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Any company that is using AI as an excuse to not pay employees/fire them is not a company to be trusted. Ubisoft has been claiming an oopsie daisy with Anno, Arc Raiders has been proud about not paying their voice actors, CoD didn't want to pay artists for the mess that is their graphics all show they have zero interest in basic quality control yet still want all the money for it. If they were stupid enough to invest in a shiny it's time for execs to pay the consequences for once. It will be found out and people deciding, use AI then no buy, do add up. Some people won't care as ever but there's a reason why the Triple A department is becoming increasingly untrustworthy making waiting minimum the best for customers.

Course Square Enix have invested heavily into AI after the NFT bandwagon so they don't exactly have a good track record with sense.

Being in the UK, wouldn't be surprised if the NI changes that kicked in are also a factor on top of one former dev saying they left before they were pushed because they already were seeing warning signs. The industry is on fire, they've not had the output to keep sustaining and getting hit by that one as well is easily one straw too many.

The remake trailer looked like garbage and in places, worse than the original somehow. Sands of Time is still one of my absolute favourite games but the way ubisoft constantly and consistently drops the ball with it is beyond frustrating. The most work you'd need to do is update the combat system with general sprucing otherwise but you'd think they were trying to remake it from scratch and eyeballing the original version as reference.

@HammerGalladeBro I had Tetris 99 digital originally and physical when possible so that seems good for science purposes.... And it does NOT show on the digital download list. Other physical games that have just DLC only are sideways and upright if it's "Software and downloadable content". The latter example I'm looking at I had to buy the digital deluxe on top because it wasn't with the cart and had no other means of getting it.

It's feeling like every decision is just to extract that little bit extra from people while telling you to be grateful it's not worse. Quite incredible to go from such a good Direct to constantly tripping and falling over themselves with bad communication and a hand reaching for your wallet.

Mario Kart 8 managed it, there's absolutely no reason BotW can't when there's a golden opportunity to do it and help future preservation to boot.

How much heavier does this feel to the Switch 1? I have problems with my hands and already struggle to hold it without support for longer periods of time. If it's much more then I'd have to completely rule it out as it won't be worth the amount of pain it leaves me in.

Love that they figured out a way to make wheelchair basketball possible in video game form and much like ARMS it looks playable even for my hand problems. Hoping gets a lot of customisation and colour tho, you shouldn't only have name plates to rely on to tell people apart.

And NOT code in a box? Miracles do happen.

Genuinely curious what they do with the inside box art tho as don't they both have one separately?

@stuie1234 Weirdly it's not showing when you search it but if you hop through here/your regional equivalent you can get to it that way - https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Nintendo-Switch-Online/Nintendo-Today--2786335.html

Immediately reminded me of Cool Croc Twins which is not a bad thing at all.

From what one former dev has hinted at, it's higher ups making a mess and making the devs responsible. Given it's the in thing at so many studios I would not even be remotely surprised.

Breath of Fire come on you know you want to. Do a bundle of all the existing games (GBA versions of 1 & 2 for the QoL features) and let us loose it's been long enough.

Finished my Steam collection since it was released in two batches meaning I was missing a couple but they only discounted the Sonic games for dreamcast that aren't being delisted :/ Was bloody annoying.

For anybody finding this review later:

If you buy the physical edition you will be locked out of multiple pieces of DLC with the exception of Digital Shadows which can still be bought and Pioneer's Badge/Treasure From Heaven which you are given a code for. Go Digital Deluxe be it via Switch or Steam as these are the only way to get the missing DLC. The cart is also on 1.0 and requires a large update to get it up to speed so your only real benefit is the artbook, there isn't even nifty inside boxart.

If you DO get the physical box, wait until the Digital Deluxe is 90% off as it is at the time of this edit. It will update the original game and allow you to download Digital Shadows from the e-shop for free.

Glad that support page is nice and clear. I've got three games on Steam for the megadrive that are going to disappear and three of the dreamcast ones that are also going. If you're also going the Steam route do double check the two bundles, might be able to knock the price down on any renegades. Gonna give it until the end of the month just on the off chance of a sale before the nuke.

@Picola-Wicola Mood. I grabbed a physical copy from GAME at the start of September as it was stupid cheap and it's been sitting there Waiting until this patch came out.

@Yosti Ironically it was until this hits. Was surprised when I picked up a copy last month and didn't have any updates.

@ScalenePowers Glad I'm not the only one hoping for Legend and Underworld! Anniversary can understand more if it got skipped but not those two.

Honestly not surprised they're in trouble. From covering up the amount of abuse in the company and shuffling around the culprits to expecting infinite money growth in the form of live services to be forever, they've made no end of stupid decisions over the decades. With crunch worsening, meddling from higher ups who refuse to listen/completely out of touch with the market and a genuine fear of doing something different this was bound to happen sooner or later and will for a lot of the industry too. When they let go of the leash a bit we get the latest Prince of Persia (If still with the dreaded road map attached), when they don't you use a WW2 memorial and a re-enactment flag which you then have to go back and fix. Course gamers don't particularly help when they start throwing death threats around because a protagonist isn't Straight White Dudetm.

