@nintendobynature - Yes, you can play solo or co-op. I found the games to be better played Solo as they are puzzle based, and it can be hard to do puzzles as a team.
Enjoyed the 2nd Trine on Wii U. Loved 9 Parchments on Switch (by the same group, shares on character). I plan on getting the 3rd one, and maybe I'll get the first...though I'd probably wait for a steep sale?
I've gotten to where I can't bring myself to buy an indie game day 1. They go on sale so quickly for such huge discounts, I often haven't even gotten to playing them before they are discounted.
I'm interested in this game, but will wait for a sale. That's going to be my standard approach going forward. It's just me responding to how the indies are running their businesses.
@Cobalt - unfortunately Nintendo is becoming more like Xbox and PS4 every day.
Microsoft and Sony have thrived releasing same type of inane repetitive content repackaged year over year over year. (Call of Duty 28 anyone?)
I like Nintendo because they do different things. They aren't afraid to try something different and have it totally fail. (Is labo the latest?) That is the path to finding fun new things, and I love Nintendo most when it is on that path.
The more Nintendo is like MS and Sony, the less interesting they are. I wish Nintendo was further away and not following the narrow path of the others in online, games, and everything!
This chart also shows why Switch sales are struggling this year. EVERY great game came out last year! It has been a slow, slow year for the Switch from Nintendo, and I don't see it turning around. Smash will be fun, but why hasn't there been DLC for MK8 for the Switch? No tracks in years! Why wasn't there more meaningful DLC for Odyssey? or additional content for Zelda? (since Zelda is usually a once every 5 years game that used to have handheld releases in-between the lack of the inbetween games for GBA/DS/3DS means it'll be a long-time for a new one)
I love my Switch, and I LOVE the indie games, where I've spent most of this year. So don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan from day 1, but Year 2 of the Switch has been super lackluster from Nintendo, and that is why they won't hit their sales. They lost momentum, and unless Metroid 4 is crazy amazing AND coming out in the first half of next year, AND there is something else big coming soon, Nintendo already fired all their big ammo, it's already all been released, and now we just wait for the next console release that will have the next Mario Kart, Zelda, Mario & Splatoon games... ...sadface...
Super Smash Bros. (Wii U) 5.35 million + 9.35 million (3DS) = 14.7 million Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 13.29 million
The latest Smash outsold the one on Wii, despite the Wii's crazy huge install base.
Fun numbers, and boy the WiiU had some GREAT Nintendo titles. I really hope 3D Land gets and update/boost for Switch, and I'd love a 'Super Mario Player' game on Switch that simply let you play all the online levels people have made on WiiU. For $20 I'd be in!
Enough that I recognize the areas all this time later in the video... ... And it is still making me stressed! So hard! I think I'll just watch this time around.
@BensonUii rebounding and stealing are now more responsive, meaning pressing the button will now usually make the player on the court do the action instead of them doing nothing most of the time like they did last year.
Shooting and dunking are identical to last year.
The big difference I find is that magazines tend to offer deeper information whereas websites have more information, but it lacks the deep thoughtful look at games coming (month over month for many months). That said, I don't always have time to read from a magazine, so I'm part of the problem.
I was hopeful they would have fixed the absolutely terrible gameplay, but instead there just trying to charge more for it.
PLEASE if you are considering buying this game don't! It does look fantastic, but, unless they changed it from last year, the gameplay is horrible, just horrible!
Bought this and regretted it on WiiU. The visuals are amazing! The gameplay is a pile of meh! It's more tedious to collect things than fun, the game lacks fun platforming, and with so many other options that have great platforming there is no reason to play this.
Watching a video to enjoy the visuals is the best way to experience this game.
I loved the 3rd person sequel Behind Shadowgate. I played it on the TurboGrafx-CD in the same month the N64 came out and thought it measured up. Would love an update to it or a release.
My hope is that they've hired a game designer equal to their visual abilities. There is no question they make some of the best looking indie games in existence. I've bought most of them. However, the game design, track design, and level design always leaves me wanting. I'm excited to hear what they are doing next, and would love to hear they did something with Nintendo, because I know it would be a perfect combo of visuals and mechanics.
@BigKing Indies. Indies are way outselling on switch. There are hardly any games on switch that are 3rd party and not Indies, so it's logical, if not as inspiring as major 3rd party releases doing well.
