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I bought 18 and 19 and the gameplay is much better on Switch than on other consoles, thanks to the relative lack of the built-in cheating system which is plaguing FIFA games more and more.

Unfortunately, there are so many things missing from the Switch FUT that 19 will be the last FIFA game I buy if they don't add those features to the next game.

Bear in mind, I was done with the franchise on other consoles, after many years, before the Switch version came along and playing online became fun again.
Not because I lacked skill (I was an online Division 1 winner every year) or the proper team (I always had full-blue TOTY/TOTS teams) and it wasn't because I had to pay a lot for those players (I used the market and never paid any real money in-game).

It's because the game has been so rigged on other consoles for a long time, that it was an insult to any honest gamer.

Ending My Nintendo would be more honorable.
It just brings shame for Nintendo.

I think it's a good deal for those who buy digital games.
However, buying something digitally in general is a far worse deal than buying it physically.
At least, in my country, you can easily sell your copy after you're done with it, close to retail price.
(Even if you sell it years later, you'll still get much more money back than what you can save here.)

(The first sentence was in regard of the lack of third party quality games on the Switch - which it painfully lacks.
Maybe partly because of reviews like this which can't appreciate these games enough while praising basically every indie pixelvomit game...)

This is why we can't have nice things!
Is this game a 6?
Okay, fine.
But then how on Earth is a 30MB, 2 dollars indie game where you push different colored balls (yeah, that's the entire game) an 8?!

It's like you compare apples with iPhones (or, you know, Apple)!

This review system seriously needs some adjustments - or at least a price section.

A 2 dollar indie game can be an 8.
In the 2 dollars category.

This game plays in a totally different ballpark.
So it's a 6 among the biggest players only.

I'm surprised those sell well in Europe.
I bought some Sega retro games for 3DS with 3D effect, much cheaper.
I'm not gonna buy them more expensive for the Switch, especially won't double dip.

If they will be much cheaper (you know, you can buy Xbox Classic games for Xbox One X with 4K treatment, like the old, good Star Wars games for only 990 HUF which is less than 4 USD), I'll think about it.
Until then, retro collections are fine for me.
Those old games aren't worth more than a couple of bucks today.

I used to like retro.
But now I just want to bury the NES already to finally make way for the newer consoles on Switch!
I mean, even the Gamecube is retro now! But we will never see any of those games on the Switch if Nintendo puts them up this slow...!
Why?

Put them up now, you'd see a ton of money!
Put them up two years from now - nobody will care because people will wait for Switch 2!

Why are you doing this, Nintendo?
I honestly can't see any logic in that...

It's as if you go out of your way to somehow cripple your otherwise successful console!
This makes me really sad...

That's what the world needs. More pixel-vomit games and more sarcastic children.

Why SE didn't use this cover in the first place, nobody knows.

(Most German covers are reversible because of their mandatory huge, ugly USK age classification.)

My Nintendo is a joke.
Never has been anything else.
And never will be?
That's up to Nintendo.
I wouldn't hold my breath, though.

Yeah, baby!
Any sandbox game is a welcome handheld addition on Switch - and this one is insanely fun with the destruction model (you can destruct any building to the ground)!
The gameplay is similar to FarCry or Just Cause games (liberate provinces one by one), the story is nothing to write home about - but the destruction model hasn't been surpassed since!

If you don't know what to do, just buy this game!

That's what I'm talking about!
'Indie' shouldn't mean ugly, 8-bit looking games.
When you have a good idea, get resources to make a proper game out of it and boom!
Jaws dropped, money thrown at you.
Great job!

Aaaahh...
You had me at the title but lost me at the article.

I don't even understand how 'Automatic renewal' is allowed to be the default option by law.
Not just on consoles but pretty much everywhere from Netflix to NFL Game Pass.
If a consumer decides to opt for renewal, he/she could do it by pressing a button somewhere in the app - but until then, it's not up to the corporations to charge people who may or may not be aware of said practice.

EU cookies law just made browsing more inconvenient (because literally nothing has changed but now unwanted messages pop up in our face every time) - but this decision should be made for the customers.

We all know Nintendo asks money in exchange of nothing regarding online gaming.

They don't have dedicated servers, they don't have extra services (unless you count cloud saves which don't even work with every game and they're also completely free on Xbox).

If that's not unfair business practice, I don't know what is.

Maybe, if we behave, we can play GC classics when the Switch will only be, like, 10 years old...

Was this really a classic? I've never heard of it.

There is a pretty good remake of Archon on PC that I wish I could play on the Switch.
That surely was a classic.

I hope this means the PC games are so compatible that we can await a Civ Collection on the Switch.
That would be sweet!

Give me Sunsetriders or give me death!

Season pass is the cancer of the video game industry.
I hope the players will vote against it with their purse - which is kind of the only way to get rid of it for good.

Then maybe, someday, we will get full games for a full price again.

Mostly old ports, as per usual - but at least better ones.

Switch could be the ultimate console but it's in dire need of fresh third party AAA games to stay relevant. (Thank Raiden for the new Mortal Kombat at least!)

@carlos82 : I love my X1X.
I just don't consider BC (and especially 4K BC) games 'retro' on it.
(I mean, the X360 Forza Horizon in 4K looks better than some current simulators and definitely better than any car game on Switch.. )

@carlos82 : Retro was well represented on the Xbox 360, too.
People mostly buy an Xbox One S for the Forza series or for the 4K BD player.
People definitely don't buy a 4K ready Xbox One X console for the retro, either.

I don't think that's surprising at all.

