@BornInNorway81 I hope that’s sarcasm. Firstly the textures are lower resolution, then all the lighting in the background is completely gone, also shadows are gone....
It’s funny, my mate back in the day kept telling me to buy a Dreamcast. Eventually I caved in, then they day after they announced it was dying, sorry folks I killed it. I grew to love it though, and to this day it still works. It’s sad what happened to them, but also shows how well Nintendo have done, they don’t try to compete with Sony or MS, they do something different which mostly (except U) pays off.
@Zefirka What? I’m 33, played all Burnout games, and Paradise is the best imo. The rest are just average arcade racers, but Paradise is very unique, or was when it came out.
This was my favourite Burnout. It’s a shame what EA did to the dev, first forcing them to make Need For Speed games, which have been crap since Most Wanted 2005, but then closing them down. EA should have let them create why they were good at.
When Paradise came out, my late girlfriend and I would spend many hours playing it together, so it holds a special place in my heart.
@OorWullie That’s still just a personal preference, not a design flaw. I play SF and find the d-pad great, because it’s sensitive I find it easier to do what I want it to do compared to an Xbox One controller.
So a few faulty controllers means it’s the worst d-pad ever? Had mine since launch and it works perfectly. Every product will have a certain failure rate. For instance my water pump in my PC broke last week, but it’s still one of the best on the market. You can search any product online and find people with issues....
@OorWullie In your opinion you mean, if they like the pro controller why would they bring it up. I think the pro controller d-pad is better than X1 or PS4 controller.
I loved the GameCube, so much so I bought several in different colours 🤣 I loved the baby discs and just everything about it. I wish it did better than it did, it was just a cool console. I still have two in my loft, no idea if they work still, talking about this makes me want to go up there and find it all.
@Yasaal Fifa 18 on Switch and other platforms play pretty much the same. Different graphics engines, but both use the same physics engine. Ultimate team is in all versions, so again I don’t see what’s bad about the Switch version. If this is your first Fifa game since 2010 then I don’t see how you can say FIFA on Switch is a disaster. It’s missing some extra fluff, but the matches play out very similarly to each other.
The only game I want is Monster Hunter XX in English. Yea the new one would be nice, but I can get it on PC, but that’s a totally different game as it seems to cater to western players rather than sticking to what Monster Hunter is.
Glad you actually had the balls to score it unlike NBA. It’s a broken game on other consoles, so I knew the Switch version would be a mess. I’m a huge WWE fan, but I won’t be buying a WWE game until a new developer makes it....
@ThanosReXXX I have ms, so I can’t hold stuff steady, so no offence motion controls are nowhere near good enough for me.. But either way I can’t see how motion controls are more accurate, you are still guessing how much to move it by, just like a analogue stick or mouse. Motion controls will never imo be more accurate then a mouse, if they were then every game would use them. You try playing a fast paced game and the person who is using motion controls would lose. I’m glad they work great for you, but saying using any other device makes it feel clunky is just plain wrong.
If they were better, then everyone would use them, but that’s not the case. Motion controls have been around for a very long time in arcades, and yet still isn’t the default control method, so that says it all really.
@Bunkerneath That was WWF No Mercy, I remember it well, as my Bro and I kept getting angry back then as it kept happening, no patches in those days lol
@GuruOfGreatness I had a look, it doesn’t say digital. But the game is 32GB, and 2K cheap out on cart size, so the cart is only 8GB and the rest you have to download.
@Moshugan It will still be hard to prove either way. They use self employed couriers, basically a man in a van. So it’s either the person that took it to the local sorting office, the person that delivered it to the customer, or the customer. I’m not sure how Amazon would be able to prove what happened.
@gcunit That was my first thought. Very hard to prove, but you are meant to inspect the packaging when receiving it. With Amazon I always check the black Amazon tape is intact before accepting the package.
Faith in humanity restored, if only the whole world was like this. What a lovely story.
When I was at primary school many years ago our head teacher had a brain tumour which was terminal. He was a massive racing fan, so the parents got together and paid for a track day experience in s supercar. He’s one of the few teachers I remember, as he was such a nice person.
