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@jfp

"But aren‘t then both sides bullies? Performance Snob vs. Fidelity Snob."

the side that is getting what they want and saying "shut up whiners" to the other side are the bullies. I'm not really sure how it's bullying to say "this isn't good enough for me."

the blame goes to companies that choose shiny screenshots over well optimized games playing at peak performance. it's harder to market responsiveness so shiny wins.

maybe that's similar to what you are saying.

They had plenty of headroom to get Witcher 3 looking better than it did on switch, and at 60fps (we hope, or else what was the point of the new hardware) and they went too far with the former at the expense of the latter.

@The_Jobbo

"the "pretty Grass People" aren't in the comment section of every article ever saying they wont buy the game if it doesn't have pretty Grass... hence the term "Whining"."

correct, "this game better have pretty grass at the expense of performance or I won't buy it" would sound completely absurd, wouldn't it? almost like taking superficial graphics gimmicks over smooth responsive gameplay is a bad deal.

Typical bully behavior when the privileged (meaning "getting what you want at the expense of others") accuse the others of "whining" and telling them to shut up.

whoops they overcooked it again.

60fps stable shouldve been the first line item and all superficial graphical BS shouldve been downstream of that.

(ditto for literally every game in existence, but especially any remaster, if you ask me. I love that the 60fps ppl are "whiners" but the "omg pretty grass" people are apparently legit.)

We care so much about AI taking people's jobs around here that we don't bother copy pasting some human composers' names.

EDIT - thanks 👍

@ImpromptuR

You have moved the goalpost again.

per your original post:

"Martin is a mediocre author. He made success because of the adaptation of his books."

15 million books sold anywhere in the world is a success by any standard. Yes I can agree that the TV show made the story an international sensation but you only have to be a top seller with tens of millions of copies sold in one country to be a success. ✌️

(Imagine there is an Italian author selling millions of books in Italy, and I say he was a mediocre flop until Americans saw the film adaptation because I only care what Americans think.)

@jsty3105

I get what you are saying. Chasing third party ports might be beneficial in the ways you say, but is inversely proportional to what I value in a Nintendo platform, namely copious, imaginative, and varied first party games and unique, confident, daring third party exclusives. ✌️

EDIT - oh and interesting, clever hardware, with forward thinking, intuitive, and creative controls.

Also I miss real Nintendo handhelds. The switch design is as boring a handheld as I can possibly imagine, and hamstrings its own potential as a home console.

@ImpromptuR

I dont watch Game of Thrones either, nor have I read it ✌️ my point was that the books were bestsellers for years before the show, based almost entirely on word of mouth. The first book was not a best seller, but the second and third books were NY times best sellers 17 years before the show was made. The books were highly praised on their own merits for over a decade before the show was even thought of.

Point being, the phenomenon you speak of is indeed a real thing, but not in this case 👍

@ImpromptuR @AussieMcBucket

HBO did not decide to adapt a mediocre writers' floundering series into a AAA TV series 😂 come on.

He may well be a mediocre author, that's your opinion of course, but he had sold over 15 million copies before they adapted it into a show.

@Dr_Awkward

We will take your word for it 👍

@Ristar24

"This game on 'home' console weirdly works best as cross generation though, playing the PS4 version on the PS5 is a smooth 60fps and looks pretty nice."

I was hoping this would be kind of the "story" for Switch 2, to be kind of the smooth operating handheld console the Switch just couldnt quite do. It seems that busy screenshots still sell better than smooth visuals and snappy gameplay (same as it ever was.)

PS - I'm glad you are still here! 🥳

@Zeeba

we definitely see eye to eye on this, and it's not the first time I've said it! Thanks for chiming in! ✌️

@Dr_Awkward

"oof what a bad take."

Staggering argumentation, flawless victory. 🏆

I miss when Nintendo made hardware that was too idiosyncratic, creative, interesting, and even underpowered for third party companies to simply slop their latest release on to.

This is a good game but good lord I'm tired of seeing the same games on every platform, and across generations.

