Please have some quality of life improvements....I just get tired of the chores of batch farming those healing potions and stamina drinks and power boosters and temperature tablets. I get it, its part of the entire hunter preparation, but its a bit much.
Whenever I put down monhon for more than 2 weeks, I get back in with the urge to hunt these epic monsters again, only to find I ran out of all these items and have to farm again....
Sad thing is everyone wanted this game to be great, but before patches it even saw issues on the PS4. Input lag got fixed, but having a physical cartridge that will always need a patch is lame. Also the delay on release that fixed nothing just felt bad.
I like Koji's games, and they fixed the game eventually. It doesn't change the fact that the console with the greatest amount of demand and fanfare anticipation got the worst version. Everyone can point to hardware limitations or shorter port time but you can go to any number of great 2d metroidvanias on switch and that is the expectation.Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Blasphemous, etc. That's the bar.
I've enjoyed his works like Planetary (amazing) and the Authority. Sometimes its too quipy and edgy, there are times where it makes fun of those over the top aspects, but largely his work was quite good. I also heard Transmetropolitan was great though I have not read it.
Sad to hear he's not that decent of a person, but unless he's destroyed other people's livelihood/lives probably shouldn't do the same to him. I can see companies wanting to distance themselves to him though, bad pr is bad pr.
@VegasKeith The thing is, no, its not easy to pick up and learn. It kinda gives you these tutorials when you pick up a quest or an npc talks about a quest. It has this day and night cycle where even more enemies show up, it has a quest log with a map that vaguely shows you where to go and sometimes you'll just be completely confused. You may end up killing everything in the area trying to figure out where something or someone is or being killed yourself.
Its not hard though in a sense, even though it has real time combat you can pause to heal up with items and the npcs that help, some of the player created ones, some are uber strong and kinda take away from the challenge if you want. Once you know what things are weak to of if they are too high level you can plan and still kill them.
Dragon's Dogma is on sale until the 7/30 and it is so very very worth it. The exploration and combat is great and the npc/Pawn customization is very fun also. Other players NPC helpers will populate the world too.
Anyone else find this game weird and charming? Its not like Dark Souls in tone, but before the souls-like genre became mainstream, it reminds me a bit of Demon's Souls. The game has these things going for it like stylish combat, huge creatures, wide explorable area but also wierd things like obtuse item crafting and obscure NPC helper cultivation.
I mean that it reminded me how a japanese company was trying to do western RPGs and this is Capcom's take on it I think. A bit of monster hunter and devil may cry, much less story, but still, quite fun. I think this emulates a bit of the MMO feel but its really just offline.
They shouldn't have released the version we got early and delayed it until it was in the patched/acceptable state. Didn't they release the PS4 version prior to the Switch? It would've given the impression that they worked on it to an acceptable point.
Instead all the positive PS4 reviews came in, and even with the delay, the Switch version was trash port. So the impression people got was that the company witheld the game to get the glowing reviews and released the switch version after.
I was hype for a physical cartridge to collect and to play it on the go, but not if the unpatched version was terrible (input lag/crashes). I may buy it when its better....in a physical cartridge that has all the updates. Sold the kickstarter version I had.
I'm happy that they didn't cancel this game. I really enjoyed SMTIII Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga on ps2. My question though is that, there's nothing here that's really wow-ing me. Where's all that P5 money and production value for SMT?
Maybe I wanted something closer to a 3d Devil Summoner or Strange Journey, actually even the 3ds SMT trailers looked more exciting. I might be judging it too harshly but this was quite a wait.
I really liked FETH; the persona-school-sim mash up works to an extent, I do agree on some criticisms of it (not impactful school activites or beginning difficulty is a bit on the easy side). I will attribute those aspects to an ambitious new direction and a desire to broaden the FE audience.
I enjoyed the story, I wonder if people are just a bit too judgemental on it due to how good previous FE stories are (although Fates is kinda...I'll reserve judgement till I finish it, but I already like FETH much better).
After backing several different board games and visual novels I've sadly given most expected delivery time lines a 2 year buffer. As for updates, although I tried not to hold them to it...even quarterly updates have been difficult for some projects, seriously, and that is just ridiculous. It seems that some companies don't have anyone that can be the bearer of bad news OR lack of news.
