I'm playing Master Detective Archives : Raincode. I know this game is quite polarising, but I really love it! I so nearly didn't buy it because adventure games are not my jam but I'm so glad I did! It's not even that amazing of a story but there's something about it that tickles my brain in all the right ways. I also think it's the most beautiful game I've seen on Switch in a while.
I'm also continuing Moemon Emerald there are so many Pokémon added and they are all new to me thanks to this hack (all pokes are cute girls) so with my weird playstyle I'm so overwhelmed (In a good way) For context even Tentacool looks cute in this game.
Said playstyle involves me catching them all and evolving constantly to see what they all look like as I try and build a team, but my team ends up changing throughout the whole game xD I spend hours in one spot. Rusturf Tunnel, for example, doesn't just have Whismer, it has almost all the baby Pokemon available (and Porygon for some reason, it's so cool!)
@Ooyah
You reminded me I had Mr. Sun's Hatbox backlogged, I should get on that soon if it's that good!
This is a bit better, I will always give them a chance. The last two games weren't as bad as everyone says despite the awful graphics and reused characters.
I do want it, but that length is putting me off and it sounds like you are forced just to burn through the game with everything taking time, I think it should have been an all-or-nothing with the time mechanics despite it being a chill experience. I want to savour these games, and it doesn't really seem possible here.
Edit Also, I'm not an old school Atelier fan, I jumped on with Ryza but the alchemy is half the fun, so it being simplified kinda sucks as well.
(I do like short games but I like my JRPG's meaty)
I'll 100% grab it on sale though.
@aaronsullivan
Mad respect to you there, I wouldn't dream of doing it myself xD
I have the dexterity of an 80 year old
I'm at the age where grey hairs have started appearing and just trying to pluck them out is hard enough let alone do the back, oh that would end so badly...
But yeah must be a great money saver to do it yourself, even though the procrastination is real regardless. >.<
I will be playing FF4 pixel remaster after I'm done with my haircut appointment, (anyone else hate doing it and put it off for way too long?)
I've also bought a DS and started collecting physical Pokémon GBA rom hacks so I'll be playing some Moemon FireRed where all the pokemon are gijinkas and it's so freaking cute. It's not lewd, just cute as heck!
I also have Raincode coming in the post today after Shinigami sold me on it (not really one for adventure games normally) so it will be hard not to play that. There's something so good about getting a physical game in the post, it never gets old and I think physical media will never die.
@AlanaHagues
Oh no that combo is dangerous! xD
Oh thanks that great! I didn't think the game was that good actually (and I say that as someone who loves farm sims and JRPG's) But whoever the art director for the food is, needs a raise at least!
@AlanaHagues Were you hungry when you wrote this article by any chance? xD Hehe just kidding, articles like this are fun! I personally think Harvestella's food looks the tastiest to me, seriously just look at the wiki: https://harvestella.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Recipes_%26_Meals/Drinks they didn't need to go that hard on the food art
@Lyricana Ahh fair enough, I didn't know that, I guess I just wrongly assumed that people play Witcher for the gameplay, not the story but I was very clearly off the mark there.
Yeah I think I will then. I really don't want to buy another console just for two games, I'm content with the selection on Switch, I just have a bee in my bonnet about really wanting to play the series, should probably just sell 3 and 4 and be done with it at this point. I know I sound annoyingly stubborn and it's completely a 'me issue' but I'm drowning in games just on Switch, if I open up more avenues with more game libraries that would not be good for me at all. xD
@Lyricana Not really the same thing at all xD I've not played the Witcher so I won't pretend to know if you need to play the other games, but judging by the fact I have it backlogged and I have never seen anywhere that suggests you should play the other two first, I assume it can be played completely standalone, even if you might miss some references here and there.
All I have ever heard as a new fan is that Trails is a series dripping with history and lore that you will enjoy so much more if you can play them in order. I bit the bullet and played Zero and Azure on Switch because I heard it was an ok place to start, but I know I missed out massively by not having the sky games available to play first.
But If I played 3 and 4 (which I do own by the way) I'm just going to be completely lost unless I read the text wall that is supposed to get you up to speed at the start of the game, it just isn't enjoyable and kinda defeats the point of the series, I did try to do that if it isn't obvious, and it just didn't work for me (I'm used to a lot of text playing a lot of VN's and story driven games)
Well I'm not one of those people, the Switch is my only console and I know there are others like me, I've always just had Nintendo consoles. I know there are some issues regarding the port of I and 2 and that's fair enough. Trails from Zero/Azure had a right to be on the system but 3/4 and Reverie? I'm not so sure unless they just want people to double-dip or purely for the on the go side of things.
