I beat this game and really liked it. I never played the original and was very impressed how well it held up as I heard it was a very faithful reboot. At first, the graphics turned me off a little, as I thought they were a little too cutesy and toy-like for my tastes but that impression wore off quickly.
The stutters were obvious but never a bother for me.
Still, like others, it is times like these that I look forward to something with a little more power at some point. While you can never have enough I would love to just have games at this level always hit 1080p and 720p consistently (although I could imagine Nintendo doing 1080p screen to mimic the docked profile as a handheld and introduce two new performance profiles alongside).
I do too but that is still the case. Review bombing still tells us something about people feeling upset about something and I find it interesting regardless of whether I agree with it.
If I try to frame this in a more forgiving way towards ea I would say they went about as far as they could with the old engine and figured the cost of bringing frostbite to ARM hardware wasn’t worth it. This is assuming they still haven’t ported it to arm, but it seems crazy they wouldn’t undergo this since you could imagine them wanting this tech on mobile at some point.
Too bad Konami hasn’t jumped on this opportunity and ported their game.
@LavaTwilight my pro controller has had drift twice. Essentially I’ve bought two with the cost of repairs. I will go a good month or two between uses so I’m not some crazy gamer. Nintendo messed up with this round on their controllers.
"Sometimes a little unclear as to how you proceed at later stages in the game" is why I can never get into metroidvania games. I love the idea of them, but I always get stuck and the requirement of tracking all over the place drives me crazy and ruins them for me. For some, it may culminate in a wonderful sense of discovery so I'm not suggesting my way is the right way here. The sense of discovery works for me in BOTW for some reason but in these games I just get bored and I have almost given up on the genre.
I think for me there just needs to be the tools to clearly see where I've been and where I might want to backtrack to.
I think this all boils down to the pessimism of Nintendo and their ability to do “online”. As it is their service value will largely depend on the subjective value of these old games (but at least snes is way better than nes, which I found boring). The service itself is still a dinosaur and way behind in any empirical sense.
It’s very cheap but if you never actually play the old games it would be nice if they actually offered more on the online side.
The FPS on docked is a problem. I'm not an FPS obsessed person but it's clearly dipping below 30 quite often (it's the inconsistency that is so noticeable, it's very jumpy in many places). Handheld seems to be fine. We know that the docked performance bump it receives is not equal to doubling so why in the world did they go with 1080p on docked? It would have been just fine to give us 900p or even remove anti-aliasing. Or the option to just stay at 720p as the first one did? Or better than any change the resolution dynamically as seems to be the rage these days.
Regardless, I'm baffled that they have allowed this game to have these performance issues when docked. A couple of sensible choices would likely have addressed this just fine.
I loved the first game, partly because I love DQ1 and thought it was great how it was based on that.
I am disappointed to hear about performance and local co-op. Hasn’t this game been out for some time in jp? If so then wouldn’t this version already be patched with performance improvements?
I’m curious if this is from the processor. If so that probably means they cut costs by having a smaller battery and simplified cooling system (on top of the other stuff, just saying this battery life should be a lot better if it had the same sized battery with a shrunken processor).
Which then makes me wonder when this processor will become available on the standard switch with hopefully enhanced capabilities (remember this will have the hack fix almost for sure so Nintendo will have major incentives to get them in all switches ASAP).
Still it is hard to make sense of this when you have played three hours and had a lot of fun. I’m used to sixes being reserved for games that are pretty terrible.
I would have easily thought this game an 8, but that is just me.
You just have to take these scores with a grain of salt.
@Jimsbo I never played it but would like to play the second one. That is amazing Nintendo allowed that level of control. That is very trusting of them.
@the8thark is someone going to tell him that they aren’t from pewdiepie but fans? While I personally don’t watch him are you comparing that to penises?
Kids and kids at heart will always do this sort of thing to get a rise. I can see why this action is required but don’t understand some offended reactions we see to this sort of thing.
There are some really good reasons to have a pro-ish model (or just new switch version). It stands to reason that the light will include a new version did the X1 chip that will be built on a smaller node and have a security fix. This will allow simplified cooling to allow them to reduce the price.
