Stay frosty! Really hoping we see some more cube games show up on the switch, the lack of the original Pikmin games, Metroid primes and even melee make me hopeful that GC shows up as a part of NSO+ or maybe NSO+++
This is Gameloft, expect them to acknowledge that there's bugs and then do absolutely as close to nothing about them as possible. After playing asphalt 9 legends from them, expect nothing from this but slowly worsening costs / rewards from the model, 2 years ago asphalt was perfectly playable free to play, now the now recent events costs literally into the thousands to have a chance of unlocking the special event cars. Avoid this casino gambling game at all costs
@iaLgan the current special events that run in game are ALL locked behind requiring the car which is given as part of the battle pass which costs money each month and even after you gain access to the events they are just paywall after paywall to get near the special event car unlock (at the lowest rating available, it takes several hundred euro to star up the cars to where they're competitive) if you see Gameloft name on something, stay well clear. It's shocking to me that Disney gave this license to a company who effectively manages legal gambling in a 3+ rating game
@sanderev aye in asphalt 9 last week it was POSSIBLE to unlock one of the cars for free if you done one race around 600 times, the race was around a minute long, boring af and no sane person done it to completion. Less than 400 people unlocked the car on the switch GLOBALLY.
This game is being developed by Gameloft the company behind asphalt 9 legends, a game which started out free to play but over a very short period turned into one of the most predatory experiences in terms of pay to even compete. It's now impossible to play any special events without buying the monthly battle pass for ten/fifteen euro but then as soon as you buy that pass you basically just unlock a series of paywalls. The cost to unlock the 4 cars released in the past month was approx €800
Gameloft is an underling of Ubisoft as well so if you know anything about their dlc practices it might give an idea.
@GrailUK but the cartridge wouldn't be able to update the information on it, the patches would need to be saved to your system storage so you would end up with a useless cartridge and all the information of the current version on your sd card anyways.
@GrailUK but.... It's a free game? If they released it physically it would be to be a cost of some kind, and not only that but these live service games get updated so often that the data on the cartridge would be obsolete by the time they arrived in stores.
@DanTee nope, switch hardware is compatible with cards up to 2tb even though they don't exist yet. If you think "I could be wrong but...." Don't post something on the internet.
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Re: Talking Point: What's The Best Use Of Licensed Music In A Switch Game?
The Avicii game is pretty awesome as long as you like his music... Stages can be a tiny bit long though.
Re: Nintendo Considering "Various Initiatives" And "Further Enhancements" For The Switch Online Service
@Fizza a gif that I can hear in my head.... Amazing
Re: Random: Metroid Prime Devs Kept A GameCube In The Freezer To Run Patch Code
Stay frosty!
Really hoping we see some more cube games show up on the switch, the lack of the original Pikmin games, Metroid primes and even melee make me hopeful that GC shows up as a part of NSO+ or maybe NSO+++
Re: Hand-Drawn Metroidvania 'Curse Of The Sea Rats' Scurries Towards 2023 Release Date
Someone needs to tell John Oliver about this game...
Re: Disney Dreamlight Valley Receives Multiple Fixes On Switch, More To Come
This is Gameloft, expect them to acknowledge that there's bugs and then do absolutely as close to nothing about them as possible. After playing asphalt 9 legends from them, expect nothing from this but slowly worsening costs / rewards from the model, 2 years ago asphalt was perfectly playable free to play, now the now recent events costs literally into the thousands to have a chance of unlocking the special event cars. Avoid this casino gambling game at all costs
Re: Disney Wants Its New Kart Racer To Provide A "Fair" Free-To-Play Experience
@iaLgan the current special events that run in game are ALL locked behind requiring the car which is given as part of the battle pass which costs money each month and even after you gain access to the events they are just paywall after paywall to get near the special event car unlock (at the lowest rating available, it takes several hundred euro to star up the cars to where they're competitive) if you see Gameloft name on something, stay well clear. It's shocking to me that Disney gave this license to a company who effectively manages legal gambling in a 3+ rating game
Re: Disney Wants Its New Kart Racer To Provide A "Fair" Free-To-Play Experience
@sanderev aye in asphalt 9 last week it was POSSIBLE to unlock one of the cars for free if you done one race around 600 times, the race was around a minute long, boring af and no sane person done it to completion. Less than 400 people unlocked the car on the switch GLOBALLY.
Re: Disney Wants Its New Kart Racer To Provide A "Fair" Free-To-Play Experience
This game is being developed by Gameloft the company behind asphalt 9 legends, a game which started out free to play but over a very short period turned into one of the most predatory experiences in terms of pay to even compete. It's now impossible to play any special events without buying the monthly battle pass for ten/fifteen euro but then as soon as you buy that pass you basically just unlock a series of paywalls. The cost to unlock the 4 cars released in the past month was approx €800
Gameloft is an underling of Ubisoft as well so if you know anything about their dlc practices it might give an idea.
Re: Will You Be Clearing Up Some Space For The Switch Version Of Apex Legends?
@DanTee reading is hard?
Re: Will You Be Clearing Up Some Space For The Switch Version Of Apex Legends?
@GrailUK but the cartridge wouldn't be able to update the information on it, the patches would need to be saved to your system storage so you would end up with a useless cartridge and all the information of the current version on your sd card anyways.
Re: Will You Be Clearing Up Some Space For The Switch Version Of Apex Legends?
@GrailUK but.... It's a free game? If they released it physically it would be to be a cost of some kind, and not only that but these live service games get updated so often that the data on the cartridge would be obsolete by the time they arrived in stores.
Re: Will You Be Clearing Up Some Space For The Switch Version Of Apex Legends?
@DanTee nope, switch hardware is compatible with cards up to 2tb even though they don't exist yet. If you think "I could be wrong but...." Don't post something on the internet.