Pre-ordered! I've been waiting forever for this, I hope the switch port is awesome! I played it at e3 and loved the party game of Mario maker. Lots of fun!
If they get rid of the freeze every time someone dies I'd buy it again...
...3D World is SOO much better than this though. Or even a Mario Maker Player that would let you just play the existing fan-made levels on Switch. I feel like the only reason they did this one is they didn't want a 3D mario game competing with SM Odyssey.
I have this on WiiU, I love platformers and this one is pretty. It is also boring. I regretted the purchase and warn people to watch videos before buying. Watch the actual gameplay, not the beauty. The play is shallow and boring despite the pretty.
Endless runners do not excite me. Even Mario can't save an endless runner from being a bad experience. Phones aren't made for Mario. Mario is at his best when you can explore and have tight controls. Phones give you sloppy, limited controls and take away exploration. That's one of the reasons phones never took over gaming like some thought and consoles are having record sales. Phone gaming tends to be shallow.
I pick up all 8 player games... Usually... Not sure about this one.
BAFL is more my style for this type of game. I tried with 3 different groups to get into Mantis Burn Racing, but I thought it was terrible. I wish Konami would port Driift Mania. I love that game for 8 player fun.
I was not a fan of Sonic transformed.
It controlled more like need for speed, but tried at the same time be a arcade kart racer. The result I disliked immensely.
I'm hopeful this is better than transformed, but unless it gets crazy good reviews I'll pass. I don't need another mediocre kart racer.
This was our most played Wii game, and I'll get the switch version day 1! I do agree with the comments that the individual games are not close to Nintendo quality control, but exploring is the real fun here. Playing with other players to explore, find the chests, and making use of the huge open world space by racing to spots on the map or playing tag, is awesome!
That said, this game is for a younger audience. I've enjoyed playing with my kids, but wouldn't likely turn it on by myself.
Will it still be terrible?
That the real question.
If the gameplay matched the visuals, Nba playgrounds would be a good game, but it doesn't.
The shooting/dunking is so unintuitive they had to add a meter, and even with it there is no sense of flow in offense, you just stare at the meter as you shoot.
Defense is even worse as pressing the button to steal the ball often does nothing. There is no visual, nothing!
The game looks good, but plays terribly.
I wish it played anything like Jam, I loved that game!
2K18 is a fantastic game as well, so maybe 2K can fix the mess that is Nba Playgrounds!
Crossed Swords is a game I remember fondly from long ago. I wonder if it is best left remembered? I'll have to watch some YouTube videos and see if it interests me in today's gaming world.
My kids still play the Wii version regularly, so I feel like I know this game inside and out. I'd love more info on what's new.
Looking at the brief 4 player parts of the video it appears that they may still be turning off all NPCs when playing multiplayer, but I'm hoping not. That always made the world feel rather empty.
It's be great if you could play events without everyone playing the event though I recognize that's probably a technical impossibility.
As an 8 player coop or versus game Runbow is fantastic.
I've introduced it to a ton of groups and it always wins people over. It's one of the best 8 player games ever made.
There is a pre-order price reduction through tomorrow, so I already bought it for the 4th time. Looking forward to playing through all the adventure mode content in coop again!
I've played and loved all the Layton games including the Phoenix wright one.
This one really misses the magic of the others with no overreaching story due to the game being sold as multiple mini stories on mobile making it feel small and shallow compared to the others.
The puzzles are also a solid notch below, almost half of them are just tricky questions involving math that you enter a number for your answer.
It's a far cry from the great Layton games, but better than nothing.
The factual errors, of which there are many, and negative tone I believe shows the writer didn't give the game a proper playing. It feels like a fan of "The Show" was asked to write a review of a rival game and so the rival didn't get a fair shake.
Again, the game isn't great, but the review says it is terrible, which isn't true, and many of the facts given in the review are wrong.
A number of people are calling out in the comments that this game is a fun arcade like baseball that had a touch of Sim feel. It's fun on the go, which plays to the switch's strengths.
The game is factually misrepresented here. I feel that undermines the critical nature of the review, and my experience over the last two years with the series is night and day different. I first played this year's game on Xbox, and it was hard to play last year's game after that because this year's is flat out so much better. However I waited, and kept playing it all the way until the days before this year's game came to Switch.