It won’t be long until Indie devs change their tune once the E-shop becomes cluttered with crap like Steam, so great indie titles get buried. I hope I’m wrong, but games like this makes it seem like it’s going that way.
Back in the day I loved this controller, but the world has moved on. Compared to the pro controller, it’s not very comfortable to use, especially when using the analogue sticks.
I’ll never be a mobile gamer. A part from awful controls, mobile games are made for impulsive people to spend money. They are never designed to be fun, as from the outset they are designed to revolve around micro transactions
Can’t see Nintendo allowing this. In one way it could be a good app, but publishers could then decide not to develop a Switch version and instead say buy the PC version and stream it.
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Re: Slain: Back From Hell Now Runs at 60FPS
“Impressive visuals” Uh Yea ok then. 60fps should have been there from the start, considering it’s pixel art.
Re: Digital Foundry Gets Into Gear With a Rocket League Switch Tech Analysis
@BornInNorway81 I hope that’s sarcasm. Firstly the textures are lower resolution, then all the lighting in the background is completely gone, also shadows are gone....
Re: Digital Foundry Gets Into Gear With a Rocket League Switch Tech Analysis
@memoryman3 So they have made it look far worse after a patch, that is not optimising a game....
Re: Sega Dreamcast, Saturn And Mega Drive Hardware Coming From Retro-Bit in 2018
@Tedikuma Where does it say just accessories?
Re: Sega Dreamcast, Saturn And Mega Drive Hardware Coming From Retro-Bit in 2018
It’s funny, my mate back in the day kept telling me to buy a Dreamcast. Eventually I caved in, then they day after they announced it was dying, sorry folks I killed it. I grew to love it though, and to this day it still works. It’s sad what happened to them, but also shows how well Nintendo have done, they don’t try to compete with Sony or MS, they do something different which mostly (except U) pays off.
Re: Site News: Say Hello To The New Nintendo Life Editor, Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
He looks like my long lost twin, we look so similar. Same beard, eyes, the only difference is the hair style. Welcome brother 😉
Re: Square Enix Has Finished the Score for Project Octopath Traveler
Looking forward to whatever this game becomes, I really enjoyed the demo.
Re: Rumour: Burnout Paradise Gets Rated For Switch Release In Brazil
@Zefirka What? I’m 33, played all Burnout games, and Paradise is the best imo. The rest are just average arcade racers, but Paradise is very unique, or was when it came out.
Re: Rumour: Burnout Paradise Gets Rated For Switch Release In Brazil
@Zefirka What are you on about, Paradise is the best Burnout game.
Re: Rumour: Burnout Paradise Gets Rated For Switch Release In Brazil
This was my favourite Burnout. It’s a shame what EA did to the dev, first forcing them to make Need For Speed games, which have been crap since Most Wanted 2005, but then closing them down. EA should have let them create why they were good at.
When Paradise came out, my late girlfriend and I would spend many hours playing it together, so it holds a special place in my heart.
Re: Zen Studios Working On Pinball FX3 Patch For Switch That Brings 1080p Docked And 60fps Handheld
It does look terrible on Switch though, so I don’t see what NintendoLife did wrong. It has nothing to do with a projector, it looks bad on a TV.
Re: Video: These D-Pad Joy-Con Shells are Great, But Come with a Cautionary Tale
@OorWullie That’s still just a personal preference, not a design flaw. I play SF and find the d-pad great, because it’s sensitive I find it easier to do what I want it to do compared to an Xbox One controller.
Re: Video: These D-Pad Joy-Con Shells are Great, But Come with a Cautionary Tale
So a few faulty controllers means it’s the worst d-pad ever? Had mine since launch and it works perfectly. Every product will have a certain failure rate. For instance my water pump in my PC broke last week, but it’s still one of the best on the market. You can search any product online and find people with issues....
Re: Video: These D-Pad Joy-Con Shells are Great, But Come with a Cautionary Tale
@OorWullie In your opinion you mean, if they like the pro controller why would they bring it up. I think the pro controller d-pad is better than X1 or PS4 controller.
