Runex2121

I just wish they would give us the og sega cd option for lunar 1. The changes made for complete were unfortunately impactful in the plot.

Also, no difficulty options? I assume that just means no easy mode which is fine. I thought I read though that they had a fast forward option to make grinding quicker.

@RetroGames

Value is highly subjective to the individual. 100 pounds/dollars for an oled may seem unreasonable to you, but to me its inconsequential related to what my perceived value is.

Ill also point out that oleds being great(they are) does not take away from other technologies being great. That said, oleds are objectively better than most other tech out there for displays. They are definately superior to lcd.

I love my oled, cars are oled, house has 3 large screen lg oleds, phones are all oled, upgraded to an oled switch day 1(though never upgraded to the steamdeck oled since i just dont use the device much.)

All this to say, not having an oled wouldnt change my day 1 switch 2 purchase mindset. Like the article mentions, the portal has a great lcd screen. Im very happy with my portal, its bright, crisp, and colors look great. Is it oled quality? No, but its very close. The games themself are what matter, the screen just amplifies them. When they inevitably add an oled, ill pick it up.

@sanderev I want a lot more personally. Nintendo's OS leaves a lot to be desired from a UX perspective.

Things like purchasing games from a child account require me to input my same password 4 times for instance. On that topic, sharing games on the same console is a nightmare on switch.

The speed of the OS is lacking too, everything seems to take longer than on other consoles. Not in terms of button clicks, but rather responsiveness. (I have a switch oled and an OG switch, both are the same)

There are a lot of things featurewise id like as well, but for now, just making it work quicker is enough.

This guy is a bit much. Its a video game announcement and one that was long overdue and not all that exciting.

Ill have one day 1, but as an announcement its a bland video that announces....a date for another announcement.

Id prefer actual details like a price, specs, and release date.

@WaveBoy Personally I love the pro controller. Never even noticed the input time. Its battery is several classes above the competition. (I have a dualsense edge and elite 2)

Mine are present and worn whenever a game with motion controls is combined with my wife or daughters. I value my walls and tvs.

@Lofty1985 vpns are not as infallable as one might think. Records can still be obtained if your using a vpn company, and they can be liable for not maintaining them in the us.

You can tor or other less known methods, but its really just better if you know, you just pay for things?

Visions of mana is not mid tier, it’s amazing.

Aside from that comment, I’d agree with the opening statement.

This game is one I’ve been hesitating on picking up, will wait for a sale I think. Sounds pretty average in this review

Played them all, been a fan since I got a turbo cd early 90s. As for my favorite, 8 was brilliant, 9 was solid, and I’m loving 10 already. The earlier ones were solid, but the newer ones have more playability.

Looks great, can't wait to buy it. Might even pick it up on a few platforms just to show support. (I was struggling with whether I wanted it on PS5, Switch, or Xbox, so maybe ill just get all 3.)

All those whining about censorship, realize it wasnt the creators choice, but rather the governments. Blame them, not the game maker. (Not that the differences are important anyway. I mean, seriously, lips on ogres? Who cares?)

I remember picking up lunar as a kid along with my sega cd and instantly falling in love with it. Then years later playing the psx versions of both.(I prefer sega cd lunar to psx lunar because lunar complete was edited)

This combo is probably the best news of the year for me. I’m awestruck it would come bac.

Im going to parrot many others here in hoping for phantasy star to be redone. All 4 of them. (Im an odd one who loved part 3 the most)

These dev vids look great too. Definately the right direction.

@RudyC3

Agree 100%. I tried to play the last version they put out which had alternate music and it just wasnt the same. Relicense the anericana album lol.

Id love it, but no rom dumps please. We have so many straight rom dumps with netcode already.(see capcom fighting collection among many others)

If they are going to do it, do it with love. Wide screen, hd, updated campaign, remixed music, etc...

Id happily shell out for a large number of titles if they got the ssf2 remix treatment.

Love the sega news. They have been killing it recently, with the last few sonic games being gems. Unicorn Overlord was likely my favorite game of the year(and its been a great year), and they have so much on the horizon.

@k8sMum It was like $20 a year, not something really worth fighting for.

@sc100 Not that I know of. They were the last. Ive been a subscriber as i have a fond nostolgia for physical magazines. Its now finally gone.

Man, it was the last remaining print magazine in the us for games. Im still a subscriber, or apparently was.

This is tragic news, always tried to support them.

Honestly, i prefer the cleaner nes sounds for all but one of his examples.(the last one, i think it was simons quest 2)

Interesting bit of info though.

I actually like all the carts, something nice about holding a physical cartridge. I am not a huge fan of the switch or DS cards though, too small.

