A fool and his money are soon parted.

I used the single coil pickup, it was super effective.

For anyone who enjoys Tony Hawk or Skate style games I fully recommend giving this a go.
Mass races are absolutely bonkers.
I really enjoyed progressing through the sports and also just riding around discovering new spots and taking in the massive open world.
It’s great to hear it’s getting offline play too.
My only gripe is the horrendous “dudebro” voiceovers.

@Woodinghal oh without doubt it’ll be a big download, hence why I mentioned there being a battle.net client within the launch app.
That would have been some turbo compression if it was lol.

@Lucami Appreciate the reply. I’ll check later.

Game won’t launch for me currently.
There’s a 100mb download and then when you launch the game I assume they are forcing the game download through some sort of battle.net launcher, however I’m getting “please download the latest patch”

lol

@LightSpirit Hope you feel better soon

First, have fun!

Have a little look at fextralife build guide as it’ll advise you better than I will honestly

I enjoy close and quick combat in souls games, but my friend who struggles with this type of game went for a Mage style character and managed to finish it. He was so proud of himself and considers it one of his all time favourite games.
Magic is generally considered an easier way to play but it’s about having fun so play what you enjoy

https://fextralife.com/elden-ring-samurai-build-guide/

@Patendo I envy you playing it for the first time, what class/build have you gone for?

Elden Ring. Played a few hours and got my double knife rogue build up and running nicely.
Coming back to it again after finishing it on pc when it came out, it’s honestly crossed over to the switch 2 in excellent form.
60 fps would have been good, but it’s perfectly enjoyable as it is.

Assassins creed shadows and Oblivion remastered have moved into the black hole backlog for now.

I just yesterday got a 256GB card in preparation for Elden Ring as Oblivion remastered finished off my available storage, already had to remove AC shadows which I’ll eventually return to….lol
I was willing to part with £45 but up into the hundreds of £ is a luxury I can’t personally rationalise tbh I’d rather just uninstall some things.

North America getting Oblivion cheaper than every other market is a piss take.

@Dm9982 I couldn’t agree more mate!
I hope you get to thoroughly enjoy it.

I completed the base game on PC back when it launched. I have been waiting for this since it was announced for switch 2 and I’m looking forward to going double dagger build into the expansion. I envy anyone who will get to experience this game for the first time.

Ludicrous price increase.

As likely as dropped toast landing spread side down.

Not keen on the vocals myself, but the music is what I’d expect of a Bond theme.

Microsoft gaming department is an utter mess.
More flip flops than Bournemouth beach in July.
Just go multi plat and make the next Xbox a tailored pc experience if they want to do hardware.
Let the software sales drive the revenue.
They set the brand on fire under Don Mattrick and have failed to recover.

I enjoyed the base game besides the awful rubber banding at launch and found the vessel of hatred expansion fun enough (spiritborn was significantly overpowered)
It’d suit the S2 well, just like D3 was decent on switch.
If they bring offline mode to it as well as crossplay that’d be a home run.
Sucked not being able to play cross platform on D3.

Phenomenal game.
Anyone yet to play it should give it a shot, embrace death!

Mum bought me an N64 for Christmas.
I saved lunch money for two weeks to buy ocarina of time.

Such a seismic fall from grace for the Xbox brand over the years.
The 360 did well, and then the Xbox one and Xbox series consoles were a huge disappointment to me personally and I don’t think that I’m alone in that.
How they dropped the ball so incredibly hard is amazing considering they had Crackdown, Halo, Gears of War, Titanfall, Forza Horizon to name a few.
Will never touch another Microsoft console with a bargepole.
The only reason they now have any say in the gaming sphere is because of windows, steam user base (which they probably seriously regret not getting that digital storefront off the ground themselves) and their financial clout.

I seem to recall them constantly peddling corporate wish wash about “for the gamers” etc.
It’s all well and good saying things like that, but everyone’s wise to the fact that they hype way beyond their capacity to deliver and I think most are now aware and ignore.
They need to install some actual creative talent into senior positions so the corpo’s don’t flatline the brand.

They could have at least given 40% off for the 40th no?

