To give someone an idea of how I feel about that Nintendolife review of My Time At Sandrock being 5/10 because of its performance. My wife, probably the center of the target demographic for this game, doesn't even acknowledge any of it. Personally I don't really notice it that much either, even pre-patch. If anything it runs a little better than Portia.
I think maybe, just maybe, a professional review should be for the audience and not the reviewer.
Being more experienced reading if a game is good or not having been playing since the Atari, I was able to see passed that review. But if my wife saw a 5/10 review for this game she wouldn't have bought it. She's having a blast with this game. So what is Nintendolife's objective with their reviews, because it doesn't appear to be objectivity.
For what it's worth my wife picked this up at launch (she was a big fan of My Time At Portia) and the performance hasn't affected her at all. I personally haven't really noticed it being a big issue either, but I'm from a different era that maybe has a higher tolerance for this stuff. She loves supporting the smaller developer too at launch.
I think if you're a fan of Portia go ahead and pick this up. Nintendo World Report gave it a very different review (8.5/10).
Dark chocolate is the sophisticated person's choice, however I know the hardcore players don't actually care about what they prefer. They will try to min-max the system to lock in a strong lead, and the majority of plebs will obviously choose milk chocolate.
As for white chocolate, I don't even acknowledge it and it is interchangeable with 'vomit' as a third choice. It's not even technically chocolate, just coagulated oil. Disgusting garbage for animal humans.
I was thinking this person must know what they're talking about until the last quote there and then I realized they aren't paying that close attention. Pikmin Bloom literally just came out.
Also of course there is a Mario Kart 9 coming with some kind of mild twist to the formula. That's every Mario Kart game.
I'm really enjoying this game personally. Just a heads up I don't think the reviewer got to level 15. There's more systems and features to unlock for this game.
Takes a consumer to only see how much the unit costs and ignores the thousands of hours of administrative behind the scenes that it cost them in the design phase and logistics
The title to this article genuinely had me assume every game from the indie direct was coming to switch before I just now got caught up on the news. Bummer.
Guy comes into the comment section clearly trying to stir up a reaction and then judges an entire fanbase with sweeping bigoted blanket statements about a group of people when he gets it. What a piece of trash.
Not doing this to be hipster or ironic, I genuinely think Galactic Pinball for the virtual boy is the best Pinball video game and is in my top 50 games of all time.
I like how they genuinely thought they had something good but had to announce how they had to humble themselves to listen to fan feedback. HOW? HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW IT'S BAD?
Comments 98
Re: Exclusive: "This Game Is Not Going Away" - My Time At Sandrock Devs Talk Making Good, And 'Switch 2' Hopes
Removed
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 4th)
To give someone an idea of how I feel about that Nintendolife review of My Time At Sandrock being 5/10 because of its performance. My wife, probably the center of the target demographic for this game, doesn't even acknowledge any of it. Personally I don't really notice it that much either, even pre-patch. If anything it runs a little better than Portia.
I think maybe, just maybe, a professional review should be for the audience and not the reviewer.
Being more experienced reading if a game is good or not having been playing since the Atari, I was able to see passed that review. But if my wife saw a 5/10 review for this game she wouldn't have bought it. She's having a blast with this game. So what is Nintendolife's objective with their reviews, because it doesn't appear to be objectivity.
Re: My Time At Sandrock Receives Extensive Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
For what it's worth my wife picked this up at launch (she was a big fan of My Time At Portia) and the performance hasn't affected her at all. I personally haven't really noticed it being a big issue either, but I'm from a different era that maybe has a higher tolerance for this stuff. She loves supporting the smaller developer too at launch.
I think if you're a fan of Portia go ahead and pick this up. Nintendo World Report gave it a very different review (8.5/10).
Re: Random: Sega Celebrates April Fool's Day With The Murder Of Sonic The Hedgehog
Nintendolifes discord is a disaster. Avoid.
Re: Splatoon 3 Outlines Next Patch Update, Here's What To Expect
Am I the only one finding the big run way way way too hard?
