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I’m tired of three things:

1. The difficulty in the game not being adjustable for those that like exploring / story and get no sense of gratification just from beating a boss.

2. Articles like this that say ‘why focus on difficulty when X’. Knowing full well people will rock up to talk about difficulty. Click bait.

3. The plethora of difficulty-philosophers these discussions bring out ‘its not about getting a reward, it’s about overcoming the self’ 🤮

Just put a difficulty slider in and have done with it. Everyone gets what they want. I can’t wait to see the same faces commenting that it should be difficult perk up to over-praise the next game that builds itself on accessibility. Weather vanes.

@gcunit Are you sure? Because remember the game isn’t obtusely difficult because there’s always a boss-beating upgrade to be found somewhere on the map.

Silksong for me, with a blast on No Mercy every now and again.

@Fazermint buzzword bingo all the while being the typical Silksong bellend. My ignore list groweth longer.

Have they included the moment where he dons a burglar costume and raises the price astronomically for almost 20 year old games?

I keep thinking about that animation in the trailer (which admittedlyI’ve watched only once during the direct). The way the bike did a power slide looked awful, as if the bike and surface were two separate things. As others have commented, this seems quite poor for 8 years worth of development time.

Makes you rethink whether it was actually a kindness for Xbox to bin off that Perfect Dark game, if 8 years of troubled development time is anything to go by.

But, the proof will be in the pudding.

@xmkbest Fully agree, and it's not just the difficulty but the ag it weaves in. Benchs far away from bosses. I've just had another moment where an NPC does something for you for free, and then tells you he can do it again if you bring him more stuff. I've done that, and he now wants money for it after spending all that money elsewhere because I didn't think I'd need it.

On its own, that doesn't sound like a lot, but piled on top of other things, it just brings it down from that perfect game. And, has as been said over and over, the difficulty is great for those that want it. But for people like me that like the art style, the movement, discovering the story, it would be nice to make it a little easier so I can crack on and enjoy it, and the must-be-super-difficult crowd can have it there way.

The latest patch that released and dropped the damage done by some enemies: what about those players that don't want the damage reduced?

Is he angling for a job?

I've written before about how I think my time with Mario is over. I've bought all the games but Odyssey left me with a strange feeling. I bought the 3D Allstars pack, haven't finished any of the games and realised that I'm not really enjoying 3D Mario games anymore.

And now with this I'm thinking back to Mario Galaxy 2 on the Wii. I bought it as soon as I saw it (along with that weird VHS) and I don't recall ever finishing it. There's a chance I've got it from the WiiU eShop as well.

So no, this isn't for me.

But I hold on to hope that they do something to pull me back in.

Not a chance in hell.

@Enigk a second direct for a racing game of all things does seem overkill.

That drift on the Samus bike looked like something from the GameCube era. Just looked like one 3D model sliding across a representation of terrain. It didn’t feel like the two were connected.

@Ganon821 I felt like I had seen every game in that direct before, and in some cases felt like
I was watching the same game within the direct. Are people buying every new cosy crafting Animal Crossing / Stardew Valley -like?

These were, and should have remained, the cheapish novelty item you might pick up when you bought a game. Then of course the ‘Beanie Baby Effect’ happened, which of course has led Nintendo to this.

Anyone who believed that a shred of Iwata’s Nintendo still existed should hopefully see the writing on the wall. $50 for a chunk of plastic? Cut gaming content masquerading as DLC? Obscene game price hikes despite every earnings call being about how much they’re making? Gaming keycards? (admittedly ok with some)

They have become just like every other company - gaming and otherwise - squeezing everything they can out of their loyal customers and those weak-willed when it comes to shutting their wallet and saying ‘No’.

Before the direct I was hoping for a DK / Switch 2 bundle, but the DLC, the Mario Galaxy greed, and now this has turned me off completely. They can, as my brother might say, “do one.”

@Uncle_Franklin Felt like classic Nintendo in that regard.

@ArcadianLegend99 Yep, my money lightly ear-marked for a Switch 2 remains safely in my pocket.