Still, I hope employees can get basic work conditions and safety they deserve before it implodes or the ability to get out. They'll always be the ones to suffer instead of the ones who caused the problems in the first place.

Grabbed a physical copy in the seemingly never ending GAME sale recently and been waiting for this update before I boot for the first time. Great to know finally have a date now, looking forward to it.

Tried the demo yesterday and ran into the problem of key rebinding was of all things, active button swap only. Having the lock on as a right stick click is bad enough (More so when mine doesn't work) but no proper rebinding? Really? Hope they fix that.

Not something done lightly in the current climate. That they wanted to spin out likely means they wanted some autonomy from constantly meddling and being beholden to people who have no idea what they're talking about. Hope everyone lands on their feet and the effected still getting published by them will be okay.

If that map is any indication they've really thought out accessibility which is honestly a really nice sight. Just because you're legally meant to doesn't mean it isn't skirted to cut costs as much as possible. Hope it actually holds true.

As is very important to say: M O R T I S

I'm really happy for Airdorf, he puts so much work into these creates incredible imagery despite the self-imposed graphic limitations. To have a physical as well? Def be tempted myself just to keep supporting.

@nhSnork It's sadly very standard these days across many industries. Many employees at Humble Games had no idea they'd just lost their jobs until they saw the news and since they don't matter, the indies they were working with were even less of a priority.

Really do feel for both the former employees and these game studios. Their hard work will still get profited from and those still standing will be the first ones to get yelled at for something completely out of their control.

@HeadPirate By the sounds of things they're going to be using agency staff so the job will only exist as and when needed, paid low as possible and zero benefits thanks to less worker protections. Once whatever's in the pipeline gets finished up likely fold the dregs and be done with it.

@Wordbonder So they can still use the brand name. Get the profit boost from getting rid of everyone and vastly reduced expenses overall which is all execs care about these days.

Nintendo UK just tweeted mentioned there is "Japan only content" along with the museum that was mentioned in the review. Anybody know what that is?

@sfb Really appreciate you mentioning this, I've got problems with my hands so I find quick reactions are difficult let alone faster than that. Sort of thing people neglect to mention

@johnedwin Depends where you are, some places haven't had stock since the initial reprint rush.

Still a bit annoyed the second game only came as a double since I already own the first. Still, these are fun little games and even as somebody who has a very low tolerance for puns can enjoy them.

Picked up a couple puzzlers and Good night, Knight which got abandoned before it was completed though still should get something out of it for 89p.

I want the physical more which runs into the import trap because Capcom but man do they keep tempting me.

@Chaotic_Neutral The industry is in an awful state right now because of vulture capitalists, it's coming up to christmas/high end of year bills and all plans have just gone out the window along with savings about to take a hit as they scramble for new work in a year with the highest number of layoffs in a long time. It would stress anybody out and talking to somebody on the outside can be a massive help particularly if they have additional issues that need to be factored in.

Support being offered for those who might need it is basic decency, something this industry is greatly allergic to.

Game Mill strikes again living up to their name and screwing over their developers while expecting customers to buy a mess.

@Ryu_Niiyama Sale bandwagon. Boxing Day sales weren't enough for capitalism.

@AmplifyMJ Not this week.

Protect your brand by changing the rules to reduce/entirely remove accessibility options which are generally third party as you're not providing them yourself or only half way so runs into the same problem. Genius.

Also a point of note: Origins was never released in Europe so this is the first time we can play it without import/pirating.

Still annoying there's no dubs though.

@Fizza Not got my Switch in front of me but it's on the UK site? - https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/AI-THE-SOMNIUM-FILES-1631321.html

@rjejr Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes?

Given anniversary exists on the PS2, it's weird they didn't grab and run with that and decided to do another polygon boost update instead of the better looking version.

Anything that has this DRM hot garbage I refuse to buy no matter what it is. Company should have long gone out of business the way it utterly cripples games that have it infestating the coding.

Oh that is very snazzy key art.

I take the S&K specific content is still absent.

Just a small note, that's clearly a snow leopard not a "white cheetah".

It was wonderful to hear Kevin Conroy again even if these are ports. Given the final game he voiced is a mess it's just... Nice. Absolutely picking this up if it's stable.

Bring on Europe finally being able to play Origins without importing. Still annoyed about the dub thing though.

Shame the little arrow machine is absent but not gonna stop me picking this up. I LOVED the bust a move games on the original playstation and not been able to play for years.

Please bring the franchise back Capcom. The GBA ports with their quality of life features were fantastic helping get me into "proper" RPGs and though I was never able to try the original Playstation pair I did manage to get my hands on Dragon Quarter. The soundtrack always makes a killing and I'm forever sad I was never able to afford it though I did manage to get the artbook on launch.