@JaxonH I am very much looking forward to Crisis Core. I owned a PSPgo, and Crisis Core was one of the physical-only PSP games, so I've never played it.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,536 games (as of December 14th, 2025)
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It kills me. Get ready for a rant. Here we go.
When MH World released and had $500 in piece meal $1.99 DLC, I spoke against it. I said, "unless you want this to become the norm, now is the time to take a stand". Nobody did. And so, it became normalized. At which point, I conceded. And I bought all the World DLC on Steam. Not that I felt the DLC was "wrong" but I was worried it would be a slippery slope to pay to win with non-cosmetics.
Fast forward to Rise. They're selling DLC just like they did in World. If ppl wanted to complain, they should have done it years ago. Or even with Rise 1.5 yrs ago since they've been selling DLC this whole time. Not a peep. But now, all of a sudden something super cool releases, and now it's, "oh that shoulda been free"
What? First of all, you can't cherry pick. Either stand against all cosmetics due to slippery slope argument, or stand against none. But you can't say, "I don't care" year after year, then suddenly claim you care. And the only reason TO care is a fear of it one day turning into real weapons/armor with skills. Thus far that is not the case.
When Sunbreak released, that was the game. We got what we paid for. That was it. We got gobs of content for our money- it was absolutely chock to the hilt. Anything beyond that is a blessing. Since then, they've gone on to bless us with 10 free additional monsters (with at LEAST 3 more coming in 2023), a fan-fave arena, countless new mechanics, systems and Quests, and all anyone can do is burp, rub their fat, well fed bellies and demand more. It's never enough. More. More. MORE! It should all be free. Why? Cause we're the consumer and we demand free stuff.
How many ppl are voluntarily offering $20 out of their next paycheck to Capcom for free? Nobody. Why? Because ppl worked hard for their money. Why hand it out free of charge? Yet that's exactly what ppl expect the hard working, generous devs at Capcom to do. Gimme gimme gimme. You made stuff I like. You should be giving it to me. FOR FREE. I want free stuff- how dare you try to charge for extra content developed!!!
It would be one thing if the game was shortchanged and missing content that should have been in the game, which was then packaged up and sold separately. That I could understand. But not only is that not the case- not only is our cup running over from the truckload of content Sunbreak included at launch, they've generously spent the last 6 months tirelessly developing even more content for us to enjoy... for free. Probably $20-30 worth of content given to us free of charge once this new update drops. And all ppl can do is slam their fist and complain a cosmetic plush weapon wasn't also generously donated to the consumer for free.
It's just peak entitlement. No, you are not "owed" free content. The audacity to complain something so tiny isn't being handed out free of charge after the mountain of free content they've already given (and continue to give, and will continue to give up through Spring 2023) is mind boggling.
Yes, it's cool. Obviously. Otherwise nobody would want to buy it. But just because it's cool and you like it, doesn't mean you're entitled to it for free. Human greed knows no bounds, I swear.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@Magician
Huh. I didn't know there were physical only games.
I've never played it either. But I have played and beaten Final Fantasy X on both Vita and Switch, and Final Fantasy XII on Switch. When Final Fantasy goes portable, I can't resist.
It's amazing though. FFX and FFXII were PS2 games, and the remasters looked good. But this is a PSP game (so, not quite PS2 level) and yet it looks almost as good as Final Fantasy VII Remake. It's the character models. They're so well done.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH Game Freak is bad at Nintendo hardware since the sixth generation of the franchise, i recall playing Pokémon Y in my 3DS and when i used the 3D, the framerate droped dratically, plus they don't know how to animate well it pokemon, specially most attack animations, is hard for Game Freak to have good graphics/performance in the same game.
Monster Hunter Paradise apparently coming to PS5, XSX, PC and will come to Switch 2 if a supposed info leak is to be believed. Keep in mind the leak could be fake. We've definitely seen that before. But it doesn't seem too far fetched.
Over 100 monsters are planned for the game’s launch, most of which are already available in Monster Hunter Rise, World and Generations
Battle pass system will replace expansions in this new entry. You will be able to purchase the battle pass once the season ends, though you may miss out on event quests, which are time sensitive, and may return later at some point
Game will feature micro-transactions via an in-game item shop, where you’ll be able to buy cosmetics etc.
Game will have a system in place that will allow you to call NPC clones of real players for solo sessions, similar to NPC quests in Monster Hunter Rise
Story will allegedly be about a human main villain trying to awake Lethalis, a black/gold wyvern with massive four leg/wings, which is the natural rival/wyvern version of Fatalis
Game will feature Hunter Arts, which will allow players to infuse their characters with an element, giving them special abilities, such as faster movement, explosive attacks etc.
