Locking lower difficulty options to certain characters in a game where a huge load of players will be small kids is such a stupid move. Like yeah of course young kids would rather play as Mario or Peach and not a different coloured Yoshi or a character they never heard off.
@LastFootnote Giving how insanely well the Switch 2 is selling i don't why you would say that. If anything from a business move this is pretty great for them because now new buyers will be forced to spend full priced on Mario Kart if they want it.
Fun fact marketing budgets aren't counted towards the films budget and marketing budgets aren't public info, no one but the studios knows it. Fun fact film budgets aren't public info either unless earning calls reveal it with most box office analysts guessing it.
Let me guess Critical Drinker fan? Snyder fan? Gunn has never expressed worry and in fact his contract was recently extended. Most films hit streaming not long after cinema's its been a thing since 2020 where have you been. WB do this with nearly every film now.
@FrenchVaniIIuxe Superman and Fantastic Four very much did. In fact it was recently revealed FF ended up having a budget of like 180M or something making it one of Marvel's cheapest films. Gunn, WB and Netflix have all called Superman a success, in fact Netflix have been pretty open about being happy with Superman and wanting to keep that going.
I wouldn't call NMS a perfect match for others at all unless you mean the aging creaky PS4 and X1 versions.
Cyberpunk and Outlaws are impressive ports though. I have no interest in playing these versions over the PS5 versions but the fact you can play games like this handheld these days is pretty damn incredible.
Really hope we get some paid DLC on the scale of past games. From a gameplay and technical standpoint its easily the best of the series but content wise does feel a tad lacking compared to the prior games even in their base versions.
Yeah been playing it most of the day and its been great playing it again. Funny enough despite not being a PC gamer this was how i played it back in the day as it came free with the PC we got back then.
@RiasGremory It might be the best looking 3rd party game on Switch 2 but that doesn't make it one of the top 10 best looking games of the year. DF list doesn't even have Kingdom Come 2 and E33 among many others so a Switch 2 port of an old game stood no chance. CP77 isn't even the best looking game on Switch 2 as Metroid Prime 4, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart World exist.
@somnambulance Oh i agree Shadows is incredible from a visual side especially on the Pro where RTGI can be enjoyed at 60fps with much clearer image if PSSR is on. On my list of best graphics of 2025 its most likely 2nd only to Death Stranding 2.
@Oldstalk AC Shadows doesn't run great on it. Its locked at 30fps what ok fine expected but it doesn't stick to hit and the loss of RTGI raises questions on how its going to deal with games where RT is the only option. Avatar only has RTGI it can't be switched off and giving how massive the game world is and how dense it is with flora and fauna i can't see the Switch 2 running it well or at all.
@michellelynn0976 Nah it struggles and it can't even run RTGI. DF already said it has a lot of issues on Switch 2.
Yes Avatar is more demanding. It has a more dense world with tons and tons of flora and fauna, a massive focus on verticality where you can even fly above the clouds and the map is massive. It also only has RTGI as its lighting solution. You clearly haven't played Avatar so why argue this?
@somnambulance It looks better then Yotei but it doesn't run better. At best its on par with performance but overall Yotei sticks to the 60fps far far more often even in the RT Pro mode thats holds 60fps pretty much 99% of the game.
@RiasGremory They aren't going to put the 3rd worst looking version of Cyberpunk (if we include the PS4 and X1 versions) on a list of the best looking games of 2025. Its a great port yes but its far from the best looking games of the year.
@michellelynn0976 Console versions of Cyberpunk not more advanced then Avatar. Avatar is extremely dense with fauna and flora and only has RTGI. The chances of it running on Switch 2 are pretty slim especially when the Switch 2 struggles with AC Shadows a less demanding game.
@Smithicus The 2nd movie made over 2B and is the 3rd highest grossing film ever. Clearly the audience is very much there and i'm willing to bet the new one will also be a 2B+ film. I don't think Disney and Cameron care about lack of memes when each film makes more money then anything else in film.
@Oppal21 You understand a "better machine" isn't really possible at £400 and with good battery life. Like seriously i get around 2 hours max battery life at full brightness as it is.
@Duncanballs I dunno i think its fair to expect the game to match the og PS3 version at the very least. God forbid some people don't want to settle for less. Tell me if Xenoblade X was visually worse then the Wii U version would you have defended that?
Paramount is in Trump's pockets right now and is turning into a very right wing studio so no way in hell do i want Paramount owning WB. Netflix are very much the lesser evil here.
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Re: ICYMI: Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available, Will You Be Getting It?
I would get it if it was on the UK store. Seriously how do you screw up a simple release like this?
Re: Talking Point: Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
I think its had a very strong first 6 months. Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon and Hyrule Warriors is one hell of a line up.
