I had no problems with the visuals at all, certainly they don't compare to systems that have the power of a PC or the PS4/XB1 but as a handheld system or even docked the game still looks pretty good. As did Doom and the Wolfenstein games. All looked great for being on a system that has to be powerful enough to play them but also not have 30 minutes of battery life.
The Switch is much more powerful than the 360/PS3, even in portable mode. But I agree with your point that it should be able to play almost any game if you dumb the graphics down enough.
The game is light years better than what it was when it shipped. Light years....that doesn't excuse how it shipped but they have reworked the game into something very entertaining.
I allowed myself back in the day to be swayed by all the naysayers who complained about monster closets and a poor story line. I own it for the Switch and will now see for myself.
Doom Eternal says what? Wolfenstein Youngblood, Minecraft Dungeons etc...more and more often you will see 3rd party games release for Switch near or at the same time.
This looks way more interesting than Oceanhorn. I too didn't like how the character moved in Oceanhorn, definitely the whole game felt too "floaty" to me though it was a decent game. This game looks to be on a different level than that. We will see soon enough.
I wasn't trashing the Wii U, I loved mine. But it was an abysmal failure compared to what the Switch has accomplished in terms of consoles sold and games sold and in way less time. 3rd parties for the most part ignored the Wii U in pretty short order. The Switch is also way more powerful, not sure if you were trying to say otherwise. But I love the Wii U, it just did very poorly. If it didn't they wouldn't have cut its lifespan so fast (4 plus years and after 4 years almost all development for the system was non-existent)
On these type of hard core forums? Maybe....It's a brand new Wolfenstein game, it will sell a lot of copies. And tell the Wii U owners how Nintendo doesn't need 3rd party support.
How will it affect sales? Not a lot. I mean don't have a go at 3rd party releases not coming to Switch if you won't buy one of the best 3rd party titles that will be available for the system. They are entitled to make money, if saving the money on the cart allows them to bring the game to this system then I will download the game. Welcome to the 21st century.
Like I have been saying for a year now, there is literally zero chance the present Switch is what Nintendo depends on competing with in 2020/21/22. A more powerful Switch will sell like hot cakes, and they know it. Sure the base Switch will be here for 7 years or more but cheaper/smaller and also more powerful versions are a certainty.
There are multiple triple A 3rd party games on the Switch right now. They are older games though, like the "new" Doom and Doom 2 and Skyrim etc. If the system was more powerful you would see a ton more. And Indie games are mostly driving the Switch and some Nintendo releases. Triple A game makers will support Nintendo when they can make games that will be portable in some form to what Nintendo's console can play. No way does this system stay just as successful in 2022/23/24 with the same specs it has now.
Good post but the system needs to be at least powerful enough to allow great developers to port games to the system. I can live with Doom style ports on my Switch any day of the week. But to continue to do so with the other system sellers going up again in specs the Switch as it stands now will need more memory and a bit more CPU/GPU power. It is inevitable unless you want to see no ports at all by 2021. Just my opinion..
I don't disagree with your comment for the most part. Trust me they will sell a ton of new consoles because new games will start to be made for those consoles and gamers will buy those systems. My point is it will be nay impossible to bring games that are made for even the high end PS4 Pro or XBOX One X over to Switch let alone the new games that will surely come out for their new consoles. It is a matter of ports, Nintendo is living now mostly off of indie games and their own games. Very few triple A titles that appear first on the PS4/XB1 come to the Switch. Imagine if the same Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's main console in 2021? There will literally be no ports at all. Maybe there will be a lot more Nintendo produced releases in the future once the 3DS is no longer being supported. They still will need to upgrade this system so they can add more memory and a bit more power. To not do so for 2021 and beyond is IMO a mistake.
Exactly my thought, like I said if the Switch is still being supported in 2024 it had better be an enhanced "PRO" version of the present Switch if not a whole new console by that time.
If this is their main console still in 2022 let alone 2024 Nintendo will be in big trouble. 2022 will be 1-2 years into the PS5 and whatever Microsoft will call their newest console. I have to believe, at the very least, that the Switch version that will be their main console in the 2020-24 time period will be an enhanced model much like the New 3DS.
