@BaldB3lper78 Bet you never even played the game.

@thenikdavies that came out 2 years ago i believe

I was so excited to wake up that day and see a new mobile Fire Emblem game.. only to realize it was TRASH two minutes into playing.

@DennyCrane Aw man, that's a shame. But, true. Has he written works outside of film before?

@Anachronism I love this game, great gameplay and graphics and only occasionally let down but the rendering. I just can’t get over how underappreciated it is!

@krogp Just admit you are a broke gamer that expects to be handed everything for free.

I don't think FE Shadows is too bad when you're at higher ranks but I do not understand who it was made for. It's not the worst game to come from this franchise.

@molkom Thank you!

I enjoyed MP4 Beyond but honestly, I think it could have done with one more temple/dungeon and boss fight. The game was good but felt a little short compared to the previous 3 Prime games.

@arrmixer Yes! Your wallet will be lighter to carry around

In more seriousness, I can’t see any benefit.

I'll grant that I hated Engage, but Three Houses was fantastic and Fortune's Weave looks a lot closer to that so I'm not inclined to completely write off the series at the moment by any means.

a 4/10 being the 5th worst game of the year either speaks either to a huge increase in the standards of video game releases, or a reluctance by games media to even review truly terrible games to begin with.

The Nintendo mags of old would be littered with 10-40% scores simply because it was feasible back then to review every single game that hit the platform.

@ElRoberico Yeah its pretty crazy how high you can fly. You can even fly above the clouds during a storm and see them raging below you.

Is there any benefit from getting the switch 2 version vs getting the switch 1 with the free upgrade?

@nessisonett same thing happened with Fates and people didn’t like it as much as Awakening. But neither Fates nor Engage are bad games.

@DennisReynolds I was going to comment on something about them waiting for a more complete version, but you hit the nail on the head. It's a super dense game, and I completely forgot about how high the literal game ceiling is. I've been recently playing Horizon Forbidden West, a first party Sony game, and Avatar still manages to make flying truly feel like you're in the skies vs just hovering above the ground. Ubi did it a lot better on the same hardware.

@Smithicus And it's still going to make a ton of money, especially since it's reviewing well.

This trailer is the right feel for a movie like this. People need to realize that with a franchise like Street Fighter, any live action film adaptation needs to lean into the campiness and goofiness that is already present in the SF series. Does the series have some badass characters? Yes. Is the series about flashy martial arts fighting and street brawling? Yes. Does the series lore contain some comically absurd characters, storylines, and fighting moves? WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Street Fighter doesn't take itself too seriously as a franchise, so this movie should not take itself too seriously as well - Which we can see here it does not. I am loving the vibe of the trailer because it looks like it will remain faithful to the look and presentation of Street Fighter without trying too hard to make it feel realistic to real life. I want this to be over the top and embrace the craziness because the SF franchise does the same exact thing in the games.

I don¨t want to rain on any parade, but had expected a bit better for the Switch 2 version.

While the dialog and UI are much clearer now, the overall graphics and characters still look blurry on my 4K TV.

It’s nowhere near the sharpness and clarity on my PC with the Steam version.
So its barely any better than the original Switch version. The Switch 2 should be able to run this game at much higher res.

So it feels like a non effort by Larian and bit disappointing. This doesn’t bode well for any Baldur´s Gate 3 release for Switch 2.

@JR150 Three Houses was 6 years ago. Engage did not even come close to a fraction of that game’s impact. It’s not controversial to say that the series is going through a lull and this new one has to be a hit.

I hadn't heard about MindsEye. I must find out what makes it so terrible.

Edit: Yeah, that looks rough.

Where's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Switch 2 demo? 😄

First time in a while I haven't heard of any of the games on the worst-of list.

I really got into this game, I thought it was superb. There was one thing that annoyed me from the start though, the Switch graphics. It's a great looking game but the downgrades were obvious. So this free upgrade is great news. I'll play through it again for sure.

Actually expected a few more Nintendo titles.

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@somnambulance Oh i agree Shadows is incredible from a visual side especially on the Pro where RTGI can be enjoyed at 60fps with much clearer image if PSSR is on. On my list of best graphics of 2025 its most likely 2nd only to Death Stranding 2.

@Oldstalk AC Shadows doesn't run great on it. Its locked at 30fps what ok fine expected but it doesn't stick to hit and the loss of RTGI raises questions on how its going to deal with games where RT is the only option. Avatar only has RTGI it can't be switched off and giving how massive the game world is and how dense it is with flora and fauna i can't see the Switch 2 running it well or at all.

@Matt_Barber Thank you, that’s incredibly helpful because the spreadsheet talk etc was worrying me. I am seriously considering getting the cheaper Switch 1 version digitally and the free Sw2 upgrade now…

I hope someday, that material from the scrapped OG version of Prime 4, will leak online.

