The devs used to work for EA. They quit their job to work on World of Goo at a coffeeshop. Their games has a tendency to make sarcastic remark on the monotonous nature of big corporation. Working for EA must have scarred them for life.
Nintendo is relying on their army of indie publishers to create a false impression that they have lots of playable games. It's not like the old days anymore: the games on Switch are mostly ports, there are lots of mobile games and old retro games released for the hundredth time.
I am one of the few who can criticise Switch's for it's shovelware because I have played almost all the games. Yes you hear that right, I downloaded all the roms, going through them everyday for the last 4 months. I think I played more Switch games than any of the reviewers here at NL.
D3 should be named 'Dungeon Rampage', because that's what it is. Victor Vran played more like D2, the pacing is slower and there's an actual risk of dying. D3 is a constant massacre, made worse when playing with other people.
The review didn't mentioned that the game is running at a smooth 60 fps (unlike Victor Vran's 30 fps). It is absolutely choked with content, it's the most complete D3.
While repetitive, it's also addictive. The point of the game is looting, the fighting is just obstacle to overcome. The better loot makes you more powerful and therefore fighting becomes unnecessary: you exterminate everyone on sight.
It's not a game for everyone, even though it's got these devil and satanic theme, the game is very relaxing and comforting. Unlike JRPG with the artificial turn based grinding, fighting with numbers... here at least the mindless fights are gratifying to watch on screen.
@GamerDad66 Nope. Audio is fine. Game run in 60 FPS.
@whanvee D2 is a challenging game. D3 is a lot easier, you need to crank up the difficulty. I never once use health potion, my magic attributes restored my health every time I killed a monster. I remember in D2 health potions are actually needed and dodging attack is a necessity... in D3 I massacred everyone when I arrived.
I started playing it 2 days ago. Necromancer is really OP, all you need is a golem to kill a few monsters for you then corpse explosion will wiped everyone out!
@SwitchForce Doesn't matter if Nintendo releases 64gb cart, they have 32gb cart now and only 1 game is using it. It's too expensive.
I am currently using a 128gb flash drive with my Switch connected through USB-C (using a CFW). Nintendo should allow people to download games on external flash drive, it's the way forward.
If Red Dead Redemption 2 is ever going to be released on Switch, it will need 7 cartridges (using 16GB carts).
Nintendo should ask Sony to make a Blu-ray reader add-on for the Switch Dock. Pirates had already added external hard drive support to Switch, so it can be done.
I just started playing Diablo 3 on Switch, this will be my Halloween game. This game was leaked today, but I will be buying the retail cart when it's selling in the store.
RE4 saved Gamecube. It was the best action game that generation, revolutionary even... it changed all the action games since then. However, it didn't aged well, if you play it today it will be mediocre.
I'd rather Capcom bring more recent DMC to Switch.
Gamestop is working with Nintendo to quarantine the old Switch with Bootrom bug. Piracy is bad for them too.
Did you guys know that a hacked Switch can play games from an external hard drive connected to the Switch Dock's USB? It's just like PS4 external HDD support, just too bad that you need to hack the Switch to have this function.
This game did not aged well. The physics is a joke after playing BotW (you can dragged corpse with your feet?!). Combat is awkward that's why the game is difficult, it's not fun at all. They probably switched the A and B button to annoy you even more.
Why are they so dumb, releasing it in the same week as Dark Soul? They think Nintendo gamers will mistaken it as Dark Souls? (Maybe... hehehe. That's the point for being wannabe isn't it?)
The B button is the default select button, it's directly converted from Playstation (X button) without consideration for Switch users. When Switch system is on-screen (typing name) the A button became the default select button. This shows the dev does'nt care about the usability of the game for Switch players.
@WiltonRoots Why are you in the comment section? People voice their opinions here, do you want everyone to be like sheeps nodding to everything NL says?
Remember when you played NES games on TV, the digital image looks so solid on the screen? It's real 60 fps Vsync to the TV refresh rates. Back then all the games had to be 60 fps (or 50fps for PAL) with no pacing issues, it's electronically fixed.