Took me about 5 try's to beat him. You need to definitely have something that traps him in one spot and also something that is constantly firing at him and have them both at very strong levels ++
Man when playing on hard holy crap it is real tough to beat the game. I can't even get to the first boss and I have beaten the game already on normal a few times.
I think no doubt about it there will be a NEW 3DS type update. What will you see on there? How about systems from their past like N64/DS/3DS/GCN games with an online membership and the updated model? Or just being able to get full 1080p/30-60 FPS on some of those titles that don't quite get there in docked mode. They had a ton of success with the jump to New 3DS and then didn't support it that much with NEW 3DS only games. I would bet they do it again but this time make it more worthwhile.
I was kidding my good man, all of these game companies are reselling their old games so why shouldn't Nintendo. No one is forcing anyone to buy them if they don't want to.
Yes I am sure the real truth is some technical issue but you have to admit they could probably fix it pretty easily and decided instead to make 60 dollar controllers available JUST to play those games and those games only. Any time there is some issue that doesn't make sense as to why it is that way you have to follow the money.
BTW for 20 bucks I won't complain but for 40-45 bucks a year Sony's online offering simply blows away Nintendo's. It's not even close. Tons of great games, even some Triple A games included. Nintendo? You still pay 59.99 for games they released a decade ago.
BOTW wasn't built from the ground up to be a Switch game, it became a Switch game one year into it's development for the Wii U. Either way it would have been impossible (when it was developed) to put any more horsepower inside a tablet without raising the price through the roof and having terrible battery life. A more powerful Switch will hit stores in the next few years, probably fall of 2020 or spring of 2021. But Nintendo will always go this route over just putting a big powerful console on the market especially when there are 2 other hardware makers out there doing the same thing.
@EightBitMan You having fallen out of liking Nintendo franchises has blinded you to the tens of millions of people who don't feel the same way apparently. The Switch is a huge success, there is a metric F-ton of 3rd party games and indies and a lot of them have sold very well. The Switch may not get all the top AAA 3rd party games but those other systems don't get the AAA Nintendo releases. Those others also don't have portability which for me is very important. Wii U comparisons are laughable, the amount of games already available on the Switch is insane and a ton more announced every week. Switch is a huge seller and will remain so going forward. The Wii U was dead in the water before the 1st year of its life ended.
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Re: Random: God Of War Director Praises Witcher 3 On Switch, Says It's "Some Kind Of Dark Sorcery"
@HappyMaskedGuy
I had no problems with the visuals at all, certainly they don't compare to systems that have the power of a PC or the PS4/XB1 but as a handheld system or even docked the game still looks pretty good. As did Doom and the Wolfenstein games. All looked great for being on a system that has to be powerful enough to play them but also not have 30 minutes of battery life.
Re: Random: God Of War Director Praises Witcher 3 On Switch, Says It's "Some Kind Of Dark Sorcery"
@Agent069
The Switch is much more powerful than the 360/PS3, even in portable mode. But I agree with your point that it should be able to play almost any game if you dumb the graphics down enough.
Re: Video: Resident Evil 5 And 6 Switch Demos Marred By Poor Performance
@BlueOcean
Wii U was a more powerful console than the 360 and the Switch is a lot more powerful than the Wii U. It is just lazy porting by Capcom as usual.
Re: Hello Games Founder Sean Murray Shows Interest In No Man's Sky Switch Port
@Edu23XWiiU
The game is light years better than what it was when it shipped. Light years....that doesn't excuse how it shipped but they have reworked the game into something very entertaining.
Re: Feature: Frogwares On Porting The Sinking City's Open World Lovecraftian Horror To Switch
Looks pretty good, I will be picking it up
Re: Review: Doom 3 - A Dark, Unnerving Oddity In The Slayer Series That Still Impresses
I allowed myself back in the day to be swayed by all the naysayers who complained about monster closets and a poor story line. I own it for the Switch and will now see for myself.
