The fact that any kind of announcement about it has been noticeably absent since they announced the Playtest kind of gives merit to the unspoken fact that we all knew this was coming. Truth of the matter is that the game was just announced too early.
I'm looking forward to it, for sure, but after trying it out in the playtest, it does need a bit more "final touch" TLC put in to make it have a bit more depth ande lasting appeal.

They will start a GKC "buy-back" program so you can send in your GKC and get full on cart game replacement, each replacement costs a meager 29.99 in your country's currency ;P

EA is definitely continuing to keep their legacy of being one of the absolute WORST game development companies ever. Oh well, I have shown them for many years now ( by not buying any of their games) that I'm uninterested in anything they have on offer. I hope they go the way of the Dodo and the sidelined developers that they laid off can come back stronger than ever with some wonderful and innovative titles!

Taking that FPS cap off for handheld play makes the game run SOOOO much better in handheld and eliminates a LOT of the blurriness that the default settings seem to cause.

@repsahj It states that all demo save info can be transferred to the full game at launch. Unfortunate that we can't bring our PS5 saves over as well, but not a deal breaker.

@repsahj Thanks for the heads up on these settings, I was fumbling around with them and got pretty mucky results. I'm gonna give the settings you recommend a try and hopefully it will make it a bit less blurry to play.

@ErinLM The "sleepwalked" part of your comment is perfectly fair in regards to this game. I felt like World did the exact same thing with the "firefly" trails to find your objective and that is what made me enjoy Rise all the more. Wilds is a fun game and approachable for new players to the detriment of seasoned players, but these things can be circumvented by MH Vets; by just doing hunts a bit differently than the game wants you to do them. It is a fun game, it is a bit rough in handheld on S2, but very playable and I hope that this title brings more new players into the Monster Hunter player fold!

Not really sure that anyone should be upset by an exec pandering to his own weak ego. I'm in no way interested in GTA and haven't been since the last one that was isometric view. CoD can be fun, if they still have local MP, but I think they dropped that one like 42 games ago, so I'm not overly interested in it. I'd buy CoD over GTA any day, but that is just me... I fully understand that my statement there rests among the "outliers" as far as modern gamers goes, but I don't need to pretend that I'm driving around Florida killing h****rs and punching police, I could just go there in real life and do those things, so it holds no interest for me.

Also, if the lack of map is an issue in this for you, then definitely don't play Mortal Shell, or Lies of P, since neither of those have accessible maps for you to reference during gameplay... although Lies of P is mostly linear, so that need is pushed aside for the most part.

Looking forward to playing this on my S2 when it releases later this month. Thanks for the review!

Their acne-riddled faces betrays their basement-dwelling nature!

Pathetic is the absolute most apt word for this putrescence!

Bethesda, maybe change that name to "Bethesdont"

Three Houses was not my cup o' tea, so this one is a hard hard pass for me. I hope all of you that enjoyed that game, enjoy this one.

I don't really like the look of the console or controllers, but I like the look of the dock. Still doesn't look as good as the TotK version of the OLED Switch.

@EarthboundBenjy I completely agree with you on this one. I used to take mine apart, and my siblings, and replace the backgrounds in them, but the actual characters were extremely crisp and NOT pixelated at all. Even on the old Game & Watch LCD games.

@TAndvig Not even half as good-looking as the TotK special Edition Switch.

@timp29 There is this one line, "Posting or streaming videos or screenshots of this in-development title is not allowed. Thank you for your understanding." but not a true NDA as such.
There is a "Duty of Confidentiality" section in the initial agreement, though.

@AlonditeFE It is on your account page for the network test, but here is what it says via copy & paste, "Thank you for your application.

Network Test software and download codes will begin to be distributed on August 18th (Tue) at 15:00 CEST. Please return to this website after that time."

I'm in like a dirty shirt!

We're getting the band back together!

If this is the route they are taking, then all games costs should drop, significantly, due to their being no cost to the developer/publisher for any kind of packaging or paper/plastic items at all... but we all know they won't lower the prices and this is just the imminent issue of the "You vill own NUSSING, und you vill be happy about it, ja." Sad trumpet noises

@ROOCIS This was very jarring to me. Why not include actual split-screen MP? It felt like a no-brainer, but apparently you need at least "some" brain in order to have the thought to include that in this title.

Wow, I am now really looking forward to this game!

Anybody know how many controllers it can handle simultaneously?

Edit: Scratch that, just saw that it is 1 controller to one P5S. Oh well.

I backed this on Kickstarter like 2 years ago, so what is another few months... sheesh!

