Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Lands on Switch 2 at a 91 Metacritic and a Steady 30 FPS

FromSoftware's Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28, bundling the base game with the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It sits at 91 on Metacritic across 40 reviews and 88 on OpenCritic. The port runs at 1080p with a 30 fps cap in both docked and handheld, holding close to target with minor dips (GamePro measured roughly 28 to 35 fps docked). Reviewers flag softer textures and reduced character detail as the tradeoff.