Re: You'll Need A Bethesda Account To Play DOOM And DOOM II On Switch
@clvr I actually liked the 3rd one and it comes with the DLC as well.
Re: A Rewind Feature And Two NES Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Online This Month
@teamdave2002
Well you seem to be a man of the cloth, I was obliged to reply
Re: A Rewind Feature And Two NES Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Online This Month
@teamdave2002
Thanks for that info, do you talk to him regularly? Imagine wasting your time to reply to my post just to tell me how God thinks..
Re: Rewind Feature And Two NES Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Online In July
Wake me up when newer console choices are available...thank god I got my membership for 1 year for free from Amazon.
Re: CD Projekt Red "Not Really Cutting Anything" From The Witcher 3 On Nintendo Switch
@zool
Doom Eternal says what? Wolfenstein Youngblood, Minecraft Dungeons etc...more and more often you will see 3rd party games release for Switch near or at the same time.
Re: Zelda Crossover Cadence Of Hyrule Now Locked In For June Release
I wish this was the type of game I could get into. At least we get a true Zelda game at the end of the year with that Gameboy remake.
Re: Baldo Is What You Get When You Mix The Legend Of Zelda With Ni no Kuni
This looks way more interesting than Oceanhorn. I too didn't like how the character moved in Oceanhorn, definitely the whole game felt too "floaty" to me though it was a decent game. This game looks to be on a different level than that. We will see soon enough.
Re: Bethesda Confirms Wolfenstein: Youngblood Will Include A Download Code Instead Of A Game Card
@Dirty0814
I wasn't trashing the Wii U, I loved mine. But it was an abysmal failure compared to what the Switch has accomplished in terms of consoles sold and games sold and in way less time. 3rd parties for the most part ignored the Wii U in pretty short order. The Switch is also way more powerful, not sure if you were trying to say otherwise. But I love the Wii U, it just did very poorly. If it didn't they wouldn't have cut its lifespan so fast (4 plus years and after 4 years almost all development for the system was non-existent)
Re: Bethesda Confirms Wolfenstein: Youngblood Will Include A Download Code Instead Of A Game Card
@Dirty0814
On these type of hard core forums? Maybe....It's a brand new Wolfenstein game, it will sell a lot of copies. And tell the Wii U owners how Nintendo doesn't need 3rd party support.
Re: Bethesda Confirms Wolfenstein: Youngblood Will Include A Download Code Instead Of A Game Card
How will it affect sales? Not a lot. I mean don't have a go at 3rd party releases not coming to Switch if you won't buy one of the best 3rd party titles that will be available for the system. They are entitled to make money, if saving the money on the cart allows them to bring the game to this system then I will download the game. Welcome to the 21st century.
Re: Review: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - A Dazzling Port That Sacrifices Very Little
@Schizor88
Not sure what game you're playing but it looks pretty damn good to me. Graphical blurry mess? Ridiculous..
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Releasing Two New Versions Of Switch This Year
Like I have been saying for a year now, there is literally zero chance the present Switch is what Nintendo depends on competing with in 2020/21/22. A more powerful Switch will sell like hot cakes, and they know it. Sure the base Switch will be here for 7 years or more but cheaper/smaller and also more powerful versions are a certainty.
Re: Media Create Boss Says Switch Will Have A Seven Year Life Cycle, Sales To Grow In Third Year
@Retsam
There are multiple triple A 3rd party games on the Switch right now. They are older games though, like the "new" Doom and Doom 2 and Skyrim etc. If the system was more powerful you would see a ton more. And Indie games are mostly driving the Switch and some Nintendo releases. Triple A game makers will support Nintendo when they can make games that will be portable in some form to what Nintendo's console can play. No way does this system stay just as successful in 2022/23/24 with the same specs it has now.
Re: Media Create Boss Says Switch Will Have A Seven Year Life Cycle, Sales To Grow In Third Year
@Retsam
Good post but the system needs to be at least powerful enough to allow great developers to port games to the system. I can live with Doom style ports on my Switch any day of the week. But to continue to do so with the other system sellers going up again in specs the Switch as it stands now will need more memory and a bit more CPU/GPU power. It is inevitable unless you want to see no ports at all by 2021. Just my opinion..