@TKundNobody #insufferablegameralert

I’m hoping that each game is capped at 5 minutes max so that the time is filled with plenty of new games for everyone (and hopefully something to entice me like a DK Switch2 bundle).

@Dr_Awkward People like you do my absolute head in. Just because they don’t agree with your opinion doesn’t mean they should be banished from comment sections. Christ you Hollowknight super fans are some of the worst group out there.

Come on then, Nintendo apologists. Let’s see you spin this one.

I knew this game would bring out the die hards ‘games must be difficult because completing very hard games is the only thing I offer society’ crowd.

Games need to be more respectful of my time. And they can do this with a really simple difficulty option. That way the insufferable pricks mentioned above can have their game and I can enjoy the story while doing all the other things that I have to do as an adult.

Silksong, at least when I can between various adult responsibilities. So far I like it, but it has the same frustrations and oversights that the last game had for me. The story (if one could call it that) seems to not be as good / engaging as the first game.

Thankfully I'm in the office at the moment, so the occasional refresh of the page to see if it's working yet is somewhat comical. Must be rage-inducing for those that are sat ready to play.

@ROMhaiku It's a penny cheaper on the Xbox store - why bother with a penny?

@Dalamar Really? I bask in it when I'm right 😄

@mctrials23 Settle down. 😄

@Mariotag It's still showing as unavailable on the eShop web browser. Edit: the web browser page won't even load now 🤦🏻‍♂️

@ROMhaiku If only we had this thing called 'pre loading'. Idea for the future there. Unless this is some sort of attempt at digital scarcity.

3pm. Unavailable.

@gcunit No review code instantly flags my suspicion.

In fairness to them, I wouldn't have bought any of these whether Silksong launched today or not.

I'm somewhat concerned that we're 10 minutes away from launch and there isn't a price on the UK eShop. Probably because I'm used to a long window of 'pre order pre order' (even going back to the 90's).

@Tangerine I - genuinely - admire you for not considering credit. Used unwisely it's a scourge.

@ParsnipHero @Enigk Silksong DLC. Team Cherry already mentioned it, and I’ve mentioned this before, but the human collective consciousness seems to find it difficult to let things go (e.g. Steve Austin and the ‘What!?’ chant). So there’ll be the comedians that keep banging on about this, or HollowKnight 3.

With that said, YouTube live chat moves so fast I don’t know how anyone reads any of it.

I’m savouring these last two days. I haven’t been excited for a game like this since…

I can’t remember, Breath of The Wild? Twilight Princess?

Edit: Not on the levels of BoTW / TP excitement, but Sonic Mania needs a mention. I wasn’t climbing the walls for it, but I was disappointed when it got delayed.

Didn't they do something around the post-thanksgiving sales time where you bought a subscription you got another code to give to a friend (or use yourself - could you use it yourself and stack?). If that's the case I think I would wait to see if that deal comes back.

Like the Switch 2, I toy with myself that there's lots I want to play on the online service, but whenever I've had a 7 day trial I've forgotten all about it by about day 3/4.

@Liam_Doolan Completely off topic, but I was wondering what decides the colour scheme for an article, or is it random? I’ve got red for most, purple for this one, and yellow when I open the Pokémon Lego story.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant Ha, that’s my same barometer: over £20 I’ll wait. Sale knocks it under £20 instant buy (I’m looking at you Power Rangers). Over £50? Go f-yourselves.

Has there been any word as to whether it’s one game across Switch 1&2 or two separate versions?

I have the trilogy on WiiU, but never got around to playing it. I played MP1 when they remastered them for the switch. I was hoping they’d do 2&3 before 4.

@ShinG67 That’s the problem though isn’t it? Mindless acceptance of outrageous prices.

@OmnitronVariant “But sometimes I want to let other people like myself … know that not everyone is positive about this stuff. Because that's important too. That makes an online forum healthy. An echo chamber would serve nobody but Nintendo's shareholders.”

Perhaps I’m looking back with a forgetful memory, but I seem to remember back in the internet early years you could have mostly an intelligent back and forth discussion with the occasional fanboy troll. Now it seems there are no trolls, but most are in a tribal camp that must vigorously defend itself against any comment the tribe hive mind doesn’t agree with. I miss the old days. Or the idea of the old days if that was never true.

