@Duncanballs And it's totally fine if you don't want to get your ass kicked. We all have our preferences. I tried Blue Prince and found that puzzles were way too hard for me so moved on to something I enjoy. I didn't complain about the game online for being too hard because I understand that the whole point of the game is it is supposed to be hard and that is the specific reason why people love it.
I will say that I do think this game and all hard games should have an easy mode.
@Duncanballs I’m not saying people should git gud. I spend a lot of time getting my ass kicked. Its fun. That’s the point of the game. It’s HK. What did people expect?
It’s not being review bombed, it is being reviewed. These are legitimate complaints about a major change to the game.
I wouldn’t give it a zero but I certainly understand the game being dead to other people. I went from playing this game two hours everyday to literally not playing at all since the update.
There is a lot of toxic positivity in this comment section. If this update doesn't matter to you good for you but why would you go around telling people they should shut up and be happy with what we have when we spent a lot of money on this product and Nintendo just took a step to stop us from playing it the way they want.
It’s an easy 10/10 for me but I totally get why the opencritic score landed at 86/100. There are so many little quality of life features the game is missing. The game needs guidance and checklists to help people find the hundreds of fun challenges in free roam. It needs the ability to choose traditional or connected GPs.
The only changes I’ve made is to be much more selective about which Nintendo first party games I buy since they never go on sale and I ended my PS plus subscription since I have the vastly superior game pass paid up for two years.
OLED TVs do not have burn in anymore. I abuse my OLED and have still never had burn in. I will get distracted and leave it sitting with a static image on the screen for hours at a time and have still never had any issues.
There was not much for me but that was an objectively good direct. It’s crazy to me how incapable of thinking outside of their own preferences some people are.
I was able to "get" the appeal from the start but never able to truly enjoy the game despite multiple attempts. Finally on the fourth attempt I figured out why. HK has an incredibly sluggish jump. I ended up beating the game and do get it but will never love it due to the jump. I'm really hoping the more nimble Hornet will not feel so heavy when leaping.
Grapple Dog is one of the worst video games I have ever played. The grappling feels like *****, so many 2D games do it better. The art is incredibly generic. The music is awful and repetive. The level design was unispired. I'm still bitter about paying full price.
@batmanbud2 The under water levels in Mario galaxy are an abomination. The combination of under water and the planet gravity physics sucked ass. By far the worst part of the game.
@DDFawfulGuy LOL I’m not going to read all that. The only people who care about your opinions on this subject matter are other bigoted weirdos. And no it is not hypocritical to be intolerant of the intolerant.
@DDFawfulGuy If a person associates themselves with the incredibly stupid and bigoted SBI controversy others are going to assume they are a bigot. If a person is truly only concerned about artistic integrity in story telling there are other ways to express those concerns besides associating themselves with the very clearly bigoted SBI controversy. And bringing up SBI in the comments on an article about a video game set in Africa is definitely not going to get anyone the benefit of the doubt. If you cannot understand why people are (most likely correctly) assuming the worst of them then I don’t know what to tell you because you’re either arguing in bad faith or completely incapable of understanding context.
@DDFawfulGuy Part of being a good tolerant person is to be intolerant of people who are intolerant towards others for reasons having to do with their personhood. Bigots do not deserve tolerance, only scorn.
@fenlix It's always been weird to me that so many indie showcases focus on cozy games even though the biggest indies and biggest games more generally tend to be action games. I feel like it ends up making a lot of people reject indie games as a whole to have all the marketing focused on cozy games.
I don’t think the voters understand the definition of the word iconic. It’s not just Mario it’s the whole list that’s bad. People voted for their favorite characters not the most iconic.
@SwitchVogel This is why Nintendo doesn't do sales and the reason why I keep buying their games day one. I'm concerned that other Japanese publishers, especially Sony, are begining to catch on and we will soon see the end of games quickly dropping in price.
@Sisilly_G It is a deckbuilder. You do not have a permanent deck of cards. Instead, you start with a basic deck and build a winning deck by adding cards and buffs after each round. The card game itself is loosely based on poker rules but with power ups.
@Waluigi451 It's more of a roguelite than a roguelike so like most roguelites, lose until you unlock the good power ups(jokers), then pray to the RNG gods. I win like half the time now that I have unlocked several xMult jokers.
@Diogmites If your confidence in buying the DLC is based on enjoying the first game, then I would wait. It’s a good game but while I thought the first game was a great tactics game, the second is more like baby’s first tactics games. I’m under leveled and still beating almost all levels on my first or second turn without taking any damage.. It’s good but not great.
@Bret Sure there are ways to mitgate the boss blind or build more versatiliy into your deck but even with those options I think the game has too much bad luck. It's still a great game but it messes up just enough in it's luck/skill ratio that after 10-15 hours I'm more than ready to go back to Slay the Spire or even Monster Train and Inscryption.
