Skyrim and LA Noire get a new life on the Nintendo Switch
The last few months have been packed with exciting new blockbuster games — yet here I am, playing a pair of titles that originally came out six years ago. This week, two of the biggest games from 2011 are launching on the Nintendo Switch: Rockstar’s 1940s detective drama LA Noire, and Bethesda’s sprawling fantasy epic Skyrim. Both are games that don’t look especially impressive up against current titles like Star Wars Battlefront II or Horizon Zero Dawn. But in the shift to the Nintendo Switch, they’ve gained something notable. It turns out that being able to take a huge game on the go can help you look past its flaws.
The two games are very different, and on the Switch I’ve found myself playing them in very different contexts. Skyrim is…