The worst thing is though despite my comment, I have the damn thing (Reverie) pre-ordered in some stupid hope that in supporting the game 1 and 2 will somehow happen, because I've loved what I've played so far, but I'm so close to canceling it for Rain code.
Not once have I ever thought the Switch didn't have enough games, there's too many to keep up with! and this year I've picked up more first party titles than any other year (I use it mostly as an indie/third party machine) but there have been some bangers this year, and we're only halfway through 2023!
I'm in two minds. On one hand I have 800+ digital games on my Switch, enough to last me a lifetime and more I'd bet. I want it to stay around forever. But on the other hand, devs/people who port to the system have constant trouble getting even non-taxing games to work on the thing and I think its a 50/50 problem, the power and the Switch being a pain to work with/optimise for, so I'd love some more power to alleviate half the problem, I am not an FPS snob or anything either. A smooth digital account transition would be everything to me.
@Daniel36 Me too, it's not so much the score that concerned me, it was the actual contents of the review. I will keep it backlogged until some patches and then form my own opinion. It seems to be pretty mixed after all.
@JohnnyMind Yeah you might be right there considering it wasn't just this site, all reviews were pretty high scores and mentioned mild issues but yeah they weren't mild xD Yeah me too. I'm sure you will enjoy it when you get around to it.
@JackieCMarlow Yeah I felt like I trusted them as well even if they were sponsored. Ahh well, I won't be doing that again.
@RobynMWest Ahh that really sucks. I know how it feels to be bitten by games like this trust me. Best advice I can give is try and forget about the game for now (since we have like no consumer rights on the Eshop whatsoever) yet don't give up hope at the same time because a patch is always possible. I benched an unplayable game a couple months ago and two days ago it got a patch that fixed it. The Switch takes way longer to get updates than other platforms. There's still no excuse to release games like this though.
@FishyS So much better! there was an update a couple of days ago (1.4.0) It was unplayable before, it would crash in every battle and had the worst performance I have ever seen and I'm no performance snob,, I have no idea how it scored so highly! But I haven't had a crash since, and all the issues are gone bar a little lag when entering buildings which for me is a non-issue, especially compared to what it was.
Eh I'm gonna be boring and say TOTK funny enough I didn't like the game at first, but some members on this site helped me look at it differently and I've loved it ever since, its my constant inbetween game-game so I will never finish it, and that's fine by me!
Problem is I play that much that it's just so hard to remember what I've actually played until I see the end of year review unless something has really blown me away. Funny enough I have played(and more shamefully, backlogged) More Nintendo games than I usually do this year, My Switch is normally a third party/indie machine.
I think I've played and enjoyed more than Oliie at least xD
Hey don't go with the grain, cool kids club unite!
But with my backlog the way it is, I might have a GOTY in that pile and not get to it till like 5 years time at this rate so I don't know.
Alana really has me thinking about Octopath 2 now. I didn't like the first one, and funny enough I can't remember why and I've had FOMO about 2 ever since, and I've resisted every single urge not to buy the sequel like an idiot, and now you might have encouraged me to do just that with your oh so specific wording, so thanks!
Aww this is a bit disappointing seeing as I already picked it up. A lot of youtubers with 'ahem' sponsored content were saying this was rather good, and I believed them.
Hopefully some issues will be ironed out before I actually get around to playing it, but it sounds more of a core gameplay thing than one that can be patched up over time. Big shame as this looked really promising too, hopefully there are some good times to be squeezed out of it, the crafting did look fun before I knew how clunk it was.
@Kiyata I'm in love with you right now. Grow is such a hidden gem, and although I haven't played Magical Garden yet I'm so excited to! So hearing it is good has made me even more hyped for it!
This weekend I'm playing Cassette Beasts which finally got a performance patch 2 months later.
I have mixed feelings about Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life and was all set to sell my SE copy, uploaded it and everything and then for some reason I just couldn't do it and took the listing down, so I guess my gut is telling me that I will probably play that again over the weekend despite my better judgment.