Re: These Lovely Smartphone Cases Are Now Available Via My Nintendo, But Only In Japan
Japan get all the cool stuff 😔
Re: Unofficial Nintendo GameCube Anthology Book Hits Kickstarter
I loved the GameCube, so much so I bought several in different colours 🤣 I loved the baby discs and just everything about it. I wish it did better than it did, it was just a cool console. I still have two in my loft, no idea if they work still, talking about this makes me want to go up there and find it all.
Re: Review: Yooka-Laylee (Switch eShop)
@SeriousSam Digital Foundry have said it’s a great port, no idea what you and others are on about, it plays great.
Re: Hyperkin Has Created A Prototype Portable Nintendo 64 Mini
Isn’t that going to be pretty heavy including the cartridge. Not something I’d buy, but then I just want VC on Switch.
Re: Capcom Could Be Bringing Even More Ports To Nintendo Switch
@Yasaal Fifa 18 on Switch and other platforms play pretty much the same. Different graphics engines, but both use the same physics engine. Ultimate team is in all versions, so again I don’t see what’s bad about the Switch version. If this is your first Fifa game since 2010 then I don’t see how you can say FIFA on Switch is a disaster. It’s missing some extra fluff, but the matches play out very similarly to each other.
Re: Capcom Could Be Bringing Even More Ports To Nintendo Switch
@Yasaal Why was Fifa a disaster? I love the Switch version, I also have it on PC but play the Switch version more...
Re: Capcom Could Be Bringing Even More Ports To Nintendo Switch
The only game I want is Monster Hunter XX in English. Yea the new one would be nice, but I can get it on PC, but that’s a totally different game as it seems to cater to western players rather than sticking to what Monster Hunter is.
Re: Review: WWE 2K18 (Switch)
Glad you actually had the balls to score it unlike NBA. It’s a broken game on other consoles, so I knew the Switch version would be a mess. I’m a huge WWE fan, but I won’t be buying a WWE game until a new developer makes it....
Re: Teaser For Next Year's Pokémon Movie Reveals New Art Style
@CCore28 Because it’s entertainment, it’s a show about Pokemon, why would you want to watch Ash go to school...
Re: Teaser For Next Year's Pokémon Movie Reveals New Art Style
@KO-Cub This Simpson’s have changed art styles quite a few times, never aged, it’s a cartoon...
Re: FIFA 18 Nets A Sizeable Update On Switch
Nothing to fix poor framerate when it’s snowing then....
Re: Outlast I and II To Scare Their Way Onto Switch in Q1 2018
Sweet, I enjoyed the first one, but haven’t bought the second, so I’ll probably get it for Switch.
Re: Editorial: Wii Remote Pointer vs. Switch Gyro Controls - The Resident Evil Test
@ThanosReXXX I have ms, so I can’t hold stuff steady, so no offence motion controls are nowhere near good enough for me.. But either way I can’t see how motion controls are more accurate, you are still guessing how much to move it by, just like a analogue stick or mouse. Motion controls will never imo be more accurate then a mouse, if they were then every game would use them. You try playing a fast paced game and the person who is using motion controls would lose. I’m glad they work great for you, but saying using any other device makes it feel clunky is just plain wrong.
If they were better, then everyone would use them, but that’s not the case. Motion controls have been around for a very long time in arcades, and yet still isn’t the default control method, so that says it all really.
Re: Editorial: Wii Remote Pointer vs. Switch Gyro Controls - The Resident Evil Test
@improviser For you maybe, but for me I can be a lot more accurate with a controller or mouse.
Re: Out Today: WWE 2K18 Spears Its Way Onto Nintendo Switch
@Bunkerneath That was WWF No Mercy, I remember it well, as my Bro and I kept getting angry back then as it kept happening, no patches in those days lol
Re: Out Today: WWE 2K18 Spears Its Way Onto Nintendo Switch
@JamesR You paid £80? Lol
Re: WWE 2K18 Finally Arrives on Switch 'Starting December 6th'
@GuruOfGreatness I had a look, it doesn’t say digital. But the game is 32GB, and 2K cheap out on cart size, so the cart is only 8GB and the rest you have to download.