Favorite is definitely the SNES though(and I imagine it would apply to the super famicom too) The smell of opening a new box with plastic around the cart and a nice well-made manual, along with the awesome clicking sound the cart made when it goes into the console brings back nothing but solid memories. I dont have any related fondness of any other cart aside from maybe the genesis pre cardboard box.

The N64 seems to be the most popular, but it felt just average to me. It could be though that I was older when the N64 came out, and while I had a NES and was old enough to remember getting it and buying games, I was like 10, so it didn't stick as well. Also, those carts never worked....

Spot on with my memory of the game on xbox decades ago.

Pretty but not fun. Looks like not much has changed.

We dont have GAME in the US, but I imagine its a lot like our GameStop, which has seen similar although not as drastic cuts.

The days of physical games are nearing the end, and as such, dedicated stores can no longer function as they once did. Id imagine in a decade or so, even the big box retailers will reduce or remove inventory leaving physical media dead.

Makes me miss my 3DO. I remember this being one of the first games I got for it when it (The original Gex) came out. Never played any of the sequels, so not sure how they are. The 3d one looks kinda garbage though in the vid. Hopefully if this sells well enough, we can get a proper HD 2D Gex 4.

In this case, id say hd2d because the game basically screams for that.

I wouldnt mind a sequel though in modern 3d.(or even a proper chrono cross remaster) By modern 3d, i mean the ffxvi or upcoming mana game level. Not b budget.

It depends on the hardware.

As long as framerate is stable, I cant tell the difference between 30 and 60 so I always take quality.

If the hardware can only support one way though, Id just prefer nintendo to optimize one path. They make games that play well, why change that.

Im honestly not expecting this one to come to switch, primarily because it was pretty far in development when the agreement went into place.

I imagine its far more likely the next CoD game will come out and it will be on switch 2 vs switch.

Im honestly not sure what to expect though. I own all the consoles and a gaming rig, but only like CoD campaigns. Cold War was ok, but way too short. The recent MW3 I refuse to even count as a campaign. Black Ops 4 didnt even bother with one, so my hopes are not all that high unless MS was able to make some significant changes to the content.

Lots of good Taito games, but the ones that I want most are the two original Lufia games. Certain I'll never see them in these collections, but a man can dream.

Oddly enough I think this review sold me on picking the game up.

I think games these days get too bogged down in options. I have a diving license and have been diving for almost 30 years. I dont have any interest in prepping my gear in a game, nor any of the other activities required each dive.

The idea of a game where i can just jump in and scan things sounds cathartic in a good way. I only worry about the amount of new things and the diversity of the dive sites.

@Darknyht Ill simply point out here that in the overall picture, the cost of production is no different than the cost of development to a developer. If it cost $10 for the chip which raised prices in cart based games, that is no different than the cost to develop a game being $10 higher per unit today. They are both supply side costs that need to be passed on to the consumer. Problem is, the cost was shifted from the consumer to the producer and over time that is unsustainable.

Maybe im just old, but i remember paying $80-$100 for snes and genesis games. Didnt really mind back then, dont really mind now.

$70 is more than fair value for a full game, even a non aaa game as long as its good.

The market will dictate how games evolve. As consumers we should also understand that producers cant make things at a loss. Its not like they are rolling in money.

No picczle lines? Ive played nearly every game on this list, but only enjoyed Tetris and picross. Picczle lines dx and 2 ive spend hundreds, if not thousands of hours on.

This one surprised me. I normally dont like vanilla ware games and really dont like the art style, but, the gameplay was a really nice blend or rts and rpg. Im not done with the game yet, but in the first 20 hours or so its been simple, yet complex.

All this is to say, id absolutely buy a sequel if it was the same level of quality. Id hope for some tweaks(its a bit too grindy, plot could be a bit deeper, etc…) but its a nobrainer if the core gameplay is intact

On a whim, i dl the demo on ps5 yesterday and had a blast. Not sure why its 18+ in the uk/eu, because i certainly didnt see anything warranting that. (Im in the us, so never had an issue here)

Planning on getting this later today on switch as its a perfect fit to me for the console.

Always loved the series since i bought biok 1 and 2 on the turbo cd when that came out. 7-9 were among my favorites, so this is really good news. Not sure if id play the switch ver though, need more details on it. If its on ps5 in probably go there. If switch only, or switch 2 is out, the. Ill get it there.

Id love the idea of sea of thieves on switch, would be a perfect fit.