People usually talk about odd things on here as well so here's mine. I've actually ordered a DS lite (I sold all my old Nintendo hardware before, big sad) and of all the things I've ordered to play on it, I found some physical GBA rom hacks of Pokemon Moemon Emerald and Moekko monsters. Yes they games are exactly what you think they are... rom hacks of fire red and emerald where the Pokemon are cute girls instead because I am a person of culture xD I just wanted something to play when the Switch seems too overwhelming with choice when deciding what to play do you know what I mean? I think Switchup's channel calls this sort of thing a loading game. I wanted something familiar and cozy for when I'm in a grump without replaying old games. I'm not gonna lie I think I might have started a rabbit hole of collecting fakey-mon games, it has always fascinated me ever since seeing a fakey-mon game at a market when I was a kid I have no idea why I didn't think of it sooner, also picked up Chaos Black an an impulse buy from the same seller too, I think I'll be knocking at his proverbial door for more again again sooner rather than later.
Take a shot every time grumpy old fogies continue hating on it xD Nah I'm kidding, it's fun to dunk on this game, but it isn't for us, it's for the people that have families of casual Switch players to get involved and play something together, in the cooler days of the summer holidays.
@Arawn93 I don't like mystery games and I had no interest in it whatsoever but I've just been swayed to get this on sale just for Shinigami alone after watching footage of her, so I would say he made the right call xD
@ArcticEcho
I personally think it was really good. I play a lot of games, so many of them get left out in my memories, but this one I remember fondly, but then I do often like quite niche titles so bare that in mind and shop around for reviews.
I think most people's problems with it was that it could be repetitive in the combat department, especially since there are multiple endings (thought that was handled really well in my book without spoiling anything) I never go for multiple routes normally, and I got the true end in this and it was worth it.
I feel you 100% on that, I can be super picky too, they are surprisingly hard to get right, I end up dropping more than I do sticking with because of that, but like you they are like my 2nd fave genre somehow.
Got Picontier and pre ordered Noob the factionless physical. I wish Raincode was a JRPG cause it looks so gorgeous, but not really a fan of mystery games.
This looks ok actually, was expecting much worse.I like the artstyle they chose The series is good, and will soon be super relevant again with all new projects in the works. My partner introduced me to Avatar and he loves the show more than he loves me no joke, so I'm sure he won't mind playing this if I pick it up.
Crystar wasn't perfect, but it was one the most memorable JRPG's I've played, I even created my username after one of it's characters before I changed it recently. So safe to say I'm very much looking forward to this!
@JohnnyMind
Nice to know I wasn't going crazy just yet xD
Shame it took two months, but better late than never, and for someone like you who has a large backlog and hasn't got to it yet, it should be like there was nothing wrong at all hopefully, backlog perks!
I also remember I said I'd let you know how I found Advance Wars as well in terms of difficulty and I still haven't unwrapped the thing, so I know how it is, what a time to be alive! xD
@KateGray I found it finally last night (well my partner did) xD but thankyou! That was totally me being an idiot, I is big dumdum. But I did think the box was just for achievements with the wonder-fuls at the start so maybe a li'l bit the games fault... derp.
@JohnnyMind Did I say on another thread that I would let you know when Cassette Beasts had been fixed (I think I did) unless it was someone else... but I'm posting here incase it helps someone anyway.
They added a free update today 1.4.0 and it has drastically improved performance (as well as added extra content). I haven't played long enough to know if the crashes are still a thing, since I'm deep into SOS a wonderful life and don't wanna put it down for long, but the difference really does seem like night and day, I really tried to get it to stutter and it didn't.
This guide went under my radar, it's very helpful. I ordered birdseed for rainy days (though looks like I didn't need to according to this guide) but where the heck is it? It's not in my inventory, and I never even got notified that it had arrived.
It was on my wishlist out of morbid curiosity, but there's nothing written here that would suit me and the kind of games I like, maybe I will try the demo, but I'm leaning more towards pass. It looks like a game big on story and I appreciate and understand the vagueness in that regard, but at the same time I haven't got a clue about what this game is about, or what kind of tone it has besides the (rather charming sounding) animation.
I've had it in my head all morning even before this article simply because I bought some peaches this morning, so this circulating again is not good for my headspace xD
@FishyS Oh I see, I don't have that much experience so I didn't realize that, it really baffled me. Ok you twisted my arm, spamming buttons I can just about do, I'll give it another shot just at the story then. I really wanted that to be the game I finally put the time in and gut gud at, but the tutorial scared me away and back to Hyrule again in a flash, but then I have had a rotten week gaming wise, couldn't seem to get into anything waiting for my personal predicted GOTY to release so that may have skewed my rash drop of the game.