Nintendo kept this 60fps standard for their first party games until recently with Zelda BotW being <=30fps. There's a lot of games that claimed 60fps but they lied, true 60fps is locked to the screen refresh rate and cannot dipped. On Switch: Fast RMX, RIVE and Adventure Pals are some of the only ones that runs in true 60 fps. Buttery smooth like NES games.
In the future if you want to play this game, you will be downloading the rom and running it on a Switch emulator. Stop worrying so much my beautiful people.
Since you guys are in the mood... and you all know the sexual innuendos in Nintendo games:
When a few friends were playing Luigi Mansion: Dark Moons, one of the friends yelled, 'Everyone come quick, I got a big red one down there, come and help me suck it!'
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Re: EA Has More Than 1,000 Employees And "Dozens Of Studios" Working On A Cloud-Based Future
EA is building a castle in the cloud.
But serious, once cloud-gaming took off, there's no need for consoles anymore. All you need is a screen: like a TV with wifi to receive the stream.
Re: Review: 7 Billion Humans - A Fine Programming-Puzzler, If You've Got The Head For It
The devs used to work for EA. They quit their job to work on World of Goo at a coffeeshop. Their games has a tendency to make sarcastic remark on the monotonous nature of big corporation. Working for EA must have scarred them for life.
Re: Nintendo Confirms That There Are Now More Than 1,300 Games Available On Switch
Nintendo is relying on their army of indie publishers to create a false impression that they have lots of playable games. It's not like the old days anymore: the games on Switch are mostly ports, there are lots of mobile games and old retro games released for the hundredth time.
I am one of the few who can criticise Switch's for it's shovelware because I have played almost all the games. Yes you hear that right, I downloaded all the roms, going through them everyday for the last 4 months. I think I played more Switch games than any of the reviewers here at NL.
Re: The 3DS Is Far From Dead, Nintendo Says It's "Continuing With Efforts To Expand Sales"
The 4DS will be compatible with Switch, it can use Switch and 3DS cart. The upper screen will be 720p and in 4D.
Re: Review: Diablo III: Eternal Collection - More Loot Than You Can Shake A Magical Pointy Stick At
D3 should be named 'Dungeon Rampage', because that's what it is. Victor Vran played more like D2, the pacing is slower and there's an actual risk of dying. D3 is a constant massacre, made worse when playing with other people.
The review didn't mentioned that the game is running at a smooth 60 fps (unlike Victor Vran's 30 fps). It is absolutely choked with content, it's the most complete D3.
While repetitive, it's also addictive. The point of the game is looting, the fighting is just obstacle to overcome. The better loot makes you more powerful and therefore fighting becomes unnecessary: you exterminate everyone on sight.
It's not a game for everyone, even though it's got these devil and satanic theme, the game is very relaxing and comforting. Unlike JRPG with the artificial turn based grinding, fighting with numbers... here at least the mindless fights are gratifying to watch on screen.
Re: Undertale's Creator Is Teasing A "Very Interesting" Announcement
Overtales is coming soon.
Re: Rumour: Dataminers Uncover Evidence Of Diablo Themed amiibo
@GamerDad66 Nope. Audio is fine. Game run in 60 FPS.
@whanvee D2 is a challenging game. D3 is a lot easier, you need to crank up the difficulty. I never once use health potion, my magic attributes restored my health every time I killed a monster. I remember in D2 health potions are actually needed and dodging attack is a necessity... in D3 I massacred everyone when I arrived.
Still fun though, it's a comforting game.
Re: Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa On Missing Analyst Estimates: “The Holiday Season Battle Begins Now”
Nintendo bets big on Smash Bros, just like BotW last year... but not everyone likes fighting game. I rather play Civ 6 and Diablo 3.
Re: Rumour: Dataminers Uncover Evidence Of Diablo Themed amiibo
I started playing it 2 days ago. Necromancer is really OP, all you need is a golem to kill a few monsters for you then corpse explosion will wiped everyone out!
Re: Bethesda Confirms It Won't Be Bringing Fallout 76 To The Nintendo Switch
@SwitchForce I have no idea what you are saying.
Did you use Google translate?
Re: Bethesda Confirms It Won't Be Bringing Fallout 76 To The Nintendo Switch
@SwitchForce Doesn't matter if Nintendo releases 64gb cart, they have 32gb cart now and only 1 game is using it. It's too expensive.
