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@kmtrain83 there are way more PS5's out there than Switch 2's alongside having a player base more likely to buy Resident Evil

@TheExile285 well the image quality of Rebirth on PS5 was pretty terrible

I'm with the reviewer here, I enjoyed Village but its certainly the recent RE game (from 7 oneards) that I replay the least. I think Capcom have always regretted Lady D's lack of involvement in this game and it always felt weird that you didn't build up to her castle, instead of it being the first area.

I've no interest in the multiplayer stuff so I won't be buying this.

But I have to say that Nintendo are handling these Switch 2 editions very poorly overall and are wildly inconsistent. Mario Odyssey gets some nice free boosts but here a resolution bump is locked behind dlc, Animal Crossing only gets anti aliasing but once again as dlc, the 2 big Zelda games lock their upgrades behind a paywall with no meaningful additional content. You should never be charged extra, just to fully utilise the hardware that you've already bought

@RoboCube @daycamp I just find it funny when those are hardware features and nothing to do with the game, more so when its £15.99 on PS5 and Steam, so its only on Switch 2 that it costs more. Even stranger is that the Switch 1 version and the "upgrade" is 28p cheaper then just buying the Switch 2 version

£4 more on Switch 2 and for what? 😂

I'm still waiting for them to fix the PS5 version, so it'll be interesting to see how badly it stutters on Switch 2

A 7 at best for me, some parts of the game are outstanding but a lot of it feels bloated just to make what is a 3/4 hour section of the original game, a 30 hour experience instead

This is why the Switch 2 needs VRR output to the TV, as variable would look significantly smoother despite the fluctuating framerate

@Tom-Massey played through it last night and loved it. It knows exactly who its target audience is and my only real criticism is that Hasta la vista should have been the default difficulty as normal is way too easy, I only died twice and that was on the last boss

It's not up there with the likes of Contra 3 or Blazing Chrome but for fans of the movie, this is great fun. Now to try Neon Inferno

Aspyr intends “to make game improvements via patches over time so that the game can be the best possible experience for all players.”

No, No, No, No, No, No, No!!!!
This is what you're supposed to do BEFORE you release a game and take people's money

"Short-lived, linear, and ultimately simplistic"

GOOD, this sounds like it'll be a lot of fun

@Dreamcaster-X much of the time its 60 on Steamdeck but it regularly drops into the 50's and in big cities it can easily drop into the 40's due to CPU and/or engine limitations. This would look bad on a TV with no VRR

@IronMan30 the PS4 Pro was running it at native 4K but the base PS4 does give us a clue with its unlocked fps mod that gets nowhere near hitting 60fps, hovering around the 40fps mark.

I don't think this is a case of them being "lazy", just the Switch 2 CPU coupled with that engine, means they couldn't hit a consistent 60fps

@ThisGuy215 45fps? Sure 40fps on a 120hz screen looks great but 45fps is dreadful

If this had dropped a couple of years ago I'd have been up for it but now I just want a new entry. I can't say I'm impressed by Zelda items etc being seemingly locked behind Amiibo and the retro games requiring an NSO subscription

Sega characters, plain and simple

I play them mainly on my PC, with my Sinden for some Duck Hunt or through my mini SNES which I've modded to be able to boot into the mini NES OS as well and with added games

A very easy 10, these are arguably the 2 best 3D platformers ever made

@RupeeClock even if games are ported I'd still much rather have a replica of the Wii mote controllers. I personally don't feel the joycons are an adequate substitute. Gyro controls aren't as good as the pointer controls for games like this and the HOTD Remakes vs the Wii versions, whilst I'm still not a fan of the button size and analogue sticks of the joycons, albeit they're a bit better on Switch 2

I hope that Wii gets added to the NSO at some point so we can get Wii controllers for the Switch, as these games feel so much better to play with them.

I may just get Galaxy 2 as I have 3D All Stars and there isn't much reason for me to get it again

Funny seeing Mario Kart above Sonic Crossworlds given the online discourse (I think both are fantastic). Though I suspect Sonic Crossworlds will likely sell more digitally than MKW.

Nice to see Donkey Kong hanging around in the top 10 as well

I enjoyed the Mario movie but didn't think it was great, it was more a collection of scenes to recognise from the games, than a coherent story, even my 8 year old son has never asked to watch it again. Overall I'd say the Sonic films, certainly 2 and 3 are better movies with more of a story and developed characters.

That said, I'm still very much looking forward to the next one. I just hope we get more than the barebones narrative of the 1st and not have Luigi sidelined for most of the runtime

DK Bananza is my favourite game this year but this dlc is something I couldn't recommend to others to buy at this price, about half would be fair. That said, it is fun but doesn't really add much new content but seeing DK Island is incredibly nostalgic for me and playing the DK64 theme helps that. The Island itself doesn't have anything to do, other than explore a few nods to past games and weirdly has 6 bonus stages just to collect gold, which kind of suggests it was originally intended as a reward for the post game.

The new mode is fun but I do wish it used the end game enemies and overall, whilst I'm personally happy to at least have the Island, I'm more likely to replay the last boss again over this when I'm done.

