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@BladedKnight

They’re not. They’re often a necessary part of maintaining quality control or adding last-minute features.

The people who complain belong to a tiny (albeit loud) minority who have no concept of marketing and game development.

@Silly_G

“I honestly feel infuriated when people beg for more content via DLC.”

I honestly feel relieved that development decisions aren’t determined by your mood disorder. Get a grip, dude.

It’s telling that the vast majority of criticism comes from people who have never actually played the game.

This is one of the most fun, well-made titles I’ve ever experienced on the Switch. I haven’t been able to put it down since I got it.

All of the baseless philosophical musings and misguided manifestos won’t change that.

This irrelevant, garbage company knows that it can’t compete with the Switch. They’re just using Nintendo to get some free publicity. You should stop helping them do that.

Starlink. I probably won’t even touch anything else.

I had cautiously optimistic expectations for this game, but it’s turned out to be the digital equivalent of opium. I can’t put it down.

Glad to see someone is asking the important questions. I wouldn’t be suprised if this wins a Pulitzer one day.

Also, keep in mind that both IGN and EuroGamer are notorious for handing out laughably low rankings. Very few people take those two seriously.

In my opinion, anyone that scores Starlink below an 8 has a) not played enough of it or b) is genuinely incompetent.

Remember, there’s no such thing as a “professional reviewer.” Opinion is subjective. A reviewer is just some guy, who is often abysmally wrong.

I demand a fix for the performance issues that I, and the majority of players, have never encountered or considered a big deal.

100+ hours in handheld mode alone, and I have never noticed ANY of the “gamebreaking” graphical and/or performance issues that a handful of people swear by.

I hope they get that frame rate up above 2000 for you superhuman, obsessive-compulsive [removed] that see things the rest of us can’t.

In the meantime, this’ll remain one of my favorite Switch games.

I grew up on Street Fighter, but every new game, anniversary edition, etc. that they’ve put out in the last ten years+ has been trash.

The most recent mobile iteration ran at like 10 FPS on the top-of-the-line devices at the time. I played it twice before deleting it.

This is like the MGK/Eminem beef. On one hand, you wanna talk about how ridiculous this guy is. On the other, you know that talking about him gives the product undeserved publicity and the illusion of relevance. 😁

@SwitchForce

If missing the point was a sport, you’d be an Olympian. Based on a number of your posts, you seem to have a real talent for it.

No one is complaining about the price. Most of us would pay more of it meant a high quality online network with the bells and whistles that have become an industry standard.

Nice job on calling everyone else “trolls” while aimlessly talking trash to them and taking a sycophantic Nintendo-worshipping stance. The irony hit me so hard that I almost lost consciousness.

The subject of the article was a discussion about the quality of the online service. Feel free to share your opinion. Or don’t. But don’t try to shame people for engaging on the subject. That was the entire point.

Nintendo has always been painfully behind (like 15 years) when it comes to online functionality.

Like many people, I have no interest in playing retro titles. They get old after just a few minutes.

I’d already resigned myself to paying 20 bucks a year for cloud saves. I’ll still take that over having no way to back up save data. The fact that it was our reality for over a year is astonishing.

Would I like to see monthly freebies, an actual online network service, voice chat, or a trophy/achievement system? Absolutely. But this is Nintendo. When it comes to industry standards they are, and have always been, completely out-of-touch.

I had planned on picking this up, but I’m hopelessly addicted to Starlink at the moment. Dark Souls will have to wait.

@Turbo857

Absolutely. I’m really digging the open world format.

@sethharris1191

I’ve put in about 12 hours at this point, all of them in handheld mode. Performance is a non-issue. It runs great.

@Wouwter

That statement actually makes sense. Whereas there are certainly considerable differences in the design of these two games, there are overlaps (surface/space travel, space combat, resource gathering, scanning the fauna, open world) that reminded me of No Man’s Sky. And Starlink is, in my opinion, much better at the execution of those concepts.

I hope they release a demo for those of you who are on the fence. This game is a blast.

A few quick points:

1) I’m an all-digital guy. You don’t have to mess with the toys. Just get the eShop version.

2) No Man’s Sky comparisons are unfair to Starlink. It’s considerably better than No Man’s Sky.

3) The trolls and “this game obviously sucks although I’ve never played it” folks are dead wrong. This game is ridiculously fun.

