Ashunera84

I periodically lick switch cartridges when I start to doubt my memory of their insanely bad taste.

The team responsible for making the game isn't the issue here, Ubisoft.

Noticed yes, bothered no

It's easy to hate on Nintendo or TPC for this, but Palworld's developers have made a habit of copying other works a little too closely.

Maybe you dislike TPC... but what if their next game rips off Team Cherry, an ACTUAL small indie dev team? Oh, right, they are doing EXACTLY that.

IP protection needs to be strong in the creative space.

I wanna take you for a riiide.

This game is exceptional. Controls are snappy and logical. Simple, yet deep. Stylish.

The best game since the originals was Black and White which only had new pokemon until the post-game.

That said, there are a lot of weak pokemon that could use buffs, strong moves or evolutions.

If someone has earned the right to charge for updates, it's probably ConcernedApe.

Astral Chain IMO

"Persona without the heart" is reductive.
SMT is about the gameplay, environmental storytelling, and broader worldviews. It's different from but not less than Persona.

@Bolt_Strike if the rest of the market is making luxury purchases without looking into it, clearly the money isn't a big deal for them. If the money is a big deal, they are likely to seek more information.

This is the best practice for a market. Set a price, give people information on the product, and let them decide. Nobody is being misled.

If you want to complain about monetization, there are plenty of games full of ads and loops meant to be addictive and predatory. This isn't such a case.

Nobody is making you buy it.

You should be well informed on the item. Determining if it's worth the price for you should be simple.

Nontendo 4DS

The only "quality" IS performance. The other one is a game developer's psychosis, believing some graphics things matter more than performance.

Nothing about sipping tea was fun. I find it unlikely this had anything to do with Three Houses popularity.

Frame rate is the god-king of visuals as far as enjoyment goes. Most modern TVs upscale well enough, and handheld will never need more than 1080p.

The social media platform is still literally twitter.com

Protecting your valuable IP is smart.

Selling someone else's IP without a license generally not a good thing. Probably doesn't deserve jail time, but a mild case being allowed opens the door for more severe ones. Best nip it in the bud.

The top 3 are Mario, Pikachu, Sonic. Choose whoever you want after that.

Would buy. Amazing game. Need more politics in the story though!

This game is really good.

Flip Rise and GU IMO

Did I miss Astral Chain or is it not on there?

It's a top 5 Switch game. Not top 50, top 5.

Breath of the Wild
Tears of the Kingdom
Super Mario Odyssey
Hollow Knight
Astral Chain

If this isn't your top 5, you're wrongggg. Subjective? Don't care. Still wrong.

The Pokemon Company will be fine, and I do suspect Pocket Pair will owe them some money and require some changes to similar monsters.

The issue is that this is a recurring thing for them. They've been more than just "inspired" by a couple other franchises for their games, and their next release copies from an indie dev, Team Cherry, who doesn't have the financial might of the Pokemon Company.

It is in the best interests of creators everywhere for Pocket Pair to be hammered hard for this.

@SpaceboyScreams it sounds an awful lot like you have exactly zero technical programming knowledge or any understanding of the use of assets and resources.

Breath/Tears have a tiny fraction of the high fidelity character models that Pokemon has. Pokemon devs may have made a mistake on prioritizing the mons themselves over the environment and frame rate, but if you want to have a pokemon game look like Breath of the wild, the number and quality of pokemon models is going to go down. Way down.

"if something like Palworld can release and run as well as it does, then there’s really no excuse anymore."

Palworld has 137 creatures.
Pokemon SV has 600 or more, and it's running on a toaster.

Are you SURE there is "no excuse"?

Come on, man, be honest.

The real questions might be how do the models compare and how many animations each one has, but at least act like you know something here.

"X" is still known as Twitter. Might as well call it Twitter.

I'd prefer to not have encumbrance rather than Machamp increase it.

I doubt there's any real legal ground for the Pokemon Company to sue or anything, but it is a blatant rip-off and the artists should be embarrassed to have had anything to do with it. It's certainly not work to be proud of.

Nontendo 4DS

Are predictions from some random dude to be considered news from now on?

Weapon degradation makes you care about your stuff more.

I empathize and wish Nintendo would do better. But it's definitely not simple, even if it seems many game developers are doing better.

1. It's expensive. It's a business. I'm doubtful most of these companies actually make money creating these features. (good on them for doing it anyway).

2. They add a lot to settings menus. This might not seem like a big deal, but for every setting is both a line of reading and a choice a player needs to make, giving them the opportunity to make the wrong choice or to miss something that is important to them. Diablo 4, lauded for its accessibility, is also a disaster in its settings with numerous things located in several areas and it can be difficult to find what you're looking for.

Kotick is a comically evil villain who's behind nearly every excessively capitalist monetization practice out there. Good riddance.

@DonkeyBrainKing anyone who ever says "most people" agree with X thing tend to be full of it. But I am willing to bet the creators of most fiction and art in general would prefer their creations aren't outright copied by others.

@ninfriendo_1973 NintendoLoaf, with writer Alina Hogues.

I put 340 hours into Fire Emblem Engage, clearing hard and then maddening difficulties.

Again, repeatedly, there is no mention of whether you're playing online or not.

The game's performance (and that in Sword and Shield) were far better playing OFFLINE.

Did you review in offline or online?

I played it. Basically all other survival games are better.

Fortnite should consider at least one original idea at least once.

If you want to keep the event from running too long, maybe you can get rid of the absurd "best e-sports team" and "most anticipated game" awards. Absolute nonsense.

Inkling, Joker. Both were amazing in their own ways.

King K. Rool and Banjo were pretty good though.

There really is no need.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Deluxe.

My vote would be to keep building on MK8.

There are two options for remaking a Zelda game:

Remake the 2D ones in the style of Link's Awakening HD

or

A full reimagining of the original.

ALTTP or OOT
I think you need something relatively gimmick free.

Sounds awful. Good thing I don't care about them.

Keep releasing half-baked Sonic games and it will never happen.