DLSS has come a long way since its initial inception, to the huge benefit of mobile & lower power drawing chipsets.
It does require compute power to actually work its magic so I’m intrigued to see how resource efficient they can get it running on switch 2 over its lifetime.
I would also really like to see a solution that’s easy to inject into game engines that don’t support it such as Elden Ring, then we may actually see it release!

This is the first Pokémon game in a long time I’m interested to play.
Moving to the switch 2 hardware should allow for more complex living worlds, gameplay mechanics and nicer visuals that can let the art vision shine.
It’s a shame it comes at the detriment of switch owners, but I think most people agree Z-A was a disappointment.
The wave animations stand out already.

I’m interested in playing this one due to the world.
This looks visually like a huge step up from Z-A.

Most disappointing switch 2 related news for me last year was the Elden Ring delay.

Code in a box is such a horrendous plastic dump it shouldn’t even be allowed.

Disappointed not to see anything about Elden ring or anything more from Ubisoft.
Would have loved some Division, Ghost recon or and AC Odyssey/Origins collection.

Looking forward to playing this on the train to work!

Played this to death on PC when it launched. It’s a truly excellent survival game which is significantly elevated when played with others.
If you haven’t played this you’re in for such a treat.
Still remember the first time I crafted a Viking long ship and me and two friends set sail to the next biome. Epic

Starfield , Forza Horizon , Elden Ring , Expedition 33, Kingdom Come , Division.

Elden ring shadow drop please

Saw this coming a mile off. And in all honesty, why not just be forthright and just announce you’ve cancelled it? Paused development, lol.
Happy to be proven wrong, but I suspect this will never see the light of day.
Played on PC and it was alright, it didn't blow my mind.
It’s a shame that it wont be available for switch 2 players who wanted it, but quite honestly, a 30fps version would have felt rough.

I own this on ps4/ps5 and now switch 2.
They’ve done an excellent job with this port and anyone yet to play it is in for a treat if final fantasy is even remotely their thing.
Really looking forward to rebirth coming out on switch 2.

Didn’t enjoy it after the first couple of hours myself. Traded it in.
I really wanted to enjoy it.
I don’t have the time nowadays so things need to click quite quickly for me to keep playing games.

I’ve put Metroid prime 4 down and struggling to find a reason to go back to it. It just hasn’t clicked with me.
Hades 2 however has swallowed my work commutes whole.

Good luck for the future Felix , and happy new year.

Not interested in the slightest , but glad for those that are.
I have concerns over storage requirements for any modern COD making its way to switch/switch 2.
Absolutely ludicrous amounts on other platforms.

RIP , and at such a young age too, very sad.
He was part of some excellent games during my lifetime.
Would love for Titanfall series to be ported to switch 2 one day.

Ubisoft take a lot of flack , and it’s fine for people to express an opinion , but they clearly are pushing their studios to factor the switch 2 into their development plans which is great imo.
I would love to see an AC collection of origins and odyssey as well as The Division 2 ported across.
Playing these again handheld on my commute , which is really my only time to game nowadays , would be epic.

Still disappointed that Elden Ring got pushed back , but if it needed the extra time so be it.
After the decent port job Ubi did on SW Outlaws I’m intrigued to see how they get AC Shadows to run.

Just done the first boss , my first impression is that the music is epic !
Hope everyone who plays enjoys it.

The download is really slow , looking forward to playing it !

@Oldstalk yeah seems an odd decision not to have had pre orders / pre loads available.

I managed to get to the basket , £16.75 or something and it crashed lol , now won’t even let me access the product page.
Pretty impressive for an indie game no matter how anticipated to crash storefronts lol.

Edit - Downloading now !

Food shopping done , errands run.
Come on 3PM !!

My gut tells me Baldurs gate 3 is coming.

I’ve been using mine daily on my commute.
With the battery limiter on (90% charge) ,flight mode enabled , playing Hogwarts legacy with BT headphones and between 60-80% brightness I have between 65-75% battery left after a 45 minute train journey.

I consider it acceptable, but nothing great.
It feels comparable to when I was using a steam deck and a ROG ally.

The triple AAA titles will always hit the battery harder.

I managed to get one click and collect from Argos on launch day , Smyths toys had some too.
A few friends are now scrambling to get one but they seem to be out of stock everywhere near me now.