My eyes light up when I see certain members posting, the ones I can count on for discussion and debate rather than buzzwords, mass anger and slathering.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant “I agree that somehow this feels rushed, but would they REALLY have to rush it out just because someone released a picture of what appeared to be exactly what everyone expected already? it's not like there were ANY surprises in the switch 2 reveal.”

I suppose not, but from my experience what makes sense to you and I is not the same as makes sense to a marketing department.

Perhaps they were on schedule and it just wasn’t thought through, or there were a lot of disagreements on the inside regarding more life in the Switch and supporting software for that.

Perhaps they saw what happened at the start of the Xbox Series and PS5 generation, noticed that people weren’t that vocally annoyed by remasters and higher fidelity (forgetting that many of these were free) and thought it would work for them - forgetting of course that at the time there was a lot of covid good-will.

Whatever the reason, it feels like Nintendo released the hardware, and the software team weren’t expecting it.

@Freek @The_Nintendo_Pedant and the more people buy into this quick turnaround remake nonsense keeps us further and further away from new games. The devs behind these touch ups could have been pouring their time into something new.

I’m still mostly convinced that the early leaks forced Nintendo’s hand, and then were hoping to launch later than they did. So far, everything has this feeling of being rushed, and now trying to cover up the cracks.

Played it through numerous times, so much so that I know the story off by heart (including the little intricacies) so I’m not too bothered about playing it again for a while. But Silksong I am very excited for.

No voices is fine with me. I can’t stand PG smack talk on loop. Grunts and screams would have been a good move.

Game makers need to move away from silence = bad. Because of that practice, my nephew, and Cars 3 I’ve got “Chicks Picks with Chick Hicks” on a loop in my brain and I need it to stop.

Reads to me like a comment designed to bridge ties between the two companies and glad-hand each other. Nintendo are no more or less in touch with their fan base than any other company that wants to sell stuff to people.

Hopefully we’ve seen the end of the FOMO nonsense from the 35th.

Game looks good, and I’m a sucker for that era (and Cuphead-esque era) animation. But I am a scaredy cat and do not like to watch or play anything horror related.

I only got through Resi 1 with an Action Reply and an infinite rocket launcher. Zombies are less scary when they’re in bits.

@Twilite9 It isn’t ok, but then some don’t get to scream ‘they don’t owe you anything’ or regurgitating the insufferable Myamoto about bad games being bad for blah blah blah. And then they hear everyone clap around them.

Having just returned from vacation I’m not in the best mood returning to the miserable grey isle. But the state of the internet and slathering ‘fans’ desperate to tongue companies and corporations, and nonsense articles like this one really cut to the anger-Centre.

Standing by for comment removal for upsetting some precious flower.

@The_Nintend_Pedant Yep, and the frustration with hearing nothing. There are so many examples now of companies that go silent for a while and then just disappear that until the latter happens you’re just in the dark wondering if it’s still happening.

And for those doing the modern glad handing of ‘no company owes us anything’; what a load of utter, utter nonsense. They do owe us something if they want us to remain interested and want to play the game. That’s how marketing works. But, going back to my first paragraph, it didn’t need to be anything spectacular just an routine update ‘all is fine, still working on it’ would be enough to quell the thoughts of ‘oh, something has gone wrong and they’re in the slow death’.

Reminder, as always: companies are not your friends. You do not need to defend them.

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@Elock Yep, they could think like the film industry - get some freelancers in as and when you need them. It’s like the developers themselves see some merit in making the work difficult for themselves, like it’s a badge of honor.

@Rees I am incredibly surprised that this wasn’t the case. Unless it’s going to be a pack-in with the XAlly and that’s when that releases.

@Coalescence I don’t want to burst your bubble, but do the crowd still chant “What!?” at wrestling matches? I think it might take a long time for this thing that people think is funny to go away.

Was… was that it?

The last time I was interested in a basketball game it was the Tiny Toons Adventure sports game on the Megadrive. So no, even if I had S2 I wouldn’t bother.