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It was my GOTY for 2023, and I'd be curious to see how they make this one run on Switch 2, it's very demanding on the rendering side in particular.

Pokemon Z-A has almost sold as many copies across both systems as MKW has on Switch 2, which is good to see.

Nightdive Studios' quality seems to have taken a, ahem, dive recently

> but for now, you'll be better off playing it on another platform

Getting flashbacks now. Surely this is not a trend, right? ... right?

@OctolingKing13 Most of the world is in a recession of varying degrees, and inflation and cost of living is ever growing. No amount of promotions can make people spend money they don't have on something they don't need.

@Anachronism I’m so disappointed in the visuals in Fast Fusion. The previous game looks better in motion most of the time, whereas Fusion only really looks good in still shots

I'm not buying third-party games for Switch 2 anymore, so from a first and second-party perspective, this is slim stuff. I am looking forward to Pokopia, so that's one game. Yoshi is hard "maybe"; it looks like it might be aimed at very young players in a negative way, but will wait and see. Splatoon Raiders might be good, but Splatoon is a "fool me thrice" kind of series at this point so it will have to be something special for me to want to play it, as I'm so sick of the half-assed campaigns and gameplay that was old two iterations ago at this point.

@Yosher The events are pre-planned and run automatically, don't need a team to "maintain" them.

As an indie developer that self-publishes and has a budget of, well, whatever I can scrounge up from my full-time job, what do I call me and my team of three — an artist, a musician and me the programmer/designer? If a game with a $10m budget and Kepler as the publisher is "best debut indie game", I guess we're not even indie...

This is not to disrespect what they managed to release with such a "low" budget given today's development costs for "blockbuster-ish" 3D games, but man, it's a bit dispiriting. Because this sets the expectation for indie to that kind of level of budget and manpower. And most real self-published independent studios don't even have a hundredth of that budget and consist of a few people at best.

Sorry to be that guy, but:

> while objects off in the far distance have reduced anti-aliasing

Should be "have reduced aliasing"; anti-aliasing is the method to reduce aliasing, after all, and I presume the objects have less of it due to DLSS

@carlos82 Doesn't excuse that they've added severe input lag over the Switch 1 version. I wouldn't mind 30 fps but increased fidelity, but the input lag makes the Switch 2 version unplayable.

@ButterySmooth30FPS 30 would be fine if this version didn't add severe input lag. It's awful.

@Olrun Very much so. And it wasn’t there on Switch 1, I just compared side by side.

@Res462 It just broke mods, but that's to be expected.

This actually adds severe input latency where the original Switch 1 version doesn't have it. I just double checked, testing them side by side. Switch 2 version is objectively broken on this front and awful to play.

Not only is it 30fps, it's got even more input lag than the Switch 1 version. I don't understand how they ***** up this bad.

It's locked 30fps with a lot of input lag...

I'll go back to playing the anniversary edition on Steam Deck then, where I run it at 60fps locked with no input lag and I can mod it freely.

I appreciate it's free but man, this is disappointing on Switch 2.

For free? I know a lot of people give them ***** but as a player of Bethesda's games, they treat me better than most. Love to see this, gonna download this update ASAP.

@Polvasti I bought Switch 2 for exclusives, or at least games made specifically for its strengths rather than “miracle ports” of games that look like a blurry upscaled mess. I understand if this is your only platform that it’s better than nothing, but it objectively is the worst platform to play the game on — I tried it, using a friend’s copy.

There’s nothing exciting about a new platform playing old games that look the worst of all alternatives.

@Polvasti Problem is I’d argue Cyberpunk isn’t really fit for Switch 2 either. I already played through it years ago on pc and series s, and the state it’s in on Switch 2 is barely functional. Call it a miracle port all you want but it looks and runs like *****

The fact that they look almost identical bar minor performance differences is yet another example of how I'm still waiting for something to release on Switch 2 that makes me think "this could not be done on Switch 1".

I do appreciate a first-party focus on performance and visual clarity. I don't want the blurry, upscaled mess so many third-party games put out just to get some fancy features that don't add much. But I also wish this console would get games that justify the "2" in the name.

Guild Wars Reforged on Steam Deck. Absolute joy to play this MMO in handheld with the small but very welcome QoL updates to the UI and input system.

I still can't justify having bought it, and I can't recommend it to most people either. Its best games are on Switch 1 and run fine on that

Japan really doesn't like Age of Imprisonment it seems. That it's sold half of Kirby Air Riders is surprising.

@jetsetradion Even major first-party Nintendo games like Mario Kart World launch in a practically unfinished state; look at the amount of substantial patches it's received since launch. We're definitely not living in a reality anymore where buying a physical game makes that much sense other than for collecting.

