Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Dunno if anyone is interested but Devil May Cry is now up to pre-load in eshop...

Personally, I try to support my favorite publishers by purchasing their games on day one, even though I may not play that game immediately due to my backlog. Everything else get put on a "wait and see" list until it reaches an msrp of 50% or better. That's the problem with being a collector, the hunt for a good deal is almost better than playing the games themselves.

Well, I try to buy games as soon as possible.... But if needed, I'll have to get some later, when there's less games around

I'll be honest, I don't know which Switch games to buy at this point. There is so much I want to play on this platform, it's incredible.

Some of the things I'm super interested in that are already out:

Cuphead
Mulaka
West of Loathing
Steamworld Quest
Ys 8
Secret of Mana collection
Octopath Traveler
Pretty much any of the Final Fantasy games, as I've never played any of them
Mario + Rabbids
XC2 DLC

And then here's what's coming out this year that looks really good:
Astral Chain
Daemon X Machina
Luigi's Mansion
Pokemon Sw/Sh

Have you only recently got a Switch....? For the FF games on Switch, I would definitely recommend VII 1st, just because of it's rather dated graphics Other than that, since the games aren't really connected, it doesn't matter which order All the others I've quoted are awesome, too but not played the rest you mentioned

No, I got the switch w/in the first few months of launch. For the 1st year I had time, and invested it in ARMS, MK8D, Zelda, Mario, and XC2. By the 2nd year, I was knees deep in med school, so I have minimal time per week to play.

I'll wait on the reviews before I consider getting Kill La Kill: IF, but I really do hope it's good. KLK really seems like a natural fit to turn into a beat 'em up/fighting game.

I'll be honest, though - I'm more worried about September than July, since a lot of PS4 games will also be competing for my attention. And money.

@iKhan
Final Fantasy X. Unless you are one of those people that loves retro games and the blocky PSone graphics, FFX is the way to go imo. Not only is it my personal favorite of the series, it’s the last game by series creator Sakaguchi, and the only one on a somewhat modern console. It’s been completely remastered and looks wonderful, especially since it was already one of the best looking PS2 games of the generation (though Final Fantasy XII has it beat- that game released later in the PS2 console cycle).

It’s also the last great turn based Final Fantasy, and is truly the pinnacle of the genre. The sphere grid system is, even today, considered one of the greatest skill point systems of all time. The story is wonderful, the characters are lovable, The game is just excellent all around.

Having said that, i’m currently wrapping up my first playthrough of Final Fantasy XII on Switch, and I have to say I think I like it almost as much as FFX. It was done by the creator of Final Fantasy Tactics, but he left partway through development so the second half of the story kind of drops off. It’s very unconventional though and has an automated battle system where are you strategically set “gambits”, which are basically conditional statements of “if then”. If an ally’s health drops below 50%, use Cure. If party leader is targeted, attack foe. If status = disease, use remedy. Etc etc. very unconventional but once you get used to it it’s incredibly addictive. I just wouldn’t recommend it as your first foray into the series. It’s not really representative of the franchise as a whole, aside from the high production values and great storytelling.

Btw, I highly recommend looking into Fire Emblem and Dragon Quest XI S. Those are some really high-quality games which, as is typical for the genre, tend to get overlooked by the majority of gamers. Fire Emblem is well-suited to the intelligent, are those who play chess or are really smart. Not to say you have to have a high IQ to enjoy the game, just saying that the game lends itself well to those types of people. And given you’re in med school, you sound like the kind of person who would really love it.

Wow! Clannad is getting a Western Switch release. Never thought I'd type those words.

But then, The Witcher 3 is getting a Switch release, too, so what do I know?

How is FF X’s story? I’ve heard it’s pretty divisive - how does it stacks against VII and XII?

And this second half of the year is stacked. I’m trying to save money and this isn’t helping at all.

@Luna_110
Story is fine. It’s nothing groundbreaking (although still pretty good by video game standards), and it can be a little cheesy sometimes. But as a whole, I really like it. The endearing characters help a lot. I haven’t finished VII (technically I haven’t finished XII either but I’m right at the end of the game so), and... it’s hard to compare. XII story is told better and has more political intrigue, but I care about the characters way less. And it’s less consistent as the end kind of just coasts to the finish line. I’d say they’re about equal but for different reasons. X is pretty consistent throughout. A solid 8/10 for story/characters beginning to end. While FFX is like, 10/10 for story the first half, 7/10 the second half, and 6/10 for characters. Idk.

Even if it ends up not being your favorite story I find it hard to believe it would divide anyone. At worst it’s “pretty good”. At best it’s great.

Hmm, I think there's people that don't like Tidus, @Luna_110 & there's complaints about FFX being mostly linear... Dunno what else you might have heard about it? I'd say the story is pretty good, probably not as good as FFVII but the graphics are better, which helps

People often get hyped when they see new games, but in reality people don't buy as much as they say they will. It is easy to commit on a forum, another to pony up $600 a month. Especially when you don't have the time to play. So don't feel bad if you are not in the same league as the others.

And no, I don't mean everyone here is lying, calm down.

I think I'm only getting Zelda, Luigi, Pokemon and Death Stranding for the remainder of this year. Maybe a VR game or two. I've heard Ghost Giant is pretty good. And maybe TW3 on Switch depending on when that comes out, otherwise I'll get it another time.

My only sure title is Luigi's Mansion. Not to keen on the art style of Zelda, and fe haven't wowed me yet. Will need some more info on both Fe and astral chain before jumping on.

I have started to become real picky when it comes to games. I don't buy titles just because anymore, they are competing for my time. I especially don't have time for bs stuff.

@Therad If I'm lucky I can beat 10 (big) games a year; but then I have to make time for it. I don't know how other people do it

I don't know either. Some games need a lot of time to properly complete, civ and fe are good examples. And others can never be completed, i.e cities skylines. Then again, many triple A titles can be completed in 8 hours or so.

@Therad 90% of AAA games don't even have a single player campaign, or they're 100-hour open world games

Somebody doesn’t know JaxonH’s spending habits lol. Most of the folks with the long lists up here tend to buy what they posted. Short of bad reviews.

Unless you know JaxonH irl, you have no real way to check his spending habits nor if he has ever played anything at all. For all you know, he is a big PS4 fan that are just trolling nintendolife.