I'm very happy to have the game! It's not the show, but it isn't trying to be. It's a great in-between game for those who don't have as much time, but still love baseball and want to enjoy the current season and teams. It's hard to master and I'm confident I'll put 30-50 hours into it this year and I'll enjoy that time.
If you like baseball, this year's game is worth trying. Last year's is not a good game. The difference between the two is huge.
@BulbasaurusRex honestly there is so much incorrect information in the review it is hard to list it all.
From pitching, where there is at least 3 pitches, not the two in the review, to hitting, where you can control whether you loft the ball or hit it down, not just bunny or swing away, the reviews description indicates they didn't know the game very well or the previous version. Don't even get me started on the fielding comments.
Having hitters hitting 200 in my case is a matter of me learning the game and not having great hitters . A couple of MLB teams can relate!
The game isn't amazing, but the review isn't either. I think the review will make people miss out on something some of them would have enjoyed.
@LinktotheFuture - I'd love a motion controlled hr Derby. But then I like the occasional sprinkling of motion controls. Baseball on WiiU had fun motion controls catching the ball with the pad.
@LinktotheFuture I've only played that mode a couple of times, so I don't remember, but I don't think so. I was disappointed I didn't see a way to pick the hitters I wanted. I've primary played franchise mode.
I played a bunch of 2017 & 2018, and if you see them as the same I believe you didn't play them. Honestly.
My 13 year old son walking by me playing 2018 said "boy, the graphics are a lot better aren't they!"
That's one quote, I have more. I think this review is hugely biased to the point of missing obvious changes. Really if you think it is visually the same you are just flat out scientifically wrong.
Ok... Trying to calm down now...
The game play is also a new. Having played a bunch of games in both last and this year's I can say getting and pitching is quite different. I'm getting a lot less hits, more home runs, less strikeouts, harder pitching, different Fielding.
Across the board it's clear the engine under the game is dramatically changed.
I went well over well playing the old version to the new, which made the changes super obvious, and for many of them I'm still adjusting.
I had worked up to medium in the old one, and I won 60% of my games. On the new one I dropped back to easy after a couple of games and am still losing half of my games on easy.
The reasons why are hitting and pitching changed. It is harder to get a hit. Easier for the computer to get a hit. Whereas before my whole team was hitting over .400, no one on my team is hitting that now. Many are hovering just above two hundred. Yet I'm hitting, and giving up more homers. The positioning had changed, which has led to missed balls in play, but I'll figure that out.
In the end, it is an easy to pick up baseball game. It feels better than last year when you hit the ball, and I love that fact. It looks worlds better than last year's game, and I love that. It is limited in options, which I don't love. It is limited in skill, which I don't love (it's NOT NBA 2K!)
Overall though, it's a fun baseball game and a great, read that again, GREAT upgrade over last year. Overall it's probably in the 6-7 range out of 10, the 4 and misinformation in this review are biased and should be ignored if you like baseball. If you love baseball, get the show. Otherwise I could list a host of Baseball games worse than this including the 2k series and everything in the DS, GBA, and Wii (maybe power prows was better than this actually... But it had its own problems, more different than better)
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Re: R-Type Dimensions EX Lands On Switch At The End Of The Month
I'm such a huge fan of the original, this will be hard not to gobble up on day one.
Re: Trine Enhanced Edition Is Available Now On Switch, Second And Third Games To Follow
@nintendobynature - Yes, you can play solo or co-op. I found the games to be better played Solo as they are puzzle based, and it can be hard to do puzzles as a team.
Re: Trine Enhanced Edition Is Available Now On Switch, Second And Third Games To Follow
Enjoyed the 2nd Trine on Wii U.
Loved 9 Parchments on Switch (by the same group, shares on character).
I plan on getting the 3rd one, and maybe I'll get the first...though I'd probably wait for a steep sale?
Re: Preview: Battle Princess Madelyn Effortlessly Steps Into Sir Arthur's Boots
I've gotten to where I can't bring myself to buy an indie game day 1.
They go on sale so quickly for such huge discounts, I often haven't even gotten to playing them before they are discounted.
I'm interested in this game, but will wait for a sale. That's going to be my standard approach going forward. It's just me responding to how the indies are running their businesses.