(yes I'm aware I'm in the minority here, but this is how I truly feel. It seems that most of the old timers that felt the way I do have moved on. ✌️)

@shiningpikablu252

Now you've got me imagining "Crazy Taxi Cab Confessions"

Whatever you do, kids:

do NOT google "Two games, one cart!"

The Starsand Effect

@GrailUK

you know what they say, "leave a silly comment..." 😂

@AdmiralBribery

LOL thanks for explaining the meme to me in terms I can understand 🤓👍

I'm following along in these comments, but I've yet to see any actual math.

anyhow please carry on. ✌️

At least we can still tell it's AI. once we can't tell, truly nobody is getting my money until we can again, somehow.

@KritterXD

yeah, and admittedly it's probably "worse" than I remember, given that the entire game was like the memorex guy in the chair situation for 15 straight hours. I don't believe I've ever been so blown away by a game's presentation on every level (partly of course because I'd just gotten my first HDTV 😆)

(EDIT - ignore the following parenthetical, for I thought I had read 30fps on Switch 2. 🤭 pretty cool they put MGS4 on Switch 1 at all, tbh, this late in the game. ✌️)

(for the record, I did notice the framerate changes at the time. I'm just not very forgiving when they have this chance to make a PERFECT version of these classic games and they blow it by cranking up "the visuals" for no reason. like I can't see their choppy assed frames lol.)

a "PS3" row in the table there wouldve made the whole thing a lot more interesting.

Switch 1 + 2 are the 30 fps consoles to me now, a bit of a dubious distinction.

Nobody should be playing or releasing 20 year old games at half framerate, it's just sad. (TTYD remaster should have been the happiest news of that generation.)

(I'm aware MGS4 on PS3 did not run at solid 60fps btw 😅👍)

PS - I havent played this game since my launch era ps3 died an early death. Playing through this game with a dear friend was one of the best gaming experiences of my younger adult life.

However you play it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 🤗

EDIT - just realized it's 60fps on switch 2! I misread it.

EDIT 2 - suddenly I want a switch 2, so I can play MGS4 in 60fps on a handheld. twist!

EDIT 3 - I somehow didn't even consider that I could play MGS4 on my Steamdeck now 😆 I'm running it right now, max settings, rock solid 60.0fps, and it's glorious! [em]double-twist![/m]

everyone must play through this series at least once.

but not 5 lol f that game.

For a Genki product this looks incredibly slapped together. Just being honest. ✌️

PS - that home button placement 😱 not just "no," but "no—body wants a button right there."

I gotta say, "a test is a test," but if you are issuing a mass apology afterwards the test might have gone worse than expected.

it is possible for a test to fail. imagine you are trying to crash test a car and the wheels fall off before it slams into the wall.

@Broforce

'Sligeach Éire"

🤯 wow what a blast from the past seeing that name again!

@NintendoWife

"I don't know, it looks like "BOTW but sad"."

LOL that's precisely what it looks like. 😂

Nature and Hatred. Trees and Loathing.

No exaggeration, 99 dollars could be the LEGO deal of the century, or ludicrously overpriced, depending on what you get.

we are looking at context free numbers and jumping to our own conclusions.

(unless I've missed a beat, here. ✌️)

I stopped taking Nlife reviews seriously years ago, but I'm still following along.

That said, an 8/10 review followed by multiple apology/explanation (apolgxplanation) articles discussing how and why the performance is horrible for a remake of a 20 y.o. game running on a barely year-old console is pure discord.

I mean if they can't be bothered to optimize their new big release on one of the very few major platforms, they don't deserve a positive review.

"There is one default difficulty,"

I think I know what you mean by this, but it isn't clear from the words on the page.

I think you mean, "there are no difficulty settings," as opposed to "there is not more than one default difficulty setting."

anyway thanks for the review! I'll be interested to try this game, as a fan of Neogeo, shooters, and Neogeo shooters. 👍

If I could go back to a world of iterative sequels and zero DLC or updates at all, I would do it in a heartbeat.

