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@nessisonett That story is from 2015. It must be very, very close to completion now!

@N64-ROX "Surely in America there is a constitutional right that people can spend their money however they damn well please."

I suppose that could be derived from what freedoms are explicitly protected, but in this case, he apparently acquired the money through fraudulent means and used it for purposes other than what he agreed to.

I suppose he considered it an investment with the expectation that he could later sell the card for a profit, but the question is, would that have been a legitimate use of the funds if had filed the application with truthful information?

This game seems rather cynical given the way it highlights the fact that the role playing genre has devolved into little more than a character sheet and combat rules. I find that disheartening.

Just get a Hori screen protector. They're hard as nails and super easy to install without all the nonsense of having to subject your Switch to a hot steam room. Wipe the screen carefully with a microfiber cloth, make sure there are no obvious dust particles, and then simply follow the instructions for applying the screen protector. I've used Hori on my original 3DS, New 3DS XL, and now my Switch and have never had a problem. No dust, no bubbles, and perfect alignment every time.

@JTTS "Why did you pick such weird screenshots?"

And from the first 30-minutes of the game, too. Makes you wonder how much time NintendoLife really spent playing before writing the review.

@YusseiWarrior3000 "Ehh....what about docked players?"

Don't worry, it looks and plays great in docked mode, too. I don't know why NintendoLife was apparently intent on delivering backhanded compliments and downplaying the quality job Techland did on this port.

I think the most impressive thing is when there are dozens of shambling zombies on the screen, and the frame rate stays solid.

@BulkSlash Only if you're aiming a ranged weapon.

@the_beaver "They said they will patch the performance..."

According to the Digital Foundry video, the main performance issue is framerate spikes above 30FPS which cause the game to appear to stutter, so the patch will likely lock it at 30FPS to prevent those fluctuations.

"Not the prettiest version on the market" downplays how good Dying Light on the Switch really looks. This isn't an Outer Worlds port where it's obvious at a glance that sacrifices were made to get it running. Rather, Dying Light easily holds its own compared to even the PC version, and the visual compromises are only apparent if you consciously look for them. While performance does occasionally dip, I have yet to find an instance where it interfered with my ability to play.

Physical version will probably have Vice City complete on the cart with download codes for the other two.

I thought about getting this, but then I remember how quickly these games get boring for me. There's no way I will ever make my way through three of them.

However, I would love to see a sequel to China Town Wars! That's far and away my favorite and the only GTA that I've played all the way through multiple times.

So it's basically a stability patch.

As I am fond of saying, a bad game is always too long, and a game is always too short.

@VoidofLight "I'm not praising Nintendo for adding content that should've been at launch..."

It's this undeserved sense of entitlement that is a large part of your problem. I just hope you are able to let go of the negativity and find a way to enjoy the game as much as the millions of us who are eagerly looking forward to this added content, but I suspect that with every new feature revealed, you're just going to grouse about how "that should've been there at launch" and will stop playing in a few weeks with nothing but feelings of bitterness.

@SpaceboyScreams "...even with all the evidence I gave you..."

You didn't give me evidence, you gave me your opinion. I, in turn, gave you my opinion. We happen to disagree, but disagreement is a part of life. No need to get your nose out of joint over it.

You claim that New Horizons is supposedly "missing" features and then, as is typical of these arguments, present a list of things that were in New Leaf but are not in New Horizons. Of course if I wanted, I could present a list of things that are in New Horizons but aren't in New Leaf. Does this mean that New Leaf is "missing" features and is an incomplete game? Of course not. It's an absurd argument.

@SpaceboyScreams "You got a lot of enjoyment out of something half finished..."

No, I got a lot of enjoyment out of a full and complete game. Even if Nintendo never released this update or the expansion, I would have felt like I more than got my money's worth out of New Horizons. I don't feel that there is anything missing from the core Animal Crossing experience (by the way, if you talk to the animals multiple times a day, they actually have a large variety of things to say). This additional content feels like exactly that to me: additional. I don't feel like it's completing the game, I feel like it's adding to it and will give it far greater longevity than New Leaf ever had.

