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It looks nice but there is no incentive to explore, game really needed an adventure mode or something, anything, as it is the open world in itself is pretty pointless in everything but the visual sense and knockout is a cool mode, it works there I guess.

But the online races in particular are strictly worse because so much focus is put on the inbetween tracks and you get to race in the actual set-piece tracks far less.

I'm "doing my part" I guess and trying out some demos from Steam next fest, it's surprisingly fun to just make a grab bag for yourself and just try out random stuff, I just played a game called House of Necrosis which was like Resident Evil 1 if it was a mystery dungeon game instead, it's pretty unapologetic when its premise and main character (who might as well be called Vill Jalentine) are practically lifted from RE1 but the gameplay itself it very cool, the PS1 style visuals and very old school UI really made it for me and the mystery dungeoning had just the right amount of challenge and randomness factor to it. This one was a big winner in my books.

I'm also playing Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, beat Chapter 1 of the game earlier this week, it took a while for me into get into it but I've been enjoying it.

It's like a 6, I like how the game looks, I like the soundtrack, the driving feels good, I like that there's a lot of new characters and even the old ones get a new lease in life through the costumes.

I don't think the open world really adds to the game as is, the game really needed some manner of adventure mode or something, anything to go with it. The inbetween tracks are largely just kind of forgettable and you don't get to race enough on the real tracks (There's that one circular Koopa beach track which has you complete 1 lap in about 10 seconds, it's so pointless.) the item game has a tendency to devolve into such chaos that you barely get to race, it's like that Smash Bros Wii U board game minigame in Mario Kart form. It's weird cause MK8 felt like it was too little chaos and then this one leans more on the opposite end.

As it is I probably play it for a few matches now and then casually.

I've only seen 1 laps worth of most of most of them sadly, I guess the rainbow road was striking at least in terms of the visuals even if it partly felt more like an experience rather than a race.

I really wish they'd at least add an option to just race in the tracks in a classic style and none of this traveling between tracks nonsense.

Companies have always been trying to sell pieces of plastic even since the olden days, nothing new there.

A worthy foe appears.

Man, talk about a downgrade, they couldn't have gone for a cheaper more generic look if they tried.

Fanservice or not, I just love this specific type of anime aesthetic.

I came in expecting angry Kirby and you left me hanging like this.

I guess japan, I like a bit more.

I've been playing Dragon Quest 4 (DS) as my main playthrough, a top tier JRPG and far and away the best entry of the series if you were to ask me. I'm up to the point where I'm doing the main portion of the story and have collected all the party members, I'm starting the most confounding part of the game which is all about finding key items to progress, there's not very much direction at this point and it's all about exploring.

I'm also playing Rimworld, a colony sim storytelling deal, which has on some levels become one of my all time favorite games. I'm doing a tough challenge run, by starting with a single person without even a strip of clothing on a tropical swamp where the elements are decidedly against you, I've had one death through heatstroke and couple deaths because my base was raided by my worst enemy, a guy with a knife. I think I'm on my 4th attempt now and I'm finally making some actual progress, I have 3 colonists and I'm gearing up to start adding some electricity on my base which will let me add things like freezers and electric lights to make life a little bit easier, though I'm still very much just a single unfortunate event away from death.

I'm not a fan, the focus should be on the racing I think, the title screen doesn't really do anything to convey that.

They're commited to the bit.

Does there really need to be crafting in the first place?

No, I use Discord.

I much prefer lighter colors that don't burn my eyes (so orange in this case), thank god most sites these days at least have a dedicated dark mode.

Horny and mechs seem to quite often mix for some reason.

I mean the option to just remove all encounters is pretty damn broken, you can just go in and clean all dungeons off treasure for free for example.

@Zuljaras
I mean if you got so much money that you'd never need to worry about it then why not use it to make life better for yourself? Of course enabling scalpers in itself is bad but it's not their job to make the world a better place.

The console wars are back! You must choose a side.

@Sylamp
I mean sure I guess IF it was coming I wouldn't care any which way, but as far as I'm aware there has not been word of such things.

Hell mode in itself sounds like the lamest and laziest possible way to add difficulty in the game.

How about adding the Genma Onimusha content instead of that nonsense, no? Restoring the old soundtrack as an option would also be appreciated.

Great game, if a bit on the easy side. Good recommend for anyone that'd be interested in getting to the series.

I'm glad I get to play as that one annoying enemy from Mario Sunshine that likes to throw you around.

The game looks quite good and does have me excited but I was excited for MK8 as well and in the end that one ended up being pretty weak so whether or not it will actually end up a winner remains to be seen.

I wish there was just clean gameplay of the game available without some dingus always talking over it.

It feels like it's been roughly 20 years since there was a new Mario Kart.

