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Re: Skyforge

Laxeybobby

Written 6/2/21
This game in its current form should be avoided on Switch.
I downloaded, the free version thankfully and not any of the paid bundles.
I’ve only played the tutorial but that was enough for me. It’s dire, sound is bitty and music stuttering, graphics are so grainy that there’s no feel of depth to them with no texture, the fighting feels disconnected to the enemy you are fighting if you know what I mean. You don’t get the feeling that you’re actually hitting anything, attacking is two buttons X and Y, Y being the more powerful to clear a group and X being for one on one.
The lock on is push down of the L stick as well as dash to avoid an attack so every time you dash to avoid an attack from a boss you lose the lock on!
Once you choose a class you get a few more attack combos with a combination of the buttons already mentioned, shield with B and special move with ZL.

The voice acting is poor; the jump into lo res cut scenes that I guess should be instantaneous is broken by loading times with a black screen.

Once I finished the class tutorial I gave up and deleted it as it was hurting my eyes to strain at the graphics on my TV.

For me this will stay deleted until If/When they release a few patches to bring it into line with the likes of Warframe or Witcher.

Don’t be fooled by the fake SkyForge advertising you see on Nintendolife with beautiful graphics on the Switch display.

Re: The Outer Worlds' First Expansion Comes To Nintendo Switch Next Week

Laxeybobby

Having read they were pushing a new patch. 1.3.
I thought I’d go back to OuterWorlds in the hope that there was more visual improvements made on the previous and only patch since release.
Sadly playing it today I can’t notice any changes. I’m not a person who understands the world of coding/patches etc but when I read the patch note stating “Adjusted Texture Streaming Strategy” I was hoping that meant a reduction in pop in on the open world areas and less muddier textures. But alas not as buildings, distant hills and rock faces still blatantly change texture and or colour and fauna pops up as you approach.
The game is playable but frustrating when you see the likes of other ports of just as impressive games nobody thought could ever come to the switch, looking better visually.
Whether I purchase the DLC will be dependent on the price.

Re: Every Switch Star Wars Game Is Currently On Sale, But You'll Have To Be Quick

Laxeybobby

Other than the pinball there isn’t a decent Star Wars game among the rest on Switch.
We need something new; Jedi Fallen Order or Squadrons. Yes I know neither would likely run on Switch as it is now, (although they said that about the Witcher 3) but maybe for the new Switch that’s being touted as coming soon. (Although maybe EA just don’t want Star Wars on Switch)
Or something new created exclusively for Switch, like a new Rogue Squadron.

Re: Pikmin 3 Opening Week Physical Sales Were Worse On Switch Than Wii U (UK)

Laxeybobby

There wasn’t the amount of choice of games when this launched on the WiiU, that the Switch has, so I can see how this may have sold more on its launch on WiiU. Plus it was a long awaited new iteration of the series and not a port.
I had this on WiiU and although I’ve brought it again on Switch (as I no longer have my WiiU) others who had this originally may not buy it again.
Lastly I would say this game is really a unique genre and not everyone’s cup of tea.

Re: Review: Crysis Remastered - A Technical Miracle And One Of The Best Shooters On Switch

Laxeybobby

@MajorasLapdog I’ve also had the game freeze several times with the sound fx continuing when I transition from hip firing to using the sight.
This happens only when under fire.
As I say the Sound fx continue but the game stay frozen and the controller doesn’t work unless the home button is pressed and game is shut down.
I can’t be the only one that experiences these issues. I know that some YouTube reviews have mentioned these under performance.

Re: Review: Crysis Remastered - A Technical Miracle And One Of The Best Shooters On Switch

Laxeybobby

I had never owned or played this on any other platform so seeing some good reviews I made the purchase.
However having attempted to play this I find it very buggy right now. I’ve had seven game closures due to error in a 3 hrs session.
Added to this I found that some of the distant scenery had patches of what could only best be described as obvious cross hatching which took away any realism in the scenery.
The AI although intelligent seem to have random hit damage. I shot several head shots from behind. I could see the hit as blood splattered yet they didn’t go down. However head shots from the front took the enemy down immediately. In general I found the enemies to have some sort of thicker Kevlar or something strapped to their backs as a shot from behind did little but alert them to where you were. (Maybe this was always the case with Crisis on other platforms).
The vehicle driving and shooting is not smooth and in precise; looking down a scope of your weapon causes the game to stutter (probably a frame rate drop) which isn’t good in a fight and lastly I couldn’t figure out how to relinquish control of a static machine gun implacement once I pressed Y to take control of it. In the end I had to restart the checkpoint.
I have no doubt this game is a technical achievement in getting it running on Switch but it seriously needs more work in the form of a patch or two before I return to playing it. For me this is more like a 6/10 right now.

Re: A New Patch Is In The Works For The Switch Version Of The Outer Worlds

Laxeybobby

Glad to hear a patch is coming as I purchased the game via a pre order before any reviews came out based on expectation created from previous Virtuos excellent ports.
Right now having read the reviews it’s stated unwrapped on my side with the intention to return it to Game.co.uk.
However I may now just hold on to it in anticipation that it may be greatly improved.

Re: Review: Warface - A Perfectly Competent Free-To-Play Shooter For Your Switch

Laxeybobby

Deleted it. Servers are offline more than they are online. Then when they are on line the connection to the servers are dire with lots of lag.
I connected to Amsterdam but even that was 27ms lag at best.
Plus it appears that there is a large ‘hacked’ player element to this game if you read their Facebook feed.
I’ll stick with Warframe until COD or something a bit more polished comes along.

