@Wheatly If not for PQ and everyone elsw doing an article or video on it i never would have known it existed. The Devs are laughing at all this free marketing and being 99p people like the fool here writing this comment have been buying it to see how bad it is.
@CharlieGirl You miss the days where if you wanted to play as Scorpion in MK3 you had to buy MK3 again under its Ultimate version? Have you seen how many versions of SF2 there is?
People really have rose tinted views on how fighting games were and how they were sold. DLC is perfect for fighting games why? It keeps the games going for years and years, if they had no new content players would drop off after a few months.
@Phin68 You miss the days where game breaking bugs remained? I remember more then once on having to quit playing a game because a bug would break it so its impossible to finish.
@TruthisRare You shouldn't be getting 45fps on Series X, if Asylum/City framerate is uncapped (i can't remember if it was or not?) then the raw power of the PS5 and Series X should brute force it to 60fps.
I may need to load City up now on my PS5 to see if there's a difference.
@Audiogore0733 Not really. Those remasters weren't great and ran poorly even fully patched, considering Knight will see a mountain of downgrades anyway why port remasters that would be need downgrades as well when you could port the 360 versions that won't require much work and would be cheaper to port.
@Audiogore0733 Dude the Switch is far weaker then the PS4, almost nothing on it runs better then the X1 versions yet alone PS4. Also reports are saying the Switch is getting the original PS3/360 versions not the remastered last gen versions.
@YonkoBuggyTheClown Wait you know what the Days Gone devs are making next? Because nothing has been annouced on what their next game is. You're proving my points dude. Tell me what is more of the same? I listed a bunch of games all different from each other you have listed jack.
Finally i own all 3 consoles mate and i shell be upgrading my Series S to a Series X hopefully in time for Starfield the game i haven't been this hyped about since Elden Ring. Yeah i don't like MS because they're awful and one of the most aggressive anti consumer corps in the world, its quite ironic seeing Don Mattrick disciples like Phil Spencer cry about all the things Sony are meant to be doing considering he works for the company that own Windows. Sony are scummy like all corps are but MS is off the Amazon, Google and Tencent breed while Sony is just that typical VG company scummy breed.
@KnightofNi_ Doom runs on a powerful engine that scales to anything plus the Switch is ugly as hell and is not worth the trade off. Finally Knight is more advanced, more dense and more demanding then Doom.
@shgamer Why do people fall on it can run TW3 card all the time? Knight is way more demanding then TW3, TW3 is largely made up of big "empty" forests, hills and grasslands with one or two taxing city areas. Knight though has thick heavy rain, a huge dense city, big draw distances, tons of detailed destruction, insanely detailed character models and textures, fast paced Batmobile combat and driving, insanely fast combat and far more. Knight could pass as an early PS5 title if not for the 30fps framerate and low resolution.
@YonkoBuggyTheClown Fanboy much? Sony's one note? Yeah because Spider-Man, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank, Days Gone, Bloodborne, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Last of Us are all the same game.
Funny thing is the stuff you're accusing Sony off is the same stuff MS do and do far more. I swear fanboys and Sony haters just ignore that MS are just as bad if not worse and do all those things big bad Sony does.
@RiasGremory No its last gen as it was part of the PS4/X1 gen. We're now in the PS5/Series gen consoles far far far more powerful then the Switch just like the Switch 2 hopefully next year should be as well. As for Japan yeah shocker the country where handhelds reign supreme has the console what is a handheld selling really well.
@GrailUK I'm "lumping" the people who represent the majority based on facts and evidence. The vast majority of that 100M+ Switcher userbase are either people who have a PS/Xbox as well or the "casual" crowd who have one for party games, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart.
@GrailUK Except how is Nintendo a competitor really? They go after a different market and the Switch to most PS and Xbox players is like how they treated the GBA or 3DS. Nintendo are not really a threat because people don't pick their consoles over PS and Xbox they instead get their Xbox and PS first and then buy the Nintendo console after to go on the side for the exclusives, there's also the fact that since the Wii the consoles have been so weak that none of the big hitters release on them that could take away PS and Xbox sales. Phil is just doing his doing his usual BS PR thing to look good, neither him or Jim consider Nintendo a rival to them.