I am currently using a 128gb flash drive with my Switch connected through USB-C (using a CFW). Nintendo should allow people to download games on external flash drive, it's the way forward.
Re: Monster Hunter Movie's Milla Jovovich Shares New On-Set Photo To Reassure "Worried" Fans
Did Milla Jovovich signed a contract with Capcom?
DMC has better material for movies.
Re: Bethesda Confirms It Won't Be Bringing Fallout 76 To The Nintendo Switch
If Red Dead Redemption 2 is ever going to be released on Switch, it will need 7 cartridges (using 16GB carts).
Nintendo should ask Sony to make a Blu-ray reader add-on for the Switch Dock. Pirates had already added external hard drive support to Switch, so it can be done.
Re: Classic Sega And Taito Music Coming To KORG Gadget As DLC In 2019
Few people will buy this app on Switch because it has no touchscreen support.
Re: Guide: 15 Spooky Nintendo Switch Games To Fear This Halloween
I just started playing Diablo 3 on Switch, this will be my Halloween game. This game was leaked today, but I will be buying the retail cart when it's selling in the store.
Re: Epic Games Closes $1.25 Billion Investment Deal Thanks To Success Of Fortnite
Gamers are fickle minded, soon they will move on to something new. All these investments are going to be a waste.
Re: Three, Yes Three Resident Evil Games Are Headed To Nintendo Switch In 2019
RE4 saved Gamecube. It was the best action game that generation, revolutionary even... it changed all the action games since then. However, it didn't aged well, if you play it today it will be mediocre.
I'd rather Capcom bring more recent DMC to Switch.
Re: Blizzard Clarifies Switch Online Membership Won't Be Required To Play Diablo III's Seasons Mode
Diablo needs some moisturiser on his skin.
Re: GameStop Promo Wants You To Trade-In Your Old Switch For A New Switch
Gamestop is working with Nintendo to quarantine the old Switch with Bootrom bug. Piracy is bad for them too.
Did you guys know that a hacked Switch can play games from an external hard drive connected to the Switch Dock's USB? It's just like PS4 external HDD support, just too bad that you need to hack the Switch to have this function.
Re: Nintendo Download: 25th October (North America)
Diablo 3 coming next week. Save your money this week.
Re: Video: New Nintendo Switch Trailer Celebrates The Console's 1,000+ Games
Most are shovel wares, I missed the Wii U days of quality over quantity.
Re: Switch Version Of Civilization VI Will Support Touch Controls In Handheld Mode
Of course it supports touch screen, it's a port of the iPad version.
Re: Nintendo Labo Is Rolling Out In Classrooms Across The US And Canada
With Captain Toad as President, you can be sure Nintendo will be part of the education system.
Re: Nintendo Labo Is Rolling Out In Classrooms Across The US And Canada
Kids will pretend to play LABO in class, when teacher is not around they will download Fortnite to play.
Re: Video: Even Menu Controls Are Challenging In The Switch Version Of Dark Souls
This game did not aged well. The physics is a joke after playing BotW (you can dragged corpse with your feet?!). Combat is awkward that's why the game is difficult, it's not fun at all. They probably switched the A and B button to annoy you even more.
Re: FUZE4 Nintendo Switch Will Let You Code Your Own Games On Switch From April Next Year
I will make a Youtube app for everyone. Please support my kickstarter.
Re: Random: Bowsette Has Been Recreated By Fans In The New SoulCalibur Game
Why is everyone so obsessed with Cowgirl? In Ico, they were all banished.
Re: Switch Puzzle Game Hexologic Has Been Updated With 50% More Content Free Of Charge
@60frames-please Are you sure this game is running at 60 fps? I don't play puzzle game if they are 30 fps. Lower framerate makes the puzzle too easy.
Re: Feature: Two Tribes On Why Swap This! Is A Puzzler Not To Be Missed And The Studio's Future
There's not enough match 3 games on Switch. Why didn't Big Fish Games published all their match 3 games on Switch?
Re: Review: Sinner: Sacrifice For Redemption - A Distilled But Ultimately Disappointing Dark Souls Wannabe
Why are they so dumb, releasing it in the same week as Dark Soul? They think Nintendo gamers will mistaken it as Dark Souls? (Maybe... hehehe. That's the point for being wannabe isn't it?)