@cfgk24 We told you to go before we left. Now you gotta hold it.

Would love to see Yakuza and PSO on the Switch.

And yeah, Vita is dead. Vita felt dead three years ago, in terms of the complete lack of support and new game development.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved my Vita and wish it hadn’t died. But it is what is.

Worst of all, the serial number sticker on my Vita rubbed off, so I can’t even get my six bucks or whatever for it at GameStop. 😁

Anyone happen to know if the digital pre-purchase will be playable at midnight (Mon/Tues) or if we need to wait till noon?

Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Zelda BotW, Splatoon 2 and Paladins.

I also plan on spending a few hours each day convincing myself that I have a huge backlog and shouldn’t get Starlink yet.

And then on Monday I’ll pre-purchase Starlink...

@Bunkerneath

Doesn’t matter. Ryan is under contractual obligation to include the word “Fortnite” in at least 2-3 headlines per week. He’ll make it fit.

@Supadav03 Lol, don’t feel bad, I think every 10 year-old liked his music at the time. But I feel like that proves my point. 😁

@Supadav03

My assessment was two paragraphs. You focused entirely on the first sentence.

Platform demographics aside, it’s still overhyped trash. The entire BR genre is, in my opinion, vastly inferior to other (tdm, ctf, respawn-based objective) multiplayer modes, and virtually all other games that cater to competitive multiplayer.

Fortnite’s popularity is that of the fidget spinner. It -is- popular, but truthfully doesn’t deserve to be. And while marketing plays a significant factor, part of the blame lays squarely in the lap of purchased, myopic media. And Ryan’s weekly odes to Fortnite reek of blatant sycophantism.

Vanilla Ice sold a lot of units too. That doesn’t mean he made quality music. And Fortnite is the current Vanilla Ice of the video game industry.

We don’t need a Fortnite article every week. To be honest, we don’t need any.

Yes, that’s my opinion. That’s what comments are for, aren’t they?

@ryancraddock

It’s a severely overhyped, trash game popularized by 5th graders on smartphones.

Far better games are overlooked and neglected because people like yourself keep shoving it up our collective you-know-what. You, in particular, appear to have an obsession on the subject. It’s shoddy journalism.

If you don’t like my opinion, you’re welcome to ignore it.

@Ryancraddock

A little while ago, I challenged you to go a full month without fanboy plugging Fortnite down our throats.

You made it a week.

Stop. It’s a subpar, overhyped, fidget spinner of a game.

Seriously, how much is Epic paying you to talk about it nonstop?

Arguably the most underrated / underhyped game on the Switch. Glad to see new content.

@ryancraddock

1) The premise of the article is trash. It’s disappointing and irresponsible to propagate this garbage here, of all places.

This issue has been studied extensively for well over a decade, with no significant correlation between the two visible in heaps of research.

2) I’ll give you $20 if you can go a full month without fanboy plugging the word “Fortnite.”

Arguably my favorite RPG of all time.

And I almost didn’t get it cause BeatEmUps gave it a trash review. Haven’t taken that guy seriously since. He was wrong about pretty much every aspect of the game.

I don’t get it. I don’t. It’s a mediocre, overhyped, repetitive, boring fad. It got old in under an hour.

Part of the blame falls upon the video game media. Stop hyping and sensationalizing this trash for easy headlines.

Splatoon 2 is better. Paladins is better. Hell, Hungry Hungry Hippos is better.

“Love it or hate it, Fortnite is one of the most important parts of today’s gaming scene.”

Dude, shut up. This game is popularized by 5th-graders on smartphones. Fortnite is the fidget spinner of the video game industry.

@Stocksy

It is absolutely true that psychotherapeutic medication is complicated, and often comes with many unwanted side effects. It’s true that some medication fails to achieve its desired effect.

It is also true that some psychotherapeutic medication literally saves lives.

Making blanket statements about the perceived ineffectiveness of ALL medication, discouraging people who may desperately need it from ever giving it a shot, is beyond irresponsible and destructive.

Source: Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a decade of experience in the field.

Save your pop psychology for a more appropriate medium, and don’t ever discourage anyone from trying something that might give them relief and potentially save their life.

Having played extensively during the network test, I’m eagerly looking forward to a retail copy of Dark Souls: Failed to Invade.

