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Re: Rumour: Another Xbox Game Could Be Racing Onto Switch 2, It's Claimed

Scollurio

@dew12333 huh that’s an odd take! Any game that leans more towards a sim racer is almost unplayable with digital triggers only. Sim racing tries to simulate the real driving experience and nuanced gas input is key to car control. Imagine in real life your gas pedal can only do „none“ and „full throttle“. 😅

It’s perfectly fine to prefer digital triggers though, but for the full „true“ racing experience you need analogue input. Your bad experience with them may come from a lack of experience, it takes a lot of muscle memory and fine motor skills to really make the best from analogue triggers!

I’m pretty sure regardless if there are analogue triggers for switch 2 most games will be playable with digital triggers too from a technical standpoint. you’ll just never be near competitive - if you care for that!

Playing a racing game with digital triggers to me is like playing Doom with a steering wheel. It’s possible but clunky and stupid! 😂

Re: Lexar Is Apparently Releasing A Switch 2 'microSD Express' Card

Scollurio

You should really mention that this is new tech and supposedly will have transfer rates of about 900 MB/s. Which puts it beyond SATA 6 SSD speeds, which is very nice. That's the reason for the price.

(probably someone mentioned this already in the comments, sorry didn't read them all)

1 TB seem fine tbh, but that's just me.

Re: Rumour: Diablo 4 Is Claimed To Be In Development For Switch 2

Scollurio

I guess we will get lots of remasters, re-releases from other multiplatform games and I am perfectly happy with it. I just hope this time the joycons have analogue triggers or at least that the Switch 2 supports analogue triggers for example on a new PRO controller. I really need some serious racing fix besides kart racers, as much as I love Mario Kart...

Re: New Mario Kart 9 Teased For Switch 2

Scollurio

Love what I see here, but the Mario Kart screenshots make something obvious to me, the bezels feel odd. Like someone forgot to "zoom the actual display" all the way outwards to hit the physical edges of the screen. It looks odd.

Other than that I just hope those triggers are ANALOGUE for proper racing game support!

Re: Tech Fans Have Gone Full 'Layton' In Analysing The 'Switch 2' Motherboard

Scollurio

@nocdaes I'm in the "I'm happy with Switch as is, but the games will run a tad better with Switch 2"-camp. And that is fine with me. I'm not into triple A gaming anymore since it's shyte anyways most of the time. I actually enjoy remakes and retro or neo-retro games and the occassional first party Nintendo title. Switch 2 won't change that, just smoothen the experience a bit.

Hope the eShop improves...

Re: F-Zero 99 Updated To Version 1.5.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Scollurio

@Yosher I'm with you on that, I feel though that if a new F-Zero can be successful they will HAVE to drop this one to not cannibalize their own audience. But at this point, besides graphics (and I don't mind the retro aesthetics one bit) I can hardly imagine what a proper new F-Zero must be like to justify the abandonment of 99.

Maybe this is it, the whole F-Zero resurrection IS 99.

Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Two More Titles

Scollurio

With the constant craze about retro gaming and the constant failures of modern gaming, I really wonder if it's about time someone (Nintendo?) does something proper about being able to play and own (who am I kidding) retro games again. I was wondering if that "NSO test thingy" you could sign up for is about a new, better way to dabble into the back catalogues of gaming companies. I'd love to enjoy old games in a somewhat palpable way.

Last time on the loo I imagined this:
You go to a website, pick 25 games from a list and have them shipped to you on a physical Switch 2 cart, with cover and all. Basically your custom, totally legal because paid for, retro game compilation with no duds and just what you like.

Retro á la cart.

I'd be all over this.

Then sell us filters and enhancements on the Switch 2 system for 1 dollar each and you even got your micro transactions crap in.

One can dream.

Re: Nintendo To Go In 'Different Direction' To Current AI Trends, Says Miyamoto

Scollurio

Switch 2 with it's library, this attitude towards AI and an attractive price is sure to be the next BANGER for Nintendo, at least in my book.

Also, about AI, I have been heavily involved with generative AI in my dayjob, and there is something about it, the uncanny valley thing, that we as humans are able to detect. How stuff is worded, how patterns in an innocent background image repeat, how faces look and how limbs intertwingle when everything f's up (okay, the last one was too obvious), but I have a feeling it's not flying like they want it to.

I had several clients that could spot AI images and they are not happy when they do, even though they can't put their finger on what's "off".

I hope this AI boom brings forth a new found appreciation for human creativity and craftsmanship.

Re: EA's Vince Zampella Praises Nintendo As He Teases The Next Battlefield

Scollurio

As I grow older, rapidly decaying towards my grave, it feels like Battlefield and COD games pass me by just as quickly as the seasons do. I really enjoyed 1942, Vietnam and some of the more modern games (like Bad Company), but have completely lost interest in recent years due to personal time commitments somewhere else and a very stale feeling of "more of the same just with added political bias".

But yeah, I'm eying this one.

Re: Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns - Official Sektor Gameplay Trailer Revealed

Scollurio

@NeonMullet exactly. I love playing stuff in bursts and replay them not to collect stupid items or unlock some achievement, I enjo coming back for the pure fun. Lately I’ve dabbled into retro shmups and absolutely fell in love with Gynoug and Gleylancer.

Oh yes I thought links awakening was just perfect, the remake that is. It’s m absolute favorite Zelda game. I didn’t even get the latest one sequel to BotW knowing i wouldn’t ever finish it anyways!

Love that neo retro turtles game too!