I don't get how a company can ask for investors to entrust them with funds, but not keep a schedule that says "day X - Update investors of milestones achieved and challenges'. Although, if you hired someone to do this, they will probably be such a hated guy in the office asking everyone when things are gonna get done...
I've generally liked this site; except for these reviews. I've since stopped using animenewsnetwork for similar reasons where some reviewers seem to just be insulting to its audience, the people interested in the game or anime being reviewed.
The tone of the review is just really in poor taste, this is a repeat of similar problems to the same reviewer of SAO game last month. The review is essentially snide comments at people that would like or purchase the game and not just based on the game itself. It reflects badly on Nintendolife's article standards in my opinion.
A lot of commenters here don't care about the game, they care about the review, and if this passes as standards for the site, I just feel like I misjudged how inclusive and cool it was. That's kinda sad.
The issue I have with the review is that it is just openly disdainful of the people that may want the game. It makes a swipe at these potential players saying:
'these people must exist because this game does – who enjoy roleplaying as tiny little sex pixies who sneak around dorm rooms on all-fours, exposing their asses and thongs at all times whilst they make heavy breathing noises and shoot “happy bullets” at the great big jiggling boobs and butts of teenage anime ladies.'
and
'. It’s hard to believe anyone would choose to offend themselves with this kind of thing but, if it is your bag, you should still be put off somewhat by the fact that everything it attempts to do, on a purely technical level, it does very badly indeed.'
The game probably is as bad technically as the reviewer says, but it just strikes me that they could be upfront and say this was something as a genre or content they don't enjoy and describe why its bad....for the target audience without being so disparaging. The same reviewer did a similar thing to his review of the SAO game last month I believe.
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Re: It's Official, Monster Hunter Rise Confirmed For Nintendo Switch
Please have some quality of life improvements....I just get tired of the chores of batch farming those healing potions and stamina drinks and power boosters and temperature tablets. I get it, its part of the entire hunter preparation, but its a bit much.
Whenever I put down monhon for more than 2 weeks, I get back in with the urge to hunt these epic monsters again, only to find I ran out of all these items and have to farm again....
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night On Switch Had Biggest Response, Sales Were "Well Above" Expectations
Sad thing is everyone wanted this game to be great, but before patches it even saw issues on the PS4. Input lag got fixed, but having a physical cartridge that will always need a patch is lame. Also the delay on release that fixed nothing just felt bad.
I like Koji's games, and they fixed the game eventually. It doesn't change the fact that the console with the greatest amount of demand and fanfare anticipation got the worst version. Everyone can point to hardware limitations or shorter port time but you can go to any number of great 2d metroidvanias on switch and that is the expectation.Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Blasphemous, etc. That's the bar.
Re: Rumour: Warren Ellis Might Not Return To Netflix's Castlevania Beyond Series 4
I've enjoyed his works like Planetary (amazing) and the Authority. Sometimes its too quipy and edgy, there are times where it makes fun of those over the top aspects, but largely his work was quite good. I also heard Transmetropolitan was great though I have not read it.
Sad to hear he's not that decent of a person, but unless he's destroyed other people's livelihood/lives probably shouldn't do the same to him. I can see companies wanting to distance themselves to him though, bad pr is bad pr.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Open-World Games
@VegasKeith The thing is, no, its not easy to pick up and learn. It kinda gives you these tutorials when you pick up a quest or an npc talks about a quest. It has this day and night cycle where even more enemies show up, it has a quest log with a map that vaguely shows you where to go and sometimes you'll just be completely confused. You may end up killing everything in the area trying to figure out where something or someone is or being killed yourself.
Its not hard though in a sense, even though it has real time combat you can pause to heal up with items and the npcs that help, some of the player created ones, some are uber strong and kinda take away from the challenge if you want. Once you know what things are weak to of if they are too high level you can plan and still kill them.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Open-World Games
Dragon's Dogma is on sale until the 7/30 and it is so very very worth it. The exploration and combat is great and the npc/Pawn customization is very fun also. Other players NPC helpers will populate the world too.
Anyone else find this game weird and charming? Its not like Dark Souls in tone, but before the souls-like genre became mainstream, it reminds me a bit of Demon's Souls. The game has these things going for it like stylish combat, huge creatures, wide explorable area but also wierd things like obtuse item crafting and obscure NPC helper cultivation.
