Lionyone

The whole Dead Cells game with dlc is now a sold gold 10/10. With the Assist Mode and the Castlevania dlc the game now ranks as among the Greatest Games Of All Time. Seriously it does.

Its given me one of the best single player experiences of my life. It's amazing. And Motion Twin and Evil Empire its creators are amazing companies that totally deserve having interview features done with their really cool and interesting staff. Please @mitchvogel please!

@TYRANACLES Totally agree!!

I'm happy for those that like it. But for myself I didn't get it partly because I'm trying to cut down the amount of plastic I buy as we've only got one planet. Every bit less plastic means less oil extraction. If we all ask nintendo to switch from plastic to something eco they will.

@westman98 Thank you!!! I read somewhere the audio improvement is only in bass and treble. So I guess it's an improvement mainly for sound effects and certain music pieces. Bit of a shame it doesn't improve the midrange where speech is as I and a huge number of people find speech hard to hear so making speech crystal clear would have improved enjoyment a lot.

Ah well, here's hoping the Switch Pro will have this in 2023 lol!

Received my preordered £26 copy courtesy of Curry's and DPD a few minutes ago. I've watched the cinematic intro which is nice - takes maybe 20 minutes to watch all of the backstory and loading. Amazingly the game card requires ZERO download and other developers should take note of this wonderful wizardry because buying a game card and then having to download robs game cards of old school plug and play magic. This is how it should be particularly for handheld. Leave the download nonsense to the console and pc big boys on their Xstations! Handheld gaming should be pure fun!

I'm not actually playing Metroid Dread yet. To make it a bit of an event I'm playing it this evening while on the phone with a friend who I had tipped off about the Curry offer and we'll start the game proper together. What's particularly nice about this is my friend has very little money and I don't have much more and without the Curry offer neither of us would have got Metroid. This is an important point - gaming should not be solely for the rich and well off. Accordingly I hope there are many more offers that help out us poor folk. Otherwise we end up with a two tier gaming society and that doesn't sound healthy or happy.

Disappointed they're not including free magic mushrooms to eat with every purchase.

Why no review of the enhanced audio? As a hearing challenged gamer this of extreme interest to me. I'm looking for sharper clearer better defined audio with more tonal depth and variation. Particularly for speech. C'mon @Liam_Doolan help me out here!

@abdias

I doubt Xbox, Sony, and Nintendo spy on each other because they don't need to. They're all strong and confident. And they each have very different strategies.

@abdias

Phil Spencer last November last year: "I don't have a retail [PS5] unit yet. I will get one. I look forward to it."

Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/phil-spencer-on-xbox-and-japan-halos-future-playing-elden-ring-and-more/1100-6484316/

Forsooth! I think if Kate Gray sooth sayed for us things would not go well for us!

It's more fun driving a Huracán in Forza Horizon 4.

Dementia is a horrifying illness. It's really hard for family and carers. I'll definitely get this game. More generally I'd like to see disability and illness represented in games more because they are HUGE topics of rich issues and amazing interesting challenges. It is crazy that games have been so ableist.

If Phil had a PS5 on the shelf some Sony fanboys would lose their minds.

@GrailUK A few coins do. Also daft capitalism.

@Dringo Yet. But prices will rise as the number of unused copies shrinks. It's daft. By Christmas you'll see people making £10-£30 profit on unused games.

I absolutely hate and despise scalpers. They are retail scum of the earth. I could have bought multiple copies and resold them for huge profit but I didn't because it isn't right. Gaming should be accessible to everyone. I bought one copy from Curry's. I'll enjoy it and pass it on.

Not buying it. Only interested in Galaxy 1&2.

Sorry. It's ugly. No thanks.

So nintendo switch will be repairable for 10 years?

I bought this for a tad under £3 on sale on the Russian eshop at 60% off. Well worth it for those who loved the original. Also worth it for those who love ancient Greece and ancient Rome. I do miss some of the original graphics and soundtrack as in the story bit at the beginning. But I guess copyright scuppered those as it does for so many of the less popular remasters. Indeed we're probably lucky to have it at all on Switch. It's a pity there is no button mapping. But those things aside I've had huge fun with it. Not only is it a wonderful part of my childhood that I reconnect with it is also fun platformer game. Controls are a little clunky but that's part of the challenge. It's actually a lot easier than a lot of modern platformer games like Mario's NSMBDU. At this price I would say it's 8/10 for fans of the original and 7/10 for platformer fans who didn't play the original. You can have a good time with it. I'm glad I got it.

I think this will increase the value of Xbox Game Pass that already incudes EA games. Xbox will also encourage EA to produce good racing games. I'm kind of surprised Xbox hasn't bought EA outright yet, but maybe they don't need to. I'm kind of hungering for Xbox to buy out Ubisoft and CD Projekt Red to save those companies from their own mismanagement.

@henrystockdale @Terra It would be awesome if NL could do a series of articles with game guides and tips for getting the best out of Civ6. Please!

@Kidfunkadelic83 It is complicated. I haven't mastered it either but I enjoy it anyways!

@Ryu_Niiyama It works perfectly in my experience.

@ryancraddock Do the studios behind it have a good track record?

