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I'm so happy Silksong is getting forgotten and most people see the game for what it is : a deeply flawed 7/10 game that makes zero interesting game design decision in its entire 40 hours runtime and overall, a vastly inferior game compared to the first.

Woah, it's a way better update than it seems on the patch note. There's quite a lot of change here, that's really nice !

@somnambulance If you want to give the game one last try, I would advice you to watch some tutorials on youtube about the best machines for beginners. The controls felt weird until I found a rider+machine combo I really like (Meta Knight + jet star). The game now feels extremely fun and once you get in your "zone", you just feel like a F1 driver lmao

I must admit, they look pretty darn good. But never had any amiibo, and those cost a lot of money, and well, they are still just pieces of plastic that will gather up some dust.

Kirby Air Riders : played mostly Air Ride courses, I almost unlocked them all. Played quite a lot of Free Ride, I'm loving this little story mode, frankly Mario Kart World would have been better with something like it (and the ability to choose 3 laps courses only)

Persona 3 : Reload : my personas are around lvl25, so I'm not that far into the game, but I really like it so far. I wish we could also get a Switch 2's version of Persona 5 R

The gamecube inspired one is incredible, I want it so much

I'm loving this game so far. It's a little bit chaotic, but I can definitely see it will get less and less when I eventually improve.

Great stuff.

Did not buy it (yet), but it seems like an incredibly well polished title, with beautiful cutscenes and loooooooots of content.

Glad it's doing well !

@OwenGamer22 Silksong sold 6 millions. Any game franchise that sell this much can except to have the same effect if they don't allow preorders.

@OwenGamer22 Because they did not allow preorders.

Bananza is getting my vote. When their website stops crashing.

Plus : wouldn't it be more appropriate to ask in the poll "who do you want to see win ?", rather than "who do you think is gonna win ?"

We all know E33 is gonna win.

It looks way better than I imagined.

Maybe not everything is lost and it will actually be great ?

Echoes of Wisdom is a better game than Link's awakening. Like, seriously, even on Switch, the game has aged pretty badly.

Persona 3 Reload ! I have a blast with the game, the atmosphere is great, even though I still prefer Persona 5's.

Placing Awakening so high on the list and Three Houses so low is definitely a choice. Some would arguee Three Houses do not have interesting gameplay. Fair enough, most of the maps are simple, even though the DLC helped greatly.

However, Awakening is even worst in that front, all strategic component are reduced to ashe thanks to the pair ability, which makes any unit into a freaking monster. And contrary to Three Houses, it does not have interesting characters, lore or story, and its replay value is significantely lower too.

One of the best J-RPG I ever played, I recommand it to everyone that never touched it.

Did not touch the Switch 2 version, but I have great memories of this game, mainly the combat system which is deeply strategic, each boss forcing you to experiment and change your team composition to overcome it.

The ending is not the greatest, but the rest makes up for it completely.

@Dr_Awkward Well... did you publish any game so you can finally openly criticize video games in general... ? Did you wait to manufacture your own car before you can form a judgment on the ones you bought ? Did you wait to build your own house before you could say if the ones you can visit are great or not ?

And yes, 7 years in isolation, without any feedback from anyone, leads you to some sort of bubble where you are more and more distant from your original fanbase.

And that's a game I will never touch again after finishing it (unlike the first Hollow Knight). It was such a chore, it felt just like work at the end of act 3.

If Hollow Knight was Dark souls 1, this game definitely feels like Dark Souls 2, i.e. a game where the developers did not understand what made the first game great and added extra BS just for the sake of making things more difficult (more enemies at the same time, more damages taken from enemies, convoluted progression system...).

It's one of those games where it makes zero difference if it's """"fully"""" on card or not, as the game has already like 20 DLC released. I would have prefered Persona 3 to be fully on card.

How exciting, a future where every human is replaced by AI.

Please buy Rare. Please buy Rare. Please buy Rare.

Well I did not except it.

That's a really cool feature !

I wanted to get back into the game, this will be a great reason to start a new island on Switch 2 !

Annnnnnnnd I don't want anything Microsoft related on my Switch 2.

I don't hate DLCs, as long as it's not cut content, but I really respect Sakurai's decision of not making any if he thinks he has already put everything he wanted.

Outstanding. I trust Sakurai when he says he, and his team, put everything they had in this game. It shows.

Love the small jab at 90% of the gaming industry : "I put everything I wanted from the start. The game is complete."

