Topic: The Switch Recommendations Thread

Hey guys, I noticed on the shop that Disgaea 1, The Labyrinth of Refrain, The Lost Child, and The Caligula Effect are on sale. Are they worth grabbing? I enjoyed D5 and I enjoyed the Etrian series, so I know Labyrinth and The Lost Child are similar...and Caligula I noticed has a lot of decent reviews as a "Persona" clone. Any thoughts on if it would be worth getting these at these prices?? Some of them are almost over half off.

Disgaea 1 is worth playing if you've never experienced it before. It has the best cast of the four or so Disgaea games I've played.

@scubydo Disgaea is a solid strategy/rpg series, maybe the best games outside of Ys VIII published by NIS on the Switch. The Lost Child and The Labyrinth of Refrain are dungeon/rpg games. The Labyrinth of Refrain is great, on par with the Etrian Odyssey series. The Lost Child, while not bad, is a lesser game than TLoR. And The Caligula Effect is an average jrpg that feels out of date with its combat mechanics.

What games would you recommend from the NIS America sale? I’ve been eyeing lapis labyrinth and lacrimosa of dana but would like to hear others opinion.

Disgaea 5 is great value at that price.

Ys8 is really fun ARPG, I had tons of fun playing that one

@redfed While the port itself is imperfect (some weird resolution issues at times, and certain endgame areas have pretty major framerate issues), Ys VIII is an absolutely fantastic game, and more than worth the asking price in that sale. I got 70 or so good hours out of it when I played it on Switch last year.

Design-wise, it has lightning-fast ARPG combat, tons of gameplay systems that feed into a constantly compelling loop (between crafting, questing, learning more about the people trapped on the island with you, going on raids, defending your base, collecting stuff, etc. you're always finding or doing something new and worthwhile), and an almost Zelda-like progression structure that opens up more of the island to you as you collect upgrades and tools in story dungeons.

I am currently playing Yooka Laylee and I am positively surprised. I mean, I feared It would be sub-par seeing as how many bad reviews it got. But I think its a very nice Banjo Kazooie tribute with lots of variety in its tasks. It has only 5 levels, but they are very big. And overall the game is much longer then expected (almost 30 hours in, and still stuff to collect). Graphics, music, humor, controls, everything is spot on (minus some collision detection). Is it as good as the original Banjo Kazooie? No, but its still tons of fun (even if it has super frustrating parts like Kartos or Hurdle hijinx). I definitely look forward to The impossible lair, but hope that one day they will return to the free roaming 3D Yooka Laylee!

Yesterday I have completed the entire game (Yooka Laylee). For the last bunch of pagies I used youtube-videos (I mean, the levels are gigantic and I couldn't find all the stuff). I am amazed that I have everything, seeing as some pagies are incredibly hard to get. The endboss was also VERY hard. Took me several times!

Now its waiting for the Impossible lair, and for the big Yooka Laylee secret to be revealed (I won't spoil it here but I give one hint: Pirate ship in Galleon galaxy).

@Woomy_NNYes I don't think there is. But maybe @antdickens knows!

@Woomy_NNYes searching posts within a thread? No, we don't currently have that feature... could you perhaps give some examples of how/when/why you'd want to do that?

@Woomy_NNYes,

That's nice to hear. Oh, by the way: According to this site Yooka Laylee has been discounted again in Europe. Again a 50% discount. Maybe that's some useful information?

@Woomy_NNYes thanks for the explanation and the suggestion - I've made a note of it. I can't promise anything quickly as we have other priorities at the moment, but next time I do some development on the forums I'll see what I can do!

Is there a big difference in the dead cells eshop version and the dead cells game of the year edition on the cartridge? I noticed the eshop is cheaper.

If you have a GameCube compatible Wii, I recommend you buy Metal Slug Anthology, which is all the Neo Geo Metal Slug games on one CD. I recommended for the backwards-compatible Wii and not newer Wiis because of the GameCube port. Controls are very weird unless you use a GameCube controller.

Hi guys, can anybody help me choose between Divinity Original sin 2 and the witcher 3 for next months game purchase please? I promised the wife I'd only buy one, and I'm a man of my word. Just can't make up my mind which to get. Got stung by pillars of eternity recently and ended up getting a refund. The more I played it the more it seemed broken. Don't really want that to happen again....

Thank you 😊

Tough call. Both are considered two of the top 20 games from the past five years. It all comes down to the genre I suppose. You've played PoE, if you like that genre of game then give Divinity II a go. But my personal bias recommends The Witcher III. I still consider it to be the finest game on this generation of consoles.

I must admit I'm a big fan of both, but leaning more towards divinity at the min. Thanks 👍

Can someone please recommend a good point-and-click game? I was never a huge fan of the genre but I played it as a kid and after picking up Office Quest for $1 I'm in love with the concept. Mainly looking for something with challenging (yet fair) puzzles. I've found a few options so hopefully someone can help narrow it down if they've played any of these: Thimbleweed Park, Broken Sword, IA, Silence, Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Phoenix Wright.

I'm leaning towards Thimbleweed park but happy for suggestions. Thanks!

Tumbleweed Park is good if you like the weirdness, @NintendoSlav .... Broken Sword is great & Phoenix Wright trilogy are, too! Secret Files Tunguska & Puritas Codis are equally good, as well