@CutchuSlow Are Nintendo 1st place? The Switch is a last gen console and most of the games realising now don't get Switch ports. Nintendo have yet to release their "next gen" console and providing its another Switch type console it will do well however i doubt it will be reaching the levels of the current Switch in sales. Worth noting the reason the Switch sells so well is because its super popular with "casuals", my Sister doesn't really game but she has a Switch for AC and Mario Kart the only games she has interest in playing and a large number of Switch users are like that in that they have one for Pokemon, AC, Mario Kart, Smash, Minecraft, Fortnite and maybe BotW/TotK. The audience that also game on PS and Xbox most likely don't have overtake the "casual" market on Switch.
@GrailUK The Switch is a market leader because its also handheld and appeals to people who might not be interested in PS and Xbox. If the Switch wasn't a handheld and didn't have the "casual" audience then the Switch would be getting sales the Gamecube and Wii U had. The reason the Wii and Switch have been so massive is because they offer things that PS and Xbox don't as well as being that "2nd console". Despite what Phil says neither Sony or MS see Nintendo as real competition because most gamers don't pick a Nintendo console as the console of choice for the gen and those that do were never buying PS or Xbox anyway.
@Edu23XWiiU Street Fighter 6 looks 15 years old? I mean it looks far better then what MK11 does on Switch and it will look better then what MK1 will look like on Switch because the visuals shown in the gameplay trailer will not look like that on Switch.
@kadams8670 Being honest the only times i'm outright scared by a horror games is when they're 1st person as its way more personal for me in that view, Alien Isolation and the 1st act of RE7 really got me at times. I feel tension in 3rd person games and jump scares get me but not in the way i have to take a break because its too much.
I will say the game that gave me a sense of real dread and unease was Dark Souls 2, there's a real feeling of not quite right about its world and characters and i felt a real sense of horror because of that even more then Bloodborne.
People are finding TotK scary? Can't say i've felt any sense of horror in the game. MM is pretty uneasy but overall i've never been scared by a Zelda game.
@Spider-Kev Yugioh was never a rival though to PM and its still going strong now and celebrating its 25th anniversary. Its anime is still going strong, Master Duel is a big hit on consoles and Steam, Duel Links is big on mobile and the actual card game is one of the biggest most popular card games out there and up there with both Magic and PM.
@Kiyata Innovation? S/V was the biggest shake up in a very long time. Nintendo never does anything fun anymore? I guess you never played TotK, Kirby, Xenoblade 3 and Metroid Dread.
@mariomaster96 Technical issues aside S/V are the best Pokemon games since Gen 5 in my opinion. They have a great story, great characters, a great rival, great selection of new PM with some instant classics and a pretty good open world with Pokemon that actually feel somewhat alive in it. If the technical state was better and it had better visuals i bet nearly everyone would be saying its one of the best entries.
The issue with trying to challenge Pokemon is nearly every pretender lacks the one thing Pokemon has and that's the appeal of the Monsters themselves. Pokemon is far bigger then the just the games and a big reason the likes of Pikachu and Charizard are so popular and well known is because of the Anime, Charizard also was that one PM card we all really wanted back in the day. Pokemon is not just a VG its a massive brand and every single PM transcends the games so when people play a PM game its less the gameplay they're in for and more the PM themselves. Temtem might do a lot of things better but its monsters are never going to draw in people because they are pretty exclusive to the game, i mean i was in love with the PM anime and the TCG before i even touched the games so a big reason i wanted to play the games was because i was already a fan something Temtem will never have with players. Honestly this is why i love MH Stories, because i'm already a big MH fan the appeal of catching my very own pet Nerg or Rath is highly appealing but of course for that to work you need to be a MH fan already. Nothing can rival Pokemon, Digimon came closest (and anime wise was and is far better) but it could never keep pace with PM and it lacked a good enough game to even pose a minor threat to PM.
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Re: PSA: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Offering Free In-Game Items
Could at least offer a Diamond or something.
Re: Random: Digital Foundry Says Switch 'Last Of Us' Clone Has "No Redeeming Features Whatsoever"
@Wheatly If not for PQ and everyone elsw doing an article or video on it i never would have known it existed. The Devs are laughing at all this free marketing and being 99p people like the fool here writing this comment have been buying it to see how bad it is.