Re: Media Create Boss Says Switch Will Have A Seven Year Life Cycle, Sales To Grow In Third Year
@Dilated
I don't disagree with your comment for the most part. Trust me they will sell a ton of new consoles because new games will start to be made for those consoles and gamers will buy those systems. My point is it will be nay impossible to bring games that are made for even the high end PS4 Pro or XBOX One X over to Switch let alone the new games that will surely come out for their new consoles. It is a matter of ports, Nintendo is living now mostly off of indie games and their own games. Very few triple A titles that appear first on the PS4/XB1 come to the Switch. Imagine if the same Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's main console in 2021? There will literally be no ports at all. Maybe there will be a lot more Nintendo produced releases in the future once the 3DS is no longer being supported. They still will need to upgrade this system so they can add more memory and a bit more power. To not do so for 2021 and beyond is IMO a mistake.
Re: Media Create Boss Says Switch Will Have A Seven Year Life Cycle, Sales To Grow In Third Year
@Alucard83
Exactly my thought, like I said if the Switch is still being supported in 2024 it had better be an enhanced "PRO" version of the present Switch if not a whole new console by that time.
Re: Media Create Boss Says Switch Will Have A Seven Year Life Cycle, Sales To Grow In Third Year
If this is their main console still in 2022 let alone 2024 Nintendo will be in big trouble. 2022 will be 1-2 years into the PS5 and whatever Microsoft will call their newest console. I have to believe, at the very least, that the Switch version that will be their main console in the 2020-24 time period will be an enhanced model much like the New 3DS.
Re: Dead Cells Is Getting A 'Huge' Free DLC Pack Soon
@Scottwood101
Great reply, it would be a great quote for them to put on their website to sell the game with. Thanks a lot...
Re: Dead Cells Is Getting A 'Huge' Free DLC Pack Soon
@Scottwood101
How is it better in your opinion? Just wondering as I just bought that game as well but haven't played it yet.
Re: Dead Cells Switch Update Adds 60fps And Custom Game Support
@SterlingEyes
Took me about 5 try's to beat him. You need to definitely have something that traps him in one spot and also something that is constantly firing at him and have them both at very strong levels ++
Re: Dead Cells Switch Update Adds 60fps And Custom Game Support
Man when playing on hard holy crap it is real tough to beat the game. I can't even get to the first boss and I have beaten the game already on normal a few times.
Re: Lunark Looks To Classic 2D Cinematic Platformers For Inspiration On Kickstarter
@impurekind
Thank you for bringing some clarity to the stupid theft of IP comments...
Re: Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Launches Physically On Switch In April, Will Retail For $30
Why do people say this is "Zelda like" ? Is there puzzles, dungeons, items, varied combat?
Re: Review: Sphinx And The Cursed Mummy - A Bit Musty Due To Age, But Still Worth A Look
@HeroponRiki
What game is that?
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Never mind, I just pre-ordered the game you are talking about right now lol
Re: Dead Cells Sold More Than 100,000 Copies In Its First Week On Nintendo Switch
Maybe my most favorite game on the Switch along with Doom, Zelda, Mario and Steamworld Dig 2.
Re: Reminder: Brutal Roguelike Caveblazers Is Coming To Switch eShop On 10th January
I love Dead Cells. That game has ruined most other games for me. I always end up going back to it. I still can't beat the final boss.
Re: Gaming Analysts Predict 'Switch Pro' And 'Switch Lite' Revisions For 2019
@BusyTressa
I think no doubt about it there will be a NEW 3DS type update. What will you see on there? How about systems from their past like N64/DS/3DS/GCN games with an online membership and the updated model? Or just being able to get full 1080p/30-60 FPS on some of those titles that don't quite get there in docked mode. They had a ton of success with the jump to New 3DS and then didn't support it that much with NEW 3DS only games. I would bet they do it again but this time make it more worthwhile.
