As you will no doubt have noticed, our PAYDAY 2 review is now live, and we quite liked the co-op crime simulation, if we're honest.
What we didn't expect to see was the name Sumo Digital in the game's credits. The UK-based studio is perhaps most famous for its work in the racing genre, but it would seem it has a neat little sideline in Switch ports, too. Alongside Panic Button and Virtuos, Nintendo's console appears to be keeping plenty of people busy in the games dev industry.
Sumo's name has been in the news recently following rumours that it is working on another Sonic-themed racing game for Sega, but could it be assisting with other ports? Feel free to speculate in the comments.
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Doesn't help my lack of enthusiasm for the game. We got something that really should have just waited until it was finished.
They make good racing games but had mediocre to decent experience with action titles so it's no surprise the Switch port of this is decent as well.
Be nice if they kept them busy not making a water down outdated port. But some job security in the UK is good enough for now.
Virtuous are actually a Chinese studio. They just have an office in Tokyo (as well as many other places)
Some top quality Nintendo Life reporting as usual.
Explains why the port is such a snake.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE a....... what? What is it!? I want to know! The suspense is killing me!!!
You know what they say, the more the merrier!
Keep in mind that this is the same company which developed SEGA All-Stars Racing/Transformed. I would say they should stick with the racing and sports genres- they're hot stuff in those departments, even giving Nintendo a run for their money! But this Payday 2 port? Forever more a dark spot in their history... Never again.
@Menchi187 Yep, it's true:
http://www.virtuosgames.com/en/company
DECEMBER 1, 2004
VIRTUOS OPENS IN SHANGHAI WITH 5 STAFF
Amazing what 1 minute of research can do these days.
No wonder it’s so far behind the other versions...
@SLIGEACH_EIRE A snake? A SNAKE? A SNAAAAAKE!? That's it!?!?
...Oh well.
GameXplain video suggests they ported the mid-2017 PS4 version of the game, and graphically it looks almost identical. Only difference is textures and far off structures. It runs at 720p handheld and upto 1080p docked (normally 900p).
It will be getting updated to parity with other consoles according to the developer.
I dont care about the outdated thing since I buy doom even I know doom is an old game. Doom was very impressive even it doesnt lock 30 fps when you play it in docked mode.But I cannot sit down watching First person shooter genre even people complain about the game I still carry on and buy it. God please help me.
@PlywoodStick That's too much to ask from NL staff
@PlywoodStick They made Sssnake Pass and their logo looks like a snake.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE OOOOOOH now it makesss senssse. Thanksss for the ecksssplanation.
Didn't Sumo Digital make Pushmo and Crashmo? Love those games.
@Prof_Yoshtonics as weird as it sounds thinking about it, it was actually Intelligent Systems who developed them 🤭
Is this why Sumo Digital still haven’t fixed that Snake Pass logo?
@Julien is freaking ugly and makes me want to delete the game off my Switch but I still need to finish it.
@clvr Oh okay. Right on.
44$ what? I bought PacMan championship for 19.99$ LUL
Ugh. Sumo left snake pass blurry and ugly with no updates. I won’t buy anything they make again.
I have no respect for Sumo, and the result of this port looks to only further solidify that.
@NewAdvent
i don't think it's 'hate'. just an old game that honestly wasn't super great at release even with friends.
it's interesting but i've been sitting on the PC version for a while and it's just not very fun imo. gtaV online heists are much better. i give them credit for taking the switch on even though it's not going to be an 'online' console (portability kills that).
Hello, i wish know if the game is easily available in your country?
Because in mine it's not the "case" . Same on amazon it is not there..
I have a gaming store and all my providers does not have.
It's clear, this game it's not a "game seller' but it's really speciall for sell...
For explain you, i'm french. Sorry for my very good english ^^
Sumo are excellent Devs. As long as it's racing games (Outrun 2 ports, Sonic Racing) or tennis games (various Virtua Tennis ports).
@PlywoodStick @Menchi187
Where does it say Virtuous aren't a Chinese studio?
@electrolite77 They changed the article it seems, originally it said "Japanese firm Virtuous".
@Menchi187
Hahahahaha. Excellent. The other week they said that 40 Winks on PS1 got released in the UK as Ruff and Tumble which isn't true-Ruff and Tumble was a 2D platform shooter on the Amiga, and that name was only used for 40 Winks in some parts of Europe. Pretty easy to check that one too. A Google search.
Seems there is a lack of knowledge on Sumo here.
Sumo has grown massively in recent years. It now has two studios, including one headed by former GoldenEye and Perfect Dark veteran Karl Hilton (also famed for TimeSplitter and Crysis 2/3).
They’re working on Dead Island 2, Crackdown 3 and their recent work on Snake Pass, LittleBigPlanet, Disney Infinity and Hitman has been very good.
Way more than a racing studio.
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