Re: Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
@SoIDecidedTo I dunno as kids i found we relied on cheats and cheat devices more often then not.
Re: Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
Locking lower difficulty options to certain characters in a game where a huge load of players will be small kids is such a stupid move. Like yeah of course young kids would rather play as Mario or Peach and not a different coloured Yoshi or a character they never heard off.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Massive Switch 2 eShop Discount Was An "Error"
@sportvater Yeah they can. Nintendo would refund the money and remove ownership.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Massive Switch 2 eShop Discount Was An "Error"
Damn wish i knew i would have got it at that price.
Re: Switch 2's Mario Kart World Bundle Has Apparently Reached The End Of Its Lifecycle
@LastFootnote Giving how insanely well the Switch 2 is selling i don't why you would say that. If anything from a business move this is pretty great for them because now new buyers will be forced to spend full priced on Mario Kart if they want it.
Re: Opinion: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Caps Off A Great Year To Be A Superhero Fan
@FrenchVaniIIuxe https://comicbookmovie.com/superman/superman-has-reportedly-made-a-staggering-amount-of-profit-for-wbd-since-leaving-theaters-a224762
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2025/12/03/the-fantastic-four-on-track-to-be-one-of-disneys-cheapest-marvel-movies/
Fun fact marketing budgets aren't counted towards the films budget and marketing budgets aren't public info, no one but the studios knows it. Fun fact film budgets aren't public info either unless earning calls reveal it with most box office analysts guessing it.
Let me guess Critical Drinker fan? Snyder fan? Gunn has never expressed worry and in fact his contract was recently extended. Most films hit streaming not long after cinema's its been a thing since 2020 where have you been. WB do this with nearly every film now.
Re: Opinion: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Caps Off A Great Year To Be A Superhero Fan
@FrenchVaniIIuxe Where did you get those numbers from? Not from Disney or WB.
Re: "A Really Good Experience" - Digital Foundry Dives Into Switch 2's Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo
It will be interesting to see how Rebirth performs when it hits the Switch 2.
Re: Opinion: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Caps Off A Great Year To Be A Superhero Fan
@FrenchVaniIIuxe Superman and Fantastic Four very much did. In fact it was recently revealed FF ended up having a budget of like 180M or something making it one of Marvel's cheapest films. Gunn, WB and Netflix have all called Superman a success, in fact Netflix have been pretty open about being happy with Superman and wanting to keep that going.
Re: Opinion: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Caps Off A Great Year To Be A Superhero Fan
Yeah its a fantastic game. Really hope it gets DLC as i need more of this game.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Reviews Skyrim On Switch 2, And Yeah, It's Bad
Its a shame really because if the input lag wasn't so awful you could forgive the 30fps due to the visuals matching the PS5 version.
Re: Best Switch 2 Ports - The Most Impressive Third-Party Games On Nintendo Switch 2
I wouldn't call NMS a perfect match for others at all unless you mean the aging creaky PS4 and X1 versions.
Cyberpunk and Outlaws are impressive ports though. I have no interest in playing these versions over the PS5 versions but the fact you can play games like this handheld these days is pretty damn incredible.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle Season 4 Is Now Live, With Another Mega Stone Reward
Finding Ranked pretty easy so this should be an easy get.
Re: Opinion: Rayman 2 Is An Overlooked Platforming Classic About A Rebel With A Cause
@michellelynn0976 Ok that's fine apology accepted, we all get heated sometimes.
Re: Review: System Shock (Switch 2) - Performance Woes Tarnish A Classic
Better get used performance issues from 3rd party games as its only going to get worse.
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Version 1.0.3 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Really hope we get some paid DLC on the scale of past games. From a gameplay and technical standpoint its easily the best of the series but content wise does feel a tad lacking compared to the prior games even in their base versions.
Re: Opinion: Rayman 2 Is An Overlooked Platforming Classic About A Rebel With A Cause
Yeah been playing it most of the day and its been great playing it again. Funny enough despite not being a PC gamer this was how i played it back in the day as it came free with the PC we got back then.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
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Re: Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year Awards' Nod To Some Switch 2 Beauties
@RiasGremory It might be the best looking 3rd party game on Switch 2 but that doesn't make it one of the top 10 best looking games of the year. DF list doesn't even have Kingdom Come 2 and E33 among many others so a Switch 2 port of an old game stood no chance. CP77 isn't even the best looking game on Switch 2 as Metroid Prime 4, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart World exist.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 Them being wrong 1% of the time doesn't help you. They're more right then AI searches though.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 AI searches aren't evidence luv.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 Imagine relying on AI to back up a point.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 "Never trust DF" and you call me a troll 😂😂😂
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 Say that to Digital Foundry. Also take your own advice.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@BaldB3lper78 Yeah sure 🙄
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@BaldB3lper78 Bet you never even played the game.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@ElRoberico Yeah its pretty crazy how high you can fly. You can even fly above the clouds during a storm and see them raging below you.
