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Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate Nintendo's 2021?

GoldenSunRM

4/10.

Metroid Dread was the only interesting release for me this year. Everything else feels like stuff from an indie studio.

While it's not really a problem by itself, there was absolutely nothing that really stands out (except Metroid).

In fact someone yesterday asked me what new games Nintendo released this year... And I could only remember Metroid and Big Brain Accademy

Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl's Affection Rates?

GoldenSunRM

This is probably gonna come off as strange.
But I always found irritating when developers wants the player to feel loved by characters in a game.

It's like they think I'm a lone nerd without friends or something, and they want me to feel fulfilled by some kind of virtual affection.
It's borderline offensive as far as I'm concerned.

And it's something I usually see in Japanese RPG (the prime example is probably the Persona series, where almost every character in the game treats the main character, wich is supposed to be the player, as if it was some kind of perfect man).

I don't need a program to tell me that it likes me.

Re: Playtonic's Original Yooka-Laylee Game Is Getting A Follow-Up Title

GoldenSunRM

Loved the first one. Completed both on release on STEAM and on Switch with 100%.
Can't wait for the sequel.

Always strange to see people stating as a fact that the first game was trash, when most of the critics and users review are mostly positive.
Even on STEAM the rating was "extremely positive" for a good while.
I don't know if it became worse now, been a while since I last checked.

Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier

GoldenSunRM

@Gwynbleidd because Nintendo probably thought that selling them through an online subscription would have been better for them (I don't remember exaclty where, but I read that the sales of the games on the Virtual Console were much worse than people think). So instead of selling the same games for the fifth time, they tried a different approach.

And I'm not saying this to defend them, I just honestly don't understand where all this negativity is coming from.

Nintendo it's not my friend, it's just a company that offer me a service. If I don't want what they propose me, I just don't pay. If you simply want to play those games you have plenty of alternative to the Expansion Pass so it's not like Nintendo have all these games hostages or something.

Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier

GoldenSunRM

@Spiders I don't see how it's objectively worse.

If Nintendo were to sell the N64 games alone, it would be for 10€ each.
Now, for 20€ (I already had the base service and in Europe is 40€ for base + Expansion) I got to play every single N64 game that it's on the service.

I personally would have bought:
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Banjo-Kazooie
F-Zero X
Mario Kart 64
Yoshi Story
Mario Golf

10€ each is 70€.

I'm literally paying 20 for something that otherwise would costs me 70.

And this is just if we count the games that are already on the service or announced.
Surely they're gonna add Banjo-Tooie, DK64 and other games, wich I would also buy

Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier

GoldenSunRM

@HungryHungryHomer if someone sub to the service it means that it's worth for them. So that argument has really no bearing on their decisions.

I did and I don't see why I should feel bad for people who don't.
Nintendo offer a service and you can choose to either accept it and pay, or not.
Is that simple. And people shouldn't be so entitled to tell others how to spend their money.

Re: Exp. Share Can't Be Turned Off In The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes

GoldenSunRM

The single use MT is really a good thing.

One of the reasons why recent Pokémon game were extremely easy is because you can change the moveset how you want in any moment.
I loved when I had to actually think about wich moves were the best and I had to keep for my Pokémon.

Honestly, focusing so much on the competitive scene was the biggest error of the series, as long as I'm concerned.

Re: Review: FIFA 22 - Another Match Abandoned

GoldenSunRM

A question from someone who last played FIFA on N64 (FIFA98 I think)

Even if this FIFA was up to date with the version on PS and XBOX, what new features would have?
I'm not trolling, I really have no idea what different could you have in a new Football game other than updating the roster and the graphics.

I occasionally played newer FIFA with friends (and with newer I mean 2006 and 2012 lol) and they all seems like the same game but with better graphic.