As it is, it seems you've headed down the same path as VoidofLight and have put yourself in a position where you can only have negative feelings which will suck a lot of the enjoyment out of it for you. That's too bad.

@SpaceboyScreams "... they never stated it would be released half finished."

Because it wasn't it. In terms of hours played to date, I've gotten at least as much entertainment out of New Horizons as I did from New Leaf, and now with this latest free update and a meaty paid expansion? New Horizons is going to leave New Leaf in the dust! I don't see what there is to complain about.

The question, of course, is all these employees who quit or were fired and are now bitterly speaking out, do they speak for all of the employees who are still working there, perhaps happily?

It's curious that some always seem to see those who complain as virtuous, and those who they complain about as villainous. As the saying goes, there are two sides to every story. At the moment, we're only hearing one side. Perhaps we should all withhold judgement until more facts are known.

The statement that any game could be made to run on the Switch is what is referred to as trivially true. Certainly with enough sacrifices to visuals and performances, you could conceivably port any game imaginable to the Switch (Total War: Warhammer? Sure, why not!). The question is whether or not the end result would be worth it. In the case of Dying Light, the answer is obviously yes, but this will not necessarily be true for every game.

I'm happily eating crow here. I was dismissive of this port when I first heard about it because I just took it for granted that this game would be too much for the Switch, and that it would be a trash port with subpar performance and visuals. Honestly, I'm glad to be wrong!

I'm going need to renovate my town to make room for a farm.

Definitely getting this. I really enjoyed Happy Home Designer.

Wow, this is a pretty huge update!

My one question: does this mean a reduction in special visitors since they are apparently going to set up shop on Harv's island?

A lot of cheap flashlights with variable output use low frequency PWM to control the brightness, and it can be very annoying.

Can't believe you guys are still beating this dead and buried horse.

Switch Pro confirmed... right?

@MervTheMan "One doesn’t need a PC, but a computer."

PC is short for "personal computer".

So basically it's an emulator that uses original cartridges. Interesting. Certainly gets around piracy concerns.

Frankly, the most surprising thing about all of this is that liberals aren't bitching about the fact that Mario and Luigi are comedic Italian stereotypes created by a Japanese game designer.

Doctor Who used to be a great program. Too bad they ruined it.

And Russel T. Davies returning? I suppose it will at least be better than what we have now now, but honestly, I got really tired of his version of Doctor Who and was thrilled when both he and David Tennant left the show. We had a terrific run of "Nu Who" with Stephen Moffat at the helm and Matt Smith and later Peter Capaldi in the title role, but then after that, it all went to *****. Maybe RTD can pull off a second miracle like he did in 2005 and revive a series that most fans have written off, but as the saying goes, "Hope for the best, but expect the worst."

@Bizaster Stop trolling, please.

@Bizaster I'm not an anti-vaxxer. I'm simply curious about the cause of death.

@WallyWest One of the lead writers of the remake is a toxic feminist, so you can expect it to have "woke" nonsense up the wazoo.

@aresius Thanks for that. Looks far better than I expected, which leaves me (perhaps unreasonably) suspicious. Bullshots?
Beta images before they had to strip the visuals way back to get a playable framerate? Game looks great but runs like a slideshow? Frankly, I would have expected some significant compromises to the visuals considering how much horsepower the game needs to run smoothly on much more capable platforms.

Still no full size screenshots, no in-game footage. Seems the developers are not too confident about this port.

If this is the original and not the "woke" remake, then it's a must buy.

I'd also love to see Dragon Age: Origins on the Switch.

Wow, 54-years old is pretty young for someone to simply pass away. What was the cause? Did he get that awful Chinese coronavirus vaccine? That's been killing a lot of people lately.

A new driftless Joy Con? We can dream.