@Bret Yup! Those impossible to mitigate run killing boss blinds are the biggest thing that keeps this from being a 10/10 game in my mind. I’ve had runs end to terrible luck in other deckbuilders but always in the first third of the run. This game has a way of screwing you over right at the end that is so disheartening.
@_Figo_ Once you play for around 10 hours you will open up enough powerful cards that it becomes really easy to break the game. You don't really even need to be smart about it. Your process can be a simple as buy any joker that has the word "straight" in its description and that will suffice to win a run.
This game is really good but I don't get the 10/10 hype everywhere. I think it is inferior to every other deckbuilder I have played. I still think its good but just saying people are getting a bit caught up in the hype.
The subreddit for Silksong is threatening to delete itself if they do not get news in the next direct. If I were team Cherry I would need to delay the game another six months while I tried to compose myself from laughing at that threat.
@Twilite9 Thank you, I had a really good laugh at the level of entitlement in your post. They don't owe use anything. Their only responsiblity is to their families. The longer they can stretch out work on these popular games, the longer they avoid the type of financial insecurity most indie developers live with.
Ring Fit feels like a missed opportunity. How has there not been a sequel or other follow up for a periphery that sold 15 millions copies? And the fact that there has not been even one indie game to use it makes me feel like Nintendo won’t allow anyone else to develop for the ring.
@Kiyata I’ve literally never been left in the cold by buying digital. No game license has ever been taken from me. I’m not saying this is impossible but it is so far a mostly hypothetical problem and thanks to digital adoption forcing console makers to move to full backwards compatibility the odds of it happening in any meaningful way are very low.
@Workcomesfirst Yeah I gathered from all your comments here yelling at people about a movie we like. It seems like you made this account just to yell about these movies. That’s some real loser behavior weirdo.
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Re: Poll: Will You Play Resident Evil Requiem In First-Person Or Third-Person?
I will play whichever way the developers feel is the intended experience. I believe that is first person for this game.
Re: Stylish 80's Action-Roguelike 'Storm Lancers' Battles Onto The Switch eShop Today
This looks great but if there is one thing I don’t need in my life right now it’s a 2D action game. So many good ones all at once.
Re: Nintendo Direct Announced For Friday, 12th September 2025
Displaying " Your Local Time" is such a great feature.
Re: Talking Point: Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Too Difficult?
The poll needs an option for “it’s not hard for me but it should still have an easy mode.”
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong's Upcoming Patch Will Nerf The Difficulty In Certain Areas
@Duncanballs And it's totally fine if you don't want to get your ass kicked. We all have our preferences. I tried Blue Prince and found that puzzles were way too hard for me so moved on to something I enjoy. I didn't complain about the game online for being too hard because I understand that the whole point of the game is it is supposed to be hard and that is the specific reason why people love it.
I will say that I do think this game and all hard games should have an easy mode.
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong's Upcoming Patch Will Nerf The Difficulty In Certain Areas
@Duncanballs I’m not saying people should git gud. I spend a lot of time getting my ass kicked. Its fun. That’s the point of the game. It’s HK. What did people expect?
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong's Upcoming Patch Will Nerf The Difficulty In Certain Areas
Ugh crybabies ruining it for other people. This game is easier than HK.
Re: Opinion: We Really Don't Need A Donkey Kong Timeline
All games should have standalone stories with how long it takes to make games these days and how frequently games get cancelled.
Re: 'Mouse Work' Gets Second Trailer, But Can't Release Until Creators Get Switch 2 Dev Kit
@Ramouz Your user name confused me for a second. I was like wait I didn’t comment on this article.
Re: Poll: How Many Hours Have You Spent In Mario Kart World So Far?
Prior to recent patch - 48 hours
Since patch - 0.5 hours
They killed all of my passion for the game.
Re: Of Course Mario Kart World Is Being Review Bombed
It’s not being review bombed, it is being reviewed. These are legitimate complaints about a major change to the game.
I wouldn’t give it a zero but I certainly understand the game being dead to other people. I went from playing this game two hours everyday to literally not playing at all since the update.
Re: Fans Reckon Nintendo Has "Killed" Mario Kart World With Its Latest Update
There is a lot of toxic positivity in this comment section. If this update doesn't matter to you good for you but why would you go around telling people they should shut up and be happy with what we have when we spent a lot of money on this product and Nintendo just took a step to stop us from playing it the way they want.
Re: Fans Reckon Nintendo Has "Killed" Mario Kart World With Its Latest Update
@Onosume But what if I want traditional 3 lap races with all the new movement tech? I cannot get the from MK8.
Re: What Review Score Would You Give Mario Kart World?