Re: Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp Will Have Gacha-Style Microtransactions

GoldenSunRM

People are freaking out over nothing.
Smash Bros Melee and Brawl had a similar thing to get trophies with in-game currencies (that you could get by playing matches).
Would people being freaking out over that too if it had the possibilities to also spend real money to get the trophies?

@ATaco yeah, but after 45 hours into Tales of Arise (on Hard mode too) I can confirm that the balancing is perfect and they didn't try to make the game artifically difficult to make people spend money on the boosters DLC.

I don't really know how it is on western game usually, as I don't play many of them, but on japanese one, it never felt like I had to grind or buy levels.

Re: Elements, A Breath Of The Wild-Style Open-World Adventure, Aims For Switch In 2022

GoldenSunRM

@Purgatorium
Oh sorry, I just saw so many people actually serious about it to completely lose the ability to tell when someone is being sarcastic.

I feel like many people here just have fun saying the opposite of the newser.

Like if the news don't say anything about being similar to BotW, the comment section will be full of "OH MY GOD THIS GAME IS SOOOOO RIPPING OF BOTW".

But if the newser talk about it, there's full of comments like:"WTF WHY DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT EVERY OPEN WORLD IS A BOTW COPY".

Re: What Do You Want To See From The Dragon Quest Series In The Future? Square Enix Wants To Know

GoldenSunRM

@DK-Fan I personally dislike every single soundtrack of every single Dragon Quest.

I'm a huge fan of the series, but I never could get into the music. It really sounds like generic MIDI music you would hear in an editor like RPG MAKER or something, as soulless as music can be.

The worst part of the soundtracks is when you're playing a 100+ hours game and you hear the same 5 tunes always whenever you go.

And most of the time it even ruins the atmosphere of the game.
Like, who thought that using the happy and adventurous overworld theme of DQ11 was fitting for the second part of the story?
It's totally off.

Re: Review: Pokemon Unite - Pokémon Divides In Free-To-Start MOBA

GoldenSunRM

People in the comments completely ignoring anything written by others, and coming just to insult the game for being P2W when it's clearly not for anyone who has played for more than a bunch of matches...

Anyway, discussions about the microtransaction aside, this game can be a lot of fun and that's is what matters.

I don't even understand the points about having to grind, it's not like you go around killing the same enemies over and over again to level up like in an RPG, here you obtain everything you need by doing matches, wich is what the entire game is all about.
It's not time wasted by any means if you like it (and if you don't, what even the point in playing it).

Re: Review: Cris Tales - A Gorgeous Indie JRPG That Does Just Enough To Stand Out

GoldenSunRM

@Ralizah
Defining a genre by the country of origin of the developers doesn't even make any sense to begin with. Simply because knowing that a game has been made by a Japanese doesn't say anything about the game itself.

Except for RPG. I mean, there's a reason if "JFPS" or "Jplatform" is not a thing. Because Japanese FPS and platform don't have features that would make you immediately think about a game made in Japan.

In the end what you think is right or wrong doesn't matter. The term JRPG is being used that way and it took that meaning.
You can accept that or not, but you refusing to do it is not gonna change the meaning the word took.

I personally think the word "Metroidvania" is really silly, as it means nothing and it was used to refer to the Castlevanias that played like a Metroid.
But my opinion is not gonna change how people are gonna use that word.

In the end everyone already knows what kind of game they are about to play if you call it a JRPG or a Metroidvania. And that is what matters.

Re: Review: Cris Tales - A Gorgeous Indie JRPG That Does Just Enough To Stand Out

GoldenSunRM

@Ralizah
It's really easy to understand when an RPG is made with the intention of being like a japanese one.

Just look at games like Edge of Eternity, Cosmic Star Heroine, Crimson Gem Saga or Magna Carta.
It's just more useful to define how an RPG is this way, instead of using that word just for the country it's made.

What you just said is a good example of what I'm talking about.
Nobody, when asked about what JRPG he should play, would be interested in Dark Souls because, developer aside, it plays and looks nothing like one.