Two reasons why:

1. The Nintendo Switch is the ultimate console. People want to play most games on it, not on other consoles.

2. Unfortunately, it lacks third party AAA titles. So people will have to do with countless indies which other console owners don't have to touch.

That being said, hopefully this is a great game worthy of being the successor of the 16-bit era original.

Yawn...
Considering the Switch could be the ultimate console, it's more and more disheartening to see the lack of third party AAA games.

Indie games should be a minority in a console's game offerings (as it is on the other two).
They're not system sellers.

Come on, Nintendo! We want the real games!

Oh, what I would give for Sunset Riders...

I'm sick and tired of this attitude from publishers.
The Nintendo Switch is not an experimental machine, it's a console which sold more units in its first 2 years than Xbox One or Playstation 4 did.
The average age of a console player is nearer to 40 than to 30 now.

So stop being condescending and make your game on the machine if you want or don't make it if you don't want.
I doubt you could pull the same attitude about making a PS4 game so don't do it here.

Thank you.

@Yasume : it's like any other Nintendo console's any other birthday. (Without a decent sale.)
Nintendo likes tradition!

Meanwhile, Xbox Classic games (e.g. Star Wars games) cost 990 HUF (~3.5 USD) apiece on Xbox One X store.

I seriously don't understand retro publishing companies on the Switch...

Yeah, it will come in time for Christmas because then they'll be making ten times more money!

@wazlon : you know what that say about loudspeakers: the heavier, the better.
Even though technically it's not necessarily correct but it's still a good guideline.

I think the same way about video games. More data, richer game.

In case of a FMV game, I think a 1-2GB or smaller size would mean it's either too short or too ugly. 7GB still isn't a lot (a 90 minute Full HD Blu-ray movie has a size of 20-40GB depending on bitrate) but in Switch's terms, it's pretty decent.

Yeah, I have a hard time with memory cards, too.
I guess I'll just play those games that are on it and then delete them to make space for the new ones. (200GB got almost full in a couple of months...)

I wonder if we ever get MyNintendo discounts on a current console or just on dead ones.

I don't even know if I have any Platinum points left from the thousands because I never watch their page anymore.

Without any licenses, for me it's meh - but the screenshots look at least decent.
I remember playing a F1 game on PC, like, 22 years ago, where you could also manage your team to some extent. That didn't look much worse - but I guess we have to be thankful for any game on Switch that doesn't want to look like an 8 bit retro one..

Management games are among my favorites, though, so if they'd release a demo where I'd have fun, I'd still consider buying this in spite of lacking licenses..

He kinda represents the 90s faithfully, so it's a good match.

Lego Movie 2 was almost unbearable to watch and I've never felt the 3D effects, either.

So the Lego Movie 2 game might be one of those very, very, very rare instances where the video game of a movie is actually better than the movie!

@wazlon : I'm interested in that game, too.
Don't worry, it's 7+GB, so it surely will look gorgeous. (Description says it was shot in Full HD.)

There's no way
Witcher III could run on Switch!

Please prove me wrong!!

Does this look like Heroes of Might&Magic?
Please bring the Heroes of Might&Magic series to the Switch, Ubisoft!

Please please please!

Are these remasters? Because I remember buying the original PS1 FF VII digitally for PS3 & PS Vita (Cross-buy) for 3.99 GBP years ago...

So these are HD versions, right?
Not the same games for 4 times the prize, for sure?

Oh for crying out loud, why do publishers have to treat Switch releases like they're so special?

"XYZ game will come out on PS4 and Xbox One.
BUT WILL IT COME FOR THE SWITCH??
Stay tuned for the next six months and we may just tell you!"

If Nintendo makes them do it, that just shows how few high profile games are on the machine.
Otherwise, why would it be anything special if a 5+ years old game gets released on the Switch while this, and even the next game in the series had already been published on the Wii U?

I would really like to see some newer AAA games, so at least Unity or Syndicate, if not Origins.

And yet you still can't make folders.
Your 100 demos and dozens of games just lie there in total chaos; I'd say, like it's 1990 - but even the non-graphical user interface of the MS-DOS operating system had directories...

Nothing for me.

I bought a physical copy through pre-order.
You know what would be awesome?

Publishing the previous Civs on the Switch!

I'm sure V would sell well in itself.
The rest could come in a compilation together (like it did on PC a long time ago), maybe even along with the SNES version!
How cool would that be?! 8)

Frankly, most of Switch's mobile/indie ports would only worth 10% of their regular price..

Too many awesome real games exist and I don't even have enough time for those.

Finally, a high profile racing simulator on the Switch!
Since it won't have Forzas or Turismos, this one is kind of the best thing.

I wish it had Project Cars, The Crew and one of the Dirts, too!

I'd love to play the remastered Archon on the Switch!

Finally something mildly interesting from My Nintendo.
Adventure Bar Story and maybe Chase for me.

Although, I still haven't played much with games I got for gold points half a year ago for the 3DS.

Meanwhile, the Switch will be 2 years old soon.
Come on, Nintendo, when will Switch rewards finally come?!

That's how it should be.

It's hard to take the Switch seriously with a myriad of mobile ports...

I mean I get it, still no COD, let's publish this cheap mobile game on the Switch for 4x the price...

But that's just sad. For both sides.

So you say that this little game which looks like how FIFA did 20 years ago, is better than FIFA 19 which has licensing of over 15,000 real world players, a myriad of game modes (including manager mode), and an extensive online experience??

HAHAHAHA! Good joke, guys!