Re: Feature: Warface Producer On Switch Port Parity, Crossplay And The Element Of Surprise

Laxeybobby

Would help if they had some sort of Server status indicator.
I downloaded it yesterday and played it for a while and liked it enough to revisit it just now.
It downloaded an update before it would start then once it started i keep getting the error unable to connect to warface servers.
If the servers are down for maintenance they should show an indicator for that.
If it’s a problem caused by the update I’ll just delete the software as I can’t be bothered with faffing around with it.

Re: Saber Interactive "Working Hard" On An Update For The Witcher 3 On Switch

Laxeybobby

I’ve had one crash, when the gameplay transitions into the story driven cut scene. Just ended up looking at a black screen with the word loading without the rotating circle in the bottom right.

I have had speech not occur when Geralt talks and the subtitles appear.

I have also had Geralt with bright pink hair where I guess the texture has failed to load.

Nothing game braking and I’ve not played any other game since this launched. This now probably my longest played game after Zelda.

Re: Feature: The Most Jaw-Dropping Nintendo Switch Ports Of 2019

Laxeybobby

I have to agree with Witcher 3 being the best port of 2019. I haven’t played anything else on my Switch since this game arrived. I have ploughed hours into this game and haven’t even touched the expansion missions.

If there was a port I’d like to see in 2020 it would be Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.

Re: Video: New TT Isle Of Man 2 Trailer Shows Off The Sequel's Technical Improvements

Laxeybobby

I live an breath this in the real world. As one of the few who keep the visitors and residents of the island safe 24/7 these are two weeks when I don’t see much of home due to long shifts.
I brought the first TT game as I don’t have the courage (or madness) to ride a motorbike for real. The one thing I noticed in the game was how stripped back the scenery was on the TT course. Where dense trees should have been were open fields on the switch so it kinda distracted me and confused me when playing as parts of the course where not instantly recognisable.
I will only buy this if the Switch version is improved over the original which I very much doubt.

Re: Ninja Thinks Pro Players And Streamers Who Cheat Should Be Treated Differently

Laxeybobby

What a load of self importance drivel. Youtube has made some people think they are bigger than they are and they need a reality check. This Ninja being one of them! By his own misguided logic anyone who commits a crime in the real world that’s rich and famous shouldn’t be punished harshly because they may lose that fame and money and the common man committing the same crime should face the full force of the law.

Rich or poor, famous or not famous if you do wrong and get caught you should be punished.
Epic Games did the right thing. Maybe those Youtubers who think they are something and are tempted to cheat make even more money will get a reality check.

Re: Epic Improves Fortnite's Audio With New "3D Headphones" Option

Laxeybobby

@Dirty0814 I emailed Nintendo support and they fobbed me off saying contact the developer.
Emailed and tweeted Epic game (Fortnite) and have been ignored.
Only option I see is to format the SD card I’m using and have all my games on, then re download all my games, but right now that seems an extreme resolution.

Re: Epic Improves Fortnite's Audio With New "3D Headphones" Option

Laxeybobby

I can’t get Fortnite to play on switch since they shut it down and relaunched.
All I have is a black icon with the name Fortnite only coming visible when clicked.
However when clicked the icon to run the game it gives back error code 2002-0007
I’ve run the corrupted data check and re downloaded the game but it stays the same.
I went to delete it this evening and it wouldn’t delete and it gave me the same error code of 2002-0007.
Anyone else had this issue?

Re: Fortnite: Chapter 2 Is Now Live, Leaked Trailers Were Indeed The Real Deal

Laxeybobby

I can’t get Fortnite to play on switch since this update.
All I have is a black icon with Fortnite only coming visible when clicked.
However when clicked the game give back error code 2002-0007
I’ve run the corrupted data check and re downloaded the game but it stays the same.
I went to delete it this evening and it wouldn’t delete and it gave me the same error code of 2002-0007.
Anyone else had this issue?

Re: Random: Lady Gaga Asks "What's Fortnight", Internet Reacts Exactly As You'd Expect

Laxeybobby

I can’t get Fortnite to play on switch since this update.
All I have is a black icon with Fortnite only coming visible when clicked.
However when clicked the game give back error code 2002-0007
I’ve run the corrupted data check and re downloaded the game but it stays the same.
I went to delete it this evening and it wouldn’t delete and it gave me the same error code of 2002-0007.
Anyone else had this issue?

Re: And Just Like That, Fortnite Is No More

Laxeybobby

I can’t get Fortnite to play on switch since this update.
All I have is a black icon with Fortnite only coming visible when clicked.
However when clicked the game give back error code 2002-0007
I’ve run the corrupted data check and re downloaded the game but it stays the same.
I went to delete it this evening and it wouldn’t delete and it gave me the same error code of 2002-0007.

Anyone else had this issue?

Re: Review: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition - A Pure Work Of Magic

Laxeybobby

@the_beaver Most definitely Pillars of Eternity is a bug ridden, broken game mess that the publisher and developer still haven’t released any patch. Their discord channel is alive with complaints that are just being fobbed off by their social media influencers. It’s the only game I’ve ever brought where I have contacted Nintendo EU with evidence of the game being unplayable demanding a refund and successfully received a refund with an acknowledgement from Nintendo that they are aware of the issue with Pillars of Eternity and they are watching it closely and in discussion with the publisher VsEvil.
Sorry about the long reply for an answer that is simply ‘Oh Yes’