The internet has brought nothing positive directly to gaming IMHO. Bearing in mind I can't stand playing actual online games, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

OTOH I took a look at an early gameplay trailer for Pokopia and I immediately knew it was "not for me," so I think my preferences are partly informed by my general taste in games.

(I'm also extremely uncomfortable with songs being "updated" within albums in streaming services, which is kind of the same thing. I want the thing to be the thing it was when it became a thing.)

@GoproGO

"I don't think I've turned it on in about 5 and half months though."

I take it this is far less than you expected. Can you account for this, in terms of (Joys and) Cons? are you playing N64 games some other, better way?

✌️ty!

PS - people that think "groups" aka "tags" are folders don't understand what a folder is and never wanted them in the first place. You can stop trying to say Switch has folders, now.

"It is possible to just buy one of the ten games at full price (which right now are a mere $1.99 each)"

interesting definition of "full price."

Drag x Deprive

@larryisaman

its wild how everything is just big money outrageous success, or destroyed. Zero vision, zero pride.

No sense of, "this is a good product/franchise/service/studio, we should try to make the most of this."

MTV GET OFF THE AIR!

err...

NETFLIX, GET OFF THE... GAMES!

"It was inevitable."

"inevitable" means X has to happen eventually, but in my opinion it is an odd way to excuse the fact that X is happening now. It's more the kind of thing someone perpetrating an act would say, not someone being actively undermined by one.

Why let a service provider off the hook for no reason, when there are clearly users still using the product, including many here? Maybe they could make an effort to support those customers even more, or court new ones, or potential relapsed ones. Certainly, the "real heads" are playing the older, better Pokemon games, I think that much is clear (right?) Why not keep that part of your base happy and healthy?

Why can't a healthy, diverse user base be worth something in actual money? if we are going to agree that money is the only language any videogame company can afford to speak anymore, then surely good faith and customer appreciation and outreach can exist somewhere on that 2D number line that Nintendo (or TPC or anyone else) intends to squeeze the next timeless modern evocative game changing tour-de-force IP from, right?

(edited for tone. because someone told me to "be nicer" on here recently.)

If there's a game I'd really like to see a "modern remake" of, it's Awakening. That game grabbed me in a way that every FE game has failed to, since.

They could, uhh... rework those little feet 😆

WC really, really tried to get into 3 Houses...

...but couldn't!

Nintendo Insider - 8/10

"Most of what made that game what it was is still here, even if in some cases you might wish it wasn’t. Performance is scattershot, bugs are everywhere, and even the bits that are working as intended can be quite clumsy at times."

How in blazes is this game getting 8's? 🫩 sickening, shameful.

The first Nintendo Music article to call out the composer in weeks and it's Mario / Koji Kondo.

I came here to say the thing about the pixel art, which has already been said so what am I doing here, you might ask.

@Princess_Lilly

I remember when videogame characters barely and rarely even had faces 😅 I don't think my priorities really line up with any mainstream audience, but I do think people would be happier in a world of smoother, slightly less detailed games. ✌️

PS - my heart and mind and graphics settings are open to trans and nonbinary Khajits 😄❤️

we are aware of the problems, but we already got an 8/10, so.

"Targets 30fps, doesn't always hit it"

I'd take the old version running smoothly, every single time

...and did!

dodged a bullet imo.

excuse me, I'm having a "full circle" moment.

TEN YEARS?

seems like only yesterday i started meaning to possibly get around to eventually playing this if it ever got any better with updates down the road.

@EarthboundBenjy

I think Nintendo should have enough pride to offer everything (unsanctioned) emulation offers, and then some. Make me want to spend my money on your game (and sell me a copy of the game ffs.)

People buy bottled water because they believe it tastes better and is better for them. Nintendo is trying to rent us tap water straight from the garden hose.

(FWIW - I collect physical games, old games, digital storefront games, and ROMS. some games exist in my collection in all 4 categories. lots of the games in the first 3 categories started in the 4th category, sometimes years before they were available again, and I know I'm not the only one.)

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