I’m very anal about keeping my Switch free of games I don’t play. If I beat it and would never go back, I’ll delete it or archive it if I have enough sentiment.
As someone who values the compatetive experiece, I've been able to look past bad stories and samey designs. The story is usually about 20-30 hours, but I can easily put over 10 times that into battling.
My "Jaded fan" traits come out in the form of fatigue from the absurd level of cheating that has been plaguing the franchise since Gen 6 or possibly earlier, SwSh tried their best to do ban waves and make training good teams easier, but it alwas felt like a waste when TPCi hired a well known scumbag for events. Then BDSP removed most of the quality of life, and PLA became the shortest game in the franchise abandoning peeps like me.
What Scarlet and Violet need most of all (in the context of competition) is to actually have integrity. Don't allow cheating in events (every player who won Worlds outside of Japan has been caught cheating), and add either add a report function for suspicious teams (6 perfect IV shinies with next to no playtime is always a giveaway, or all the names are discord links.) or actually make it so the same cheating engine from 2013 doesn't work i the new games.
This is especially a concern for Scarlet and Violet if the Tera types are anywhere near as scarce as Hidden Power types were.
Also can we remove IVs, or add a slider to the UI so we aren't expected to wastes dozens to hundreds of hours to get what we need. The cheaters are winning because of the massive advantage it provides.
Sorry for the rant, it was a very thought provoking article.
After Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, Stardew Valley, and Rune Factory all disappointed? I’ve become genuinely interested in this type of game since it seems to go off the rails a lot. So far it looks good.
So another zero challenge mess, I'm sorry I really liked the first and second and the Copen spin-off, but iX2 showed they clarly don't undestand what people like about these.
The one difference is that a cigarette is clearly defined, again look at how Diablo immortal skirted around the definition while still including loot boxes.
More governmental control over things that the consumer can simply just not interact with is always a bad thing, this is a job for sef control and good parenting, not governmental overreach.
I'm completly ok with something like Overwatch's cosmetic only system, so any game that "sells power" will merely pull a diablo immortal and do it anyway.
I would love for this to happen, but if they really want to maintain the audience they need to start listening a little better. Patches take far to long to happen and Slowbro has been completely unplayable since launch. They also need to separate solo/duo from 5 stack. The overall balance is usually fine bar the addition of temporarily OP characters lol.
It would also be nice if the team out out more communication.
Specifically the fact that since launch Pokémon Unite has added in the campaign that gives you 3 max level item enhancers. IMHO if a game gives you at least 1 character at a competitive level that shouldn’t be classified as P2W, but pay to expand.
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Re: Hogwarts Legacy Release Date Announced, Just Not For The Switch
It’s not a cloud version
Re: Splatoon 2 Players Will Receive "Save Data Bonuses" In Splatoon 3
The worst part of splatoon 2 was getting out of C tier with a bunch of people who don’t know how to play. This is huge!
Re: Dystopian Puzzle Platformer 'Overloop' Will Clone Itself Onto Switch This Year
I’m like 90% this used to be called infinity Inc like 5 years ago and had a failed kickstarter. Cool to see it back, I was intrigued by the demo.
Re: Sonic Frontiers World Premiere Coming To Gamescom Opening Night Live
I hope they reveal the free unity assets they copy pasted.
Re: PSA: Are Your Switch Games Disappearing? You May Have Too Many - But You Can Fix It
I’m very anal about keeping my Switch free of games I don’t play. If I beat it and would never go back, I’ll delete it or archive it if I have enough sentiment.
This practice will probably haunt me later
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet File Size For Switch Seemingly Revealed
Map definitely looks bigger as well. Some kind of techno wizardry must be going on!
Re: Soapbox: For A Jaded Pokémon Fan, Scarlet And Violet Is Exactly What I Need
As someone who values the compatetive experiece, I've been able to look past bad stories and samey designs. The story is usually about 20-30 hours, but I can easily put over 10 times that into battling.
My "Jaded fan" traits come out in the form of fatigue from the absurd level of cheating that has been plaguing the franchise since Gen 6 or possibly earlier, SwSh tried their best to do ban waves and make training good teams easier, but it alwas felt like a waste when TPCi hired a well known scumbag for events. Then BDSP removed most of the quality of life, and PLA became the shortest game in the franchise abandoning peeps like me.
