Topic: The Switch Recommendations Thread

@dionysos283 Okami comes to mind if you're fan of TP's Wolf Link.

@jump
I already bought Okami HD, but never got into it. I don't like the combat system and the companion character is extremely annoying. 😕

@dionysos283 It's not a Zelda game without an annoying companion ;p

@jump
Fair point. 😅

@dionysos283 Darksiders 2 and Sphinx And The Cursed Mummy. And I've heard mixed things about Oceanhorn: Knights of the Lost Realm.

@citizenerased
Thanks! I'll be checking these two out.

I really love Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
Are there other similar games on the Switch? Thanks!

@dionysos283 depends if you like silly humor, but South Park fractured but whole plays alot like it. It's a tactical or strategy rpg. Stick of truth which is the first one, is more of a straight forward rpg.

@dionysos283 X-Com and Valkyria Chronicles are similar, great games and are nornally discounted hugely during the sales.

@NintendoByNature @jump
Thanks for the recommendations!

Limbo. It's hauntingly beautiful. The graphics are pretty simple, with black and white, with a touch of film grain. The gameplay's difficult and a bit terrifying honestly.

Every time I go to my local videogame shop I end up considering buying a Switch game, I don't. So which would you recommend; Pikmin 3 Deluxe, or Astral Chain? I haven't played the original Pikmin 3, mind.

The game INSIDE from the same studio is also a fantastic game!

@TheJGG Pikmin 3 has a demo, try it to see if you like it.

@TheJGG I know I'm in the minority but I was a little disappointed by Pikmin 3 on the WIi U as I felt it didn't really add anything of value to the previous games and I felt it ended pretty abruptly. If you've played either of the first two games you more or less know what to expect and if you haven't then you might enjoy it more than I did as the core Pikmin gameplay is still really fun.

Astral Chain on the other hand I really enjoyed despite not usually being a huge fan of Platinum's action games. The gameplay was fun and it all came together pretty well with the setting, art style, etc. I would have liked to see them do more with the story which was mostly just a bit predictable but other than that it was really good.

@jump @BenAV Thanks to you both! It's a new month now, and with it some new games. Persona 5 Strikers is already at the top of my hit list but I've been looking at those two for a while. I made some dubious choices, like with 3D World, but Deluxe versions of games I've never played, are instant recs for me.

Ok, so this month I have enough money for a single game. The two biggest I have in mind are SM3DW+BF or maybe Marvel Ultamite Alliance 3. Which should I get?

Question, are there any games like Puddle the liquid moving game which would surely be ideal for Switch motion controls

Or the classic game Qix, I have searched for both on the Switch eShop, but couldn't find anything similar to either.

Thanks.

@1ofUs

Hard to say, different genres, different experiences.

The question is, are you a bigger Marvel fan or a bigger Mario fan?

You can't lose either way.

If anybody is looking for an eShop game that's on the lower priced side and of a retro inspired nature that is absolute insanity in the best ways possible, I would highly recommend Speed Limit. It released about 2 weeks ago across multiple systems, and I think the PC (Steam) and maybe Xbox and PlayStation versions even have a demo available, but the Switch doesn't at the moment.

Anybody that enjoyed the older NES/SNES/arcade games that sometimes seemed unforgiving, but actually weren't and were near perfect in design when you learned the levels and gameplay, this might be what you've been looking for, and didn't even know it.
After completing this one on Normal, I said it was R.U.F.F! Retro.Unforgiving.Fantastic.Fun! (The first playthrough, you might change the Fantastic, to Frustrating, but I highly recommend sticking with it.) It has gameplay that makes you say, "Okay, I have it THIS time!" Then you go and die in the same exact place, same exact way, and it was only your fault.

I picked it up day one when it released on the Switch, and have been having a blast with it. I've never been big into speedrunning games, but I've already replayed through this one multiple times, just attempting to better my own times and just enjoying the level designs and gameplay. You don't have to speedrun it, but after you complete it and go back to it, you can tell it was absolutely designed for speedrunning, as the game tracks stats on each level, from deaths, to kills, to the amount of time spent playing the level.

It has overall speedrun times saved on each difficulty setting, once you go that route, and the game even shows you your best possible time, though it might not be your best time in one run.

If you're looking for a game that takes several hours to get into and play/complete, this probably isn't it, but it is a game I have already put a lot of hours into just replaying it and having fun with it.