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@GoldenSunRM That was essentially my main criticism of the game too. The main game is fine as is but the game could have really used an extensive post-game beyond just a few levels that ramped up the difficulty and used all the interesting mechanics to their full potential.

I'm just going to patiently wait for a decent sale. I enjoyed the second game but not quite enough to make this appealing at the current price point.

Already bought it on Steam just a few hours ago, funnily enough. Haven't played it yet but it looks like an interesting game and seems to be pretty highly regarded.

@Vyacheslav333 I like horror VNs. It's just more anything with much actual gameplay that I tend to nope out pretty quickly.

I played a little bit of the Wii version back in the day which was probably the start of me figuring out that horror games just aren't really my thing.

I've only put like 10-15 hours in but so far I've got it as a 7/10.

Honestly forgot this one was even coming out. Second game was pretty fun so I'll probably play it sooner or later but I've got other games to play at the moment so I'll wait for a sale.

I'll watch as usual but I'll be going in with pretty tempered expectations as I feel like the last few haven't been particularly great. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Incredible game. I've got almost 70 hours in it so far and just can't put it down. Hopefully the Switch 2 port doesn't take too long.

Really loved the first game so looking forward to playing this at some point (after I can pry myself away from Mewgenics). Most other reviews so far seem to rate it a bit higher.

I've already given up on Mario sports games being any good at this point so not surprised to see that this one is also lacking. The price point for what's on offer feels ridiculous to me.

The rest of the Direct was lackluster as expected but at least this was a very pleasant surprise. I loved the first one.

I'd grab a couple if there were two games I wanted but aside from Rhythm Heaven (if that's even included), I can't think of any other Switch 1 games I want that I don't already have.

Finished my second route in Nukitashi earlier but I'm mostly just deep in the Monster Train 2 grind at the moment. Been making pretty good progress so I might try to fill in the log book before the DLC launches early next month.

I'd grab a pair before they go if I were likely that I was going to pick up two more Switch 1 titles but I can only think of Rhythm Heaven so probably not worth it.

Still pretty annoyed that we don't have any sort of digital reward system at all anymore with Switch 2, on top of the already higher prices. I'm being much more picky about which first party games I'm buying now so I'll probably be giving Nintendo a lot less of my money overall than I did when we had cheaper prices.

A majority of these are games that I've looked into but have filed into the 'not quite good enough to buy when I have too many other good games to play already' category.

Hopefully it's doing well enough that they keep it going as a series. Octopath Traveler II is one of my favourite JRPGs ever and 0 was also excellent so I'm really keen to see what they do with Octopath Traveler III.

I almost felt like getting back into the game a little while ago until I remembered that it had DLC on the way and decided to just wait. Nice to have a date and I'll probably grab it jump back in if I'm not too busy with other games.

I think I'm a bit over half way through Octopath Traveler 0 and I'm really enjoying it so I probably won't be playing anything else until I'm done.

I started incorporating wall strats into a few courses just a few days ago. Guess I better unlearn that if it's slower now haha.

I hope the matchmaking changes are significant as that's the only big issue the game has.

@michellelynn0976 Yeah nah

@Lizuka I was expecting something a bit bigger in scope with more innovative ideas after all these years and with much better hardware so honestly if this is the best they can do with 3D Metroid then I'll be happy for them to just go back to sticking to 2D until that changes.

That being said there's a pretty good chance I don't buy the next 2D Metroid either anyway. Dread was really good but I wouldn't pay Switch 2 game price for it.

I skipped Metroid largely due to it releasing on the same day as Octopath. I was planning to pick it up later if it looked good enough but it honestly just doesn't look like good value for money to me so I doubt I'll ever buy it now.

I haven't bought the game as I wanted to pay Octopath at launch which has given me a lot of time to decide if I want it or not. Right now I'm leaning towards just skipping as my impression from everything I've seen is that it would be a decent game but not really worth the asking price.

@Bck101 I've been playing it on Steam Deck with trackpads which has been pretty chill. I have over 250 hours in it and think I've still only beaten Cov10+Titans with barely over half the combos haha. Love how unique and different each run feels.

@FishyS Monster Train 2 is in at minimum my top three games of this year on any platform but it never got a review here (neither did the first game).

