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@Pillowpants it’s a From game, so there’s no pause anyway 🤣.

@AdmiralBribery I had a similar experience with ER (this has to be close to the end… nope, it just keeps going), but man, the locations were so fascinating and incredible.

Outside of a couple of bosses, I really love that game.

My window to play was the first time slot, so I never got to try it out. I’m curious about it, but unless it launches by mid-October, I don’t see why they’d release it this year even if it is ready.

Hopefully they do a wider test release to let everyone play and get a feel for it. While I’ve yet to be disappointed by a From game, I haven’t played Nightreign, and this is the type of title that could break the streak for me.

@Chimichanga I can’t imagine anyone putting out a GKC for FO4 at this point. All the boutique labels would push for a full cartridge release if they got the rights to put it out.

Bethesda seems like the only MS-owned company putting out full on-cartridge releases, and even they are only at 50 percent of the time.

Apology not accepted.

If no one can get in to a network test, has it actually begun?

Not the best foot to put forward from From and Nintendo.

Thanks for the UNvitation, From, but I’m out.

@Strictly_Switch I’m in the US and as epic as this menu music is, I’m about ready to pack it in.

Edit: timed out/failed. I’m feeling like I’m Al Pacino in Heat telling From/Tone Loc not to waste my ***** time.

Network test results so far… can’t even log in.

@babybilly
Captain America: I understood that reference.

Funny, I don’t think anyone outside of From and Nintendo really knows what this game is.

These ads on mobile are getting ridiculously obtrusive, and the only people they hurt are the website owners.

@babybilly I don’t think the games play similarly at all, especially as described by the person originally posting the question about exploring being alike, where the moment to moment gameplay for the two modern Zeldas is more akin to Assassin’s Creed than Elden Ring. All three games have rpg mechanics like leveling gear, from what I recall, at least in the modern versions.

If you think otherwise, feel free to explain yourself to the commenter who asked the question.

Edit: and I’m not trying to take anything away from either game; the games don’t play similarly, IMO.

@babybilly BOTW and TOTK both have a lot of crafting/cooking, hunting/gathering, in addition to the climbing, etc. I don’t think the comparison to ER makes any sense, frankly.

@Ampelmann haven’t played the dlc, but it really doesn’t have that survival crafting mechanic from the Zelda games. This is much closer to Dark Souls or Bloodborne, but with an open world structure rather than branching paths. The game world still has a lot of ways to open shortcuts as you go along/fast travel opportunities, etc, and there are a number of large dungeons that provide a more “traditional” souls-like experience.

There is a lot to find in the world, but it’s mainly centered around combat.

Probably would have bought this day one if they had put the base game on the cart.

My kids went to the Lego store this weekend and discovered the joy of Smart bricks/the new Pokémon stuff.

These prices indicate that most of these sets won’t be bundled with the smart bricks, IMO, and I don’t know if they’d want to cannibalize the sales of the other Mario sets by offering a competing product with a similar play feature.

@progx I bought a copy since they put it all in the cartridge, and understand all of what you’re sharing. I don’t think that excuses websites having a rosier opinion of the state of the game in their review scores.

Sounds like maybe the reviews were a little too positive for what state the game shipped in.

Considering the issues persist on other platforms, I wouldn’t be too hopeful about them getting resolved anytime soon, if ever.

Overpriced and under cooked, I doubt anyone would have thought about this game again if you hadn't posted an article about it.

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There's zero chance I'm buying another Switch 2 that isn't an OLED version, even if Zelda is my favorite game series of all time.

That said, I held off on a S2 Pro Controller (have the TOTK S1 one), so I might get the OOT Controller if the price is right.

Asha Sharma thinks she can "win" the console wars by putting out fan-friendly statements like this (anyone remember some exec at XBox saying Perfect Dark Zero "kicked butt" before its middling release?), while at the same time dismantling studios and firing employees to serve the company's bottom line.

She's not one of us. She's a ruthless hatchetwoman who was given her position to do the things Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond wanted no part of, which is why they jumped out of the plane without notice.

Game struggles to hit 30 fps sometimes, reviewer questions why there isn’t an option for 60 all the time.