@FishyS
Honestly, I didn't get that far before I got put off of it and sadly it's destined for the trade -in pile. That tutorial was not beginner friendly at all, why describe the attacks as ABC ect? My brain couldn't compute.
I love pones, and it's gorgeous but I just gotta accept I just don't like the genre, some genres just aren't for and you can't change that, we're just all different.
Well that's a shame, I was hoping you guys would cover this. Looks like I will be skipping then. The narrative is everything in this sort of game, and looks like there isn't much left without it, there's no reason this game shouldn't run like butter either, shame.
Waffle incoming:
I've been in a bit of a rut this last week because I'm waiting for A Wonderful Life remake, so I didn't want to start anything big. So I've been playing games on my massive backlog, but I've just made some really bad picks with what to play and they've all been kinda eh (that's what happens when you buy things willy nilly on sale though I guess)
First world problem but because I don't have any other hobbies it gets me down a bit when I'm not engaged when playing something, and makes me lose a bit of faith thinking I just don't like games anymore, which is just plain untrue, but when I'm in the moment, it just feels that way. What makes it worse is I picked up Everdream Valley and Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island (both farm sims) and they would get me out of this rut so fast but I can't play them because AWL is my most anticipated game this year, and I can't play farm sims back to back even if I could somehow stop time and finish one before AWL releases.
Anyyywaaayyy... I've loaded up Smashing the battle and I don't hate it. It has a very good...ahem, plot and it's just mindless smashing which seems fun so far.
Edit: Okay this game whooped my butt, and while I'm not great at these sorts of games, I'm no stranger either so... Another one bites the dust I guess.
Now I will be trying out Them's fightin herds I'm bad at fighting games but I love anything smol hors, what could possibly go wrong right? right?
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 15th)
I'm playing Master Detective Archives : Raincode. I know this game is quite polarising, but I really love it! I so nearly didn't buy it because adventure games are not my jam but I'm so glad I did! It's not even that amazing of a story but there's something about it that tickles my brain in all the right ways. I also think it's the most beautiful game I've seen on Switch in a while.
I'm also continuing Moemon Emerald there are so many Pokémon added and they are all new to me thanks to this hack (all pokes are cute girls) so with my weird playstyle I'm so overwhelmed (In a good way) For context even Tentacool looks cute in this game.
Said playstyle involves me catching them all and evolving constantly to see what they all look like as I try and build a team, but my team ends up changing throughout the whole game xD I spend hours in one spot. Rusturf Tunnel, for example, doesn't just have Whismer, it has almost all the baby Pokemon available (and Porygon for some reason, it's so cool!)
@Ooyah
You reminded me I had Mr. Sun's Hatbox backlogged, I should get on that soon if it's that good!
Re: Nintendo Download: 13th July (North America)
@nhSnork
Was about to write nothing for me this week, but you made me buy the pinball game just for the MLP board xD
Re: New Harvest Moon: The Winds Of Anthos Trailer Gives First Look At Gameplay Footage
This is a bit better, I will always give them a chance. The last two games weren't as bad as everyone says despite the awful graphics and reused characters.
Re: Review: Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist Of Salburg - A Concise And Cosy JRPG That Fans Will Love
Was waiting for this review, so thankyou!
I do want it, but that length is putting me off and it sounds like you are forced just to burn through the game with everything taking time, I think it should have been an all-or-nothing with the time mechanics despite it being a chill experience. I want to savour these games, and it doesn't really seem possible here.
Edit Also, I'm not an old school Atelier fan, I jumped on with Ryza but the alchemy is half the fun, so it being simplified kinda sucks as well.
(I do like short games but I like my JRPG's meaty)
I'll 100% grab it on sale though.
Re: Square Enix's Dragon Quest Series Has Now Sold Over 88 Million Units Worldwide
Super casual fan here but eager to play more. I've only played 11 and DQ Builders 1+2 (oh and Treasures which I hated)
Re: Gallery: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince "Sneak Peek" - Heroes, Story & World
I'm looking forward to this, but I'll never not want builders 3.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8th)
@aaronsullivan
Mad respect to you there, I wouldn't dream of doing it myself xD
I have the dexterity of an 80 year old
I'm at the age where grey hairs have started appearing and just trying to pluck them out is hard enough let alone do the back, oh that would end so badly...
