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Re: Review: Astral Chain - Platinum's Best Game Ever? You'd Better Believe It

Palico_extremeru

@Trajan Exactly! If you want the Witcher, play it as it's meant to be played. The collosal downgrade, in my opinion, takes the intended feel away from the game. Don't get me wrong I LOVED the f&$# out of the Witcher 3 on PS4 ( over 120 hrs ) but I don't want it on switch. Nintendo has always had a different feel for me, I have been using Nintendo consoles for over 30 years, because you always new what to expect. But now, people are trying too hard to squeeze their games onto the switch, because it's the new hotness. Instead, it's making the eShop a hot mess of crap ports. Why aren't the good last gen Nintendo games being ported, smt4 and apocalypse, Tokyo mirage, Xenoblade X and the first game, the wonderful 101, monster Hunter stories, ever Oasis, etrian odyssey, these would run flawlessly on switch, and they would still be relevant. Instead we get fuzzed out ports of AAA that run no where near what they were intended to. It takes the soul out of a game. I loved the fire emblem games dearly on 3ds. They ran perfect. Three houses, ( bought yesterday at $84 after gold coins ) honestly looks and runs bad portably. I almost regret buying it, because it feels rushed. Even though it's freaking Fire Emblem. But it's charming as hell and might get improved over time. I'm still sitting on dozens of "good game" ports that were released in unacceptable forms and the devs have publically stated they have no intention of fixing. ( Ark and mutant year zero ). Plus Nintendo having the worst refund policy ever. Goes back to my comment about misleading eShop screenshots. Not everyone is able to watch HD gameplay vids that display a perfect 720-1080p image.

Re: Review: Astral Chain - Platinum's Best Game Ever? You'd Better Believe It

Palico_extremeru

@Trajan ok, so by that logic its marked up to a sale price $300 more. The PS4 costs $380-something to manufacture and sells for $399. And it runs stuff quite well for the most part. I think Nintendo is slipping a bit with the switch. I mean I freaking love my switch. Favourite console of all time, so far. Tons of great games. Tons of crap games too ( we shall not speak of a certain child who's best friend is a Rastafarian troll lol ) but people need to let Nintendo know we need that old Ninty style of Quality control we haven't seen since the 3ds backwards. The Wii u was a huge failure and a prime example of false advertising as far as functionality and marketing. The few AAA titles I bought were worth it and ran great. Now heres the more powerful switch, and it can barely handle the majority of 3rd party titles. I'm worried it's just going to become a quick and extra source of income for devs, who just don't want to put in the extra effort to have there games run well, as Platinum games evidentially have.

Re: Review: Astral Chain - Platinum's Best Game Ever? You'd Better Believe It

Palico_extremeru

@Trajan but see the reality of it is, it really is a $500 console. As a father of 2, and having some pretty heavy disabilities, I had to work my ass off, just to be able to afford the switch.
Now, I came from the new 3ds xl and vita, which were both $200 of which I owned nearly all first and third party titles for. Almost every game released that I bought, ran EXACTLY as advertised and expected. The $40-60 price ranges for the games seemed very easy to digest as I got countless hours of enjoyment out of them.
The switch is getting TONS of $90 games, which are more often than not, running like 2 week old dog ass, when running handheld. The switch is staggeringly more powerful than a 3ds or vita, and I feel we are being misled, especially by the eShop. Devs and publishers almost never post screenshots of handheld footage, just docked, touched up or from other platforms. I can give several examples of this horrid practice.
I use my switch handheld 100% of the time, and just feel there needs to be higher expectations of $90 first and third party game performance in BOTH playstyles. If it can't run as well portable as docked, then devs need to step up their game, no pun intended. Sorry for the long winded rant, I'm sleep deprived and not feeling the best lol

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