Nintendo would want to push all switches to this since the security hole on the switch is built into the hw and makes it very simple to hack. So making a smaller update to the existing switch totally makes sense. With this new model improving performance is certainly possible if they give it a higher clock speed with some new performance profiles (docked / undocked). We will just have to see. They could also just improve battery life.
Agree with others. Couch co-op was so much fun because the social aspect. I barely saw arcades when a lot of companies focused on them, but there was something magical about them too.
It would be so easy to dismiss this as simple nostalgia but it is not the games that meant so much but the interaction they created.
Nintendo, for their part, has still valued these experiences but this game, combined with gen x teenagers, was something else.
I think people are right to be sympathetic but perhaps don’t understand him. I’m guessing he wouldn’t be very happy taking time off, and is not the kind of person to work normal hours. Some people are passionate about their work and only feel fulfilled when they give it their all. They live to work, not the other way around. For these people the worst thing they can do is retire as they generally don’t last long without that purpose.
I could be wrong but at least consider the possibility that this might be the case...
How much of this is just what companies do? They present all possible outcomes so they can’t be sued by investors, etc, if it does not work out as predicted?
I've been playing it for the first time. I've dipped my foot in many FF entries but the series has always been pretty hit and miss for me (Dragon Quest games have aged much better for me).
My thoughts (FWIW):
Playing on a portable console is perfectly suited for these older games.
It's aged pretty well overall. The drawn backgrounds look nice, if pixelated. The overworld has not aged well at all. The battles are too slow and janky in terms of animation but not bad.
Why do the battles take so long to load?
The characters are great, some moments have me laughing. I'm kind of surprised because usually JRPG stories and characters feel lost in translation for me. These characters are truly endearing at times.
The systems in place aren't overly archaic, which I appreciate.
The card game is completely lost on me. The rules seem arbitrary and not well explained at all.
At times I've used the "+" menu cheats. I appreciate them being there because at times things would take forever...
Overall have really liked it and can appreciate why people like this game so much. I tried playing VII a couple of years ago and couldn't get into it at all. Been surprised by this one.
@Heavyarms55 I think they could stick with the same engine, it’s the rest of what is required. Once it is harder than going from 60 to 30 FPS, or lowering the resolution (or dialing back other easily tweaked visuals), I think most companies deem it “infeasible”. The next thing up is having to simplify 3D models and at that point it’s like creating a remaster if a game (a ton of work and money).
On the topic of independent games on the switch: For a while I was buying a lot of independent games, but found too often that I would only play them for an hour and drop them. It really makes me appreciate how much has to go into a game to get the level of polish most/some of us expect.
FWIW, I absolutely did buy a lot because of portability AND the dearth of bigger titles.
If this one really is good maybe I’ll pick it up later this month.
I expect my data point of one person to only be treated as that...
@gloom I'm guessing he's more observing this vs going to a real concert, not a knock on gaming in general.
There is no reason to see this as a threat to real concerts, and what they represent. At the same time you could imagine a time when virtual concerts, via fortnite, etc, do replace the real thing for some people.
I really don’t care about these games and would never buy one. I do generally like the idea that people can do what they want as long as it doesn’t harm others (like for reals harm, not just offending) so I wish there wasn’t the moral outrage if they they had brought this over.
Also I find myself very turned off by the ones arguing against this game or games like it (especially the listing out of all the virtuous issues they are fighting for).
Is it possible the next counter culture movement will be against the left? I never thought it possible but I never thought in my lifetime that the puritanical force would be from the left and not the right.
It was the release I was hoping for most this year. So this stinks.
Good they don't release it if not ready, and the honesty is really nice, but I can't help but feel Nintendo needs to have more development resources. They are fortunate, in a strange way, that Wii U did poorly and so many of us never played it because if we were just going by original Switch games they developed the game output would feel quite a bit more dry (and lets be honest, Nintendo will always depend on first party titles more than Sony or MS). They would probably be wise to buy Platinum games and other studios for example (most likely Japanese).
The problem with a Nintendo fan site like this is so many people know the Wii U well. For many of us, the Switch is the first Nintendo console in some time and we know nothing about the Wii U. So for me personally, Nintendo would be crazy not to release every game they made for Wii U. I honestly didn't know 3d world existed until I saw it mentioned here.
From this perspective charging full price doesn't seem crazy because it never existed before (or, stated another way, it's a brand new game for many people). I wish it was cheaper but it's easy to see why they can do this.