Re: The First Review For Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe Is Now In
Please put the word 'Famitsu' in the title of these articles so I know not to click on them.
Re: Reminder: Splatoon 3's Chocolate Splatfest Is This Weekend, Which Team Will You Pick?
Dark chocolate is the sophisticated person's choice, however I know the hardcore players don't actually care about what they prefer. They will try to min-max the system to lock in a strong lead, and the majority of plebs will obviously choose milk chocolate.
As for white chocolate, I don't even acknowledge it and it is interchangeable with 'vomit' as a third choice. It's not even technically chocolate, just coagulated oil. Disgusting garbage for animal humans.
Re: "We Absolutely Apologize" For Pokémon Performance Problems, Says Nintendo Of Canada Manager
In Canada apologizing doesn't hold you liable in court so you're able to say it more freely there.
Re: Sonic Frontiers Gameplay Showcases A Pretty, But Sparse Open World
I would describe the footage as many things but sparse is not one of them. The opposite of that in fact.
Re: Mini Review: Picross S7 - Holy Moly, They Only Went And Added Touch Support
I get that there is a labour shortage but I didn't think you guys needed to hire 12 year olds to review games now.
Re: Mario Kart 9 Is "In Active Development" And Comes With A "New Twist", Analyst Claims
I was thinking this person must know what they're talking about until the last quote there and then I realized they aren't paying that close attention. Pikmin Bloom literally just came out.
Also of course there is a Mario Kart 9 coming with some kind of mild twist to the formula. That's every Mario Kart game.
Re: Video: We Forced A Bot To Create Switch Games That Don't Exist, And Now We Wish They Did
Ending with a banger like Yoshi Experiments was a good choice. Love how ominous the font is for the word 'Experiments'
Re: Review: Pikmin Bloom - Pokémon GO's Sister Title Is A Glorious, Glorified Pedometer
I'm really enjoying this game personally. Just a heads up I don't think the reviewer got to level 15. There's more systems and features to unlock for this game.
Re: Former Nintendo Of America President Reveals His New Book
I'm a fan of Reggie but not for the reasons Reggie things apparently
Re: Switch OLED Upgrades Reportedly Cost Nintendo "Around $10 More Per Unit"
Takes a consumer to only see how much the unit costs and ignores the thousands of hours of administrative behind the scenes that it cost them in the design phase and logistics
Re: Round Up: The Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Reviews Are In
If GameSpot gave it a 7 then IGN will give it an 8 or 8.5. That's the rule.
Re: Someone Thinks They've Resolved Nintendo's Joy-Con Drift Problem With An Incredibly Simple Fix
I just yell and hit my joycons and just tell people they fell down the stairs and they seem fine for a couple months until they act up again
Re: Every Game From The Wholesome Direct Coming To Nintendo Switch
The title to this article genuinely had me assume every game from the indie direct was coming to switch before I just now got caught up on the news. Bummer.
Re: The Celebrity Cameos For E3 Season Are Coming, Starting With Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum belongs everywhere
Re: Nintendo's 81st AGM Of Shareholders Will Allow Remote Voting
@jump lol might want to reread that part
Re: Review: Super Bomberman R Online - A Battle Royale Blast Defused By Long Waits And F2P Frippery
Whoever said there are no bad opinions has never seen Nintendo Life review video games
Re: Review: Super Bomberman R Online - A Battle Royale Blast Defused By Long Waits And F2P Frippery
NintendoLife needs to stick to what they're good at and stop reviewing games
Re: Rumour: Sonic's New Game Might Be An Open-World Adventure, Called Sonic Rangers
Guy comes into the comment section clearly trying to stir up a reaction and then judges an entire fanbase with sweeping bigoted blanket statements about a group of people when he gets it. What a piece of trash.
Re: Konami's Free-To-Play Bomberman Game Is Now Available To Download On Switch
What happened to the Bomberman board game that was announced?
Re: Super Bomberman R Online Makes The Leap From Stadia To Switch Next Week
@GMACGAMER1234 That's a different game. You got 'Super Bomberman R' this is 'Super Bomberman R Online'. Similar names but completely different games.