It’s an easy 10/10 for me but I totally get why the opencritic score landed at 86/100. There are so many little quality of life features the game is missing. The game needs guidance and checklists to help people find the hundreds of fun challenges in free roam. It needs the ability to choose traditional or connected GPs.
Re: Talking Point: With Prices Rising, Are Your Gaming Habits Changing?
The only changes I’ve made is to be much more selective about which Nintendo first party games I buy since they never go on sale and I ended my PS plus subscription since I have the vastly superior game pass paid up for two years.
Re: Best 4K TVs For Nintendo Switch 2
OLED TVs do not have burn in anymore. I abuse my OLED and have still never had burn in. I will get distracted and leave it sitting with a static image on the screen for hours at a time and have still never had any issues.
Re: Poll: So, How Would You Rate The Nintendo Direct For March 2025?
There was not much for me but that was an objectively good direct. It’s crazy to me how incapable of thinking outside of their own preferences some people are.
Re: Rumour: Latest Switch 2 Theory Suggests Release Date Might Be Right Around The Corner
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Re: Random: Try Not To Cringe Watching This Video Of A Pokémon TCG Scalper
This is America. People are so desperate and prone to violence here that fighting over Pokemon cards is just expected at this point.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Nervous To Replay In Case They Don't Hold Up?
My favorite childhood game SMB3 didn't hold up, it's a 7/10 by modern standards, so now I refuse to taint any other memories.
Re: 2022's Kitty Hit 'Stray' Is Coming To Switch For The Holidays
@MarioFan41 Yes because Little Kitty Big City is the game everyone thought Stray would be before finding out it’s a walking simulator.
Re: 2022's Kitty Hit 'Stray' Is Coming To Switch For The Holidays
The vastly superior Little Kitty Big City is already on Switch.
Re: Soapbox: After Restarting My Save File, I Finally 'Get' Hollow Knight
I was able to "get" the appeal from the start but never able to truly enjoy the game despite multiple attempts. Finally on the fourth attempt I figured out why. HK has an incredibly sluggish jump. I ended up beating the game and do get it but will never love it due to the jump. I'm really hoping the more nimble Hornet will not feel so heavy when leaping.
Re: Delightful GBA-Style Platformer 'Grapple Dog' Is Getting A Sequel This August
Grapple Dog is one of the worst video games I have ever played. The grappling feels like *****, so many 2D games do it better. The art is incredibly generic. The music is awful and repetive. The level design was unispired. I'm still bitter about paying full price.
Re: Best Underwater Levels On Nintendo Switch
@batmanbud2 The under water levels in Mario galaxy are an abomination. The combination of under water and the planet gravity physics sucked ass. By far the worst part of the game.
Re: Best Underwater Levels On Nintendo Switch
This list should just be blank.
Re: Video: We've Played Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU - Here's 12 Minutes Of Switch Gameplay
@DDFawfulGuy LOL I’m not going to read all that. The only people who care about your opinions on this subject matter are other bigoted weirdos. And no it is not hypocritical to be intolerant of the intolerant.
Re: Video: We've Played Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU - Here's 12 Minutes Of Switch Gameplay
@DDFawfulGuy If a person associates themselves with the incredibly stupid and bigoted SBI controversy others are going to assume they are a bigot. If a person is truly only concerned about artistic integrity in story telling there are other ways to express those concerns besides associating themselves with the very clearly bigoted SBI controversy. And bringing up SBI in the comments on an article about a video game set in Africa is definitely not going to get anyone the benefit of the doubt. If you cannot understand why people are (most likely correctly) assuming the worst of them then I don’t know what to tell you because you’re either arguing in bad faith or completely incapable of understanding context.
Re: Video: We've Played Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU - Here's 12 Minutes Of Switch Gameplay
@DDFawfulGuy Part of being a good tolerant person is to be intolerant of people who are intolerant towards others for reasons having to do with their personhood. Bigots do not deserve tolerance, only scorn.
Re: SteamWorld Heist Is Getting A Surprise Sequel On Switch This Summer
@fenlix It's always been weird to me that so many indie showcases focus on cozy games even though the biggest indies and biggest games more generally tend to be action games. I feel like it ends up making a lot of people reject indie games as a whole to have all the marketing focused on cozy games.
Re: Random: BAFTA's 'Iconic Game Characters' Poll Has Us Scratching Our Heads
I don’t think the voters understand the definition of the word iconic. It’s not just Mario it’s the whole list that’s bad. People voted for their favorite characters not the most iconic.
Re: Random: Japanese Police Officer Gets Slapped Wrist For Playing Switch On Duty
To be fair, in the US this would be an immensely better use of their time than their current workload of harrassing poor people.
Re: Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Already On Sale (US)
@SwitchVogel This is why Nintendo doesn't do sales and the reason why I keep buying their games day one. I'm concerned that other Japanese publishers, especially Sony, are begining to catch on and we will soon see the end of games quickly dropping in price.