FWIW, I also bought this game. My wife and I play it together and that was one of the main reasons I bought it (I love that Nin values multiple player on the couch games). i will say that it looks outdated in the graphics department and all the "plastic" criticism is warranted, but the gameplay is great.
@Kainbrightside it’s just a little annoying. I don’t know why cobalt felt compelled to bring up a story that casts the switch in a bad light.
Coming off the Wii U I think Nintendo fans care a great deal about the market and it makes sense. For a bit there this year it seemed like the switch had lost its momentum, so this seems like good news all around. Japanese developers specifically should feel quite compelled to support the switch for years to come. I am guessing it will be more complicated for western developers still given performance differences, etc.
This year wasn’t my cup of tea with the first party titles but next year looks promising (fire emblem and Metroid, esp).
I wonder who was actually offended. I keep seeing examples of rich who’re people being offended on behalf of other groups. I guess it’s what happens when you have the time.
On the other hand there are non orgs that claim to represent certain groups and they exist to be offended because that is how they shoe their legitimacy.
It looks so much better than the first in terms of graphics and such. The first was fun so this is welcome. I’m surprised there aren’t more gta 1 & 2 inspired releases. Lord knows we have enough metrovania stuff.
@Mr_Pepperami Your comments on fatherhood mirror my own. I have so many friends that don't have kids and I don't want to be "that" guy but I just know they are missing out (not in all cases, but in several cases with my friends).
I know where they are coming from as I didn't think I would have kids for a long time but my wife and I changed our minds and our life is 100% more busy but also 200% more meaningful.
Strange article. I personally just hate to see politics and games mix, and same with sports. We really just need our places where you can avoid it given how divisive it has become.
Even a simple article about going to vote will be divisive (I know it’s because who the article is about and people on the right know that they would never see similar report that is not in some way negative about their guy/gal). It’s sad but also true.
I think in terms of the video the music stood out the most. A very impressive take on the classic music. I honestly haven’t played this in so long. Does the game even stand the test of time?
Isn’t this exactly what happened last year? But it seemed to do better after some tome and some sales. It’s not the lead platform to buy for a lot of consumers I’m sure.
@gloom yeah this was the kind of absolutist rhetoric I was pushing back on. This situation sucks no doubt but lives are not “destroyed” By most metrics this was hardly a large company where the management is many layers (and locations) removed so there is never any care for workers.
It could absolutely be that this management is one of the worst possible examples of how not to run a games company, but I have seen many counter examples to this as well (mostly outside this industry, but that is because I don’t know a ton of people who chose this industry but do know some)
The gaming industry is a mess though and glad I don’t work in it.
On the direct you could tell it was struggling. I can rarely see bad frame rates but it looked bad enough to notice. The developers themselves on eurogamer said that it dropped to the twenties so stop trying to apologize for it. It just doesn’t run well which is a shame. I’m sure optimizing a game like this is hard given that it adds a lot of complexity to render later but still a shame.
I’m surprised how excited people are. It feels mostly the same as before, you just pay for online. I’ll give them credit on the nes app, it runs nicely and has a good interface (I don’t think I will play it much as I just am not into nes games)
I don’t think this does anything for Nintendo’s online reputation.
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Re: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Will Be Censored On Switch
@PapaTauren but she completely misses the point if what @ThanosReXXX says is correct. Please reconsider your favourite comment .
Re: Hold On Tight As Digital Foundry Tries To Nail Down Zelda: Link's Awakening's Performance Hiccups
@Danrenfroe2016 Aren't both of these UE4 games? Maybe it's one of the challenges of using that engine?
Re: Hold On Tight As Digital Foundry Tries To Nail Down Zelda: Link's Awakening's Performance Hiccups
I beat this game and really liked it. I never played the original and was very impressed how well it held up as I heard it was a very faithful reboot. At first, the graphics turned me off a little, as I thought they were a little too cutesy and toy-like for my tastes but that impression wore off quickly.
The stutters were obvious but never a bother for me.
Still, like others, it is times like these that I look forward to something with a little more power at some point. While you can never have enough I would love to just have games at this level always hit 1080p and 720p consistently (although I could imagine Nintendo doing 1080p screen to mimic the docked profile as a handheld and introduce two new performance profiles alongside).