Wondering if Microsoft are buying Square Enix. I don't mind if it happens because under Phil Spencer Microsoft has shown itself to be great for game studios. That's particularly since game pass launched and got big as it enables all kinds of niche games to succeed more which is good for developers as it gives them more creative freedom.

People, stop worrying. Stop catastrophizing about various scenarios that not only haven't happened but might well never happen. Whatever happens COULD be great.

It could also be that nothing happens. Japanese companies are unpredictable.

It's a fantastic game for fitness.
If you want to get fit, get it digital and box every day you can.

STEEP the winter sports simulator is one of my favourite ever games because it is so utterly relaxing. I'm still disappointed that Ubisoft hasn't ported it to Switch. STEEP X UNO would be nice. And please Ubi do the decent thing and put STEEP on Switch.

I'm happy this is on Xbox Game Pass so that's where I'll play it

@Ashole

I wrote about Japan not the game.

Counter example Xbox 1X fully utilises its resources to run games much better than previous Xbox models. Even more true for Series X as well of course. But Microsoft made huge efforts to make this possible.

Misleading headline. I thought it meant Yacht Club literally enabled the launch of the Switch console. Headline should say Switch Version.

@Ashole
Wow you're touchy and oversensitive.

I have Leisure Suit Larry on Switch. I have Lust For Darkness on Switch. I like both those games. Sexual themes are great when done well.

The worst thing for mankind is right wingers who want to crush women. They have caused nearly every problem that literally threatens humanity's existence.

@Snatcher
Here are games I have found really good for anxiety:
~Hades
~Bastion
~Solitaire

Would buy if Nintendo made it MUCH easier for Brits to buy from American eshops. Buying from Russian eshop is easy. Buying from an American eshop is an utter hoop jumping pain.

Something I find strange is Nintendo Life gave Fitness Boxing 2 a relatively low score, 6/10. If you're looking simply to get fitter, stronger, and slimmer, well then it really doesn't matter that the game doesn't have all the cute graphics, humour, or ace music it could do. The graphics work perfectly for boxing. You can put your own music on via another system if that helps you although when you're boxing combos, fast chains of different punches, you will need to focus a lot to complete the combos. It is a an extremely functional game in the best sense of the word. If you want to get your body fit the game delivers in spades. All you need is to show up and box away and you'll get dramatically physically stronger and fitter surprisingly quickly. Of particular note is that the game cleverly encourages that habit of daily boxing. Once you've started a streak of daily boxing you will want to keep it up due to the game's subtle but effective rewards and encouragement. Boxing increases your real world confidence as your body becomes more powerful and more capable, as your core muscles develop by following the game's instructions. Most likely you've not been using much the muscles that boxing uses so you will see rapid body change. The game selling like hot cakes tells you that people are recommending the game by word of mouth as they lose weight and get stronger all thanks to the game. Perhaps that's the best rating a game like this could get. Come and box and you could make 2021 the best year your body has ever had.

Honestly Fitness Boxing 2 deserves a 10/10 score because it has got me loving exercise. Its made me stronger, fitter, and slimmer. That's a result, and kind of the only result that matters for a fitness game.

Got Fitness Boxing 2 in digital so I don't have to hunt for a game card, I can just dock and play.

Fitness Boxing 2 is far better than FB1. Don't buy FB1 even if it's much cheaper. Get FB2 and consider it investment in yourself and your future.

Neither bonus is my cup of tea. But the game is!

Bought Fitness Boxing 2 in digital so I can just dock my Switch to TV and box away every day. Not cheap but totally utterly worth it because boxing is guaranteed weight loss.

The less barriers to exercise the more likely exercise is to happen.

Honestly I found the the graphics disappointing and the demo boring. And I say that as someone who got a fair amount of enjoyment from Monster Hunter World on Xbox. Avoid is my advice.

Would explain why it's so damn difficult to use American eshops for Brits with British Bank cards. And then why leaving an American eshop for another country eshop is impossible if you have a single CENT left on your account unless Nintendo support come to your rescue. Completely utterly crazy. Even the Russian eshop doesn't do any of that to Brits.

@dartmonkey Fitness Boxing 2 deserves to be on this list.

I read Nvidia GE Force Now plays Cyberpunk better than Stadia.

Even so I've been enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 on my Xbox 1X. Many others have reported the same on their 1X. Next gen gaming systems aren't essential yet for 1X gamers. But sometime next year that will change as games begin to roll out that aren't even released on 1X.

@Silly_G At this point I think the only way for CDPR investors to regain what they lost is to push for CDPR to be acquired. CDPR badly needs much better mangement. If that happens I guess Microsoft is the most likely company to acquire them and sort them out?

@Dm9982 If Xbox acquisition of Zenimax/Bethesda completes next year I expect new Bethesda games from that point on will be increasingly good on consoles.

@Silly_G I've been really enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 on my Xbox 1X.

Seems Xbox has the best game quality control as only one xbox game makes the list...

I'd adore Game Pass on a Switch Pro with better screen and chips. I game on Xbox already as well as Switch. It would simply be amazing convenience.

Was Crawlco Block Knockers so named in order to pun on the UK urban slang term for breasts - namely knockers?