Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Operative2-0 There's nothing wrong with effusive praise if those feelings are genuine. What's wrong with talking about something you love with other people? It's a hobby! I hate how self-righteousness has infected the gaming community to the point where so many people feel like uncritical enjoyment of something is bad.

And let's be fair: while constructive criticism can serve a positive function in a community, incessant negativity does nothing but spread anger and annoyance to others, and there is nothing good about that. While I harp on about things from time to time, I try to mostly discuss things I love, because I'd rather send positive vibes out to the world than negative ones. What's the sense in me trying to make someone feel bad about something they like?

I do think professional reviewers should maintain a more objective attitude toward the games they review, of course, but I'm not a reviewer and have no desire to distance myself from the hobby in such a manner.

Well to some people on this site. Video games is all they have.

@Ralizah I don't see that going on unless it's just trolls, though. I see people who are unhappy with some aspects of some things, and then criticized because they don't like it as much as everyone else does. I mean I agree, you shouldn't try and make someone -not- like something, but that's different than airing out your own grievances with it.

@BLP_Software Sony and Nintendo aren't the only developers that make single player games, but they are the only ones that manage to release several of them each year. And most of their games are also a complete package at launch, which I do sometimes miss...

Well, I was talking about non-realistic games. At least their God of Wars, Uncharted, Spider-Mans and whatnot will continue to do fine. Japan Studio usually pumps out a rather unique game every year or so. So here's hoping they will reveal something cool during PSX.

And I still don't understand how there can be a university degree in game development. That's almost like a degree in art. It could be useful for the basics, but you cannot teach someone how to make a good game. Programming can be thought, but there's always an ''arts'' aspect to games.

@Operative2-0 It's a matter of approach. I don't consider something like BLP's post to be negativity, because he just posted his honest feelings about something in a civil and introspective manner. That's fine. Most posts on here, even the negative ones, are fine, because people can keep a sense of perspective about what they're discussing. There are people who harp on about stuff to the point where they make everyone else around them annoyed and miserable too, though. I should know: I did that EXACT thing on NL when Nintendo was extensively censoring its Wii U/3DS games. It's not that my concerns weren't valid (certainly, some people didn't think they were, but I do), but that I was making my feelings known in an obnoxious and unproductive way that just spread negativity to the people who read my words.

So, no, I don't think it's just trolls who do that. I wasn't a troll. Sometimes people just get too invested in a hobby and make a bigger deal of things than they ought to. They're miserable when they do this, and they want to spread this discontent to others. It's not a good thing.

@link3710 I see. I'd be down for something like that, then. Most games are only rated M because they're complete gore-fests or have a ton of boobs or something, so it would be a nice change of pace.

@Ralizah "So, no, I don't think it's just trolls who do that. I wasn't a troll. Sometimes people just get too invested in a hobby and make a bigger deal of things than they ought to. They're miserable when they do this, and they want to spread this discontent to others. It's not a good thing."

That's the gist of it, yeah. I should clarify sometimes there is a good reason to try and dissuade people from liking something. Like loot boxes and similar things. Shouldn't have sounded so definitive about it

@Operative2-0 ...to a point. I don't have an issue with someone saying: "Hey, I know you like pre-ordering, but I believe it's bad for the industry for reasons x, y, and z." I'll probably even talk with them about it, perhaps agreeing on certain points. At the end of the day, though, if I still feel like pre-ordering is a more beneficial activity for me, I expect the other person to respect my position and not hassle me about it.

I don't like how so many mobile games are designed around making games difficult to play without microtransactions. I think buying them actively encourages terrible design philosophies to persist in the gaming industry. And I'll definitely make my feelings known in this regard. But if a person tells me: "I understand what you're saying, but I enjoy my mobile games and don't mind spending on microtransactions to make them easier from time to time," I'm not going to give them a hard time about it. How they spend their money ultimately isn't any of my business, you know?

I mean...this went well didnt it.

@Octane I hope Japan Stduio has something good lined up too. Something unique.

Regarding the course, as @NEStalgia said its good for basics (and it was bare basics like general document structure or game flow) but beyond that...not worth it. It qas useful for learning yiur way around the essentials of the various software but sadly...they didnt teach much objective beyond that. No optimisation or programming and some classes were straight irrelevant but mandatory.

Not to mention the staff were all ex devs on very poor games...bleh. its a horrible process.

... Anyways, I finally beat the main story in Mario + Rabbids last night.

I decided to play through Pokemon Gold next. Started the game and chose Totodile. Unfortunately I discovered that the battery in my 3DS is no good - it went from full charge to blinking red in like 10 minutes!

Ugh, why is everything coming that week?

I don't like batman but I'm curious about telltale's take on it. I might get it once its on sale.

I enjoyed season one of TWD, so I'll probably pick up Batman at some point.

I got error code 2107-0427 and my Switch crashed mid game. First time that ever happened to me. I've never had a console crash on me before.

@Spoony_Tech There's another game I quite fancy been added to that crazy week of releases, Lumo which will release on the 16th. MXGP 3 also comes out that week. It got mixed reviews on the PS4 but I've had fun with games like that in the past.

@OorWullie GP looks good and I would be tempted if it weren't for Gear Club. I can only handle one racing game with all the love the Switch is getting right now.

What I would do for a MotoGP game on the switch. I'll get MX to start though.

Whoa dude - you never had a console crash on you? You serious?

@Ryu_Niiyama You might get your wish. I recall an article on here a while back with one of the developers saying Switch is under consideration for next year's edition.

@OorWullie Don't tease me like that! MotoGP on the go? swoon do you have a link the the article you read?

(or I could just do a google search...)