Re: Metacritic Review-Bombers Strike Again With FIFA 20 On Switch
@Zyph because you agree with them .
I do too but that is still the case. Review bombing still tells us something about people feeling upset about something and I find it interesting regardless of whether I agree with it.
If I try to frame this in a more forgiving way towards ea I would say they went about as far as they could with the old engine and figured the cost of bringing frostbite to ARM hardware wasn’t worth it. This is assuming they still haven’t ported it to arm, but it seems crazy they wouldn’t undergo this since you could imagine them wanting this tech on mobile at some point.
Too bad Konami hasn’t jumped on this opportunity and ported their game.
Re: Switch Lite Added To Joy-Con Drift Class Action Lawsuit
@LavaTwilight my pro controller has had drift twice. Essentially I’ve bought two with the cost of repairs. I will go a good month or two between uses so I’m not some crazy gamer. Nintendo messed up with this round on their controllers.
Re: Review: Blasphemous - A Nightmarishly Good Mix Of Metroid And Dark Souls
"Sometimes a little unclear as to how you proceed at later stages in the game" is why I can never get into metroidvania games. I love the idea of them, but I always get stuck and the requirement of tracking all over the place drives me crazy and ruins them for me. For some, it may culminate in a wonderful sense of discovery so I'm not suggesting my way is the right way here. The sense of discovery works for me in BOTW for some reason but in these games I just get bored and I have almost given up on the genre.
I think for me there just needs to be the tools to clearly see where I've been and where I might want to backtrack to.
Re: Switch's NES And SNES Games Will No Longer Be Added Monthly
I think this all boils down to the pessimism of Nintendo and their ability to do “online”. As it is their service value will largely depend on the subjective value of these old games (but at least snes is way better than nes, which I found boring). The service itself is still a dinosaur and way behind in any empirical sense.
It’s very cheap but if you never actually play the old games it would be nice if they actually offered more on the online side.
Re: Splatoon Producer Hasn't Thought About The Future Of The Series Just Yet
I’m confused why people are suggesting this might be the last entry. It’s one of their most popular franchises worldwide.
Always be skeptical of these interview translations and what may have been lost, as well as just how guarded Nintendo is in general.
They will almost certainly start development immediately on the next release at the conclusion of two.
Re: Review: Dragon Quest Builders 2 - Beating Minecraft At Its Own Game
The FPS on docked is a problem. I'm not an FPS obsessed person but it's clearly dipping below 30 quite often (it's the inconsistency that is so noticeable, it's very jumpy in many places). Handheld seems to be fine. We know that the docked performance bump it receives is not equal to doubling so why in the world did they go with 1080p on docked? It would have been just fine to give us 900p or even remove anti-aliasing. Or the option to just stay at 720p as the first one did? Or better than any change the resolution dynamically as seems to be the rage these days.
Regardless, I'm baffled that they have allowed this game to have these performance issues when docked. A couple of sensible choices would likely have addressed this just fine.
Re: Review: Dragon Quest Builders 2 - Beating Minecraft At Its Own Game
I loved the first game, partly because I love DQ1 and thought it was great how it was based on that.
I am disappointed to hear about performance and local co-op. Hasn’t this game been out for some time in jp? If so then wouldn’t this version already be patched with performance improvements?
Re: Switch Lite's Battery Life Will Last 3 - 7 Hours, Depending On What You Play
I’m curious if this is from the processor. If so that probably means they cut costs by having a smaller battery and simplified cooling system (on top of the other stuff, just saying this battery life should be a lot better if it had the same sized battery with a shrunken processor).
Which then makes me wonder when this processor will become available on the standard switch with hopefully enhanced capabilities (remember this will have the hack fix almost for sure so Nintendo will have major incentives to get them in all switches ASAP).
Re: Review: Shakedown: Hawaii - A Promising Game Buried Beneath Tedious Busywork
@Galarian_Lassie that’s a funny video.
Still it is hard to make sense of this when you have played three hours and had a lot of fun. I’m used to sixes being reserved for games that are pretty terrible.
I would have easily thought this game an 8, but that is just me.
You just have to take these scores with a grain of salt.