Just like the Switch tutorial thing, they really should just have had this as a pack-in title showcase, I don't really see anyway this'd be much fun after like half an hour of playing.

The dual driver thing does give the game its own identity for sure but just in general I'm glad it's a feature that did not stick around, I do like how utterly chaotic the game is and how you flip and fly around when you get hit and the other driver has to hang in to their dear life, that is fun.

Unfortunately more than any other entry I think the low amount of race tracks hurt it, 16 tracks really did not cut it anymore. I think it had an unfortunately high amount of not-so great tracks too.

If you only play Nintendo systems then for sure, it's a damn good first line up of games with lots of variety.

I'm curious about the extent of the backwards compability, like if I transfer all my digital stuff from the Switch 1 to Switch 2 can I expect for everything to work and what if something doesn't? Am I just out of luck and I've just lost any and all access to a game?

The distributor over where I live already added 100e to the suggested price for seemingly no good reason so the base package is already 550 euros over where I live, it sucks.

Mario Kart for sure, Metroid Prime 4 also since I'm not playing that one on the OG Switch when I know there is a better version. Bravely Default remaster granted that it has not been released on other platforms by the time I do get the Switch 2, I'm also quite interested in replaying Breath of the Wild on the system, maybe the bootleg F-Zero game as well by the same devs that made the other game on the Switch 1 at its release. Maybe the Pokemon game, I'm also definitely not getting that one on the Switch 1 when I know there's a better version.

There's a couple things I guess, I was thinking I may get the system by the time Metroid Prime 4 releases but at the same time the increased game prices and the cost of the system itself is just insane, like the $500 suggested price of the Mario Kart Bundle seems to translate to roughly 600 euros over where I live, it's brutal, especially in this economy.

Don't worry, I'm sure they have plans for a $199 official nintendo mouse add-on.

But yeah, knowing how the joy-con is shaped I can imagine it making for a pretty poor mouse.

Yes, who is this even supposed to appeal to really?

I don't really care for it myself but I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. As for the game itself it's gonna be one of those cases where I will play it if I get to borrow it from a friend or something but I'm not paying a cent for it.

Mario Kart is cool

Bravely Default remaster is cool... But I'm expecting that to come in other platforms sooner or later. Then it's just ports upon port that I could play on other platforms right now if I so wanted.

Basically all it amounted to is for me to not want to play Metroid Prime 4 when it releases because I don't want to be playing an inferior version.

I don't think I can justify paying 500+ for it, maybe once a new Smash is announced or something.

The old rocket cards with the "Dark Pokemon" are thematically some of the coolest ones I remember. Too bad this one will probably be similarly scalped to hell leaving casual enjoyers such as myself in the dust. I wouldn't mind checking out a couple boosters of this to see what I get if you can get these at normal people prices.

Do they still force you to take Elma and Lyn with you everytime you do a main story quest? I hated that in the original, I got so many cool characters to use and they keep forcing me to take these lamers with me.

Going for those rare drops is always a waste of time, you never really need them, and if you do it's probably not a game that's really worth your time in the first place.

X is far and away the best of the bunch, which isn't really saying that much.

I don't like his attitude much just in general but I do think he has the right idea.

I'm wondering if they're maybe gonna go the way of the OG Pokemon Stadium and maybe not include some of the unevolved Pokemon?

1.Gold/Silver/Crystal
2.Legends Arceus
3.Black & White

Those are considerably above any other games in the series in my eyes.

Chikorita is my favorite starter ever so that, but like all starters it goes right into the trash once I get to a point where my team starts forming up.

Clearly preparing for Switch 2 so they can continue drip feeding the same dozen or so games all over again as they like to do.

I've said for some time it'd be smart of them to make a sort of a competive side game that'd entirely focus on that aspect of the series, guess they finally went there.

I guess I could make some manner of package deal including some of the games I don't care for that much, but at the same time I don't think it'd ultimately be worth the effort and I donno how much life my launch day Switch has in it anyhow.

Quite Impressive how the EU cover manages to transform the game into what looks like shovelware.

That's so cool, love the style they're going for here. Never watched the show but I was aware of it. Lots of respect for getting back the original VAs too. Might consider checking this out once it drops.

Soo many colors needed to use for these, seems pretty unwieldy.

Legendary cards tend to be lame, I'd honestly be more interested in seeing what sort of generic cards they got.

And as someone said, I agree that MTG has just gone too ham with these crossovers as of late, game's losing its own identity in the process.

The 3D version is hot doodoo in comparison, pretty much all the changes are for the worse and it's handheld only too which in itself is a big con.

You can't spell Aaaaa****** without AAA, that line makes me think its gonna be another ***** movie game ala Lords of Shadow. If they're gonna do something with Castlevania they really ought to go for the Classic 2D style or the Metroidvania style, the gameplay which the series is generally known for.