Re: Review: GRIP - An Exciting But Often Twitchy Combat Racer
@Cobalt - unfortunately Nintendo is becoming more like Xbox and PS4 every day.
Microsoft and Sony have thrived releasing same type of inane repetitive content repackaged year over year over year. (Call of Duty 28 anyone?)
I like Nintendo because they do different things. They aren't afraid to try something different and have it totally fail. (Is labo the latest?) That is the path to finding fun new things, and I love Nintendo most when it is on that path.
The more Nintendo is like MS and Sony, the less interesting they are. I wish Nintendo was further away and not following the narrow path of the others in online, games, and everything!
Re: New Data From Nintendo Shows The True Selling Power Of Switch's Evergreen Titles
This chart also shows why Switch sales are struggling this year.
EVERY great game came out last year!
It has been a slow, slow year for the Switch from Nintendo, and I don't see it turning around.
Smash will be fun, but why hasn't there been DLC for MK8 for the Switch? No tracks in years!
Why wasn't there more meaningful DLC for Odyssey? or additional content for Zelda? (since Zelda is usually a once every 5 years game that used to have handheld releases in-between the lack of the inbetween games for GBA/DS/3DS means it'll be a long-time for a new one)
I love my Switch, and I LOVE the indie games, where I've spent most of this year.
So don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan from day 1, but Year 2 of the Switch has been super lackluster from Nintendo, and that is why they won't hit their sales. They lost momentum, and unless Metroid 4 is crazy amazing AND coming out in the first half of next year, AND there is something else big coming soon, Nintendo already fired all their big ammo, it's already all been released, and now we just wait for the next console release that will have the next Mario Kart, Zelda, Mario & Splatoon games...
...sadface...
Re: Here Are The Top 10 Best-Selling Games For Wii U, 3DS, Wii And Nintendo DS (As Of September 2018)
I thought this was interesting:
Super Smash Bros. (Wii U) 5.35 million + 9.35 million (3DS) = 14.7 million
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 13.29 million
The latest Smash outsold the one on Wii, despite the Wii's crazy huge install base.
Fun numbers, and boy the WiiU had some GREAT Nintendo titles. I really hope 3D Land gets and update/boost for Switch, and I'd love a 'Super Mario Player' game on Switch that simply let you play all the online levels people have made on WiiU. For $20 I'd be in!
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2018
The sales show down problem is clear to see!
Last year's software lineup was great!
This year?
Not so much.
Re: Video: See The Switch Remake Of '80s Arcade Classic Toki In Action With This Gameplay Trailer
Played it tons on my Atari lynx!
Enough that I recognize the areas all this time later in the video...
... And it is still making me stressed!
So hard!
I think I'll just watch this time around.
Re: Best Buy Will Soon Stock Select Limited Run Games Physical Switch Releases
They haven't responded to my concerned email yet, like they say they will in their comments, but have done more press releases.
Re: Trine 4 Will Cast A Spell On Nintendo Switch Next Year
I enjoyed Trine, but I love 9 Parchments!
Re: Review: NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 - Microtransactions Can't Sink This Enjoyable B-Ball Romp
@BensonUii rebounding and stealing are now more responsive, meaning pressing the button will now usually make the player on the court do the action instead of them doing nothing most of the time like they did last year.
Shooting and dunking are identical to last year.
Re: Review: NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 - Microtransactions Can't Sink This Enjoyable B-Ball Romp
This score and review = NintendoLife has lost their mind
Re: Video: New Gear.Club Unlimited 2 Trailer Shows Off Extensive Car Customisation Options
I wish we would get Burnout Paradise.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted on WiiU is still my go-to non-Mario Kart racer.
Re: Soapbox: I'm Causing The Slow Death Of Gaming Magazines, And It Hurts
The big difference I find is that magazines tend to offer deeper information whereas websites have more information, but it lacks the deep thoughtful look at games coming (month over month for many months).
That said, I don't always have time to read from a magazine, so I'm part of the problem.
Re: Huawei Is Launching A New Gaming Phone To Rival The Switch, And It Costs Over $1,000
No physical buttons = no clue
Re: Nintendo Download: 11th October (North America)
Anyone who buys NBA Playgrounds had my pity.
Re: 2K Sports Has Made "Substantial" Contributions To NBA Playgrounds Sequel, According To Saber Interactive
So more players and micro transactions?