Re: Review: Shakedown: Hawaii - A Promising Game Buried Beneath Tedious Busywork
@Wolfgabe agreed. I have had a ton of fun with it. Very surprised by this score.
Having picked up several higher rated games and thought they were terrible I will just chalk this up to differences in opinion.
Re: Nintendo Removes Inappropriate Custom Stages From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Jimsbo I never played it but would like to play the second one. That is amazing Nintendo allowed that level of control. That is very trusting of them.
Re: Nintendo Removes Inappropriate Custom Stages From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
@the8thark is someone going to tell him that they aren’t from pewdiepie but fans? While I personally don’t watch him are you comparing that to penises?
Re: Nintendo Removes Inappropriate Custom Stages From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Kids and kids at heart will always do this sort of thing to get a rise. I can see why this action is required but don’t understand some offended reactions we see to this sort of thing.
Re: Rumour: Switch Lite To Retain Docking Ability, Nintendo Still 'Experimenting' With More Powerful Model
There are some really good reasons to have a pro-ish model (or just new switch version). It stands to reason that the light will include a new version did the X1 chip that will be built on a smaller node and have a security fix. This will allow simplified cooling to allow them to reduce the price.
Nintendo would want to push all switches to this since the security hole on the switch is built into the hw and makes it very simple to hack. So making a smaller update to the existing switch totally makes sense. With this new model improving performance is certainly possible if they give it a higher clock speed with some new performance profiles (docked / undocked). We will just have to see. They could also just improve battery life.
Re: Feature: GoldenEye Dev David Doak On Shaking (And Stirring) The FPS Genre On Console
Agree with others. Couch co-op was so much fun because the social aspect. I barely saw arcades when a lot of companies focused on them, but there was something magical about them too.
It would be so easy to dismiss this as simple nostalgia but it is not the games that meant so much but the interaction they created.
Nintendo, for their part, has still valued these experiences but this game, combined with gen x teenagers, was something else.
Re: Pirates Are Already Playing The eShop Version Of Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
@sword_9mm I wouldn’t mind it but they don’t need to. They will never compete on raw specs as long as they have mobile hardware.
The fact that they came out with a faster version of the 3ds should give some hope though.
Re: Pirates Are Already Playing The eShop Version Of Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
Someone commits murder. News outlet reports it.
Why is the news outlet glorifying murder!
Seriously let’s be a little more grown up. Information cannot, or at least should not, hurt you.
Re: Sakurai Battled Through Health Issues With An IV Drip During Smash Ultimate Development
I think people are right to be sympathetic but perhaps don’t understand him. I’m guessing he wouldn’t be very happy taking time off, and is not the kind of person to work normal hours. Some people are passionate about their work and only feel fulfilled when they give it their all. They live to work, not the other way around. For these people the worst thing they can do is retire as they generally don’t last long without that purpose.
I could be wrong but at least consider the possibility that this might be the case...
Re: Activision Admits Recent Layoffs "Could Negatively Impact Business"
How much of this is just what companies do? They present all possible outcomes so they can’t be sued by investors, etc, if it does not work out as predicted?
Re: Chrono Trigger Director Takashi Tokita Is Producing Switch JRPG Oninaki
I played their first game. It was forgettable and made me remember why I often can't get into JRPG's (archaic story and boring battle systems).
This game looks much more ambitious and I hope it pays off.
The 60% finished rings some alarm bells though.
Re: Review: Final Fantasy IX - A Strong Entry In The Classic Series Despite Some Rough Edges
I've been playing it for the first time. I've dipped my foot in many FF entries but the series has always been pretty hit and miss for me (Dragon Quest games have aged much better for me).
My thoughts (FWIW):
Overall have really liked it and can appreciate why people like this game so much. I tried playing VII a couple of years ago and couldn't get into it at all. Been surprised by this one.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Has Plans To Revive A "Dead And Buried" Game
@Heavyarms55 I think they could stick with the same engine, it’s the rest of what is required. Once it is harder than going from 60 to 30 FPS, or lowering the resolution (or dialing back other easily tweaked visuals), I think most companies deem it “infeasible”. The next thing up is having to simplify 3D models and at that point it’s like creating a remaster if a game (a ton of work and money).
