AndrasLOHF

Not really my cuppa tea, but the game was fantastic and ran extremely well when I played it. All for more devs getting their hands on and actually being a developer. In my opinion, studios that rely on third-party game engines are not developers they’re content creators.

Can you continue a current unfinished save on the new version. Kinda pissed I preordered steelbook version and not only did it not deliver on launch day it also hasn’t even shipped at all. Loved the original.

@Diowine Well, unless I am miss-remembering from orders I've done in the past, when you preorder digitally the game will download days prior to the actual release date. Then at the release time the game is immediately ready to be played. If you're foaming at the mouth to play, you don't have to wait whatever amount of time it would take for the game to download. I would imagine that some game waiting until launch day would make for an extremely long download time.

What I am lost on is, why would a person not just preorder diginatlly from the e-shop anyways. Unless perhaps people have Amazon/Walmart points to use???

I absolutely adore the flowers. Best QOL improvement to a game since the waypoint.

All I could think of with that voiceover was POWERTHIRST!!!!!

Definitely seems to be some people in this thread that have probably never created and released anything artistically in their lives and are just consumers of media. Anything that has been re-released in any capacity literally would not exist without the content that was created by the original content creators. To purposefully not credit someone's work on a re-release is what in bird culture you would call a d**k move.

Honestly I loved the New Super Mario games, so Wonder looks like a welcome edition. It's looking like the wonderful lighting work done on 3D World is present on Wonder and the overall art style is amazing. The elephant is definitely a nod to the abilities in Odyssey and I hope there are more on the way.

@msvt Same. What is this Diablo Raider???

I completely get what you're saying. To me it's not that there is so much to do as I enjoy the heck outta plowing through sidequests in JRPGs, it's just that there is so much to do, with little to no guidance on how to complete them. Like I'm not expecting a guide point system in the way that Xenoblade does since Zelda is much more about exploration, but there is so much to do with vague hints I'll be completing this game and bypassing so much of it. Which I guess can be said is a good thing on a replay of the game at a later date.

All that being said I have been loving TOTK. To me it has improved over BOTW in almost every way. I was so meh on BOTW that I almost didn't get TOTK but I am glad that I did.

@Coalescence Between stuff like this and ivory tower nimrods attempting to speak knowledgeably/authoritatively on procedures/processes/etc that they have no idea about it's extremely frustrating. Corporate life is for the birds.

@Cashews FOR REAL.

I definitely enjoy the 100+ hour RPG, but there is something nice about a game that can be completed fairly easily over a weekend.

Every time they were referenced in the trailer all I could think of is, all this creativity and they missed calling the dang things Skylands.

2019 for me. I'm normally a non-responder to ads, but the Links Awakening ads at the time lead me into purchasing my first console in over a decade. In addition to that game and the games mentioned above on the article, while a little buggy at launch, I absolutely loved Bloodstained. SOTN is pretty much GOAT for me and playing a new take on it for the first time in almost 20 years was amazing.

meh,,,, Call of Duty is the Madden of FPS. Basically the same game every year with new skins/assets. Never was interested.

There is really only one answer:

The "Eh, it's good enough" excuse.

I'm absolutely loving it. I really liked Dread, but this is just so much better. Dread was really my first full dive into am Metroid game. When the opening scene started I was like, no way the gameplay graphics are gonna be this good, but the gameplay graphics actually got even better. I also like that it is still very much a Metroid game, and not just FPS with Metroid assets.

MY PERSONAL LIFE CAN'T WITHSTAND ANYMORE JRPGS!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH

I'll do physical only if I'm getting the special edition or it someone gifts it to me. I like switching between games too much and prefer not risk breaking the game slot from overuse. Also I believe in getting my monies worth out of experiencing the game more so than owning some physical thing.

@Serpenterror

You wouldn't be doing anything special. Some of the oldest professions in existence like prostitution literally only exist out of paying for a temporary experience/entertainment. Have you ever been to a movie theater, ever been to a theme park, played a video game in an arcade, etc? If so you've bought into it as well. Humans as a whole are just too stuck on ownership of useless things.

@Corvus96

I mean, I play games for the experience of playing them, not the experience of owning them. I know this is a far reaching way to think when it comes to gaming as most gamers are into collectability and building a library. I'd have no problem paying $60 to enjoy a game in the same way I'd pay $60 to experience a live music show/carnival/anything that someone may find fun to do in the real world.

@Kirbysonic FOR REAL. Started the year finishing up a 100+ hour playthrough of SMTV then immediately started extensive playthroughs of the entire Xenoblade series on Switch. I told myself no more RPGs for 2022 but then went ahead and got into Persona 5 Royal. =) =) =)

@Gwynbleidd
It's for people that play games to experience them and aren't hung up on ownership.

1000's of hours on my joy cons with no drift. What I do have happening though is weird lag with input while docked. It only happens on my oldest set of joycons. In handheld they work perfectly fine.

I'll say this to the day I die, open world is not the end all be all of game design and people and game companies need to stop trying to shoehorn every franchise into it.

@earthinheritor Same. I loved it up until I hit a wall that unless I spent a ton of time grinding I just could not advance in any of the storylines no matter which way I setup my team. I might wait awhile and see how users comment on the balancing of the game before purchasing or wait until it goes on sale.

@Axecon RIGHT!!! My purchase didn't even ship until almost midnight the night before release and didn't arrive until the following Tuesday.

@Zuljaras

Same. Rode my bike and rented it at good old Blockbuster on release weekend and each weekend afterwards until I got my own copy for Christmas in '97.

Never did finish the original due to the ridiculous boss difficulty in the 4th chapters but I still enjoyed all 60 hours I put into it and this one looks just as awesome.

Might be high time to jump on this. I do not have a spreadsheet or anything like that to prove my observations but I lost interest in playing this game a while ago because I only play online and I swear it would be the same 10ish tracks I'd have to race over and over again.

I honestly don't even see the need for the fan service these days in games. The angel mode has much better character designs and it's not like this is the 50's and anyone can't just go online to look up nudes.

I’m on the final boss of Metroid Dread. In between the frustrations of that I’ve started my first play through of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Can’t wait for part 3 later this year!

I don't have a full on disability but I wholeheartedly hope that Nintendo continues with the Joy Con type controllers. My right elbow has little to no cartilage left and I have severe osteoarthritis at an early age which makes holding any type of normal Switch Pro/Playstation/XBox type controller extremely painful not only while playing but also for hours afterwards. Being able to place my hands in any position with detached Joy Cons allows me to keep gaming. Not sure what I'll do if this changes.