Re: Video: Get A Closer Look At The Contra And Metal Slug-Inspired Blazing Chrome
I was sold one minute in, instabuy
Re: Random: Chinese Developer Found Selling Super Mario Bros. ROM On Microsoft's Digital Store
@SethNintendo
I was kidding my good man, all of these game companies are reselling their old games so why shouldn't Nintendo. No one is forcing anyone to buy them if they don't want to.
Re: Random: Chinese Developer Found Selling Super Mario Bros. ROM On Microsoft's Digital Store
Damn that is amazing, they have some balls selling a 30 year old game for basically 2 bucks? Who the hell would ever even consider doing that?
Re: Battle Princess Madelyn Gets Confirmed Switch Release Date, For Real This Time
I will be buying the game on Friday....
Re: Nintendo Switch Online Service Had A "Good" Launch, Focus Will Now Shift To Boosting Its Appeal
You want great numbers? SNES/N64/WII/GCN games....
Re: Preview: Battle Princess Madelyn Effortlessly Steps Into Sir Arthur's Boots
Can't wait for this one
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
So is the sound issues a big deal? This review makes me believe it is being overblown.
Re: Soapbox: We Like To Grumble, But Nintendo Switch Online Is Actually A Very Generous Offer
@BAN
Yes I am sure the real truth is some technical issue but you have to admit they could probably fix it pretty easily and decided instead to make 60 dollar controllers available JUST to play those games and those games only. Any time there is some issue that doesn't make sense as to why it is that way you have to follow the money.
Re: Soapbox: We Like To Grumble, But Nintendo Switch Online Is Actually A Very Generous Offer
BTW for 20 bucks I won't complain but for 40-45 bucks a year Sony's online offering simply blows away Nintendo's. It's not even close. Tons of great games, even some Triple A games included. Nintendo? You still pay 59.99 for games they released a decade ago.
Re: Soapbox: We Like To Grumble, But Nintendo Switch Online Is Actually A Very Generous Offer
@BAN They want you to buy the NES wireless controllers is my guess. I said the same thing, I want to change the control layout but it isn't possible.
Re: Gone Home - A Peerless Masterclass In Interactive Storytelling Comes To Switch
I would love another under the sea Bioshock game. Anyway Gone Home is very good, I highly recommend it.
Re: Space Harrier Is Joining The Sega AGES Line On Switch eShop
I want the whole Thunder Force series to be released
Re: Ex-Motion Twin Marketing Manager Reveals The Tactics Behind Dead Cells' Huge Success
My favorite game of the moment, been playing it an hour or two a day for 2 weeks now. I hope they add on to it sooner or later.
Re: Surprise! Saints Row: The Third Is Coming To Nintendo Switch
I've never played it either but I suspect it isn't my type of game.
Re: Rumour: New Nintendo Direct Airing Later Today
Please tell me another SW:Dig game is coming soon...
Re: Head Of Abstraction Games Addresses Technical Performance Of The Switch
BOTW wasn't built from the ground up to be a Switch game, it became a Switch game one year into it's development for the Wii U. Either way it would have been impossible (when it was developed) to put any more horsepower inside a tablet without raising the price through the roof and having terrible battery life. A more powerful Switch will hit stores in the next few years, probably fall of 2020 or spring of 2021. But Nintendo will always go this route over just putting a big powerful console on the market especially when there are 2 other hardware makers out there doing the same thing.
Re: Ubisoft Will Not Release Rainbow Six Siege On The Nintendo Switch
@EightBitMan You having fallen out of liking Nintendo franchises has blinded you to the tens of millions of people who don't feel the same way apparently. The Switch is a huge success, there is a metric F-ton of 3rd party games and indies and a lot of them have sold very well. The Switch may not get all the top AAA 3rd party games but those other systems don't get the AAA Nintendo releases. Those others also don't have portability which for me is very important. Wii U comparisons are laughable, the amount of games already available on the Switch is insane and a ton more announced every week. Switch is a huge seller and will remain so going forward. The Wii U was dead in the water before the 1st year of its life ended.