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Generally expecting a little more horsepower. Wish all games got an auto boost. There isn’t a use case for buying something on Switch 2 vs PS5 except portability. And not enough first-party games to make it a justifiable standalone buy. Saying that, I am loving TOTK and Grand Bazaar. Cyberpunk I thought I’d cloud save and playthrough the DLC on Switch exclusively but it’s just not there as an experience vs PS5. Let’s see what the next 6 months bring, so probably a 7.5-8/10 for me.

If it was 60fps handheld, I’d bite.

@croz definitely not more of the same. The graphical improvements are pretty. But the battery life is woeful.

@AllBLK yeah the battery life is terrible. Played for 40 mins, 40% battery gone

Serious question; have any of the editorial staff played through Pillars of Eternity on Switch? If so, it would not be on this list. It is unplayable. And not in a twee, ‘oh the frame rate is bugged’ way, it is literally a broken mess where you can’t even play it after a certain amount of time.

It’s an embarrassment and I entered a lengthy email exchange with the publisher Versus Evil and they could not care less. Please do not promote this shameful port.

Just picked up Palworld. It’s a brilliant game. It reminds me of a far more polished Arceus. But different enough that hasn’t ever made me think I should play either/or. Hope Palworld can continue to exist and iterate.

@JohnnyMind not really, it’s because I noticed it every single week, and felt sorry that you feel the need to justify yourself to the internet: you don’t, but you do you. Whatever makes you happy.

@JohnnyMind notice every week you mention whether you’re seeing your friends or not. Nothing but love brother, but we don’t mind if you’re seeing your friends or not. Your list is always comprehensive and engaging, you don’t have to feel the need to let us internet strangers know if you’re hanging with buds or not. Your list is enough — and we appreciate you for that.

@greengecko007 no idea what you’re talking about. JRPG isn’t niche. Hasn’t been for decades. Just because it doesn’t appeal to the COD crowd. Are FPS now niche too? You can’t be more wrong and still profess you’re right.

@greengecko007 what are you talking about? It sold 6 million copies. That’s huge. Three times more than Tales of Arise. Dragon Quest is not niche. I don’t think niche means what you think it means.

@greengecko007 how is Dragon Quest niche? It’s internationally recognised and gigantic in Japan. To the point there was a meme of DQ day. Where the work force would take days off new release days to a massive extent.

Unless you mean the Treasures franchise; in which case; still not niche. It’s the first of its kind.

Played 10 hours now, AMA! My opinion; this game and the way it goes about exploration reminds a little of Atelier Ryza, gather things in any order, bring them back, level up. It’s chill but you can go anywhere until you enemies become too high level, then just go to another area. There are dozens of mechanics at play, monster recruiting, treasure hunting, side quests, daily quests, railway quests. I’ll agree with the review that said over whelming but in a great way. The question is more; right what do I want to do now? Then, it’s crippling. So far; it’s a 9/10 for me - and I’ve played builders 2, heroes 2, DQ11, 8, 5 just FYI.

@Plattym3 that makes me cautious. Doesn’t feel 8/10 to me. I’ve actually pre ordered because I’ve loved every spin off; I hated Warriors type games, until Dragon Quest Heroes 2 showed me they can be action RPGs. Builders? I put 60 hours into it and loved it. So I had faith this would do the same.

Oh and DQ11? 200 hours plus. Best game of all time.

@Plattym3 thanks! Bigger question, is that fun?

Thanks for the review but the one thing I can’t see is what do you actually do with the treasure? Does it provide items? Or do you just get money, what do you do with that money? Feels like that’s what I’m hinging me buying this on.

Hot take, about 15 hours in and performance issues are there — but in my opinion, they’re no where near as bad as SMTV, which I had to drop due to being glitchy as all heck.

Not trying to defend Pokemon here, but there’s been worse in recent times.

@G-Boy sounds good! Think I’m down for that.

Question for those who have played it - is this totally old-school, no sign-posting or hand-holding or more linear?

Was looking for reviews of this game on Switch and came across this comment thread. My word, how depressing. Climate change ISN’T political. And if you think it is, you’re part of the problem. Climate change may have been a topic of debate in political parties but that doesn’t make it a political matter. Believe it or not, it’s a scientific matter - and there’s no amount of words the tango-coloured former US President can say to change that. Yikes, we all need a good shake.

@HeeHo course you do. Just another internet noise-maker with nothing valuable to contribute.

@HeeHo yep, you guessed it - editor of major news sites for around two decades now. You’re not the first random person on the internet who doesn’t know the trade, or understand what qualifies for news - and certainly won’t be the last. But don’t claim you understand what is and isn’t news the same way I wouldn’t claim to a carpenter what is and isn’t decent woodwork. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

@HeeHo ah yes, spoken like someone who knows nothing about news, or the industry. This is news, a follow up to an article that likely had tens of thousands of clicks, showing people are interested. Please don’t talk about things you know little about - that’s peak internet.

@HeeHo what? It’s news. There’s a duty to report it - this is a video games news site. Your comments are like going on to Sky News and blasting them for reporting on anything negative. I, personally, am interested in the leaks and what’s been going on, and people finishing the game. This is the nature of video games news, it’s not all rainbows and butterflies.

@IronMan30 this site is infamous for calling out performance? I am 100 per cent thankful that stuff gets called out. Does it change my opinion, no, but there are some games that have been truly terrible on the Switch, so it’s important to keep that as a metric for success.

@Fudge_Fujiyama I can assure you, I am certainly not offended. There’s just a whole load of people slamming this game without even playing it. I, too, was on the fence and had never played nor seen anything like it but for £20 (not a premium price, considering most games are £50-60 even £70 for PS5) I figured it’s worth a shot. Right now, it’s sitting as one of the top 5 games of the year for me.

@Fudge_Fujiyama have you played it? One of the most addicting experiences of the past 10 years.

Put 30 hours into this, took a bit of a gamble but it really is a gem. Majority of those who bash it either haven’t played or haven’t got far enough through.