Legitimately forgot about that game. It truly was awful, though, even by mobile game standards

@nessisonett
A rather mid mobile game does not represent FE's reputation as a whole. Three Houses has mass critical acclaim for its characters and Engage has the same for its gameplay. The announcement of Fortune's Weave was among the most anticipated for many.

This is like saying Mario has a bad reputation because Mario Kart Tour wasn't received well. No. Just no.

I took a few goes to beat this guy. And it’s a drawn out fight. Thanks for reassuring me I wasn’t missing anything.

Also would be curious to see page visits for each boss guide to see which one people struggle with the most

@brandonbwii Good question. I’m guessing that they haven’t added 2-player splitscreen support though, given that it isn’t mentioned in the announcement or on the eShop.

@nessisonett Sorry, I respect your opinion, but I feel justified in making a response. Fire Emblem Engage was an excellent game, and the characters were designed by Mika Pikazo - one of my favorite pop artists. I’m not sure if you are referring to just Shadows here, but the series seems pretty healthy to me.

@Picola-Wicola It's an excellent choice for a first CRPG.

Just pick the lowest difficulty level (explorer) and take the tutorial nice and slow, to get a handle on the basic mechanics.

It's only at the higher difficulty levels that you really need to optimize your builds, so don't get too alarmed when people talk of running spreadsheets for it.

@DennisReynolds In which way does it struggle though ? It handed big releases (AC, Outlaws and Cyberpunk) quite well (AC is now patched and runs fine). It's definitely running way better than on its direct competitor, the Steam Deck (around the same price)

@nessisonett a bit harsh really. It's a mobile game that tried to do something different. It clearly is trying to invoke the Awakening/Fates era designs by Yusuke Kozaki. But it's not very good. And as for the Smash appearances people do need to relax a bit on that. That's not FE's fault it's a popular franchise and Sakurai put too many FE characters in the game.

Fire Emblem still has a strong reputation which is probably why this game coming out is so shocking (I know Engage was very different aesthetically but still an extremely well made game)... It is clearly some side project that they should had cancelled though. It's biggest sin is it's just so damn bland. Shockingly bland considering the franchise it's from.

But I'm already playing Fire Emblem Shadows, you don't need to sell it to me further.

Oh it deserves it's place. It was extremely bland.

I’ve never played a CRPG before (or indeed D&D), will I be able to pick this up or will there be an overwhelming learning curve does anyone know?

@Davestator I know the feeling mate lol , i have a retro freak console. So i can savestate still struggle with this one. Im hoping for Rtype delta HD boosted for Xmas, no doubt another struggle. Personally I would like these devs to put an easier mode on these games, for old farts like me lol

MindsEye was made by an ex-GTA guy who presumably thought that he could spin up his own studio and recreate the magic. It failed spectacularly and a lot of the people who worked on it came forward to say just how badly it was mismanaged.

Shadows, in contrast, is just a free-to-play spinoff that didn't need to exist.

Tried this game in the past, but the combat and all the options felt so overwhelming, even on lowest difficulty. Maybe Ill give it another go on Switch 2.

Perhaps BG3 on Switch 2 is possible, then

This game genuinely made me thankful for Fire Emblem Heroes, because while that game has its own problems, it at least understood the assignment by giving us actual strategic gameplay and likeable and memorable characters. Veronica alone has more personality than the entirety of this piece of slop.

I'm surprised that Lord of the Rings game wasn't on the list.

@michellelynn0976 Oh. That's nice to know. That's actually my biggest complain with BG3. Could not play it without encountering some annoying bug here and there.

I hope it's less disgusting than whatever this trailer for Divinity was though. Not a fan of... torture and vomit ? Ugh

@ArcadeSixties
I disagree. I'm an adult and here are some facts:
1. I don't resell, so I really don't care how much something is worth. Hell, I have a $9k comic I found in a box that I now have sitting somewhere on a shelf, which I really don't care either way. I didn't buy it because I was investing, I bought it because I liked it and for that reason I keep it.
2. I enjoy physical media for the sake of physical media. Anything less and it's just not the same and defeats the purpose of owning anything at all.
3. I love to have a lot of games available to me at any given time. One of the things I hate most about modern gaming is "wait while this downloads".... I just want to play the damn game now, not tomorrow. Having to delete this to make room for that, download... oh wait there's a patch... Wait, now I want to play that game over there, delete this game, download that game...Oh wow, I'm at 3tb on my internet this month.
4. What's even worse than adults complaining about wanting what they pay for, people complaining about adults complaining about wanting what they pay for.
5. The reason MS and Sony get away with it... well, it's the reason I pretty much dropped them and went to Nintendo. They just followed suit with the crappy practice now. They were the last bastion of modern day physical media gaming that people like myself look for.