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
You can tell this is a lousy Switch port:
The B button is the default select button, it's directly converted from Playstation (X button) without consideration for Switch users. When Switch system is on-screen (typing name) the A button became the default select button. This shows the dev does'nt care about the usability of the game for Switch players.
Re: Youtubers Life: OMG Edition Is A Thing And It's Headed To Switch Next Month
This game is for those pewdiepie wannabe, or for those who like to start a video with "Hello my beautiful people".
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Praises Luigi's Mansion's "Completely Revamped" Visuals On 3DS
Luigi humping the furniture (Oh yeah! Oh yeah!) never gets old.
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
@WiltonRoots Why are you in the comment section? People voice their opinions here, do you want everyone to be like sheeps nodding to everything NL says?
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
I wouldn't play this game even if I got it free. This is an awful game.
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
@RootsGenoa 2 patches have already been released this week.
Re: Review: Dark Souls: Remastered - Perfect Portable Punishment
Every game is a 9 now?
Re: Nintendo Download: 18th October (North America)
I don't like Dark Souls, the control is bad. I have no idea this game is so awkward, it is difficult because the control is sh*t.
This game feels like it's made by amateur devs, but it's Bandai Namco?!
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Praises Luigi's Mansion's "Completely Revamped" Visuals On 3DS
I prefer Luigi Mansion 2. The 3D looks better and you got a DS not a crappy Gameboy color.
Re: Random: Former American President Barack Obama Doesn't Care About Pokémon, So Go And Vote
Obama don't want you to vote for Toad, but I bet Obama's daughters played that Captain Toad game.
Re: Feature: Rainway CEO On Streaming, Switch And Clearing The Air Over 'That' Trailer
I can see this coming to the Homebrew/CFW community. You already can play games from external hard drive if you use CFW.
Re: Review: Mark Of The Ninja: Remastered - A Stellar Stealth Hit That's Better Than Ever
Remember when you played NES games on TV, the digital image looks so solid on the screen? It's real 60 fps Vsync to the TV refresh rates. Back then all the games had to be 60 fps (or 50fps for PAL) with no pacing issues, it's electronically fixed.
Nintendo kept this 60fps standard for their first party games until recently with Zelda BotW being <=30fps. There's a lot of games that claimed 60fps but they lied, true 60fps is locked to the screen refresh rate and cannot dipped. On Switch: Fast RMX, RIVE and Adventure Pals are some of the only ones that runs in true 60 fps. Buttery smooth like NES games.
Re: Toki Tori Developer Two Tribes Teases Mobile Game Swap This! For Switch eShop
Rive is the best shooting platformer on Switch. Real 60fps and great visuals. This game however looks stupid, I'd rather have Candy Crush on Switch.
Re: Review: Starlink: Battle For Atlas - A Shining Example Of Open World Star Fox Done Right
I played Starlink with Starfox at Starbucks. You can't do that with PS4/Xbox.
Re: Review: Starlink: Battle For Atlas - A Shining Example Of Open World Star Fox Done Right
In the future if you want to play this game, you will be downloading the rom and running it on a Switch emulator. Stop worrying so much my beautiful people.
Re: Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso Will Bring A Classical Dose Of Rhythm Action To Switch
What piano? Looks like a guitar's fretboard.
Re: Zen Studios Under Fire For Censorship In Pinball FX3, Explains It Was To Keep Game "Family-Friendly"
LOL no kids these days play pinball. They are all playing Fortnite. Zen should start making some MA rated tables, they will sell.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 13th)
I'm playing The Missing. Love all the screaming in this game, I think it's rated M for mutilation.
Re: Starlink: Battle For Atlas Physical Release Will Require A 6GB Day One Update
32 GB cart is already available. Only 1 game uses it:
Btw, Starlink can easily fit into a 16GB card.
Re: Review: Luigi's Mansion - Experience The GameCube Classic The Way It Was Meant To Be Played
Since you guys are in the mood... and you all know the sexual innuendos in Nintendo games:
When a few friends were playing Luigi Mansion: Dark Moons, one of the friends yelled, 'Everyone come quick, I got a big red one down there, come and help me suck it!'