But yeah must be a great money saver to do it yourself, even though the procrastination is real regardless. >.<
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's New Update Targets Item Duplication Glitches, Unsurprisingly
Just a reminder that regardless if you use them or not it doesn't affect anyone else.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8th)
@Z-Core Oh mate you just made me feel so old. I absolutely loved that game. That game made me buy a hamster IRL as a tween, good times.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8th)
I will be playing FF4 pixel remaster after I'm done with my haircut appointment, (anyone else hate doing it and put it off for way too long?)
I've also bought a DS and started collecting physical Pokémon GBA rom hacks so I'll be playing some Moemon FireRed where all the pokemon are gijinkas and it's so freaking cute. It's not lewd, just cute as heck!
I also have Raincode coming in the post today after Shinigami sold me on it (not really one for adventure games normally) so it will be hard not to play that. There's something so good about getting a physical game in the post, it never gets old and I think physical media will never die.
Re: How Well Do You Know The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
That second one was mean and you know it 8/15 I don't pay a lot of attention it seems xD
Re: Best Food In Nintendo Switch Games
@AlanaHagues
Oh no that combo is dangerous! xD
Oh thanks that great! I didn't think the game was that good actually (and I say that as someone who loves farm sims and JRPG's) But whoever the art director for the food is, needs a raise at least!
Re: Best Food In Nintendo Switch Games
@AlanaHagues Were you hungry when you wrote this article by any chance? xD
Hehe just kidding, articles like this are fun!
I personally think Harvestella's food looks the tastiest to me, seriously just look at the wiki:
https://harvestella.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Recipes_%26_Meals/Drinks
they didn't need to go that hard on the food art
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th July (North America)
Nothing for me this week. I did have Trails pre-ordered but I just cancelled it.
Anyone played Necrosmith before? That looks okay.
Re: Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie - A Refreshing Entry In The Kiseki Series
@Lyricana Ahh fair enough, I didn't know that, I guess I just wrongly assumed that people play Witcher for the gameplay, not the story but I was very clearly off the mark there.
Yeah I think I will then.
I really don't want to buy another console just for two games, I'm content with the selection on Switch, I just have a bee in my bonnet about really wanting to play the series, should probably just sell 3 and 4 and be done with it at this point. I know I sound annoyingly stubborn and it's completely a 'me issue' but I'm drowning in games just on Switch, if I open up more avenues with more game libraries that would not be good for me at all. xD
Re: Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie - A Refreshing Entry In The Kiseki Series
@Lyricana
Not really the same thing at all xD
I've not played the Witcher so I won't pretend to know if you need to play the other games, but judging by the fact I have it backlogged and I have never seen anywhere that suggests you should play the other two first, I assume it can be played completely standalone, even if you might miss some references here and there.
All I have ever heard as a new fan is that Trails is a series dripping with history and lore that you will enjoy so much more if you can play them in order. I bit the bullet and played Zero and Azure on Switch because I heard it was an ok place to start, but I know I missed out massively by not having the sky games available to play first.
But If I played 3 and 4 (which I do own by the way) I'm just going to be completely lost unless I read the text wall that is supposed to get you up to speed at the start of the game, it just isn't enjoyable and kinda defeats the point of the series, I did try to do that if it isn't obvious, and it just didn't work for me (I'm used to a lot of text playing a lot of VN's and story driven games)
Well I'm not one of those people, the Switch is my only console and I know there are others like me, I've always just had Nintendo consoles. I know there are some issues regarding the port of I and 2 and that's fair enough. Trails from Zero/Azure had a right to be on the system but 3/4 and Reverie? I'm not so sure unless they just want people to double-dip or purely for the on the go side of things.
The worst thing is though despite my comment, I have the damn thing (Reverie) pre-ordered in some stupid hope that in supporting the game 1 and 2 will somehow happen, because I've loved what I've played so far, but I'm so close to canceling it for Rain code.
Re: Marvelous Reveals Opening Anime Movie For Upcoming Action RPG Silent Hope
I'm already sold on this, so watching that would be kinda spoils IMO.
Re: Talking Point: How Does Switch's Year 7 Compare To Previous Nintendo Consoles?