I didn't enjoy the demo personally, so will pass on this one. The art style is awful and the writing poor. I'm glad they rescued the game from its mobile origins, at least.

Why does this read like the patch notes to an early access game? This game costs more than any other game over here, bundle aside.

Didn't like Prime 1 so won't get this either, particularly with the reviews I'm seeing, like Eurogamer's. But I hope it's actually great for those that do.

@AlonditeFE Well my point is more that even though the pre-release narrative was typical "journalist" clickbait even back with DD, reviews being critical about its story weren't wrong. And given it did release so close to Skyrim, the comparison of a competing eastern open-world fantasy RPG and its story weren't unfair. And Skyrim's story, for all of its own flaws, is really good by comparison.

What I'm trying to say is that I agree, journalists focus on the negatives for clicks. It does to a degree impact public opinion and their own reviews. But for DD, a game I personally adore, the reviews seem fair. It's a flawed gem. Some of the best games are exactly that, because they dare to sacrifice mass appeal and show rough edges to push a singular vision through regardless.

I don't get the impression the above is true for MP4, but I'm also not going to claim I would know for a game I haven't and won't play myself.

@AlonditeFE I absolutely would rate DD:DA as a 7/10. For me personally it’s one of my all time favourites but whenever I consider recommending it to people, I take into consideration their preferences. It’s not a mass appeal game. BotW I can recommend to anyone, but DD comes with many caveats

@AlonditeFE DD:DA is one of my favourite games, but its story is genuinely bad, rushed, and poorly written. I play and love it for the gameplay, and that’s what made it a cult classic, not the writing

Let’s hope they made a good game then. The demo was not for me though, that’s for sure

«One of»

How many? There’s only 3 exclusives so far, none that really push it. That bar is not high, to be honest.

Just give me a small performance update. 1080p as the target res on Switch 2 would probably be good honestly.

@gazamataz They're the customer. It's Nintendo's job to convince them with their pre-release marketing that this game is worth paying for. It's not the customer's job to swallow whatever Nintendo serves them just because Nintendo spent a ridiculous amount of money making it. Obviously if they were Nintendo they'd want to convince you to buy their game, d'oh.

Are you Nintendo? Are you on their payroll? If not, what are you doing?

@jfp Do I? Check my comment history, you're objectively wrong. That said, it's entirely off-topic. If you can't engage with my arguments and instead resort to thinly veiled personal attacks, I'm not wasting my time on responding to you. You're being rude.

@beltmenot I'm engaging in discourse, not "picking fights". There is no name calling involved here. You're the one that might need to chill out.

@JohnnyMind You're strawmanning people's complaints. People are complaining about the characters being in the game, and obviously being important to the story. But instead you decide to argue against arguments nobody made.

The voice preview for Armstrong is even more Marvel-slop than McKenzee somehow, oh lord…

@8bit-Man So my memory was correct then. Thank you

@poyo_pie Ok fine, technically I guess it isn't a spin-off. Which is a shame, if this is any indication of what's to come. Main-line Metroid to me are the 2D games, like Dread, that was my point.

I don't like the first-person gameplay in the Prime series, so I wasn't planning on getting this anyway, but man, this tonal shift definitely puts a nail in the coffin for me. The atmosphere was the one thing I really did like in Prime 1, but I haven't played the others, so while this might just be "more of the same" for those that did, to me it denotes another reason why this spin-off series isn't for me.

Is the English voice over synthetic? I swear it sounds really off and is awful to listen to. Either it's machine generated or the person reading it phoned it in to such a high degree that it comes off as lifeless.

@Ashunera84 To see how it actually plays for yourself. Sure it's not as good as a demo you can play, but it's often more useful than reviews.

@GravyThief Compare the angle your thumb is at for B and A on a joy con or pro controller vs on real GB hardware and it makes perfect sense

PvPvE is an instant pass, multiplayer was the worst part of any of their previous games. Just give me a barebones Bloodborne port instead, or really anything else that's not PvP focused

I've played a borrowed copy for a while. I think it's fun as a couch party game, and Road Trip is pretty good, but it's also very expensive for what it is. I'd say a 6/10 for me. Pretty good, but not amazing and gets very repetitive quickly.

If I were thirty years younger sure.

Good games sell well, easy as.

@the_beaver Blue Prince is a truly unique gaming experience, and an excellent example of what indie games can do creatively speaking. I think it absolutely deserves it.

Bananza makes me feel completely out of touch with the mainstream. The game is awful. It’s the worst Nintendo game I’ve ever played, seemingly designed to give people ADHD. I truly don’t understand this hobby at times.

Allowing legendaries in this last season completely ruined the fun. I’ve moved on despite enjoying the first season for a while, but there’s way too little variation in arenas and mechanics involved.