Sakurai is really the man. Can't wait for more infos !

So stocked to play it tomorrow !

There's 100% sure a Switch 2 version coming

Can't wait to play it !

What an incredible port honestly.

@theconstellationiris Or miles better, like Cyberpunk and SW Outlaws that are barely playable on Steam Deck, but look really good on Switch 2.

I can't wait to not play it !

Switch 2 is an incredible gaming hardware, it deserves to win. Bananza is my personal GOTY but I doubt it will win, some game gathered up way more hype.

No idea why this game could not run on Switch 1. It honestly looks barely better than P5.

Atlus is not the best when it comes to optimization

The funniest thing I've seen about Silksong is the Joseph Anderson stream's compilation about it.

"ARI, WAKE UP, I HAVE A NEW TRAP IDEA"
"Oh my god, we really hate our player, 3 more years of development !"

Silksong : breath
Everyone : OH MY GOD BEST GAME EVER

A lot of people are reacting to this game like it's their first videogame ever. Oh my god, Hornet makes sounds when she moves ? There is HD rumbles ? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing ? You can JUMP ? Woaaaaaaaah.

I have no idea what sets apart Silksong's sound design from other games. I'm pretty sure no one knows either, but the hype is just really strong with this one uh.

An incredible game, and one hell of a port on Switch 2.

Unfortunately, I wont get it, as I'm too scared to play this type of game. Heck, I was too scared to play Metroid Dread (played 20 minutes of it, was too scared, gave up). But I applaud Capcom for porting 2 recent Resident evil games, and release this new entry day one on Switch 2 ! I hope every major publisher does this in the future.

@Glitchling78 You are no true soul. Go back crawling in Gross Moto with the likes of you, pilgrim, you are not worthy of the citadel... !

Just kidding, but the Hollow Knight's community almost speak like the pilgrims in this game when you criticize the difficulty. Good for you you can ease up the pain and have fun !

I'm getting incredibly tired with this game and the whole discussion around it.

It's a good game. It's a great product. That's it. Not gonna change the industry.

Truth is, people praise this game because of its content-price ratio, and that alone. Not because it presents interesting game design elements. And it does not. It's a classic metroidvania, with ton of contents. Most of its boss are just huge HP tanks, or swarm of enemies, or both at the same time. Most of the areas present a simple gimmick, quite often "how to make our player annoyed". Three consecutive poison swamps areas. Really... original. Most of the quests are MMORPG inspired, like "ohhhhhh, how about you give this to Bernie, at the other side of the map, uh ?", or "collect 15 burnt flesh, ohhhh, exciting, what a fresh idea !".

Buuuuut it's 20 bucks so people feel good about their purchase, and feel like their money was well spent, and that somehow they are fighting "greedy corporations", as if none of us had already a massive backlog of games to play, more than enough until the end of times. Quantity really is the most important thing in this industry uh...

Sugimori has a point though. Physical carts wont hold forever either. We already see NES and N64 cartridges not function anymore, because the components inside are starting to deteriorate

Damn it Square Enix, why ? There is like no valid reason to not give the option to people, except to make them pay twice

@The_Nintendo_Pedant It's not costing them that much money to do them. It's a marketing strategy that has massive benefits, and it gets fans excited before release.

Silksong. I still have to 100% it. It's a great game, but some aspects (how much HPs boss generally have, which make their fights long and tedious) are definitely making the experience worse, for no other reason than, in my humble opinion, artificially increase the game length. But that's only my 2 cents.

Donkey Kong Bananza for the new DLC announced ! I'm not sure it's worth the price tbh, but it's a great nostalgia trip, and it's always fun to smash stuff

The anti Team Cherry lmao. Sakurai really is the man. Frequent little updates on Nintendo Today. Two freaking Nintendo Direct, in the span of a few months

Let's see what he has in store !!

I found it excellent, but I'm extremely biased, as I really wanted a new Fire Emblem game, and guess what hehehe

Plus, a DLC for DK, which makes me really happy, I wanted more and more for this game, and it's really fun this far ! DK's island is such a nostalgia trip !

Metroid Prime 4 finally got a release date, we can finally countdown the days !

And Kirby Air Riders is gonna have a new direct lmao, I laughed a little bit when I heard it, oh Sakurai never change

My newly most anticipated game for Switch 2 (sorry Metroid Prime 4 !).

Three Houses is easily in my top 3 games on the original Switch and this one seems to be a direct follow-up (in some way).

I can't wait !!