Not once have I ever thought the Switch didn't have enough games, there's too many to keep up with! and this year I've picked up more first party titles than any other year (I use it mostly as an indie/third party machine) but there have been some bangers this year, and we're only halfway through 2023!
I'm in two minds. On one hand I have 800+ digital games on my Switch, enough to last me a lifetime and more I'd bet. I want it to stay around forever. But on the other hand, devs/people who port to the system have constant trouble getting even non-taxing games to work on the thing and I think its a 50/50 problem, the power and the Switch being a pain to work with/optimise for, so I'd love some more power to alleviate half the problem, I am not an FPS snob or anything either. A smooth digital account transition would be everything to me.
Re: Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Receives New Quality Of Life Update
Thanks for reminding me of another game I haven't touched since I bought it... oops.
Re: Review: Everdream Valley – A Cute Yet Clunky Farm Sim That Tries To Till Differently
@Daniel36
Me too, it's not so much the score that concerned me, it was the actual contents of the review. I will keep it backlogged until some patches and then form my own opinion. It seems to be pretty mixed after all.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
@JohnnyMind
Yeah you might be right there considering it wasn't just this site, all reviews were pretty high scores and mentioned mild issues but yeah they weren't mild xD
Yeah me too. I'm sure you will enjoy it when you get around to it.
Re: Feature: Nintendo eShop Selects - June 2023
This is a rare time where I haven't bought/played (nor do I intend to buy/play any of these) so yay!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
@NinjaNicky
What are you fave genres?
Re: Review: Everdream Valley – A Cute Yet Clunky Farm Sim That Tries To Till Differently
@JackieCMarlow
Yeah I felt like I trusted them as well even if they were sponsored. Ahh well, I won't be doing that again.
@RobynMWest
Ahh that really sucks. I know how it feels to be bitten by games like this trust me. Best advice I can give is try and forget about the game for now (since we have like no consumer rights on the Eshop whatsoever) yet don't give up hope at the same time because a patch is always possible. I benched an unplayable game a couple months ago and two days ago it got a patch that fixed it. The Switch takes way longer to get updates than other platforms. There's still no excuse to release games like this though.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
@FishyS
So much better! there was an update a couple of days ago (1.4.0) It was unplayable before, it would crash in every battle and had the worst performance I have ever seen and I'm no performance snob,, I have no idea how it scored so highly! But I haven't had a crash since, and all the issues are gone bar a little lag when entering buildings which for me is a non-issue, especially compared to what it was.
Re: Poll: What's Your Game Of The Year Of 2023 So Far?
Eh I'm gonna be boring and say TOTK funny enough I didn't like the game at first, but some members on this site helped me look at it differently and I've loved it ever since, its my constant inbetween game-game so I will never finish it, and that's fine by me!
Problem is I play that much that it's just so hard to remember what I've actually played until I see the end of year review unless something has really blown me away. Funny enough I have played(and more shamefully, backlogged) More Nintendo games than I usually do this year, My Switch is normally a third party/indie machine.
I think I've played and enjoyed more than Oliie at least xD
Hey don't go with the grain, cool kids club unite!
But with my backlog the way it is, I might have a GOTY in that pile and not get to it till like 5 years time at this rate so I don't know.
Alana really has me thinking about Octopath 2 now. I didn't like the first one, and funny enough I can't remember why and I've had FOMO about 2 ever since, and I've resisted every single urge not to buy the sequel like an idiot, and now you might have encouraged me to do just that with your oh so specific wording, so thanks!
Re: Review: Everdream Valley – A Cute Yet Clunky Farm Sim That Tries To Till Differently
Aww this is a bit disappointing seeing as I already picked it up. A lot of youtubers with 'ahem' sponsored content were saying this was rather good, and I believed them.
Hopefully some issues will be ironed out before I actually get around to playing it, but it sounds more of a core gameplay thing than one that can be patched up over time. Big shame as this looked really promising too, hopefully there are some good times to be squeezed out of it, the crafting did look fun before I knew how clunk it was.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
@Kiyata
I'm in love with you right now.
Grow is such a hidden gem, and although I haven't played Magical Garden yet I'm so excited to! So hearing it is good has made me even more hyped for it!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
This weekend I'm playing Cassette Beasts which finally got a performance patch 2 months later.
I have mixed feelings about Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life and was all set to sell my SE copy, uploaded it and everything and then for some reason I just couldn't do it and took the listing down, so I guess my gut is telling me that I will probably play that again over the weekend despite my better judgment.