It's a shame we didn't get some new retro challenge levels or something along those lines alongside this

Tried the Switch version and wasn't overly impressed and in the absence of a Switch 2 version, I'll be trying this elsewhere. Overall though I'm still not sold on the game

Panzer Dragoon Zwei is my favourite on rails shooter to this day. Sadly between the mediocre Panzer Dragoon Remake and the truly dreadful House of The Dead remakes, I have no faith that these people will be able to do it justice

It would have been better as a sport in something like Switch Sports rather than a standalone game

I don't doubt I could be as good or arguably better at fighting games with a leverless controller but for me, the main reason I use an arcade stick is for the feel of it and I don't see myself ever swapping to one of these. Looks cool though

I'm saving for one of those Octopus sticks, so I can use it on my Dreamcast as well

@Suketoudara @Itsashame @MontyCircus cheers guys, I did look shortly after the Direct but couldn't find anything. This certainly puts it on the buy list to play with my son

I'm not entirely sold on this yet, I've already got Mario Kart World which I really enjoy and this hinges on whether that City Trial mode can be played split screen. So if that is online only (or need multiple consoles), that is a big mark against it, as I buy these games primarily for local multiplayer

Edit: as below it seems like it does support local multiplayer in that mode, kinda weird to have a 45 minute direct and that information still wasn't clear but looks like I'll be getting it now

I might be alone but I'd much rather have that horror inspired trailer as a game

No chance, this looks like a game that would have been one of many in something like Wii Sports and even then, it'd be one I'd play once or twice before returning to bowling.

I just don't know what they were thinking with this one

I can understand why DK Bananza isn’t on there as it contains massive spoilers but there's no reason not to have Mario Kart.

The music app has potential but with so much missing, I've long since just found these on YouTube music, ironically including MK World and DK Bananza

I should hope so, it wasn't exactly a looker back then either but it was a decent playing 3D platformer from what I remember. For the price I'd say this will definitely be worth it for fans of the genre and I'll probably be getting it myself

Funny thing is, my son has had a Mario and Luigi toy since he was a baby, so had he been that age now, nothing would be different

@JohnnyMind yeah there was a demo on Steam and I own the original there which has the same issues. I've got the Sinden Lightgun and its basically useless with this game because of how its made. With motion controls the cursor persistence isn't as big of a deal but even if this got mouse support on Switch 2, it would have the exact same problems as on PC, simply because that is how the game was designed.

@Paulo I don't even think the graphics are better, I think this looks worse than the original game

@Serpenterror I've had one of these for a few years and its brilliant. I think there is a standalone lightgun and plug and play console coming soon and is bundled with Time Crisis and Point Blank

@JohnnyMind I won't comment on the standard controls but even with a mouse this plays poorly, as its not actually built as a lightgun game and every time there is a camera cut it resets the cursor to the centre of the screen. So with a mouse, you constantly have to pick it up and move it to be able to aim

I played the demo of Steam a while ago and my review is

Looks worse than the original
Sounds worse than the original
Plays significantly worse than the original
Essentially a lightgun game that isnt even made as a lightgun game, so even on PC cannot function with modern ones

Utter garbage 2/10

We don't need a timeline for any of these games, its just a bit of fun to imagine where they might go but nothing to obsess over or that has to be set in stone. Same for Zelda games, the majority of which have no real connection to one another

@rjejr @Talkshowhost @ATMVF all you have to do is pick the option on the right, the game even suggests this and it works exactly as you'd imagine

Both this and Odyssey are brilliant games that share some elements but by and large the core gameplay loops of both are quite different with the 2 main characters controlling quite differently.

Then structure wise, DK doesn't actually require any banana's for progress, meaning you can engage with as much or as little of the game as you like and the last part of the game is one of the best I've ever played.

I've now collected everything on DK and have the 3 star save file and at some point will do a no banana run , which should be challenging with no upgrades but ultimately if you're a fan of 3D platformers, play both, oh and New Donk City is one of the all time great levels

@Kraven the big problem with this art style is that none of the games that use it have their own identity and just blend into one another

Elliot of Philadelphia looks quite promising, even if I'm kind of over this art style but I am more excited for this than another Octopath game

Is it just me or are far too many games today, way more demanding than their visuals deserve? We all know that the Switch isn't a powerhouse but come on, a 2D pixel art game

Just finishing off Donkey Kong Bananza, I've done the main story and post game quest, so just mopping up the rest of the Banana's. This game is amazing and has one of, if not the best end sequence I've seen in a game which i won't spoil

Once I'm done with that, it'll be back to finishing Death Stranding 2

@Bunkerneath I think it just means sold in store but more importantly, looking at the overall sales, there isn't a big gap between the total of MKW and the Switch 2 itself. So as most of the consoles sold are the bundle, its safe to assume these are included, unless people are going out and buying an extra copy of a game they already have

I'd take Rare Replay and Sea of Thieves on Switch 2 and Doom of course but outside of that, there isn't much I care about from them, now that they cancelled Perfect Dark

Presumably those Mario Kart numbers are including the bundle and its a shame we can't have those separately as I'd imagine DK would have been number 1 by some distance but hopefully DK does well long term as it's a fantastic game

I predict the next Direct will be sometime between now and another point in time