@mjhopkins81

Few minor things

1. Who cares about market penetration? Revenue and more importantly profitability are all that matter, xbox has done well in both everywhere outside of japan.
2. MS doesnt release console numbers, but id guess by now they are over 20mil in the us. Its doing fine here.
3. I doubt japan is even third now. I lived in japan during the entire ps3 era, was a fun time, bought a 360 and ps3 there. Both sold horribly for the most part, got my ps3 on discount 6 months after launch(sold it for a profit a few years later when sales picked up and they removed the bc chip from new ones)

Japan is a key gaming market, but not the driver it once was. I love my switch, and have an affinity for japan given my extended time there(non military), but lets not overstate them in todays market either.

@UltraBEAR - Dont look at the small picture to frame a larger one. A small number of the team was laid off for reasons we dont know. This was bound to happen as all acquisitions lead to a reshuffling of labor resources. They fire 89, but how many are they adding in other areas? Those numbers never get reported on.

Honestly this is most likely a reduction due to redundancy or cyclical development. There were bound to be inefficiencies created when MS acquired Acti-Bliz, ones which it would make no sense to keep around.

So the acquisitions team would have determined these and kept the person in the role they felt was most valuable to the combined firm.

Other scenario could be a shift back in development(or forward).

These staff will almost certainly find new roles in the relatively good market right now, possibly even within different MS teams.

While its never good to hear about people losing their jobs, the fact of it is that its a natural part of business and life, especially within the software sector.

@Crono1973 For me atleast, Im at a place in my life where recouping is more effort than the return i get.(ie the opportunity cost of losing my time is worth more than the $20-$50 id get trading in a game)

However, I fully understand the logic with your statement and that everyone is in a different position and point in their lives.

@Crono1973 lol, until you have lock on tech and remasters.

Could never get into sonic 3 or sonic and knuckles as a teen. I think it was just the age thing, i was 15 when 3 came out and however much older when knuckles came out. So while I played and loved sonic 1,2, and cd; 3 and knuckles hit during that weird “cute games suck” phase of my childhood.

Here I am now though, 30 years later and finally digging into sonic and knuckles via the origins release and ive found the levels confounding. They remind me a lot of mania(which i love) but have the same characteristics that make it so i always hit the 10min timer for something like 50% of the levels. The origins release also ia extremely long, which I am not sure if 3 was.(i have a feeling its the lock on version perhaps)

Either way, marble hill is a great level, but i prefer the lava levels myself for 3. Beyond that, i think mania overall is better across the board, but that doesn’t take anything away from 3, which is amazing. My only regret is holding off playing it for so long.

@Sisilly_G Games were not really complete, they just didnt have a way to add onto them or fix bugs.

Pretty much every game had bugs on the older consoles. And the complexity of those games was far lower.

Im happy we have a means now to patch and update/add content to games. Id say rarely does it feel like a game is incomplete these days.

@Crono1973

I personally dont believe they are incompatible. However, if you believe you can only have one or the other, then my hat would be with digital. I dont want the clutter.

Not surprised and its not necessarily a bad thing.

They just acquired a 69 billion dollar company, bound to be a lot of redundancy they needed to streamline.

Short term itll stink ofcourse for those impacted and hopefully MS offers a generous severance package and job hunt support for those impacted. However, the good side is tat whenever these companies shed staff, experienced people are able to join new teams and drive industry growth. It keeps the indy scene flowing.

Hmm….Id prefer to see digital games be playable by other family members on their switch so long as that game isnt in use by the primary acct holder.

I have had to buy games multiple times so my daughter can play while i play something else.

Despite being digital only, id say yes, add more variation and keep carts. Never hurts to have options and in my youth before practically took precidence over coolness, I loved collecting games and consoles. Every person should be able to do that.

@Serpenterror I thought you could still redownload games you bought after online play was deactivated.

@nimnio I dont get the issue of copying being bad. As a gamer, not an investor, I couldnt care less if a game is a copy or not.

If a game is fun, its fun. Whether someone stole the idea has no impact on that. They are very different concepts.

Ive not played palworld, but id have to concerns doing so.

@sanderev Indeed, it can be costly unless you’ve developed your backend software to be compatible and own your own server farm business. MS is able to keep most(not all as even they have shut down services) of their services up for the 360 because they can utilize the same servers and just scale as needed. Meaning if noone plays, it basically costs nothing.

I expect Nintendo will be following this model from the switch onward(as will sony from the ps4 onward) as they have both to some extent partnered with ms azure.

In short i expect well see all the major players improving in the online area

I have 3 id like to see first

1. Eternal Champions 2
2. Phantasy Star (5)
3. Panzer Dragoon Saga 2

Id settle for solid remasters of the last releases, but would prefer new iterations.