What Scarlet and Violet need most of all (in the context of competition) is to actually have integrity. Don't allow cheating in events (every player who won Worlds outside of Japan has been caught cheating), and add either add a report function for suspicious teams (6 perfect IV shinies with next to no playtime is always a giveaway, or all the names are discord links.) or actually make it so the same cheating engine from 2013 doesn't work i the new games.
This is especially a concern for Scarlet and Violet if the Tera types are anywhere near as scarce as Hidden Power types were.
Also can we remove IVs, or add a slider to the UI so we aren't expected to wastes dozens to hundreds of hours to get what we need. The cheaters are winning because of the massive advantage it provides.
Sorry for the rant, it was a very thought provoking article.
Re: Square Enix Shares Fresh New Details For Life Sim RPG Harvestella
After Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, Stardew Valley, and Rune Factory all disappointed? I’ve become genuinely interested in this type of game since it seems to go off the rails a lot. So far it looks good.
Re: A Japan-Only Mega Man Game Just Shadow Dropped On The Switch (US)
If I didn’t literally just polish off the OGs in Capcom’s arcade Stadium, I 100% would have been down.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
@Brydontk
If you have level scaling then they'd all be equally easy, so IMO the choice is between partial challenge or no challenge at all.
Re: Everyone Is Pikachu In Pokémon Unite's Pika Party Event, Starting Today
Well this should be entertaining.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
@Munchlax
I meant does it matter if it's really easy or a little easy?
Wouldn't it be better to have the choice to make it hard?
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
@Munchlax
Is "super easy" really better than "Legends Arceus easy"?
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
@Munchlax
You can’t “make it harder” if you understand the basic mechanics of the game. The only hard Pokémon game is you’re first one.
Re: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Lets You Tackle Gyms In Any Order
@Radbot42
According to leaks the answer thankfully is no.
So we finally can have as much challenge as we want moving forward.
Re: The Internet Is In Loaf With Fidough, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Bread-Dog
It is a nice desing, but I still love Woopy Boi
Re: Nintendo Reports Drop In Sales For Q1- Should We Be Worried?
We just entered a recession, so a little worry might not hurt.
Re: Nintendo Twitter Account Supposedly Teases New Modes And More For Splatoon 3
A new game does new things!
Unheard of!
Re: Video: Our Video Producer Got Stranded, So Became A World Record Speed Runner
Toree is like the little game that could, I hope they were successful.
I have a feeling it coming out around the same time as Balan helped.
Re: Poll: What Are You Hoping To See From This Week's 'Pokémon Presents'?
The new gimmick. Let’s see how competitive gets shaken up.
Re: Random: People Are Getting Pretty Worried About Splatoon 3
The difference is that Pokémon has flashy and cool things to show off. Splatoon just needs to make marginal improvements.
Re: Digimon Survive Is Getting Review Bombed On Metacritic
The trailers and the name of the game definetly suggest a game with some action.
Re: Pokémon Presents Will Feature New Scarlet & Violet Info Later This Week
I hope it’s packed with information to make up for the lack of literally anything.
And yeah Buzzwhole comes to unite that day as well, so that’ll be mentioned I’m sure.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Highlight Of Your Game Collection?
I own 2 Super Rare (the company not the adjective) games.
Little Inferno and Last Day of June.
Not exactly that special, but only a few thousand will ever exist.
Re: Random: Nintendo Got Its Own Question Wrong At An Official Splatoon Quiz
“Don’t hat me!”
-former employee of Nintendo, probably
Re: Nintendo Download: 28th July (North America)
Maybe Azure Striker, but iX2 was so bad I don't think I'd find anything to like.
Re: Review: Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 - Another Cracking Mega Man Zero-Alike
So another zero challenge mess, I'm sorry I really liked the first and second and the Copen spin-off, but iX2 showed they clarly don't undestand what people like about these.
Re: Feature: Dynamax Ain’t That Bad - Pokemon’s Recent Battle Mechanics Ranked
@SeantheDon29
Wolfe was caught cheating multiple times. This was proven by the guy who made PKhex
Re: Disney Wants Its New Kart Racer To Provide A "Fair" Free-To-Play Experience
“they can also purchase in-game currency to progress in the game a little faster.”