FAIL!
I was hopeful they would have fixed the absolutely terrible gameplay, but instead there just trying to charge more for it.
PLEASE if you are considering buying this game don't! It does look fantastic, but, unless they changed it from last year, the gameplay is horrible, just horrible!
Re: Review: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Owltimate Edition - Still A Real Hoot Five Years On
Bought this and regretted it on WiiU.
The visuals are amazing!
The gameplay is a pile of meh!
It's more tedious to collect things than fun, the game lacks fun platforming, and with so many other options that have great platforming there is no reason to play this.
Watching a video to enjoy the visuals is the best way to experience this game.
Re: Nintendo Adding Three More Games To Switch Online NES Library Next Week
Rygar, Rygar NES version would be wonderful!
Re: 30 Year Old Point-And-Click Adventure Shadowgate Is Being Revamped For Switch
I loved the 3rd person sequel Behind Shadowgate. I played it on the TurboGrafx-CD in the same month the N64 came out and thought it measured up. Would love an update to it or a release.
Re: Random: Nintendo Is Now Refusing To Offer Stock To Amazon France After Disagreements
Not a fan of Amazon.
They put others out of business, then raise prices.
I avoid buying there.
Re: Fast RMX Dev Shin'en Multimedia Teases Switch Announcement To Be Shared Tomorrow
My hope is that they've hired a game designer equal to their visual abilities. There is no question they make some of the best looking indie games in existence. I've bought most of them.
However, the game design, track design, and level design always leaves me wanting.
I'm excited to hear what they are doing next, and would love to hear they did something with Nintendo, because I know it would be a perfect combo of visuals and mechanics.
Re: Ubisoft Officially Reveals Sports Party Exclusively For Switch, Available 30th October
Other than the fact this looks terrible it could just be great!
Re: Super Bomberman R Update Adds Castlevania Stage, Five New Characters And New Mode
It's fun, but controls are a bit loose.
Still, a great party game, and one of the few great 8-player games in existence!
Re: UK Charts Reveal That Only 2% Of NBA 2K19's Launch Sales Were On Switch
@BigKing Indies. Indies are way outselling on switch. There are hardly any games on switch that are 3rd party and not Indies, so it's logical, if not as inspiring as major 3rd party releases doing well.
Re: Ultimate Chicken Horse Brings Level Creation Chaos To Switch On 25th September
Pre-ordered!
I've been waiting forever for this, I hope the switch port is awesome!
I played it at e3 and loved the party game of Mario maker. Lots of fun!
Re: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Coming to Nintendo Switch in January
If they get rid of the freeze every time someone dies I'd buy it again...
...3D World is SOO much better than this though. Or even a Mario Maker Player that would let you just play the existing fan-made levels on Switch. I feel like the only reason they did this one is they didn't want a 3D mario game competing with SM Odyssey.
Re: Rygar And Aggressors of Dark Kombat Join Hamster's Growing Switch Library Tomorrow
Rygar on NES was great!!!
Rygar in the arcade was just ok.
It's one of two NES games I really wish we could get on VC over their arcade counterparts. The same wish I've had since the Wii.
Re: Professor Layton And The Curious Village Will Be Released On Mobile In The West
Loved the game, and the entire series.
I'd happily get an HD update, though without a stylus it won't be the same.
Re: NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 Is Building Its Reputation With A Physical Switch Release
The first game was absolutely terrible.
Looks pretty, plays awful.
Needlessly complicated, harder to play than NBA 2K, and not fun.
You fooled me once, so shame on you!
You will not fool me twice!
Re: Shmup Twin Pack R-Type Dimensions Coming To Switch This Winter
I loved RType, I love coop, I love the 3d touches, I will definitely buy this if it comes stateside!
Re: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Owltimate Edition Arrives On Switch This Month
I have this on WiiU, I love platformers and this one is pretty. It is also boring. I regretted the purchase and warn people to watch videos before buying. Watch the actual gameplay, not the beauty. The play is shallow and boring despite the pretty.
Re: Miyamoto Regrets Design Choices Made During Development Of Super Mario Run
Endless runners do not excite me.
Even Mario can't save an endless runner from being a bad experience.
Phones aren't made for Mario.