Re: Random: Digital Foundry Says Switch 'Last Of Us' Clone Has "No Redeeming Features Whatsoever"
Yeah i bought it with reward points and even at being "free" for me it wasn't worth it even if me and mate got some chuckles from how awful it is.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's First DLC Character Has Seemingly Been Confirmed
@CharlieGirl You miss the days where if you wanted to play as Scorpion in MK3 you had to buy MK3 again under its Ultimate version? Have you seen how many versions of SF2 there is?
People really have rose tinted views on how fighting games were and how they were sold. DLC is perfect for fighting games why? It keeps the games going for years and years, if they had no new content players would drop off after a few months.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's First DLC Character Has Seemingly Been Confirmed
@Expa0 You think Homelander is an action hero? 😂
Yeah guest characters sell the most so of course NR will put a heavy focus on them.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's First DLC Character Has Seemingly Been Confirmed
Really hope Starr is voicing him. He will really suit the series considering how violent he is.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's New Update Targets Item Duplication Glitches, Unsurprisingly
@Phin68 You miss the days where game breaking bugs remained? I remember more then once on having to quit playing a game because a bug would break it so its impossible to finish.
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's New Update Targets Item Duplication Glitches, Unsurprisingly
I love how people cry about Nintendo fixing these glitches. Like it or not these are glitches and Nintendo can patch them out if they wish.
Re: PSA: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Giving Out Free In-Game Items
@calbeau Shiny and Legendary PM were never devalued.
Re: PSA: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Giving Out Free In-Game Items
@Patendo If you want to play the DLC what will no doubt happen you will have no choice but to update.
Re: PSA: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Giving Out Free In-Game Items
Not even worth the 20 secs it would take to do this.
Re: Random: A 'Last Of Us' Clone Is Available On Switch, But Seriously, Don't Bother
I bought it as its 99p and had that in points and yeah its pretty awful, good for a laugh though.
Re: Feature: Donkey Kong Cymru: The Extremely Brief History Of Welshness In Nintendo Games
I loved Mio's voice in XB3, everytime she spoke it was heaven haha.
Re: Poll: What's Your Game Of The Year Of 2023 So Far?
Been a very strong year but Zelda is the clear winner so far and i feel only Starfield has a chance of beating it for me.
Re: Microsoft CEO Says He Would "Love To Get Rid Of" Exclusives On Consoles
While releasing Starfield exclusive to Xbox/PC in less then 3 months.
Re: Random: Mortal Kombat Co-Creator Knows Who He'd Add To Smash Bros., If Nintendo Was To Ask
Scorpion could easily fit into Smash, Bayonetta is in it after all. Remember Scorpion was in Injustice 1 as a guest character and he got by just fine.
Re: Four Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Games Have Been Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
That's a decent list.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@TruthisRare You shouldn't be getting 45fps on Series X, if Asylum/City framerate is uncapped (i can't remember if it was or not?) then the raw power of the PS5 and Series X should brute force it to 60fps.
I may need to load City up now on my PS5 to see if there's a difference.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@Audiogore0733 Not really. Those remasters weren't great and ran poorly even fully patched, considering Knight will see a mountain of downgrades anyway why port remasters that would be need downgrades as well when you could port the 360 versions that won't require much work and would be cheaper to port.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@Audiogore0733 Dude the Switch is far weaker then the PS4, almost nothing on it runs better then the X1 versions yet alone PS4. Also reports are saying the Switch is getting the original PS3/360 versions not the remastered last gen versions.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@KnightofNi_ Some of those bad ports, some have been scaled so much they shouldn't have been ported and most are not on the level of what Knight is.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@YonkoBuggyTheClown Wait you know what the Days Gone devs are making next? Because nothing has been annouced on what their next game is. You're proving my points dude. Tell me what is more of the same? I listed a bunch of games all different from each other you have listed jack.