People usually talk about odd things on here as well so here's mine. I've actually ordered a DS lite (I sold all my old Nintendo hardware before, big sad) and of all the things I've ordered to play on it, I found some physical GBA rom hacks of Pokemon Moemon Emerald and Moekko monsters. Yes they games are exactly what you think they are... rom hacks of fire red and emerald where the Pokemon are cute girls instead because I am a person of culture xD I just wanted something to play when the Switch seems too overwhelming with choice when deciding what to play do you know what I mean? I think Switchup's channel calls this sort of thing a loading game. I wanted something familiar and cozy for when I'm in a grump without replaying old games. I'm not gonna lie I think I might have started a rabbit hole of collecting fakey-mon games, it has always fascinated me ever since seeing a fakey-mon game at a market when I was a kid I have no idea why I didn't think of it sooner, also picked up Chaos Black an an impulse buy from the same seller too, I think I'll be knocking at his proverbial door for more again again sooner rather than later.
Re: Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie - A Refreshing Entry In The Kiseki Series
But what's the point when we still can't play 1 and 2 on Switch? I'm not salty, you are. >.<
Re: Nintendo Has Released A Day-One Update For Everybody 1-2-Switch!
Take a shot every time grumpy old fogies continue hating on it xD
Nah I'm kidding, it's fun to dunk on this game, but it isn't for us, it's for the people that have families of casual Switch players to get involved and play something together, in the cooler days of the summer holidays.
Re: Review: Master Detective Archives: Rain Code - Macabre Mysteries, A Captivating Cast, A Few Frustrations
@Arawn93
I don't like mystery games and I had no interest in it whatsoever but I've just been swayed to get this on sale just for Shinigami alone after watching footage of her, so I would say he made the right call xD
Re: Action RPG CryMachina Looks Stunning, And It's Launching This October
@ArcticEcho
I personally think it was really good. I play a lot of games, so many of them get left out in my memories, but this one I remember fondly, but then I do often like quite niche titles so bare that in mind and shop around for reviews.
I think most people's problems with it was that it could be repetitive in the combat department, especially since there are multiple endings (thought that was handled really well in my book without spoiling anything) I never go for multiple routes normally, and I got the true end in this and it was worth it.
I feel you 100% on that, I can be super picky too, they are surprisingly hard to get right, I end up dropping more than I do sticking with because of that, but like you they are like my 2nd fave genre somehow.
Re: Nintendo Download: 29th June (North America)
Got Picontier and pre ordered Noob the factionless physical. I wish Raincode was a JRPG cause it looks so gorgeous, but not really a fan of mystery games.
Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Quest For Balance Is Finally Announced, Coming To Switch This Year
This looks ok actually, was expecting much worse.I like the artstyle they chose The series is good, and will soon be super relevant again with all new projects in the works. My partner introduced me to Avatar and he loves the show more than he loves me no joke, so I'm sure he won't mind playing this if I pick it up.
Re: Action RPG CryMachina Looks Stunning, And It's Launching This October
Crystar wasn't perfect, but it was one the most memorable JRPG's I've played, I even created my username after one of it's characters before I changed it recently. So safe to say I'm very much looking forward to this!
Re: Review: Cassette Beasts - An Inventive Monster Battler That's Far More Zelda Than Pokémon
@JohnnyMind
Nice to know I wasn't going crazy just yet xD
Shame it took two months, but better late than never, and for someone like you who has a large backlog and hasn't got to it yet, it should be like there was nothing wrong at all hopefully, backlog perks!
I also remember I said I'd let you know how I found Advance Wars as well in terms of difficulty and I still haven't unwrapped the thing, so I know how it is, what a time to be alive! xD
Re: Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Beginner Tips & Tricks - How To Make Money, Friends, And More
@KateGray
I found it finally last night (well my partner did) xD but thankyou!
That was totally me being an idiot, I is big dumdum.
But I did think the box was just for achievements with the wonder-fuls at the start so maybe a li'l bit the games fault... derp.
Re: Review: Cassette Beasts - An Inventive Monster Battler That's Far More Zelda Than Pokémon
@JohnnyMind
Did I say on another thread that I would let you know when Cassette Beasts had been fixed (I think I did) unless it was someone else... but I'm posting here incase it helps someone anyway.
