Max_the_German

My poor ape deserved the top spot…

@topsekret

Yes, I didn’t think about battery life, which is crucial for a game like this. On the other hand, let people decide for themselves.

They could call the 30 fps mode a „battery time saving mode“ and reduce the resolution to make the difference even more pronounced.

I won’t play any game which is not aiming for 40 fps or more. I made an exception for Tears of the Kingdom, which I regret, and would do it also for GTA6. But I can’t stand 30 fps any more, playing the Star Wars: Outlaws demo reminded me of that.

I‘ve spotted 6 differences (when the bikini in the front right is counted as one difference).

This American bigotry is really disturbing. Which country has the biggest porn industry in the world?!

@topsekret

Yes, a 40 fps mode would be great.

But why don’t they offer 60 fps in handheld mode? CPU clocks are even higher (I don’t know why), so this can’t be reason. Maybe RAM clocks?

„This is a vision that could only exist on Nintendo hardware.“

Because it includes Nintendo characters? Unlikely.

Or because of weird motion controls no other platform could provide? …

@JohnnyMind

The framerate is probably GPU limited, with a dynamic resolution system which aims for framerates just above 30 fps.

Based on this assumption, Bethesda could introduce a performance mode for mobile play, with tweaked graphics settings (minimum resolution, LOD, shadows) and a target framerate of 60 FPS. Most of the time, the framerate should be above 40 fps, and VRR should work quite well.

Or they invest even more effort and implement low framerate compensation, as Ubi did for AC Shadows, to enable VRR for framerates down to 20 fps.

We are talking about Bethesda though.

Bethesda made it too easy to resist, unfortunately.

@RasandeRose

Watch the loading times on Xbox Series X, which has faster storage and more performant decompression system than Switch 2.

I expect a typical Bethesda experience.

After Skyrim, I expect only the best ports from Bethesda.

Waiting for the analyses of loading times…

Finally a good usage for the analogue triggers of Switch 2. Wait…

On the next investor meeting, SE’s CFO will probably say „We are unsatisfied with the sales numbers of Pixel Remaster“

Just played 30 min of it. Now I know why Nlife gave it a 5/10. Repetitive and pretty outdated world design for today’s standards imo.

Finished it on Sunday, loved the tough boss fights and the Ice Belt, the other stuff was just okay or outright bad (Looking at you, green crystals. What is actually your purpose story-wise? Making the tree happy?)

I will probably replay Super Metroid, Metroid Zero Mission, Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime Remastered several times before touching MP4 again, if at all. Such a waste of potential, it’s sad.

Hot contender for the worst rated game in 2026:

Neo Berlin 2087

https://youtu.be/i8B89MssneU?si=a1kbML2Edi9HV3ES

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on first place probably means:

There will still be MANY Switch 1 bundles under the Christmas trees this year!

@The-Chosen-one

The graphical fidelty is poor, but it has a decent resolution and runs very well on Switch 2. Other games may look better, because the developers set higher values for shadows, texture resolution etc., but they are a stuttery mess.

I prefer a game which runs great from the first day, because THAT is what defines the playability for me. If they later improve the shadows without sacrificing the great performance, I‘m fine.

Just the daily grind, collecting green crystals while ignoring those „enemies“ around my bike.

Why on earth did Retro take the WORST aspect of Wind Waker and put it into the game. Outright stupid.

Capcom combines 60% of the votes. Domination.

@Arawn93

Exactly, games like Schedule 1. Or Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Undertale, Animal Well.

E33 is a game developed by the small studio Sandfall Interactive, with the help of hundreds of external developers and testers, published by Kepler Interactive.

Apart from the fact that it is the first game of this studio, I don’t see any reason why E33 should be considered an indie. And even if „first game of non-vererans“ qualifies for „indie status“ is questionable in my opinion.

@PushMyGran86

E33 is a AAA game. The costs for all this high-level voice actors must be massive.

Other than Square Enix, Capcom knows that a huge part of its core audience wants to play on Switch.

And Capcom is on fire for some time now.

Sony will notice.

@PushMyGran86

ChatGPT tells me that over 400 people are mentioned in the credits of E33, including all the support studios which are needed for such a huge AAA game.

Compare this to Silksong with around 100 and Hades 2 with around 130 people. Both of them would be regarded big games 20 years ago, and E33 a giant game.

The definition of indie is broken. Real indies should be games like Animal Well.

