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Playing Baldur’s Gate on Nintendo Switch has revolutionized the game

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To say I was skeptical of the Baldur’s Gate Nintendo Switch port would be to sell my cynicism short. The idea of using an analog stick to play a crunchy, isometric RPG didn’t sit right with me. With so many objects to interact with, enemies to bash, spells to select, and party members to manage, how could a single analog stick match the deft multi-dimensional movement of a good old-fashioned mouse and keyboard?

Developer Beamdog has changed all that. Its 2019 Nintendo Switch port of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition has shown me the error of my ways. Analog sticks and D-pads might not be the best way to play BioWare’s classic RPG, but they’re probably optimal for a contemporary RPG audience. Take away the mouse and keyboard and you’ve not only changed the game, but revolutionized it – probably for the better

A perfect pair

A party in Baldur's Gate in a city

(Image credit: Beamdog)

Baldur’s Gate and analog sticks aren’t natural companions. The game belongs to an era of PC gaming during which isometric dungeon-crawlers hadn’t embraced the thumbsticks of controllers. For years, you could play the game only using mouse and keyboard – bar an Android port that’s best left forgotten – setting the standard of computer roleplaying games for years to come.

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