Re: Random: Mother Orders Nintendo Switch From Amazon, Gets Box Of Washing Powder Instead
@OorWullie They do, I once had a delivery from them at 9pm
Re: Random: Mother Orders Nintendo Switch From Amazon, Gets Box Of Washing Powder Instead
@Moshugan It will still be hard to prove either way. They use self employed couriers, basically a man in a van. So it’s either the person that took it to the local sorting office, the person that delivered it to the customer, or the customer. I’m not sure how Amazon would be able to prove what happened.
Re: Random: Mother Orders Nintendo Switch From Amazon, Gets Box Of Washing Powder Instead
@gcunit That was my first thought. Very hard to prove, but you are meant to inspect the packaging when receiving it. With Amazon I always check the black Amazon tape is intact before accepting the package.
Re: WWE 2K18 Finally Arrives on Switch 'Starting December 6th'
@GuruOfGreatness No problem, I have used Shopto for about 5 years and never had a problem 🙂
Re: WWE 2K18 Finally Arrives on Switch 'Starting December 6th'
@GuruOfGreatness Yes Shopto is a legit site. Compared to sites like Game they are awesome.
Re: WWE 2K18 Finally Arrives on Switch 'Starting December 6th'
The Xbox/PS versions were a mess, so I wonder how bad the Switch version is going to be....😨
Re: Resident Evil Nearly Got its Start on the SNES
Which they’d release a rom with what had been completed, just so we could see what it was like.
Re: Monster Hunter Stories Has Launched on iOS and Android in Japan
@rjejr It had 3D, but like all 3DS games works fine without it, hence the 2DS.
Re: Deals: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For December
@LittleLion Ah ok, still looks rather similar to me.
Re: Teacher Whose Son Has Leukaemia Fights Back Tears After His Students Buy Him A Switch
@vitalemrecords This! That dudes negativity isn’t wanted here. He must have a very bleak opinion of people, I actually feel sorry for him strangely.
Re: Teacher Whose Son Has Leukaemia Fights Back Tears After His Students Buy Him A Switch
Faith in humanity restored, if only the whole world was like this. What a lovely story.
When I was at primary school many years ago our head teacher had a brain tumour which was terminal. He was a massive racing fan, so the parents got together and paid for a track day experience in s supercar. He’s one of the few teachers I remember, as he was such a nice person.
Re: Video: MUJO Could Be Switch's Laziest Smartphone Port Yet
It won’t be long until Indie devs change their tune once the E-shop becomes cluttered with crap like Steam, so great indie titles get buried. I hope I’m wrong, but games like this makes it seem like it’s going that way.
Re: Deals: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For December
Why are the special pro controllers always pink? I don’t get it.
Re: Review: Resident Evil Revelations Collection (Switch)
Hated the first game, so never bothered with the 2nd one. RE7 is where it’s at, but can’t see that coming to Switch.
Re: Hardware Review: 8Bitdo SN30 Pro Gamepad: The Best Switch Pro Controller?
Back in the day I loved this controller, but the world has moved on. Compared to the pro controller, it’s not very comfortable to use, especially when using the analogue sticks.
Re: Soapbox: It Took Nintendo To Turn Me Into A Smartphone Gamer
I’ll never be a mobile gamer. A part from awful controls, mobile games are made for impulsive people to spend money. They are never designed to be fun, as from the outset they are designed to revolve around micro transactions
Re: Hardware Review: WaterField Arcade Gaming Case for Nintendo Switch
less 'hey-check-me-out-I've-got-an-expensive-Switch' look
So instead of seeing you with a Switch, the would be thief spots an expensive looking bag, with the added bonus of a Switch inside. 🙄
Re: Video: Rainway Dev Shows Off Cuphead Co-Op Running On Nintendo Switch
Can’t see Nintendo allowing this. In one way it could be a good app, but publishers could then decide not to develop a Switch version and instead say buy the PC version and stream it.
Re: Video: Here's What WWE 2K18 Looks Like On Switch
So I missed being able to watch the video, 2K obviously demanded he take them down...