Re: Balatro Has Officially Sold 1 Million Copies
@Sisilly_G It is a deckbuilder. You do not have a permanent deck of cards. Instead, you start with a basic deck and build a winning deck by adding cards and buffs after each round. The card game itself is loosely based on poker rules but with power ups.
Re: Balatro Has Officially Sold 1 Million Copies
@Waluigi451 It's more of a roguelite than a roguelike so like most roguelites, lose until you unlock the good power ups(jokers), then pray to the RNG gods. I win like half the time now that I have unlocked several xMult jokers.
Re: Planet Of Lana Brings Off-Earth Odyssey To Switch Next Month
This game is great. The puzzles could be better but the vibes are immaculate. I liked it more than inside.
Re: Nintendo's MAR10 Day Sale Brings Discounts To Select Games And DLC (North America)
@Diogmites If your confidence in buying the DLC is based on enjoying the first game, then I would wait. It’s a good game but while I thought the first game was a great tactics game, the second is more like baby’s first tactics games. I’m under leveled and still beating almost all levels on my first or second turn without taking any damage.. It’s good but not great.
Re: Nintendo's MAR10 Day Sale Brings Discounts To Select Games And DLC (North America)
I would love to see a 50% discount on Luigi’s Mansion, Warioware, or the newer Mario Party and nothing will make me pay more.
I can't argue with the viability of their pricing philosophy but it’s a bummer sometimes.
Re: Balatro Surpasses 500,000 Sales In First 10 Days
@Yalloo I would absolutely love to see you attempt to play this IRL. Every turn would take you like 30 minutes of doing math.
Re: Review: Balatro (Switch) - Devilishly Compelling Cardplay, And A Clear GOTY Contender
@Bret Sure there are ways to mitgate the boss blind or build more versatiliy into your deck but even with those options I think the game has too much bad luck. It's still a great game but it messes up just enough in it's luck/skill ratio that after 10-15 hours I'm more than ready to go back to Slay the Spire or even Monster Train and Inscryption.
Re: Review: Balatro (Switch) - Devilishly Compelling Cardplay, And A Clear GOTY Contender
@Bret Yup! Those impossible to mitigate run killing boss blinds are the biggest thing that keeps this from being a 10/10 game in my mind. I’ve had runs end to terrible luck in other deckbuilders but always in the first third of the run. This game has a way of screwing you over right at the end that is so disheartening.
Re: Review: Balatro (Switch) - Devilishly Compelling Cardplay, And A Clear GOTY Contender
@_Figo_ Once you play for around 10 hours you will open up enough powerful cards that it becomes really easy to break the game. You don't really even need to be smart about it. Your process can be a simple as buy any joker that has the word "straight" in its description and that will suffice to win a run.
Re: Review: Balatro (Switch) - Devilishly Compelling Cardplay, And A Clear GOTY Contender
This game is really good but I don't get the 10/10 hype everywhere. I think it is inferior to every other deckbuilder I have played. I still think its good but just saying people are getting a bit caught up in the hype.
Re: Talking Point: If 'Switch 2' Isn't Coming Until 2025, What's Nintendo Got Up Its Sleeve This Year?
I’m really hoping to see ports of some recent PC games like Pizza Tower, Bzzzt, Dome Keeper, and the upcoming Anger Foot.
Re: Random: It's Been Five Long Years Since Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Officially Announced
The subreddit for Silksong is threatening to delete itself if they do not get news in the next direct. If I were team Cherry I would need to delay the game another six months while I tried to compose myself from laughing at that threat.
Re: Random: It's Been Five Long Years Since Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Officially Announced
@Vyacheslav333 I want more Katano Zero in my life so bad.
Re: Random: It's Been Five Long Years Since Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Officially Announced
@Twilite9 Thank you, I had a really good laugh at the level of entitlement in your post. They don't owe use anything. Their only responsiblity is to their families. The longer they can stretch out work on these popular games, the longer they avoid the type of financial insecurity most indie developers live with.
Re: Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games
Ring Fit feels like a missed opportunity. How has there not been a sequel or other follow up for a periphery that sold 15 millions copies? And the fact that there has not been even one indie game to use it makes me feel like Nintendo won’t allow anyone else to develop for the ring.
Re: Oh No, GameStop Is Closing Its NFT Marketplace
@Kiyata I’ve literally never been left in the cold by buying digital. No game license has ever been taken from me. I’m not saying this is impossible but it is so far a mostly hypothetical problem and thanks to digital adoption forcing console makers to move to full backwards compatibility the odds of it happening in any meaningful way are very low.
Re: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Lands Three Nominations At The Golden Globes 2024
@Workcomesfirst Yeah I gathered from all your comments here yelling at people about a movie we like. It seems like you made this account just to yell about these movies. That’s some real loser behavior weirdo.