Capcom plans to have Monster Hunter Paradise last until the end of the PS5/Xbox Series console generation. It also plans on releasing the game on the next Nintendo console as well as PC
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
Gamefreak just can't put out quality. It's always been like that.
And I'm just over 30 fps games that consistently dip to 20. I don't mind imperfections. Plenty of imperfect Switch games I enjoy. But my line in the sand is, if it's 30fps that's totally fine. Most games I play are at 30. But you can't be dropping 10+ frames consistently if you're running at 30. You can drop 10+ if you're running 60, all day. But when you get down to 20, and it happens often, it's enough to damage my experience. Might be others out there where it isn't detrimental to them. Everyone has different tolerance for these things. But for me personally, I just can't do it.
It's why I dropped Ys IX. It's why I dropped Ni No Kuni 2. And it's why I won't play this new Pokemon. There's too many great games with satisfactory performance on Switch to waste time playing games that are just going to aggravate you.
Pokemon Legends Arceus runs fine. May not be a stunning game graphically, but it works for me, and I don't have to deal with constant stutters. So ya. Until Gamefreak gets it together, I'll be MIA on the Pokemon train. Idk if they just need to double development time or what, but something needs to be done. You're one of the biggest franchises in the world and the games are built ground up for Switch. There's simply no excuse for a stuttery game. If you don't have the skill to fix it, then you better start hiring ppl who do. Don't care how it gets addressed. But if they want me to buy another Pokemon, it will need to be addressed.
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If you're also put off by Pokemon, do yourself a favor and grab the superior alternative, a game twice as good for less than half the price with better performance:
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
I love how the immediate solution is new hardware. Guarantee you the same people are going to make videos, tweets and such when Switch 2 comes out and the new 3D Mario doesn't look as good as God of War Ragnarok. Or when 3rd party titles on Switch 2 don't look as good as their 3rd party counterparts.
I'm still interested in getting Scarlet, but yeah, I think they need to slow down with the releases and give more time to each game or set of games.
Performance issues are nothing unusual for Pokemon games. D/P had some major slowdown issues. SuMo ran rather terribly on the base 3DS. SwSh had some major slowdown in the wild areas. PLA running as well as it did was a fluke.
It is what it is. Most people will tolerate it and enjoy the games regardless.
FWIW multiple previews have said a lot of the slowdown is less of a problem in handheld mode. Now that I have a SWOLED I play very little on my TV anymore (recently completed the entirety of Dark Souls Remastered in handheld mode), so that works out fine for me.
@Ralizah
The unlocked framerate does cause some stutters at times. And I did rage about it initially until I learned it was only localized to 1 or 2 specific areas, which if you recall I even took video afterward saying ok, it's not nearly as bad as I feared.
It may not be perfect, but it's night and day from Pokemon, largely because it's pushing as close to 60 frames as it can instead of 30.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH Honestly, reducing the framerate to a locked 30 and slightly dropping the resolution across both modes would probably have allowed it to run perfectly. It's annoying how easily that game's performance woes likely could have been addressed.
But yes, SMT V and MH Stories 2, as technically imperfect as they are, are still miles better than any Pokemon game on the console, and the lifetime sales of both probably won't manage to match even the pre-order numbers of an average Pokemon game.
I can't understand the gaming comunity. If a full priced exclusive software made by a big dev can't run on the only hardware configuration it needs to, it is clearly a optimization issue and we shoud be more vocal about it, not beg to waste more money on expensive hardware so it can work prorpelly. This dev philosophy is just destroying hardware longevity.
There is a space between these two positions I think you skipped over. Actually I think the two positions are if anything both of these stances.or neither of them
My take is that games poorly optimised to this degree shouldn't be brought. We should vote with our wallets and demand better. Especially from large studios who only have one platform to target. These Pokemon games? They shouldn't have been released in this state
However, new hardware is both inevitable and desperately needed. Poorly optimised games are in part a symptom of that fact. So we should also be asking where the new hardware is and, potentially, when it does inevitably come possibly re-evaluate our stance on these poorly optimised titles
I know Pokemon prints money but GF has supposedly been having issues with technical performance for a while. I don’t know enough about the engine under the hood but I wish Nintendo could help them out. I doubt it based on the ownership agreement they seem to have set up but I feel bad for them(as in most folks don’t want to make a bad product intentionally). Perhaps if Pokemon wasn’t annual? The mobile games earn enough that they can take an extra year right?
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