They added a free update today 1.4.0 and it has drastically improved performance (as well as added extra content). I haven't played long enough to know if the crashes are still a thing, since I'm deep into SOS a wonderful life and don't wanna put it down for long, but the difference really does seem like night and day, I really tried to get it to stutter and it didn't.
Re: French Web Series 'Noob' Is Getting An Old-School Turn-Based RPG On Switch
I just ordered this a few hours ago, I hope I don't regret my choice. I like to support niche little projects like this.
Re: Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Beginner Tips & Tricks - How To Make Money, Friends, And More
This guide went under my radar, it's very helpful. I ordered birdseed for rainy days (though looks like I didn't need to according to this guide) but where the heck is it? It's not in my inventory, and I never even got notified that it had arrived.
Re: Review: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - A DS All-Timer Returns In Stunning Form
It was on my wishlist out of morbid curiosity, but there's nothing written here that would suit me and the kind of games I like, maybe I will try the demo, but I'm leaning more towards pass. It looks like a game big on story and I appreciate and understand the vagueness in that regard, but at the same time I haven't got a clue about what this game is about, or what kind of tone it has besides the (rather charming sounding) animation.
Re: Yes, The Baby Shark Game Is Real And It Is Swimming Onto Switch This September
Bluey Switch game when?
And nope I am not joking, that show is absolute gold.
Re: Random: Jack Black Sings Mario Movie Song, 'Peaches', Live At The Game Awards Concert
@8BitMonet
Not seen anyone use that phrase before, you got a chuckle out of me there xD
Re: Random: Jack Black Sings Mario Movie Song, 'Peaches', Live At The Game Awards Concert
I've had it in my head all morning even before this article simply because I bought some peaches this morning, so this circulating again is not good for my headspace xD
Re: UK Charts: Unsurprisingly, Final Fantasy XVI Knocks Zelda: TOTK Down A Peg
Can't wait to play Final Fantasy XVI when it's ported to Nintendo's home console two generations away xD
I mean I've only beaten the first 3 so far, so I shouldn't complain
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 24th)
@FishyS
Oh I see, I don't have that much experience so I didn't realize that, it really baffled me.
Ok you twisted my arm, spamming buttons I can just about do, I'll give it another shot just at the story then. I really wanted that to be the game I finally put the time in and gut gud at, but the tutorial scared me away and back to Hyrule again in a flash, but then I have had a rotten week gaming wise, couldn't seem to get into anything waiting for my personal predicted GOTY to release so that may have skewed my rash drop of the game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 24th)
@FishyS
Honestly, I didn't get that far before I got put off of it and sadly it's destined for the trade -in pile. That tutorial was not beginner friendly at all, why describe the attacks as ABC ect? My brain couldn't compute.
I love pones, and it's gorgeous but I just gotta accept I just don't like the genre, some genres just aren't for and you can't change that, we're just all different.
Re: Review: Fall Of Porcupine – A Prickly Hospital Game That Needed A Little More Care
Well that's a shame, I was hoping you guys would cover this. Looks like I will be skipping then. The narrative is everything in this sort of game, and looks like there isn't much left without it, there's no reason this game shouldn't run like butter either, shame.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 24th)
Waffle incoming:
I've been in a bit of a rut this last week because I'm waiting for A Wonderful Life remake, so I didn't want to start anything big. So I've been playing games on my massive backlog, but I've just made some really bad picks with what to play and they've all been kinda eh (that's what happens when you buy things willy nilly on sale though I guess)
First world problem but because I don't have any other hobbies it gets me down a bit when I'm not engaged when playing something, and makes me lose a bit of faith thinking I just don't like games anymore, which is just plain untrue, but when I'm in the moment, it just feels that way. What makes it worse is I picked up Everdream Valley and Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island (both farm sims) and they would get me out of this rut so fast but I can't play them because AWL is my most anticipated game this year, and I can't play farm sims back to back even if I could somehow stop time and finish one before AWL releases.
Anyyywaaayyy... I've loaded up Smashing the battle and I don't hate it. It has a very good...ahem, plot and it's just mindless smashing which seems fun so far.
Edit: Okay this game whooped my butt, and while I'm not great at these sorts of games, I'm no stranger either so... Another one bites the dust I guess.
Now I will be trying out Them's fightin herds I'm bad at fighting games but I love anything smol hors, what could possibly go wrong right? right?
Ughh Tuesday can't come soon enough!