Finally i own all 3 consoles mate and i shell be upgrading my Series S to a Series X hopefully in time for Starfield the game i haven't been this hyped about since Elden Ring. Yeah i don't like MS because they're awful and one of the most aggressive anti consumer corps in the world, its quite ironic seeing Don Mattrick disciples like Phil Spencer cry about all the things Sony are meant to be doing considering he works for the company that own Windows. Sony are scummy like all corps are but MS is off the Amazon, Google and Tencent breed while Sony is just that typical VG company scummy breed.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@KnightofNi_ Doom runs on a powerful engine that scales to anything plus the Switch is ugly as hell and is not worth the trade off. Finally Knight is more advanced, more dense and more demanding then Doom.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
@shgamer Why do people fall on it can run TW3 card all the time? Knight is way more demanding then TW3, TW3 is largely made up of big "empty" forests, hills and grasslands with one or two taxing city areas. Knight though has thick heavy rain, a huge dense city, big draw distances, tons of detailed destruction, insanely detailed character models and textures, fast paced Batmobile combat and driving, insanely fast combat and far more. Knight could pass as an early PS5 title if not for the 30fps framerate and low resolution.
Re: Soapbox: It's The Port I've Dreamed Of, But Can Switch Deliver The Batman We Need?
Asylum and City should be fine but i doubt Knight will look good or run well on it.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@YonkoBuggyTheClown Fanboy much? Sony's one note? Yeah because Spider-Man, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank, Days Gone, Bloodborne, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Last of Us are all the same game.
Funny thing is the stuff you're accusing Sony off is the same stuff MS do and do far more. I swear fanboys and Sony haters just ignore that MS are just as bad if not worse and do all those things big bad Sony does.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@RiasGremory No its last gen as it was part of the PS4/X1 gen. We're now in the PS5/Series gen consoles far far far more powerful then the Switch just like the Switch 2 hopefully next year should be as well. As for Japan yeah shocker the country where handhelds reign supreme has the console what is a handheld selling really well.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@GrailUK I'm "lumping" the people who represent the majority based on facts and evidence. The vast majority of that 100M+ Switcher userbase are either people who have a PS/Xbox as well or the "casual" crowd who have one for party games, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@GrailUK Except how is Nintendo a competitor really? They go after a different market and the Switch to most PS and Xbox players is like how they treated the GBA or 3DS. Nintendo are not really a threat because people don't pick their consoles over PS and Xbox they instead get their Xbox and PS first and then buy the Nintendo console after to go on the side for the exclusives, there's also the fact that since the Wii the consoles have been so weak that none of the big hitters release on them that could take away PS and Xbox sales. Phil is just doing his doing his usual BS PR thing to look good, neither him or Jim consider Nintendo a rival to them.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@CutchuSlow Are Nintendo 1st place? The Switch is a last gen console and most of the games realising now don't get Switch ports. Nintendo have yet to release their "next gen" console and providing its another Switch type console it will do well however i doubt it will be reaching the levels of the current Switch in sales. Worth noting the reason the Switch sells so well is because its super popular with "casuals", my Sister doesn't really game but she has a Switch for AC and Mario Kart the only games she has interest in playing and a large number of Switch users are like that in that they have one for Pokemon, AC, Mario Kart, Smash, Minecraft, Fortnite and maybe BotW/TotK. The audience that also game on PS and Xbox most likely don't have overtake the "casual" market on Switch.
Re: The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
@GrailUK The Switch is a market leader because its also handheld and appeals to people who might not be interested in PS and Xbox. If the Switch wasn't a handheld and didn't have the "casual" audience then the Switch would be getting sales the Gamecube and Wii U had. The reason the Wii and Switch have been so massive is because they offer things that PS and Xbox don't as well as being that "2nd console". Despite what Phil says neither Sony or MS see Nintendo as real competition because most gamers don't pick a Nintendo console as the console of choice for the gen and those that do were never buying PS or Xbox anyway.
Re: Batman Arkham Trilogy Swoops To Switch This Fall
@SmaggTheSmug Actually Knight ran fine on release providing you were a console gamer, it was just the PC version that had all the issues.
Re: Batman Arkham Trilogy Swoops To Switch This Fall
Knight is going to be scaled back hard.
Re: Poll: Are You Still Playing Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Nearly 100 hours in and i've barely started the story.
Re: Random: Guillermo del Toro Praises Mario Movie For Moving Animation In Right Direction
Mario's animation is nice but Spider-Verse is next level and has way more depth with its animation then Mario does.
Re: Sifu's Free Arenas Expansion Update Is Out Now On Switch
@Snatcher I mean they are doing DLC its just they made it free updates. This arena expansion is pretty big and offers a lot to play.
Re: Sifu's Free Arenas Expansion Update Is Out Now On Switch
I loved the update on PS5, a lot of the arenas are based on films like Drive and The Matrix and its so freaking awesome.