Re: Summer In Mara Will Bring Zelda: Wind Waker Vibes To Switch This September
Are they an established team that has produced a crowdfunded game before? If not skepticism is always warranted.
Re: Thea: The Awakening Sold "Noticeably Better" On Switch During Its First Week
On the topic of independent games on the switch: For a while I was buying a lot of independent games, but found too often that I would only play them for an hour and drop them. It really makes me appreciate how much has to go into a game to get the level of polish most/some of us expect.
FWIW, I absolutely did buy a lot because of portability AND the dearth of bigger titles.
If this one really is good maybe I’ll pick it up later this month.
I expect my data point of one person to only be treated as that...
Re: More Than 10 Million Players Attended Fortnite's In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Amazing
@gloom I'm guessing he's more observing this vs going to a real concert, not a knock on gaming in general.
There is no reason to see this as a threat to real concerts, and what they represent. At the same time you could imagine a time when virtual concerts, via fortnite, etc, do replace the real thing for some people.
Re: Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet Won’t Be Released In Europe Or North America
I really don’t care about these games and would never buy one. I do generally like the idea that people can do what they want as long as it doesn’t harm others (like for reals harm, not just offending) so I wish there wasn’t the moral outrage if they they had brought this over.
Also I find myself very turned off by the ones arguing against this game or games like it (especially the listing out of all the virtuous issues they are fighting for).
Is it possible the next counter culture movement will be against the left? I never thought it possible but I never thought in my lifetime that the puritanical force would be from the left and not the right.
Strange times indeed.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About The Metroid Prime 4 Delay?
It was the release I was hoping for most this year. So this stinks.
Good they don't release it if not ready, and the honesty is really nice, but I can't help but feel Nintendo needs to have more development resources. They are fortunate, in a strange way, that Wii U did poorly and so many of us never played it because if we were just going by original Switch games they developed the game output would feel quite a bit more dry (and lets be honest, Nintendo will always depend on first party titles more than Sony or MS). They would probably be wise to buy Platinum games and other studios for example (most likely Japanese).
Re: UK Charts: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Launch Sales 24.8% Higher Than On Wii U, Hits Number One
The problem with a Nintendo fan site like this is so many people know the Wii U well. For many of us, the Switch is the first Nintendo console in some time and we know nothing about the Wii U. So for me personally, Nintendo would be crazy not to release every game they made for Wii U. I honestly didn't know 3d world existed until I saw it mentioned here.
From this perspective charging full price doesn't seem crazy because it never existed before (or, stated another way, it's a brand new game for many people). I wish it was cheaper but it's easy to see why they can do this.
FWIW, I also bought this game. My wife and I play it together and that was one of the main reasons I bought it (I love that Nin values multiple player on the couch games). i will say that it looks outdated in the graphics department and all the "plastic" criticism is warranted, but the gameplay is great.
Re: Japanese Charts: Smash Bros. Ultimate Stays In Top Spot While Switch Maintains Momentum
@Anti-Matter won’t happen. The lower frame rate is simply and reflection of the performance differences. We’ve seen this game after game (doom, etc).
Re: Japanese Charts: Smash Bros. Ultimate Stays In Top Spot While Switch Maintains Momentum
@Kainbrightside it’s just a little annoying. I don’t know why cobalt felt compelled to bring up a story that casts the switch in a bad light.
Coming off the Wii U I think Nintendo fans care a great deal about the market and it makes sense. For a bit there this year it seemed like the switch had lost its momentum, so this seems like good news all around. Japanese developers specifically should feel quite compelled to support the switch for years to come. I am guessing it will be more complicated for western developers still given performance differences, etc.
This year wasn’t my cup of tea with the first party titles but next year looks promising (fire emblem and Metroid, esp).
Re: Nintendo Will Remove Smash Bros. Ultimate's Offensive Depiction Of Native Americans
I wonder who was actually offended. I keep seeing examples of rich who’re people being offended on behalf of other groups. I guess it’s what happens when you have the time.
On the other hand there are non orgs that claim to represent certain groups and they exist to be offended because that is how they shoe their legitimacy.
Painful
Re: Shakedown Hawaii Releasing On Switch And 3DS Early Next Year
It looks so much better than the first in terms of graphics and such. The first was fun so this is welcome. I’m surprised there aren’t more gta 1 & 2 inspired releases. Lord knows we have enough metrovania stuff.