I like options, too, but I’m also a realist.

@Max_the_German ITT could be the best game ever and I still wouldn’t buy it. I’ve purchased my last EA game now that the Saudis and Kushner own it.

It turns out, platform exclusivity wasn’t good for SE’s bottom line.

I can’t see supporting their games Day 1 on S2 since they’re all GKCs. They’ve also not been great about upgrade paths.

Apparently, I was.

No love for Lego Batman, Nintendo?

@Mana_Knight Skyrim on cartridge is the same way; update the game, purchase the S2 Anniversary upgrade through the in-game store, full digital copy of Skyrim is given.

Asha Sharma wondering how much MS can soak S2 users to help their bottom line.

Which is why I generally don't support Capcom games on Day 1 (with the exception of the Generations Trilogy package, which was supposedly a limited production and an okay value proposition).

It’s a m***** f*****’ code in a box!

@Oldstalk

A) journalist killers own EA.
B) Jared Kushner
C) Private Equity comes in, takes a profitable business, loads it up with debt, and kills the company as it cashes out.

See: https://inequalityfocus.substack.com/p/when-private-equity-gutted-toys-r

I guess we’ll see how it sells, but thinking it’s going to come even if the game performs poorly for the publisher is sunken cost fallacy.

Reviews being all over the place seems like reviewers played two different games.

This game is more likely to get a S2 patch than a proper physical release. If they release a S2 version, it will be a GKC like every other Konami release.

Unlike some other Japanese publishers, Konami has shown support for free S2 upgrades/updates with MGS Collection Volume 1.

Talk is cheap, and Sega is run by a bunch of cheapskates.

Remakes and remasters are probably a great way to get new talent up to speed on development and/or new hardware, with clear limitations and expectations that come with the defined scope of an already established game.

If they’re pulling major studios and developers off of a new game to focus on rehashing an old game, that’s a sign of how stale the industry is.

And yet, people are still clamoring for these releases (look at Ubisoft), so…

@FuzzieGinge88 thanks, Jon Snow.

How is the Switch 2 version of MGS4 nearly double the install size of the Series S and over 10 GB larger than both Series X/PS5?

Orbitals. FE Fortune’s Weave. No, I don’t think it will.

Insane? Hardly. The best deals on Star Fox, in the US, were before it released. It’s regular price now—no surprise that the physical sales aren’t carrying over into a second month.

People are not doing well. Games cost more money now than a decade ago, both to develop and purchase. Everything costs more than it did a few months ago, because the people elected to make decisions have decided to let a few in power do everything and sit back and let them.

@Sylamp If it matters to you, Elden Ring is easily 3x as long as Lies of P.

Yeah, when you markup a Pokémon card pack for 2x the MSRP, I’m sure you do make more money from it than a video game.

Zelda and this still are undated. Don't see how one isn't pushed to next year, and given how late this network test is, I expect it's The Duskbloods (unless it's a GKC, which it probably is).

Still, launching a new IP into the mountain of games already announced seems like a poor decision.

@Sambuc probably because there’s an install base of 150 million+ Switch 1s.

SE and Sega, two Japanese companies with their middle fingers pointing directly at their customers.

@StudMuffin give it time. Maybe there was a sale recently.

I disagree with the assessment that this game is inessential. It’s a phenomenal game that is better than Nine Sols, and up there with Hollow Knight.

@HeadPirate there have been mass layoffs out of MS over the last four years. A number of games were cancelled, including Perfect Dark and Everwild. I believe The Initiative also closed when PD was cancelled. Redfall killed Arkane Austin. Arkane Lyon is in trouble. They’re gutting studios and acting like the games aren’t going to suffer because of it.

IOI had a contract with them for a game, the contract was ended, and now they’re closing a studio and the game is on indefinite hold. I’m sure there are plenty of other examples I’m forgetting.

Both Sony and Microsoft have mismanaged their acquisitions in different ways, but leading to the same ends. And yeah, they’re not done.

@abbyhitter unless the game is running on the RE Engine, why would Capcom get involved? They won’t. They have their own IP and games to develop.