Translation: Our game is pay to win with more steps.
Re: "Bean Bone Update" Adds Among Us To Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
This just makes me sad we still can’t play Insryption.
Re: Review: Omori - An Emotional, EarthBound-Inspired RPG That's Not Afraid To Shock
The ending left a lot to be desired but I actually really liked the combat system.
@MARI0
Playing for all the endings isn’t really necessary as there’s really only 2 that matter, and the good ending is what you’ll naturally get anyway.
Re: Hideki Kamiya: Nintendo Hasn't Ever Asked Platinum To Cover Up Bayonetta
M rated games don’t make as much money, no further speculation needed.
Re: This Game Boy-Inspired Handheld Is A Budget Answer To Modern-Day Retro Gaming
Powkiddy v90 is like $40 and has a better form factor.
Re: Eevee Ice-Type Evolution Glaceon Joins The Pokémon Unite Roster
@Snatcher
Hopefully it’s gems, I have enough coins to last for a few weeks.
Re: Eevee Ice-Type Evolution Glaceon Joins The Pokémon Unite Roster
Very tempting to just buy it outright, do I get gems back or coins when I receive the duplicate license?
Re: Random: Immortalise Cloud Strife In A Pretty Dress With This $200 Poseable Figure
An yes the worst moment in FF history, the one that proves milk isn’t the worst substance to leave out over time.
Re: All Five Games In Jackbox Party Pack 9 Have Been Revealed
My group despises all forms of trivia sadly, but I enjoy Fibbage and a Jackbox game about RPing intrigues me.
Re: Dragon Ball: The Breakers Finally Lands A Release Date, But Fan Reaction Is Mixed
A new game was announced, some fans liked it while others didn’t
Where’s the news story?
Re: Here's Your First Look At Splatoon 3's Home Menu Icon For Nintendo Switch
I wonder how many characters will be on the fourth icon.
Re: Mojang Says No To Minecraft NFTs
In unrelated news NFTs are down over 90% from their highs
Re: FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Will Have Women's Football, But No New Features
NL hasn’t given a 1/10 for awhile
Re: Random: Elected Official In Japan Is Looking To Legally Preserve Games
Legality and preservation finally come together.
Re: UK Government Warns It "Will Not Hesitate To Consider Legislation" Against Loot Boxes
@Dr_Lugae
The one difference is that a cigarette is clearly defined, again look at how Diablo immortal skirted around the definition while still including loot boxes.
Re: Level-5 Is Ready To Share News On The Inazuma Eleven Switch Game Soon
I thought Inazuma 10 was alright but Inazuma 4 was my favorite!
Re: UK Government Warns It "Will Not Hesitate To Consider Legislation" Against Loot Boxes
@Stocksy
More governmental control over things that the consumer can simply just not interact with is always a bad thing, this is a job for sef control and good parenting, not governmental overreach.
I'm completly ok with something like Overwatch's cosmetic only system, so any game that "sells power" will merely pull a diablo immortal and do it anyway.
Re: The Pokémon Company Needs Someone To Help Archive Pokémon History
@Fizza
Darn I was going to make the same joke, but with the leader of Bulbapedia.
Re: UK Government Warns It "Will Not Hesitate To Consider Legislation" Against Loot Boxes
Totalitarian much?
Re: Random: You Can Now Play The Excellent 3D Platformer 'Demon Turf' On The DS
@RupeeClock
I can’t believe a business would promote their business!
Re: Feature: Is Pokémon Unite Ready For Its Moment At The Pokémon World Championships?
I would love for this to happen, but if they really want to maintain the audience they need to start listening a little better. Patches take far to long to happen and Slowbro has been completely unplayable since launch. They also need to separate solo/duo from 5 stack. The overall balance is usually fine bar the addition of temporarily OP characters lol.
It would also be nice if the team out out more communication.
Re: Best Mario Kart Games Of All Time
@dartmonkey
Specifically the fact that since launch Pokémon Unite has added in the campaign that gives you 3 max level item enhancers. IMHO if a game gives you at least 1 character at a competitive level that shouldn’t be classified as P2W, but pay to expand.