I've started Octopath Traveller 0 so between that and Kirby Air Riders which I can't keep away from for long, I'll be pretty busy for quite some time.

@Kyloctopus I've played 770 online Air Ride matches and I'd say it feels pretty random. I do feel like I see Galactic Nova less than the other tracks but that could just be coincidence.

The Dyna Blade one is kinda funny as I swear I come across them all the time when I'm playing City Trial.

Obviously not worried about the free run timer one but I hope that while they're at it they change it so that the timer stops running when the game is paused as I do a lot of practice in free run and it can be mildly annoying that I can't pause mid-lap without ruining the lap.

This is one of the games I've really been looking forward to. Going to need to finally pry myself away from Kirby Air Riders.

Don't care about Famitsu scores but excited for the game and will be starting it up launch day (sorry Metroid but you came out at the wrong time).

I've been on the fence about this one for a while and the pretty mixed reviews aren't exactly helping. Playing Octopath first regardless though so I've got plenty of time to decide.

@Thwomp_Stomper I live in Australia and started midnight our time so more like only ten hours.

100 hours and counting in Kirby Air Riders. Still don't feel like playing any other game.

I'm pretty interested in this one but the last few months of this year have been way too stacked with JRPGs I want to play so I don't know if/when I'll find the time to check it out.

@Jayvir Between the checklist and online multiplayer it's tons of content but if you're not interested in either of those things I'm not sure what else you're expecting the game to do. You could do a Super Hard playthrough of Road Trip, that's pretty fun if you're after a bit more of a challenge.

Easy 10/10. I was mainly excited for City Trial as that's the mode I loved in the original but I've been grinding rank in both racing modes and they're both awesome in this game. I've grown up playing Mario Kart games my whole life but Air Ride mode in this game feels better than any Mario Kart I've ever played.

Nothing but Kirby Air Riders for me. The most fun online multiplayer game I've played in a long time.

That's actually kinda funny. I'll keep an eye out on them showing up in City Trial.

I'll be playing the game pretty non-stop for a while anyway so I'll jump into the event when they're on, mainly just to get whatever the reward is.

@lovesushi @JohnnyMind @AverageSnomEnjoyer Enjoy. The game is just pure fun.

@Pillowpants I think that's largely why I enjoy his games so much. Too many games these days play it too safe trying to appeal to the mainstream masses. Just the same old stuff over and over with most of the unique and interesting stuff coming from indie devs.

Kirby Air Riders is a pretty niche game by design. There are pretty of things that could have been done differently to make it easier to get into and understand for casual players but Sakurai just seems to not really care about that and just makes the game he wants to make. Kid Icarus: Uprising is one of my favourite games of all time and it just wouldn't have been the same if it was designed with a more traditional control scheme to please the general audience.

Been playing for a few hours so far. Mostly just doing my first playthrough of Road Trip but also had a few rounds of ranked City Trial online which is even more fun now than in the test ride now that all the content is there.

Incredibly fun game with a ton of polish but it's a pretty unique and different game and wasn't designed in a way that caters to the casual mainstream audience so it's not something that everyone is going to get. But as someone who often isn't into all the big mainstream games, this is right up my alley. I'm a couple of hours into Road Trip and am having a blast with the game so far. Going to lose countless hours playing all three modes online.

@rallydefault I don't think I would have liked it very much based on everything I've seen. Honestly I probably would have skipped it even if it was cheaper but I might have at least been slightly tempted instead of having zero interest.

@turnmebackwards I feel you on the game prices. Back on Switch I found myself picking up most first party games that I was on the fence for but with Switch 2 I've already been skipping games like Hyrule Warriors and Pokemon Legends ZA that I might have been tempted by at a lower price point. This game and DK are the only two so far that I haven't really minded the asking price for.

Super excited to jump into this one in a couple of hours when it releases here. It's not going to be a big hit with the casual masses I don't think but just from the demo I know it's going to be an easy 10/10 for me.

It's going to be by far the best exclusive on the console so far so easy day one for me. My Switch 2 has been mostly collecting dust but now I'll finally have a good reason to play it.

Kirby Air Riders demo, finishing Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue and probably a lot of Monster Train 2.

Really enjoyed the first one as my first ever Trails game so pretty keen for the next entry. Glad it's not going to be too long of a wait.