Re: Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year Awards' Nod To Some Switch 2 Beauties
@somnambulance Oh i agree Shadows is incredible from a visual side especially on the Pro where RTGI can be enjoyed at 60fps with much clearer image if PSSR is on. On my list of best graphics of 2025 its most likely 2nd only to Death Stranding 2.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@Oldstalk AC Shadows doesn't run great on it. Its locked at 30fps what ok fine expected but it doesn't stick to hit and the loss of RTGI raises questions on how its going to deal with games where RT is the only option. Avatar only has RTGI it can't be switched off and giving how massive the game world is and how dense it is with flora and fauna i can't see the Switch 2 running it well or at all.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 Nah it struggles and it can't even run RTGI. DF already said it has a lot of issues on Switch 2.
Yes Avatar is more demanding. It has a more dense world with tons and tons of flora and fauna, a massive focus on verticality where you can even fly above the clouds and the map is massive. It also only has RTGI as its lighting solution. You clearly haven't played Avatar so why argue this?
Re: Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year Awards' Nod To Some Switch 2 Beauties
@somnambulance It looks better then Yotei but it doesn't run better. At best its on par with performance but overall Yotei sticks to the 60fps far far more often even in the RT Pro mode thats holds 60fps pretty much 99% of the game.
Re: Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year Awards' Nod To Some Switch 2 Beauties
@RiasGremory They aren't going to put the 3rd worst looking version of Cyberpunk (if we include the PS4 and X1 versions) on a list of the best looking games of 2025. Its a great port yes but its far from the best looking games of the year.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@michellelynn0976 Console versions of Cyberpunk not more advanced then Avatar. Avatar is extremely dense with fauna and flora and only has RTGI. The chances of it running on Switch 2 are pretty slim especially when the Switch 2 struggles with AC Shadows a less demanding game.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
@Smithicus The 2nd movie made over 2B and is the 3rd highest grossing film ever. Clearly the audience is very much there and i'm willing to bet the new one will also be a 2B+ film. I don't think Disney and Cameron care about lack of memes when each film makes more money then anything else in film.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Probably Won't Come To Switch 2 Anytime Soon
Yeah its a very demanding game due to how dense the flora and fauna is, you can't just tone it back either as its a massive part of the game.
Re: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Updates Planned For Switch Platforms
@Oppal21 You understand a "better machine" isn't really possible at £400 and with good battery life. Like seriously i get around 2 hours max battery life at full brightness as it is.
Re: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Updates Planned For Switch Platforms
@Duncanballs I dunno i think its fair to expect the game to match the og PS3 version at the very least. God forbid some people don't want to settle for less. Tell me if Xenoblade X was visually worse then the Wii U version would you have defended that?
Re: Review: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Switch 2) - A Hard Pass For A Great Game
@JohntheRaptor Far from it. The Pro can brute force past a lot of its issues but its still fairly messy even on that.
Re: Hades 2 Dev Shares Adorable GOTY Nominee Artwork Ahead Of The Game Awards
Both Hades II and DK are more then worthy but Clair Obscur is basically this years Baldur's Gate 3.
Re: Pokémon Legends Z-A Version 2.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@PinderSchloss Yawn. You think the DLC will "fix" that or something?
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Two Classic Platformers
@Fighting_Game_Loser Yeah the N64 library was pretty so so early on but its pretty great now and has a lot of great stuff.
Re: Pokémon Legends Z-A Version 2.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@PinderSchloss The game is finished this is just an optional extra.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Two Classic Platformers
Rayman 2 is a nice get.
Re: Video: Skyrim Still Isn't 60fps On Switch 2, But Here's How It Fares Against Switch 1
The fact its not 60fps despite being 13 years old is freaking ridiculous. The Switch 2 is more then capable of running it at 60fps.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Confirms Return Of Hoenn Starter Mega Stones
Took me around 15 mins of ranked play to get all the Kalos starters mega stones so this should be painless.
Re: Metroid Prime 4 On Switch 1 Impresses Digital Foundry - "Nigh-Imperceptible Dips"
Well it was made for the Switch 1 in mind so it should be pretty solid.
Re: Paramount Makes Rival Bid For Warner Bros. After Netflix's $82 Billion Offer, Includes Game Studios
@KITG_GROUP "old man yells at cloud". Covid killed Cinema's not Netflix.
Re: Paramount Makes Rival Bid For Warner Bros. After Netflix's $82 Billion Offer, Includes Game Studios
Paramount is in Trump's pockets right now and is turning into a very right wing studio so no way in hell do i want Paramount owning WB. Netflix are very much the lesser evil here.