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@AussieMcBucket hi, I haven't played Sam & Max unfortunately. By the way, are you from Australia? The Drifter was made by an Aussie studio and characters speak with Australian accent, which you could find appealing

I completed The Drifter. It's a quite good story, but the game itself is not that great. I disagree with the reviews praising it. I'm an adventure game fan and some of the games in that genre are designed well and some are not. The Drifter is definitely a poorly designed adventure game. Playing it feels more like a chore than pleasure, because the authors clearly don't understand the genre. It's one of those "guess what the authors wanted you to do" ones. You often have multiple similar objects in the inventory and thus can think of many ways to proceed, but nooo - only one works, often illogical one. Also, sometimes the first attempt won't work, so they want you to try again without communicating clearly. Result? It's not only click everything on everything, but click everything on everything TWICE. That being said, some chapters were better than others, I liked it more near the end.

Why does the title say "Hits Switch 2 Next Week" while it also hits the first Switch? As a first Switch owner I feel neglected 😭

@larryisaman but it was slow ass even when no game was running.

@larryisaman of course they could. You thought that a console able to run beautiful 3D games at 60 FPS was unable to make a flat-ass simple design of a few icons scroll smoothly?

Am I the only one who's been thinking this game looked like AI slop since the first trailer came out? Something about the overall design is so dull and lifeless.

I feel like something is off with the graphics in this game. Environments, Lara, animation, colors, the logo - it all screams AI in my opinion. There's no soul or design behind these elements and it's not consistent somehow.

Nope, still waiting for the OLED version. I just can't unsee the lively screen of my old Switch OLED, Switch 2's looks a bit dull in comparison.

Nintendo's second favorite kind of a court.

This article screams AI.

@Serpenterror there's a difference between an emulator and the official release.

I don't like the rewind features as they make games too easy. And I'm probably not disciplined enough to forget about them and tell myself not to use them. The fact that they do exist makes the game less enjoyable for me.

Thaink you, Nintendo.

@Nep-Nep-Freak nobody said there were no nice use cases for AI. The problem is that most of the scenarios so far were immoral, lazy and sh*tty in other ways.

@Not_Soos hundreds daily is not even that many.

"Reportedly aware"? I hate it when people doubt if the company is aware of a problem entire internet is talking about. Like how could they possibly be unaware of this? They probably get hundreds of emails, DMs and social media comments about it daily too. So yeah, let's be real.

@xmkbest I think that Wii and Wii U era was when Nintendo was the least popular in Poland. But before that, GameBoys, Nintendo 64 and GameCube were a thing in Poland. For rich kids, yes, but still.

@xmkbest

> Nintendo was basically unknown in Poland some 10-15 years ago, but these days it's quite popular!

What? This is not true. Nintendo was always popular in Poland. Yes, we used to have a dupe of NES called Pegazus, but people knew it's Nintendo's dupe even back then. I'd say that Nintendo's products used to be too expensive in Poland for most people and that's why they didn't sell as much as in some other countries. But saying that Nintendo wasn't popular is not true.

@Hwatt I'm Polish and lektor is natural for me. It's actually a good concept. Lektor's voice needs to be neutral and it serves as translation, while original track is means to show you actor's emotions. You focus on the lektor, but you also hear if the actor speaks quietly or shouts etc. I think it's much better than the cheap dubbing that TV stations do in other countries. In Poland we love lektors' voices, they are also old school when it comes to their work ethic. Lektors have perfect enunciation.

The delay is crazy, but I must say that Croc is probably the smoothest 3D game I've played on the Switch. Literally zero frame drops, croc-solid (sorry) 60 fps.

Do you guys think there's a correlation between liking DK Bananza and liking Luigi's Mansion? I didn't like neither of them, but i feel like perhaps they deliver the same kind of experience of exploration for people who are into these things. For me personally, both of these are a really, really boring chore.

It's one of those games I don't get the hype about. Played it and it bored me to death.

@TheSaneInsanity ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

I'm always a bit suspicious about these online achievements. Is this protected from cheating in any way? They could always prerecord and edit the gameplay.

@molkom yeah, I'm pretty sure they introduced some interesting concepts that have been done better later by other games. I'll give them another go at some point though.

@kal_el_07241 perhaps it's about the time like you said. I was late to the party when it comes Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World. I grew up playing Super Mario Bros and Super Mario 64. I like the simplicity of these games and I also love the newer Mario games, like Super Mario Odyssey or Super Mario Wonder. The thing I don't like about World or 3 is that it's neither simple or complex enough to be fun for me. These games are too random and I also don't like the art style in them.

Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros 3 are almost always concluded to be the best Mario games, while they are some of my least favorite Mario games. I just don't get the hype about them.

I'm still on my OLED. Don't wanna downgrade my screen quality (despite resolution boost) and battery life, as these two are my biggest priorities.

@Anti-Matter

Used to be I played NES games when I was kid, despite by using pirated cartridge with 100 games in 1 including the bootlegs like Kungfu Mario.
But I have no longer interest with NES games anymore.
I have no longer interest with retro 8 bit games.

I'm calling 911 right now. 😤😜

30 FPS for a simple 3D platformer on a console released in 2025 is wild.

@abbyhitter Diddy got 4 years, so what is fair for the pirate? 3 minutes?

@LazyDaisy me neither. It feels like teasing.

Paid DLC for such expensive games make me sad

@ShadLink yeah, but it looks so realistic otherwise that this effect is very pronounced.

Looks a bit frankensteined, but I like it anyway.

@Lizuka I feel sorry for you tbh.

Porting a fighting game to a 2 months old console is a lot of work? Oh dear...

@Mana_Knight yes, yes, yes! To precise - only the boss battles. But they were really hard at the end.

My biggest issue with Kirby and the Forgotten Land was the 30 FPS, so I'm happy it's finally fixed. 3D platformers really should run at 60 fps at least, it's completely different experience.

Side note, I still remember my evil laughter about all these reviewers calling this game easy. You can tell they haven't 100%-ed it.

This game will never get old.

I hoped Switch 2 would finally end the era of 30 fps 🥴

This article actually made me sad. It's the price we pay for insanely easy access to information, which is relatively new for humanity. The magic is gone, everything is awaiting to be spoiled just around the corner. And like someone said above - yes, we don't need to look. But knowing it's there doesn't come for free, mentally.

American one being a bit creepy with Donald and Mickey having their best time with Huey, Dewey, and Louie trapped three steps behind them 🤭

We should really destroy the culture of this sick inequality ASAP. I understand giving someone more, but not THAT MUCH. We should respect all people who work on company's success. CEO is important, but not 1000 times more than the others.

@Mattock1987 I'm somewhere between a casual player and a pro player - I race on 200cc in MK8 easily, but I usually don't win online, because I'm not THAT dedicated to the game and I don't know all the shortcuts etc. That being said, there are many people who play Mario Kart a lot and we should let them speak. If they don't like the change, they know what they're saying. If I don't eat pickles, I don't go and tell pickle lovers to shut up when the biggest pickle brand changes the recipe for worse.

@undeadly because technical demo should be free?

@undeadly can you please explain your thought process when you say "Nobody is forcing you to buy it"? I can't get my head around folks who think this fixes anything about the problems people complain about. Like for example, there's an influencer who's considered a bad example for children and then some people think it fixes the problem when they say "but nobody's forced to watch". Like WTF?