Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

I feel like Wonderful 101 > Metal Gear Rising > Astral Chain > Bayonetta > Bayonetta 2 > Vanquish

I'll be honest, Platinum's bizarre focus on story and cutscenes made the main difference, its actually the main thing that makes most of these not equal to each other.

I've never played a Platinum game...

So I’m the weird duck but W101>Bayonetta 2>astral chain> Bayonetta 1> Nier automatta> starfox zero.

I enjoyed Korra and Ninja Turtles for what they were.

@Ralizah
Oh come on, who doesn't love Enzo!

@Ryu_Niiyama
Your ranking lines up reasonably well with mine.

There was a time I felt W101 was on par with Bayonetta myself. I LOVE that game to death.

The thing about ranking with an ordinate list is it doesn't convey any quantitative analysis. Even the games near the bottom of my ranking are still better than 80% of other games I've played.

But ya, Bayonetta 2 definitely up there. The pinnacle of pure action games. Or at least, was. Bayo3 is about to set the bar.

@JaxonH I think I said something to the effect back during the wiiu days that once you get the hang of the controls W101 is an action movie on steroids. It just ups the ante each scene. I spent half the game going “are you serious?!?!?” as I would think I hit a lull and the game went Kamiya style fake out. It feels the most like viewtiful Joe and its absurdity to me. And I love it. Revengence is like that as well.

I never played DMC during its rotation so Bayonetta was my introduction to the stylish combat that Kamiya pioneered and I am a fan as it elevates the combat in a way that to my fighting game addled mind most action games just don’t do. (As such I find many action adventure games’s combat boring but swear by Clover and Platinum).

@Ryu_Niiyama
Wonderful 101 does take a bit to "click" but once it does, it's insanely addictive.

I never got into other action games. DMC never clicked for me- don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it and it was a fun game, but it never grabbed me and totally absorbed me in. Whereas Platinum games... they're different. They have that X factor that no other game of any other franchise has been able to replicate. The last second dodge which slows time, with lightning fast input response times, is trademark Platinum Games. You see it in W101, you see it in Astral Chain, you see it in Nier Automata, but most of all, you see it in Bayonetta.

I think why I love Bayo most is because its the most pure, distilled form of their proprietary formula. All their other games have trademark P* design. But they all have their unique gimmicks (Nier being RPG, W101 with Unite Builds, Astral Chain controlling 2 characters at once, etc). Bayo doesn't do anything other than purify that trademark combat and dial it up to 11. I love that. The combos are so deep, incredibly hard to master, and yet so easy for someone new to just mash buttons and still succeed to a reasonable degree. Easy to learn, hard to master is always best game design.

I got so into Bayo2 I was doing all the Muspelheim challenges going for Pure Platinum medals, and even played the online co-op multiplayer Verses with Sinalefa who's also a diehard Bayo fan. I love the co-op because yes, it is cooperative, but also kind of competitive as you're trying to get a better medal than the other guy. It's a good opportunity to show off.

The only Platinum game I have are Transformers Devastation PS3 and Starfox Zero Wii U.
And actually I do not like Platinum games as developer considering I knew their games association with rated M games.

Maybe it's unpopular opinion but I'm surprised Astral Chain is ranking so highly for some people. The combat was great but it falls short when it tries to do other things like the platforming, stealth missions, investigating etc bits which just feel boring in comparison and they put a lot of focus on you talking to other characters but it's so dully written I'm not sure why they want you to talk to everyone. There's a bit at the beginning where you have to talk your fellow cops and the most interesting character was the vending machine.

@Rambler I was going to be saving it for Halloween night but my Switch needing to be sent for repairs has scuppered things immensely. We'll see though, I'm very excited to check it out whenever possible (alongside Limbo of course).

This game will get English version by AKSYSS Games.
AAAAAGH...!!! 😃😃😃

Pokémon Company reveal Greavard a ghost type dog pokemon and check out the review of Bayonetta 3

What a mess, Bayonetta 1 physical sold out in like a minute.

Bayonetta 3 getting rave reviews.

Most say it's the best in the series (which I would think the score would reflect but it seems much harder to break 90 nowadays).

Like half a dozen perfect 10's, and not just from no-name sites either. Destructoid and NintendoLife come to mind.

Sounds like our GotY has arrived. Got the Trinity Masquerade edition preordered at GameStop, and the EU-exclusive steelbook ordered from eBay. I'm ready to go!

I think at this point, the three GOTY contenders are Elden Ring, Bayonetta 3, and GoW Ragnarok. I think Elden Ring is going to win, but it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.

@Grumblevolcano Where? In Europe? Bayo 1 has available to preorder for over a month in Murica and Japan.

@Magician Yeah, Europe. The schedule was originally planned for September like NA but in late September it was announced there was a delay until 1st half of October. When it came to end of that time period, the XC3 Special Edition mess happened (store went down for most of 3 days) and then the day after the Bayonetta VA controversy started which delayed it further. The end result of the Bayonetta 1 physical version was it went up today and got sold out almost immediately:

@Grumblevolcano
Just import the JP version for $30 (less if you buy on Amazon Japan). It has English.

https://www.play-asia.com/bayonetta-english/13/70fky3

Or if you want English on the side of the spine, get the Asian version for $40

https://www.play-asia.com/bayonetta-english-mde/13/70fmk7

@Eagly I'm not completely sure if Xenoblade 3 will be a contender. It got really great reviews, but I just don't know how it could hold up against the other 3 games I mentioned. Would be cool to see it make an appearance, though.

My current prediction for Game Awards GotY nominees is:

• Horizon Forbidden West
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Bayonetta 3
• Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga
• Tunic

First 3 are certainly going to appear, Bayonetta 3 reviews are looking very positive and Bayonetta 2 was nominated in 2014, Skywalker Saga seems like a popular multiplatform pick and Tunic would be the indie pick.

As for the winner, no doubt it'll be Elden Ring. The show will pretty much be "The Elden Ring Awards" much like how 2020 was "TLoU2 Awards".

@Grumblevolcano @JaxonH I'd argue that you cannot really rate Nier Automata as long as you haven't finished at least 3 of the main endings since the Story picks up that much. Going only by Gameplay, i would definitely pick Bayonetta 2 over all the other Platinum Games