@rallydefault You're not wrong about the "rental agreement" that all of these companies give you when you "buy" a digital game. Yes, the servers will go down, but we aren't there right now and that is ok. I don't live in the future where those servers have been shutdown, so for right now, I will accept GKCs but not code in a box games. Backing up your purchases in any way that you can is the best route in our current digital game climate, which I do. Also, if you are buying any games for current consoles, then you are a cog in the machine as well. We are all the cogs in the machines of our daily lives and that will NOT be changing any time soon.

I choose to laugh at this stuff and to rib all people that decide to be "butt-hurt" about GKCs.

@rallydefault To take what, exactly? I'm not buying GTA 6 anyway, so it really isn't a big deal to me. I have bought GKCs and I have lent them out to friends and even re-sold them, tell me that I didn't "own" something there? With this you own a box... what's the lendability of that one? Re-saleability? I'm against the whole "You vill be HAPPY vis the nussing dat you own" mentality, so please, elaborate on what it is that I am "sitting back and taking"?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Inhales Deeply hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Who's better NOW?!!!
The issue still is a Non-issue and all the ppl still crying about GKCs are foaming at the mouth that somebody else is "shafting the masses" with their "code in a box". This is hilarious!

This announcement was absolutely wild to me and I will explain why. I was literally lying in my bed on Monday evening thinking about what I would love to see come out on the Switch1&2 and I started thinking About Muramasa on the Wii and about how much fun the original was to play... imagine my shock and surprise to find out that it is coming to S1&2 now! Mind blown!

I must have tapped into some stream of consciousness for that one to even have happened, absolutely bonkers amount of synchronicity for me on this one!

I absolutely LOVED this game on my PS5 and I will be double-dipping on the S2 to show my support and so that I can play with some of my S2 having friends!

Honestly, I love fire emblem, but this looks too much like 3 houses and that game bored me to tears. I did not like it and this one looks too similar. I hope everyone that forks out the money for this enjoys it, but if you didn't play 3 houses, try it out and then decide before dropping your hard-earned coin on this one.

@Kraven Claire Obscur would be all I needed, but I doubt we will see it on the S2.

I'd like to see everything that I want to see and some surprises, but I'm realistic and will settle for whatever it is that we get shown. I'm not too picky about it and I'm sure at least one part of it will be something that will suffice. I would like NOT to see anymore cozy games, but, again realistic, I'm sure there will be something with witches tending gardens that grow different types of cats that you then have to manage and grow so that the world crystal doesn't get broken.

@VeganH @Supadav03 This is the full game and includes the DLC, so for the switch 2 this will be the only version of the "base game".

I somehow missed this game entirely and was just doing some digging on Custom Robo when I stumbled onto this game. What a shame that it is by the creator of Custom Robo and just isn't very content rich. I would LOVE to see Custom Robo come back with a new entry, I'd even settle for a release of CR on the switch online Gamecube system... but it seems like fans of the series are doomed to live in the nostalgia of the original and DS titles without seeing a worthy rebirth of the series. Shame.

@SlamuelLJackson nope I read about the interchangable option, just wanted to make it known that I dislike those types of pads. Thanks for the derogatory comment though, seems super helpful.

I strongly dislike that D-Pad.

@Hwatt I enjoyed command as well. I noticed they are doing a similar thing with the "avatar" setup for gamechat in this one. In command you could use your own voice to make the vocals for the characters in the game... or was that another one on DS?

@Dman10 it definitely isn't

I replaced mine with a transparent glow in the dark cover, but the buttons are SNES colors and I like it more than the bland gray buttons on this one.

But I do like the clear, always have like the aesthetic of it.

@Nep-Nep-Freak HAH... That is a good one!

@Lofoten someone needs to do something to up their design game for sure!

@MTMike87 I want easy battery access on all devices. They should make that a thing on pro controllers as well.

@TimelessJubilee +1 SUPER LIKE

Looks like Myst with extra steps. I hope all that get the game, enjoy it!

I still have my original that I bought from blockbuster video when the thing flopped hard. Also have most of the games for it as well. It was $50 for the whole shebang, that was what I paid for it the year it came out. Lol. Not a chance im paying for even the cardboard version.

@molkom Don't be worried about the nit-picky framerate issues noted in this article and comment section. They are not as blatant, or even disruptive, as this article would lead you to believe.
I've been playing it for about 3 hours and haven't really noticed any issues on my S2.

@Johnny_Arthur fingers crossed for that one! Its been years since i played it so I will gladly double-dip.

@Johnny_Arthur I absolutely loved Too Human and wished it had done better so that we would have gotten the other 2 games in the trilogy.

This looks absolutely low-level to me. Love Eternal Darkness, but this looks uninteresting.