Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition earns an NGC Rating of 89 from six Switch 2 reviews, with strong agreement about the port itself. Even the least enthusiastic review in this sample says the game makes the move successfully. The bigger disagreement is whether you love the remake's particular approach to survival horror.
That's useful if you've been waiting for a portable version: you can separate concerns about this release from concerns about the game underneath it. This roundup draws on published reviews; we haven't tested the Switch 2 version ourselves. All six scores below are for this edition, rather than reviews carried over from earlier hardware.
Six reviews of the same version
| Critic / platform | Original score | Score /100 | Normalized bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| GameSpew (Switch 2) | 10/10 | 100 | |
| Loot Level Chill (Switch 2) | 9.5/10 | 95 | |
| Nintendo Life (Switch 2) | 9/10 | 90 | |
| Finger Guns (Switch 2) | 9/10 | 90 | |
| TechRadar (Switch 2) | 4.5/5 | 90 | |
| Nintendo Wire (Switch 2) | 7/10 | 70 |
The unweighted mean is 89.17, rounded to 89. Each outlet counts once, and these are overall game scores, not frame-rate measurements. Scores and review text were checked on October 16, 2026, between 10:52:08 and 10:54:18 a.m. PT. This is a six-review sample, not a recreation of an aggregator's entire review pool.
The highest score comes from GameSpew, which sees an excellent portable version of a game it already held in very high regard. Loot Level Chill similarly praises the atmosphere and portable experience, while finding the pursuing Mr. X overwhelming at times. Their enthusiasm is for the complete experience, not simply for getting a demanding-looking game running on a handheld.
Nintendo Wire supplies the important counterpoint. Its lower score reflects objections to the remake's characterization, soundtrack and the way Mr. X can interrupt progress. It still describes the Switch 2 conversion positively. Read that review if you're unsure about the game itself: a good port doesn't automatically resolve a design choice you dislike.
What changes when you play handheld
For docked play, Nintendo Life and TechRadar both describe clear presentation and generally smooth performance around a 60fps target. That is encouraging, but it isn't a promise of a perfectly locked frame rate. The former notes brief drops during busy moments; neither observation should be stretched into a claim of technical parity with every other console.
For handheld play, those same two reviews again report a good experience, with some softer visual details. Character hair is a specific example in both accounts. Nintendo Wire also describes portable play as comparably smooth to docked play. Together, these reports make portability a credible reason to consider this edition, while leaving room for the small compromises the reviewers actually observed.
Controls deserve a separate check. Nintendo Life, GameSpew and TechRadar all flag the absence of gyro aiming. If motion-assisted aiming is how you prefer to line up shots, don't assume this release supports it because another game does. Finger Guns also found long handheld sessions less comfortable for aiming than using a gamepad and dock. That's one reviewer's ergonomic experience, rather than a universal fault, but it suggests a sensible question to ask yourself before buying.
The practical decision is whether portable play adds something you want. If you're new to the remake, compare the criticism about its pacing and characters with the praise for its tension before relying on the average. If you already own it, ask whether you'd genuinely replay it away from the TV. The reviews support the quality of the conversion; they can't make that second purchase worthwhile for you.