Re: New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Distribution Announced
@Mauzuri A tournimant winning one in a Cherish Ball so yeah its pretty cool.
Re: Here's The First Bloody, Brutal Look At Mortal Kombat 1's Gameplay
@Edu23XWiiU Street Fighter 6 looks 15 years old? I mean it looks far better then what MK11 does on Switch and it will look better then what MK1 will look like on Switch because the visuals shown in the gameplay trailer will not look like that on Switch.
Re: Here's The First Bloody, Brutal Look At Mortal Kombat 1's Gameplay
Will be interesting to see how the Switch can run this.
Re: Soapbox: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's Busier Hyrule Is Making Me Miss BOTW
I think both versions are fantastic and both deserved to be played. I don't have a preferred version because offer different things.
Re: Talking Point: Is Tears Of The Kingdom The Scariest Zelda Game Ever?
@kadams8670 Being honest the only times i'm outright scared by a horror games is when they're 1st person as its way more personal for me in that view, Alien Isolation and the 1st act of RE7 really got me at times. I feel tension in 3rd person games and jump scares get me but not in the way i have to take a break because its too much.
I will say the game that gave me a sense of real dread and unease was Dark Souls 2, there's a real feeling of not quite right about its world and characters and i felt a real sense of horror because of that even more then Bloodborne.
Re: Talking Point: Is Tears Of The Kingdom The Scariest Zelda Game Ever?
People are finding TotK scary? Can't say i've felt any sense of horror in the game. MM is pretty uneasy but overall i've never been scared by a Zelda game.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Updating Your Copy Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
I never even used or cared for the glitch so even though it auto updated i would have updated it regardless.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Desperately Needs A Rival, But Who's Big Enough To Take It On?
@Spider-Kev Yugioh was never a rival though to PM and its still going strong now and celebrating its 25th anniversary. Its anime is still going strong, Master Duel is a big hit on consoles and Steam, Duel Links is big on mobile and the actual card game is one of the biggest most popular card games out there and up there with both Magic and PM.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Desperately Needs A Rival, But Who's Big Enough To Take It On?
@Kiyata Innovation? S/V was the biggest shake up in a very long time. Nintendo never does anything fun anymore? I guess you never played TotK, Kirby, Xenoblade 3 and Metroid Dread.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Desperately Needs A Rival, But Who's Big Enough To Take It On?
@mariomaster96 Technical issues aside S/V are the best Pokemon games since Gen 5 in my opinion. They have a great story, great characters, a great rival, great selection of new PM with some instant classics and a pretty good open world with Pokemon that actually feel somewhat alive in it. If the technical state was better and it had better visuals i bet nearly everyone would be saying its one of the best entries.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Desperately Needs A Rival, But Who's Big Enough To Take It On?
The issue with trying to challenge Pokemon is nearly every pretender lacks the one thing Pokemon has and that's the appeal of the Monsters themselves. Pokemon is far bigger then the just the games and a big reason the likes of Pikachu and Charizard are so popular and well known is because of the Anime, Charizard also was that one PM card we all really wanted back in the day. Pokemon is not just a VG its a massive brand and every single PM transcends the games so when people play a PM game its less the gameplay they're in for and more the PM themselves. Temtem might do a lot of things better but its monsters are never going to draw in people because they are pretty exclusive to the game, i mean i was in love with the PM anime and the TCG before i even touched the games so a big reason i wanted to play the games was because i was already a fan something Temtem will never have with players. Honestly this is why i love MH Stories, because i'm already a big MH fan the appeal of catching my very own pet Nerg or Rath is highly appealing but of course for that to work you need to be a MH fan already. Nothing can rival Pokemon, Digimon came closest (and anime wise was and is far better) but it could never keep pace with PM and it lacked a good enough game to even pose a minor threat to PM.
Re: Rumour: Aubrey Plaza Is Supposedly "Top Choice" For Sonic The Hedgehog 3's Villain
@Ryne-Gaia Yeah he's pretty much done unless its something really special. I have a feeling he will do Sonic 3 though.
Re: Rumour: Aubrey Plaza Is Supposedly "Top Choice" For Sonic The Hedgehog 3's Villain
I love her in everything she's in so yeah i'm all for this.