😏

I’m so glad that they were able to do this for him. Also glad to see that the troll kids are staying away from the comments this time.

“Guy who makes Buicks unimpressed by Porsche.”

I enjoyed the show and the games. Looking forward to this. ⚔️

I wholeheartedly agree.

It’s 2018. There is absolutely no valid reason for the inability to backup a save, in any game, ever. This has been the industry standard for way over a decade.

The price of the service doesn’t matter. Stop talking about it. It’s irrelevant. I’d much rather pay 60 bucks for a good service than 20 bucks for something that doesn’t fully accomplish what it was supposed to do. We didn’t ask for a cheap service. We asked for a good one.

Nintendo’s technological ineptitude isn’t even the worst part of these discussions. The worst part are the trolls and apologists who will spout off above and below this post, and tell us that we’re histrionic, immature, etc. for asking for the ability to backup all of our saves.

@DanPan16 Accurate. 😁

@nonprophetmusic

He literally gets on, tells everyone how stupid and immature they are for having some particular opinion, offers nothing to the discussion, and then goes into a ridiculous, condescending, long-winded tangent about the correct way to live life.

Every. Single. Time.

@Varubajia

You see what I’m saying? He’s oblivious.

He writes these insane, self-absorbed, condescending, hypocritical essays every time he gets on.

No one takes him seriously on this site. Nobody. He’s arguably the most obnoxious individual I’ve ever met in any online interaction, and that’s saying a ton.

It’s gotta be a personality disorder or something. No one’s head is that far up their own ass.

@Varubajia @kmpyj

That’s literally all he does in every single post. And he’s absolutely oblivious as to how he comes across.

I see his name and I already know I’m gonna need some safety goggles to stop my eyes from rolling into the back of my head.

My only beef is that I can’t back up my Splatoon 2 save. And it’s kind of a big one for me.

Aside from that, I’m good.

@MagicEmperor

Don’t kill the messenger, but the test doesn’t start for another two days. 😁

Downloaded and looking forward to it. I love this genre of Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Ire: Blood Memory (mobile) and Animus (mobile) style games.

If you’re new to this type of game, be warned: you will make mistakes, and you will be punished harshly for them.

But in time, you’ll learn to love it. 😁

Decent MOBA. Healing classes are weak though, and generally unwelcome in the meta. Might not bother most folks, but I love playing support chars.

If it makes Nintendo some money, cool. It’s still overhyped, flavor of the whatever trash. Virtually every online multiplayer title on the Switch is better than Fortnite. I can’t wait for the battle royale fad to fizz out.

Please stop saying Splatoon 2, or any other game for that matter, will “die” because of Fortnite.

Fortnite is trash compared to Splatoon. It’s an average game taking advantage of an inexplicable, passing fad toward the innately boring battle royale genre. It lacks the depth of Splatoon and doesn’t even come remotely close in terms of fun.

You wanna play Fortnite? Knock yourself out. But stop assuming the rest of us have terrible taste in video games, and stop saying ridiculous things.

Splatoon isn’t going anywhere. And in 6 months, Fortnite will be a relic.

@Ensemen

Oh yeah, definitely.

Most people thought it was unacceptable that a save backup feature wasn’t available at launch, and that all saves were local-only. They took a lot of criticism for it, and tons of people lost their saves due to various scenarios, regardless of what the myopic fanboy crowd here will try to tell you. I’m one of those people.

So in May of this year, they announced that you’ll be able to backup your save game data in the Cloud. And at that point, most people breathed a sigh of relief.

They did include the disclaimer that it will work with “most” games, not all. But nobody expected them to drop the ball with first-party, highly popular titles like Splatoon 2.

The people claiming “they don’t see why it’s a problem” have a staggering lack of imagination and common sense.

It’s a problem because if your Switch is stolen, lost, or experiences certain hardware/software issues, you could lose hundreds of hours of gameplay and progress. It’s already happened to many people.

So yes, it’s a major problem. And not having a way to back up saves in 2018 is laughable. This was an industry standard 15 years ago.

Nintendo had a chance to catch up on a decade of technological lag by finally introducing a much-desired achievement/trophy system to the Switch. -That- would have made the service fee an understandable addition.

Once again, however, Nintendo has proven that they’re out-of-touch with the gaming community and have no problem being a decade behind other gaming platforms.