef’s kiss. And XCOM 2 on Switch is a miracle. Not perfect like Bioshock/Borderlands but way, WAY better than Outer Worlds. XCOM 2 looks incredible on the handheld screen. Even docked looks great.

I will never understand why you guys believe it’s appropriate to compare XBOX ONE X & PS4 Pro systems to the Switch instead of the more appropriate and realistic comparison of the XBOX ONE & PS4. Also if you’re going to compare, when showing the comparisons of the other systems, include sitting on a bus or a train or sitting in an airport and do a side by side comparisons of all the systems then as well.

Damn xbox360 looks good actually

Looks great on Switch considering the power!

"It just works" - Todd Howard

Again Switch impresses with what it can do with its mobile chipset. Looking at those videos I'm still impressed with what the 360 achieved though. My steam copies of Bioshock games were automatically upgraded for free to the latest versions and I recently bought a Ryzen 3500U laptop for £240 thanks to an offer and plays it fine at 1080p on the laptop screen. Switch performance is starting to fall back a fair bit with what entry to mid-level laptops can achieve. The Ryzen 3500U laptop has 1.3TF of gpu performance which is about the performance of the original xbox one plus the CPU side is significantly more powerful than xbox one. A laptop like that can play a huge amount of fantastic PC games on the go which you may already own on steam anyway. I guess that is my main issue with Switch versions of old games, you are paying a lot to get those games and when support for Switch ends in a few years you lose access to your games if you bought them digitally. My laptop came with a 256GB SSD and I'm planning to add a 2TB HDD too.

I bought Assassin’s Creed Rebel collection and Mortal Kombat 11 and was pretty disappointed. Does this game look the same?

im honestly shocked that nintendo didnt censor anything from these 3 games, i just got the trilogy yesterday and to play infinite without nintendo coming in and going "nah cant have the intro brah" is so refreshing.

They could have given us gyro aiming. Borderlands has it, why no bioshock?

the reason bioshock 1 and 2 run better than infinite is not so much engine related, it's because that port was done for the nvidia shield. which is far more powerful version of the same hardware. so it'd already been optimized for the platform.