@Arawn93

> pushed the “turn based isn’t dead” message to the industry. <

I‘ve always got the feeling that E33 is so beloved, because FF16 and FF7R are not turn-based, and that drives people insane, less because E33 is a good game.

Thank you for confirming my prejudice!

11 for MP4 sounds reasonable to me. Some great moments, some poor ones.

You can see 10 min playthroughs on YouTube. A weird choice for such a mega release imo.

@Theamazing1 Exactly! Nintendo doesn’t support mods which can be downloaded afterwards. They have to be parted of the shipped game code, and integral part of the game. As I said. And it is possible for Bethesda to do exactly that, selecting the most popular mods which still compatible with company’s vision of Skyrim, like id did. But Bethesda didn’t.

@Theamazing1

Mods ARE possible in Switch games, Doom 1+2 prooved it. They have to be shipped with the game and not be DLCs though, as they can drastically change the game code.

Not having an unlocked framerate is a crime.

Promising „optimised performance“ while showing a video in 30 fps is a bit… telling.

@Scrubelicious Reviews are subjective, and I find it nice that there is no AI giving an absolute judgement everybody has to accept. I linked the EG article because I wanted to proof that not every lower score for this game is an edgy attempt to generate attention, what many YouTubers would do. These are real journalists with a reputation to lose.

@andykara2003

But don’t you love collecting green crystals? There are so many of them! Gotta catch ‘em all.

Interesting to see that the Switch 2 Edition of MP4 accounted for 83% of the sold units.

Obviously, Metroid is more of a hardcore franchise, and many of those hardcore Nintendorians already bought a Switch 2.

@John_Deacon

Exactly! You can’t please everyone with a Metroidvania game. Team Cherry knew it and made straight Metroidvanias. The same holds true for the Ori games, Prince of Persia, Metroid Dread.

What we got with MP4 is, judging based on my small progress so far, a very linear game with long hallways and unmissable „secrets“. And a Myles on the radio telling you where to go next. It’s worse than with Aloy and Atreus!

@JohnnyMind

And now imagine, it is really not as good as you thought and wished. Impossible?

I‘m not that far into the game yet, but I‘m surprised how unremarkable many aspects are. The „rooms“ in the jungle and the towers are pretty big, empty and samey. MP1 in comparison had a MUCH wider variety.

I‘m a big disappointed so far, to be honest.

In the EU/NA version, the flippers look like fingers of Samus, which is even more ridiculous as she has only one glove as part of her suit.

So, EU/NA without question.

@tseliot And it screams dusk magnet for people with a questionable taste for weird plastic stuff permanently filling their homes.

@Scrubelicious

If you think that mediocre scores for this game are just there to generate clicks, read the very insightful review from Eurogamer. Alex Donaldson is a journalist with high reputation and great writing skills.

https://www.eurogamer.net/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review

And the biggest question: Will there be an announcement trailer for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Swich 2?

@AStupidID

AI hysteria gets increasingly boring.

Ghost of Yotei, South of Midnight both so high? Really?

@Truegamer79 A free upgrade, no physical release planned (as far as I know).

@neil9000

Fascinating. You would even pay 10 quids for doing tedious stuff. I would demand more that 10 quids to get spared of tedium.

@Woodyshoe

Both PS5 and Switch 2 sell well, despite having no cheap version. In a few years, Nintendo will need a Switch 2 Lite to address a more cost-sensitive audience. But in the meantime, they can sell 30 million units and more of the existing model for its regular price.

Trump was right, companies are really swallowing the tariffs.

KAR is so niche, even Anno 117 is mainstream compared to that.

@Denoloco

PS4 Pro runs it with 30 to 50 fps, most likely CPU limited. Switch 2 is a bit weaker on the CPU, but an unlocked VRR mode with typical values between 30 and 40 fps wouldn’t only run more smoothly but would provide a noticeable reduction in input latency, which is key here.

Let’s hope FromSoft will offer that, then I might consider buying it also for Switch 2. But without cross-progression, which isn’t the case for the existing versions, it’s a tough sell for sure!

@Flashlink99 Yes, obviously not every YouTuber is a pro, who thinks about what information they want to show.

@maulinks

I bought the PS4 disk to play it on my PS5. The only way to play on console with a stable framerate. FromSoft is really not interested in this technical stuff.

I can’t assess this based on a YouTube video in 1080p30. Why setting the smartphone camera to 4k60?

@RenanLK

„even the PS3 edition is better in several ways“

If you can ignore a piss-poor performance.