Getting asked about a few things so I'll just stick a comment up here. There's NG+ once you've beaten the game and you'll also unlock the ability to lower your party's levels, level down, in order to make battles more difficult and gain more XP.
@Mgalens Honestly, beyond some loading issues here and there and some dynamic resolution kicking in here and there, i think you'll be quite impressed overall.
A few folk asking so I'll throw up a general comment, you do not need to have played 1 and 2 to enjoy this one. Everything is explained where necessary and it's very much its own thing overall. So dive in!
@TechEagle Much cleaner image in docked and handheld. The res defo dips down in wide open spaces in handheld, but it's night and day, as far as I can judge it, over the image quality of 2. Not perfect but better. Docked is very smooth though, I didn't notice any problems there.
@Reyren You're not gonna be lost at all, you can still fully follow the story, but I guess you'll appreciate some things it does more if you have played TH. I would say if you really enjoyed Calamity you'll really enjoy this though, I wouldn't let not having played TH put you off.
@tgt There are text speed settings, a fast forward function and auto-scroll that moves the text along without you needing to press anything. None of the other options you've mentioned, unfortunately.
@somnambulance I spent 50 with it because I was being extremely thorough for review, but I think you could definitely get through the campaign in about 40. The there are different endings to go back for!
@RGB87 The prologue is the slowest part in this regard. Once the heat gets cranked up there's lots of action, the final 3rd has a load of great big fights to enjoy.
@Cynas Agreed! That's a lovely little touch. The game is just excellent overall with how it handles information, there's tons of content in your war chronicles that covers everything you need to know, and in battles they've done everything they can to make situations easy to read. It's so good!
@the8thark I've played all of the Empire games and I actually mentioned in the review that I understand compromises need to be made for musou action to run on Switch. I don't know what else to tell you.
I don't understand the "it was janky back in the day so this is fine, it's the same as it ever was" argument. They are charging people fifty quid, FIFTY QUID, for a product touted as a "definitive edition" that introduces a bunch of new issues to games that are almost 20yrs old. It's hilarious.
@IronMan30 What did I say that was antagonising? I just responded. The port is awful, it's all over the internet that it's awful. I just wanted you to know my heart didn't come into it. Cheers! No antagonism intended.
@KillerBOB Was waiting for this as I've seen your comments already on other GTA Trilogy articles recently. Have you played this release is my first question? Because I can tell you right now, as someone who bought and played all of these games on their original release days, and many, many time since, that they were 100% not like this. Cheers.
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Re: Bonus Music Available In Kirby's Dream Buffet For Players Of Past Switch Games
@Snatcher It's got 135 Gourmet levels. I'm assuming you get stuff for each one yeah.
Re: Bonus Music Available In Kirby's Dream Buffet For Players Of Past Switch Games
@hawkylr 135 levels of stuff to unlock, costumes, music, color changes.
Re: Review: Kirby's Dream Buffet - A Delicious Spread To Put You In The Party Mood
@Would_you_kindly Or maybe because different reviewers?
Re: Review: Kirby's Dream Buffet - A Delicious Spread To Put You In The Party Mood
@AlexanderDaniels Nice!
Re: Review: Kirby's Dream Buffet - A Delicious Spread To Put You In The Party Mood
@larryisaman There's two player split screen
Re: Review: Thymesia - Cloud Version - A Soulslike That Shows Some Promise, Just Not On Switch
@IronMan30 No worries at all! It's a shame it turned out so bad for Switch.
Re: Review: Thymesia - Cloud Version - A Soulslike That Shows Some Promise, Just Not On Switch
@IronMan30 I wrote both of the reviews.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Chain Attacks Guide
@Ooyah No worries. Yeah, you'll not be able to get past 99% if you use a healer attack - unless it's a hero who can ignore the rule.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Chain Attacks Guide
@D_Honch There's a warning at the top, but regardless the screens have now been changed just to make doubly sure.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 3: All Unique Monster Locations - Cadensia Region
@zaka No! Go for it.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Randomarcadedude Enjoy the game dude!
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@rex_rex Sorry I didn't mention the soundtrack! Hard to fit everything in, but it's fantastic.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@RennanNT And you can level down once you've beaten the game too!
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@RennanNT NG+ unlocks after you've beaten the game for the first time.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
Getting asked about a few things so I'll just stick a comment up here. There's NG+ once you've beaten the game and you'll also unlock the ability to lower your party's levels, level down, in order to make battles more difficult and gain more XP.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Mgalens Honestly, beyond some loading issues here and there and some dynamic resolution kicking in here and there, i think you'll be quite impressed overall.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Randomarcadedude Defo worth playing the others just because they're so damn good.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Indielink I've played 150hrs so far if that helps!
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Ralizah you're good to go!
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
@Reyren You don't need to have played the others at all!
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
A few folk asking so I'll throw up a general comment, you do not need to have played 1 and 2 to enjoy this one. Everything is explained where necessary and it's very much its own thing overall. So dive in!
Re: Hands On: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is A Heck Of An Emotional Ride So Far
@TechEagle Much cleaner image in docked and handheld. The res defo dips down in wide open spaces in handheld, but it's night and day, as far as I can judge it, over the image quality of 2. Not perfect but better. Docked is very smooth though, I didn't notice any problems there.