Re: Random: Hollywood Legend John Carpenter Doesn't Think Much Of Nintendo Labo
@Mr_Pepperami Your comments on fatherhood mirror my own. I have so many friends that don't have kids and I don't want to be "that" guy but I just know they are missing out (not in all cases, but in several cases with my friends).
I know where they are coming from as I didn't think I would have kids for a long time but my wife and I changed our minds and our life is 100% more busy but also 200% more meaningful.
Kids are great, just don't over spoil them .
Re: Random: Former American President Barack Obama Doesn't Care About Pokémon, So Go And Vote
Strange article. I personally just hate to see politics and games mix, and same with sports. We really just need our places where you can avoid it given how divisive it has become.
Even a simple article about going to vote will be divisive (I know it’s because who the article is about and people on the right know that they would never see similar report that is not in some way negative about their guy/gal). It’s sad but also true.
Re: Random: This Unreal Version Of GoldenEye 007 Aims To Recreate Rare's Iconic FPS
I think in terms of the video the music stood out the most. A very impressive take on the classic music. I honestly haven’t played this in so long. Does the game even stand the test of time?
Re: UK Charts Reveal That Just 1% Of FIFA 19 Sales Were On Switch, Physical Launch Sales Tumble
Isn’t this exactly what happened last year? But it seemed to do better after some tome and some sales. It’s not the lead platform to buy for a lot of consumers I’m sure.
Re: Golf Story Devs Celebrate One Year Switch Anniversary With Exclusive My Nintendo Gift
Still one of the best games on the switch. I loved the humor.
Re: Souls-Like Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption Battles Its Way To Switch Next Month
Certainly looks impressive. Being an indy I'm immediately skeptical it will run that well but maybe with those veterans in place I will be surprised.
Re: Former Telltale Employee Takes Legal Action Following Mass Layoffs
@gloom yeah this was the kind of absolutist rhetoric I was pushing back on. This situation sucks no doubt but lives are not “destroyed” By most metrics this was hardly a large company where the management is many layers (and locations) removed so there is never any care for workers.
It could absolutely be that this management is one of the worst possible examples of how not to run a games company, but I have seen many counter examples to this as well (mostly outside this industry, but that is because I don’t know a ton of people who chose this industry but do know some)
The gaming industry is a mess though and glad I don’t work in it.
Re: Former Telltale Employee Takes Legal Action Following Mass Layoffs
@gloom why do you say this? Did they somehow screw over their employees? Some leaders are bad but some will do anything to keep the lights on.
Re: Former Telltale Employee Takes Legal Action Following Mass Layoffs
Good luck with this, even in ca I’m guessing this won’t be easy given that this is a company that clearly cannot pay.
Re: Talking Point: What We Love And Hate About The Nintendo Switch Online Smartphone App
Oh Nintendo... words escape me to express my absolute amazement , and disappointment, regarding your online efforts.
I honestly thought they would at least do better this time around.
Re: Fortnite Had A Whopping 78.3 Million Players In August, Largest Numbers Ever Recorded
On a more serious note. That is impressive from an engineering standpoint. They built it to scale.
Re: Fortnite Had A Whopping 78.3 Million Players In August, Largest Numbers Ever Recorded
That's it. I've given up on humanity...
Kidding, ... but seriously...
Re: Ubisoft Officially Reveals Sports Party Exclusively For Switch, Available 30th October
Sucks that this is still the third party support Nintendo gets in a lot of cases. Good for you if you like it but just not appealing at all for me.
Re: Cities: Skylines - A SimCity Successor That Struggles To Shine On Switch
On the direct you could tell it was struggling. I can rarely see bad frame rates but it looked bad enough to notice. The developers themselves on eurogamer said that it dropped to the twenties so stop trying to apologize for it. It just doesn’t run well which is a shame. I’m sure optimizing a game like this is hard given that it adds a lot of complexity to render later but still a shame.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 6.0.0 Is Now Live
I’m surprised how excited people are. It feels mostly the same as before, you just pay for online. I’ll give them credit on the nes app, it runs nicely and has a good interface (I don’t think I will play it much as I just am not into nes games)
I don’t think this does anything for Nintendo’s online reputation.
If you like it then good.