Max_the_German

@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.

@Weraz

A high difficulty can be part of the artistic expression. A Souls game generates its tension and overall feeling of permanent threat from its difficulty.

@wollywoo

It’s still best in class how Sakamoto told the story of the last 30 min in Tourian with almost no words. Still the most impressive and memorable ending of all video games I‘ve played.

@molkom

Check out the original source. There are several videos embedded to demonstrate the results. The source is imo better than this article.

https://www.ubisoft.com/it-it/game/assassins-creed/news/3eHpj3aktX4nWY150OEHJL

I forwarded this to Jon Cartwright, he could fit into the team I guess.

@Phelaidar I realise, and the framerate on PS4 is a mess.

People complain about low resolutions.
People complain about low framerates.
People complain about low shadow quality and draw distance.

When dealing with limited resources (which is almost ALWAYS the case), there are compromises to be made.

I am very glad they focused on very solid 60 fps and a high resolution.

When Hidetako Miyazaki looked for inspiration for developing Demon’s Souls, he rejected to look into Battletoads and Ghost ‘n Goblins, because he found them unfair.

And their contracts with Nintendo include the paragraph

„Complains or jokes about Myles MacKenzie are strictly prohibited.“

@Sebos

Will Square Enix pay Virtuos for making these adjustments (1080p60 in both modes)? For this conpany which is always unsatisfied by its sales numbers, I highly doubt it.

Poor marketing! If they made a third hour-long Direct, it would be on #11.

I know what it is, but I never had a DS in my hands.

The European box art is both aesthetically pleasing and informative.

It’s perfect for a grandma looking for a Christmas present for her grandson: This Mario on Yoshi reminds her of the system she bought for her son decades ago, and he had so much fun.

@H3X3NH4MM3R

It would also be regarded as greed if Capcom would demand over 100 euros. Capcom is a company with the primary reason for its existence being earning money. The fact that NS2 cartridges are so expensive is a tragedy for everyone, and compromises are required. Capcom decided to create a cheaper product with an almost same experience for the next ten years or so, and I respect that.

@H3X3NH4MM3R

The article reminded me that the „Resident Evil Generation Pack“ exists, and I just ordered the box with 3 game-key cards. That model allows to lend the games to other players, and the total price of 80 euros is still fair. With cartridges, the manufacturing costs alone would easily exceed 30 euros, which is unacceptable for publishers like Capcom.

@Zuljaras @ShadLink

The „golden solution“ would be the use of cheap Switch 1 cartridges for Switch-2-only games, with the requirement of installation on the fast internal storage (or SD Express card).

Unfortunately, Nintendo decided against it. I see two reasons:

1) A more complicated product: With some cartridges, you have to download the game entirely (GKC), with some you have to install it from cartridge (NS1 cartridge), with some you can play it directly from cartridge (NS2 cartridge).

2) More important imo: NS1 cartridges can easily be extracted with modded Switch 1 systems. The problem of ROMs available several weeks before release would carry over to NS2.

The way forward are cheaper NS2 cartridges. I mean not only smaller capacities, but also lower costs for the existing 64 GB one. I think that Nintendo is actively working on that, because it is the publisher mostly affected.

When Switch Lite has more sales than all of PlayStation and Xbox combined.

The Talos Principle

If you never played it before and aren’t afraid of an intellectual discussion, play it now. It’s great and really cheap now.

Showing Link from Twilight Princess isn’t flattering.

@datamonkey

I‘ve heard this sentiment about RDR1being better than RDR2 quite often. But what are the (subjective) reasons?

I haven’t played any of them, and on a surface level, RDR2 looks just fantastic in every aspect. So, what is it what makes RDR1 better?

Thank you!

@KociolekDoSyta

I think it depends on the changes they made:

• Creating a native Switch 2 software with implementations of features like DLSS, HDR and mouse support needs a lot of development. I‘d find it okay if we had to pay extra for this RDR upgrade (but I happily take it for free).
• A patch with small changes on the Switch 1 code should be free! With that, they can still realise 1080p60 in both docked and handheld with better shadow quality and higher LoD, which is enough for most games.

@Serpenterror

Why shouldn’t Nintendo solve the issues for all games (it’s more like 13000 ones, according to MobyGames)? They know both platforms exceptionally well and can solve the fundamental problems of their emulation layer. With every fundamental problem identified and solved, a number of games will work.

The list of incompatible games should be significantly shorter than 1000 entries. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that one day, compatibility with every already released game was achieved.

This article reminded me to finally buy that game. With DLSS, HDR and 60 fps, Switch 2 gets everything out of it, and it’s one of those big titles I always wanted to play.

Just ordered my copy from Mediamarkt for 20 EUR. I usually avoid „code in a box“, but for that price I‘m making an exception.

I had often problems with my old Switch 1 dock. It had problems to work properly with the USB Ethernet adapter. Last year, it didn’t recognise the adapter for several weeks, and I thought that its USB chip died. But then one day the Ethernet connection returned without changing anything.

So, maybe the reason for the Switch 2 dock issues is not the Ethernet hardware but the USB controller!

My Super Metroid on 8 makes my enormously proud!

@Unit_DTH

You‘d have to pay me so I’d play as Aloy again. They say that she is not only talkative but also kind of arrogant in the second game. But to each their own.

I hate talkative sidekicks and protagonists. That‘s why I avoided God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West.

Thankfully, Samus is more of the quiet sort.

General relief for all Nintendo fans: R* is not following the horrible trend of offerning Game-Key Cards…

I want a new game from my favourite studio every year, with a huge open world, dozens of hours of voice lines and motion capture, with new creative gameplay mechanics, without the usage of AI, and for the price of Silksong. And because it’s not the case, the games industry is greedy, not me.