Re: Hands On: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is A Heck Of An Emotional Ride So Far
@TechEagle For the most part it does, yes.
Re: Hands On: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is A Heck Of An Emotional Ride So Far
@Glrd Handheld has been perfect so far, picture clarity is also much sharper than 2, it's just a more technically impressive game all around.
Re: Hands On: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is A Heck Of An Emotional Ride So Far
@abbyhitter segmented
Re: Review: Shadowrun Trilogy - A Fantastic Trio Utterly Let Down By Shoddy Ports
@BeautyandtheBeer The Series X version is much, much better than this, but it does still have bugs, freezing issues and so on. A shame.
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Musou Magic That Ranks Among The Best
@Reyren You're not gonna be lost at all, you can still fully follow the story, but I guess you'll appreciate some things it does more if you have played TH. I would say if you really enjoyed Calamity you'll really enjoy this though, I wouldn't let not having played TH put you off.
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Musou Magic That Ranks Among The Best
@happydeathman Exactly what it is yeah!
Re: Review: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Musou Magic That Ranks Among The Best
@Sensible Hahaha.
Re: Hands On: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Is Shaping Up To Be A Belter
@Roz1281 Haha. Yes, early hours.
Re: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Cheat Codes - Character And Vehicle Unlock Codes Full List
Cheers for the updates, folks, they've all been added to our list!
Re: Review: Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - A Triumphant Return To A Galaxy Far, Far Away
@brunojenso Minimal blur in handheld, it's surprisingly crisp looking for the vast majority of the time.
Re: Review: Triangle Strategy - Square Enix Plots A Total Tactical Triumph
@tgt There are text speed settings, a fast forward function and auto-scroll that moves the text along without you needing to press anything. None of the other options you've mentioned, unfortunately.
Re: Review: Triangle Strategy - Square Enix Plots A Total Tactical Triumph
@somnambulance I spent 50 with it because I was being extremely thorough for review, but I think you could definitely get through the campaign in about 40. The there are different endings to go back for!
Re: Review: Triangle Strategy - Square Enix Plots A Total Tactical Triumph
@RGB87 The prologue is the slowest part in this regard. Once the heat gets cranked up there's lots of action, the final 3rd has a load of great big fights to enjoy.
Re: Review: Triangle Strategy - Square Enix Plots A Total Tactical Triumph
@Cynas Agreed! That's a lovely little touch. The game is just excellent overall with how it handles information, there's tons of content in your war chronicles that covers everything you need to know, and in battles they've done everything they can to make situations easy to read. It's so good!
Re: Review: Triangle Strategy - Square Enix Plots A Total Tactical Triumph
@Cynas And you can always switch to subs and Japanese voices!
Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires - A Disappointing, Dialled-Back Downgrade
@the8thark I've played all of the Empire games and I actually mentioned in the review that I understand compromises need to be made for musou action to run on Switch. I don't know what else to tell you.
Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires - A Disappointing, Dialled-Back Downgrade
@XenoShaun Haven't tried with day one patch yet, but I'll give it a whirl and add an update if it's improved the situation.
Re: Hands On: Triangle Strategy Delivers Deep Turn-Based Combat To Match Its Incredible Art
@Zimon It's definitely shaping up really nicely.
Re: Review: Windjammers 2 - Sweaty, Strategic, And Better Than The Near Perfect Original
@jarvismp Good stuff! Seems like we had pretty similar thoughts on it.
Re: Review: Windjammers 2 - Sweaty, Strategic, And Better Than The Near Perfect Original
@jarvismp I'll have to check out your review, mate!
Re: Eternal Radiance Finally Shines On Switch eShop This Week
@Xellen I'm a big fan of most of them!
Re: GTA Trilogy Dev Responds To Fan Frustrations, Says Updates Are Already In The Works
I don't understand the "it was janky back in the day so this is fine, it's the same as it ever was" argument. They are charging people fifty quid, FIFTY QUID, for a product touted as a "definitive edition" that introduces a bunch of new issues to games that are almost 20yrs old. It's hilarious.
Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package
@IronMan30 What did I say that was antagonising? I just responded. The port is awful, it's all over the internet that it's awful. I just wanted you to know my heart didn't come into it. Cheers! No antagonism intended.
Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package
@IronMan30 I played it and reviewed exactly what I found. My heart didn't come into it. Cheers.
Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package
@KillerBOB Was waiting for this as I've seen your comments already on other GTA Trilogy articles recently. Have you played this release is my first question? Because I can tell you right now, as someone who bought and played all of these games on their original release days, and many, many time since, that they were 100% not like this. Cheers.
Re: Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cloud Version - A Disastrous Way To Play A Great Game
@BabyNotYoda You are welcome, and thank you, Baby Not Yoda.
Re: Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cloud Version - A Disastrous Way To Play A Great Game
@CovidBarbie You seem nice.
Re: Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cloud Version - A Disastrous Way To Play A Great Game
@blockfight The review explicitly says your experience may be different to mine. I can only review the experience I had.