Re: Super Bomberman R Online Makes The Leap From Stadia To Switch Next Week
This will be the first battle royale I'll throw money at
Re: Talking Point: If Nintendo Released Them, Would You Play Virtual Boy Games In 2021?
Not doing this to be hipster or ironic, I genuinely think Galactic Pinball for the virtual boy is the best Pinball video game and is in my top 50 games of all time.
Re: Random: The Internet Goes Wild For New Waluigi Render
You guys must be desperate for clicks to post pornography like this
Re: 'The Astyanax' Is Coming To Arcade Archives On Switch Tomorrow
I heard Astyanax causes blood clots
Re: Waluigi Is Getting His Very Own PowerA Enhanced Wireless Controller For Switch
This thing has been out for a while now. I recall seeing it at an EB Games here in Canada around this time last year.
Re: Takaya Imamura Describes Star Fox 64 As "The Game Of My Life"
Counterpoint: Star Fox Zero was a bad game. I would also like to see a remaster though with fixed controls.
Re: Sonic The Hedgehog's Physical Card Game Locks In A September Release
Making a fast playing card is a lazy low effort zero imagination way of trying to convey Sonic in a tabletop game.
Re: Global Sales Data Suggests Balan Wonderworld Has Massively Flopped
At least, despite all logic, they released a demo to warn us about their product.
Re: Some Lucky Fans Have Already Played Niantic's New Pikmin Game, Here Are The First Details
Can you name them and have them die during an expedition
Re: Here's A Look At The Bomberman Board Game We'll Never Get To Play
*Tower Guard Games
Re: Konami Announces Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel Is In Development For Switch
Konami cancelled the MGS and Bomberman board games. As far as I'm concerned Konami sucks balls and doesn't actually care about their fans.
Re: Super Bomberman R Passes Two Million Sales Worldwide
More Bomberman please
Re: Super Bomberman R Online Is Ditching Its Stadia Exclusivity To Launch On Switch And Other Consoles
Great, now change the name to something less confusing
Re: Balan Wonderworld Is Getting A Day-One Patch To Address Demo Feedback
I like how they genuinely thought they had something good but had to announce how they had to humble themselves to listen to fan feedback. HOW? HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW IT'S BAD?
Re: Capcom Will Broadcast Three Monster Hunter Live Streams Next Month
It's crazy how that Wyvern Riding demo in Monster Hunter Rise was so bad it turned me off the series and I just can't pick it up again.
Re: Stardew Valley's Version 1.5 Update For Nintendo Switch Is Now Available
Did yall copy and paste this from somewhere else? You keep referring to PC.
Re: Capcom Reveals The Most Used Weapon In The Monster Hunter Rise Demo
I wonder if they have stats on how many people couldn't finish the wyvern riding demo and quit
Re: The First Review For Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Is Now In
@Muddy_4_Ever
Already leaked 3 hours to beat, 6 to 100%
Re: Reminder: Enjoy Capcom's "Limited Time" Monster Hunter Rise Demo While You Still Can
I was in until the terrible Wyvern Riding tutorial and then my eyes were opened to this game being a nightmare
Re: PSA: Planning On Buying Monster Hunter Rise? Play The Demo First To Receive Free Extras
Couldn't make it passed the Wyvern Riding tutorial and took a hard pass on the game
Re: Video: Here's How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Looks Running At 4K, 60FPS
Wow how'd they make this look 4k on my phone, incredible /s
Re: Hideki Kamiya Says Bayonetta 3's Development Is "Going Very Well"
RIP bayonetta 3
Re: Review: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - A Confident Sequel And One Of Grasshopper's Best
Every now and then I get a blunt reminder to ignore NintendoLifes reviews. The last one was when they gave Star Fox Zero an 8.
This game is a 6 people
Re: Feature: We've Had Tetris 99 And Mario 35... So, What's The Next Nintendo Battle Royale?
The correct answer is Steel Diver: Sub Wars Royale
Re: Does Nintendo Have A Handheld Future Beyond The Switch? Yes, Say The Experts
TIL I'm an expert