I mean that it reminded me how a japanese company was trying to do western RPGs and this is Capcom's take on it I think. A bit of monster hunter and devil may cry, much less story, but still, quite fun. I think this emulates a bit of the MMO feel but its really just offline.
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Team Opens 'Current Status' Page To Address Top Priority Issues
They shouldn't have released the version we got early and delayed it until it was in the patched/acceptable state. Didn't they release the PS4 version prior to the Switch? It would've given the impression that they worked on it to an acceptable point.
Instead all the positive PS4 reviews came in, and even with the delay, the Switch version was trash port. So the impression people got was that the company witheld the game to get the glowing reviews and released the switch version after.
I was hype for a physical cartridge to collect and to play it on the go, but not if the unpatched version was terrible (input lag/crashes). I may buy it when its better....in a physical cartridge that has all the updates. Sold the kickstarter version I had.
Re: Shin Megami Tensei V Is Getting A Simultaneous Global Launch On Nintendo Switch Next Year
I'm happy that they didn't cancel this game. I really enjoyed SMTIII Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga on ps2. My question though is that, there's nothing here that's really wow-ing me. Where's all that P5 money and production value for SMT?
Maybe I wanted something closer to a 3d Devil Summoner or Strange Journey, actually even the 3ds SMT trailers looked more exciting. I might be judging it too harshly but this was quite a wait.
Re: Nintendo Fans In Japan Select Fire Emblem: Three Houses As Their Favourite Switch Title Of 2019
I really liked FETH; the persona-school-sim mash up works to an extent, I do agree on some criticisms of it (not impactful school activites or beginning difficulty is a bit on the easy side). I will attribute those aspects to an ambitious new direction and a desire to broaden the FE audience.
I enjoyed the story, I wonder if people are just a bit too judgemental on it due to how good previous FE stories are (although Fates is kinda...I'll reserve judgement till I finish it, but I already like FETH much better).
Overall I agree with it as switch game of 2019.
Re: Fans Left "Disappointed" At Developer Atooi's Attitude Towards Chicken Wiggle Switch Kickstarter
After backing several different board games and visual novels I've sadly given most expected delivery time lines a 2 year buffer. As for updates, although I tried not to hold them to it...even quarterly updates have been difficult for some projects, seriously, and that is just ridiculous. It seems that some companies don't have anyone that can be the bearer of bad news OR lack of news.
I don't get how a company can ask for investors to entrust them with funds, but not keep a schedule that says "day X - Update investors of milestones achieved and challenges'. Although, if you hired someone to do this, they will probably be such a hated guy in the office asking everyone when things are gonna get done...
Re: Review: Gun Gun Pixies - A Pitiful Perv-Fest That Also Fails As A Video Game
I've generally liked this site; except for these reviews. I've since stopped using animenewsnetwork for similar reasons where some reviewers seem to just be insulting to its audience, the people interested in the game or anime being reviewed.
The tone of the review is just really in poor taste, this is a repeat of similar problems to the same reviewer of SAO game last month. The review is essentially snide comments at people that would like or purchase the game and not just based on the game itself. It reflects badly on Nintendolife's article standards in my opinion.
A lot of commenters here don't care about the game, they care about the review, and if this passes as standards for the site, I just feel like I misjudged how inclusive and cool it was. That's kinda sad.
Re: Review: Gun Gun Pixies - A Pitiful Perv-Fest That Also Fails As A Video Game
The issue I have with the review is that it is just openly disdainful of the people that may want the game. It makes a swipe at these potential players saying:
'these people must exist because this game does – who enjoy roleplaying as tiny little sex pixies who sneak around dorm rooms on all-fours, exposing their asses and thongs at all times whilst they make heavy breathing noises and shoot “happy bullets” at the great big jiggling boobs and butts of teenage anime ladies.'
and
'. It’s hard to believe anyone would choose to offend themselves with this kind of thing but, if it is your bag, you should still be put off somewhat by the fact that everything it attempts to do, on a purely technical level, it does very badly indeed.'
The game probably is as bad technically as the reviewer says, but it just strikes me that they could be upfront and say this was something as a genre or content they don't enjoy and describe why its bad....for the target audience without being so disparaging. The same reviewer did a similar thing to his review of the SAO game last month I believe.