Mario is at his best when you can explore and have tight controls.
Phones give you sloppy, limited controls and take away exploration.
That's one of the reasons phones never took over gaming like some thought and consoles are having record sales. Phone gaming tends to be shallow.
Re: Get Ready For Some Eight-Player Top-Down Racing With Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers On Switch
I pick up all 8 player games...
Usually...
Not sure about this one.
BAFL is more my style for this type of game.
I tried with 3 different groups to get into Mantis Burn Racing, but I thought it was terrible.
I wish Konami would port Driift Mania. I love that game for 8 player fun.
Re: Video: New Team Sonic Racing Trailer Showcases All-New Team Mechanics
I was not a fan of Sonic transformed.
It controlled more like need for speed, but tried at the same time be a arcade kart racer. The result I disliked immensely.
I'm hopeful this is better than transformed, but unless it gets crazy good reviews I'll pass. I don't need another mediocre kart racer.
Re: Nintendo Labo's New Vehicle Kit Will Let You Drive, Dive And Fly On Your Switch
Looks like wonderful fun to have with my youngest family members.
I'm so glad Nintendo is making games for young kids. This is a great product!
Re: Review: Go Vacation (Switch)
This was our most played Wii game, and I'll get the switch version day 1!
I do agree with the comments that the individual games are not close to Nintendo quality control, but exploring is the real fun here. Playing with other players to explore, find the chests, and making use of the huge open world space by racing to spots on the map or playing tag, is awesome!
That said, this game is for a younger audience. I've enjoyed playing with my kids, but wouldn't likely turn it on by myself.
Re: NBA Playgrounds 2 Will Now Be Published By 2K Games, Adding Some "NBA 2K Flair"
Will it still be terrible?
That the real question.
If the gameplay matched the visuals, Nba playgrounds would be a good game, but it doesn't.
The shooting/dunking is so unintuitive they had to add a meter, and even with it there is no sense of flow in offense, you just stare at the meter as you shoot.
Defense is even worse as pressing the button to steal the ball often does nothing. There is no visual, nothing!
The game looks good, but plays terribly.
I wish it played anything like Jam, I loved that game!
2K18 is a fantastic game as well, so maybe 2K can fix the mess that is Nba Playgrounds!
Re: Hamster's Neo Geo Hot Streak On The Switch eShop Continues With Six New Confirmed Games
Crossed Swords is a game I remember fondly from long ago.
I wonder if it is best left remembered? I'll have to watch some YouTube videos and see if it interests me in today's gaming world.
Re: Nintendo Labo Contest Winners Include A Solar-Powered Accordion And A Teapot Minigame
Pretty awesome stuff. I love the accordion!
Re: Video: Get Ready For An Action-Packed Holiday With The New Go Vacation Trailer
My kids still play the Wii version regularly, so I feel like I know this game inside and out. I'd love more info on what's new.
Looking at the brief 4 player parts of the video it appears that they may still be turning off all NPCs when playing multiplayer, but I'm hoping not. That always made the world feel rather empty.
It's be great if you could play events without everyone playing the event though I recognize that's probably a technical impossibility.
Re: Review: Runbow (Switch eShop)
As an 8 player coop or versus game Runbow is fantastic.
I've introduced it to a ton of groups and it always wins people over.
It's one of the best 8 player games ever made.
There is a pre-order price reduction through tomorrow, so I already bought it for the 4th time. Looking forward to playing through all the adventure mode content in coop again!
Re: Video: Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle And The Millionaires’ Conspiracy Gets New Switch Trailer
I've played and loved all the Layton games including the Phoenix wright one.
This one really misses the magic of the others with no overreaching story due to the game being sold as multiple mini stories on mobile making it feel small and shallow compared to the others.
The puzzles are also a solid notch below, almost half of them are just tricky questions involving math that you enter a number for your answer.
It's a far cry from the great Layton games, but better than nothing.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
I honestly think this review should be retracted.
The factual errors, of which there are many, and negative tone I believe shows the writer didn't give the game a proper playing.
It feels like a fan of "The Show" was asked to write a review of a rival game and so the rival didn't get a fair shake.
Again, the game isn't great, but the review says it is terrible, which isn't true, and many of the facts given in the review are wrong.
A number of people are calling out in the comments that this game is a fun arcade like baseball that had a touch of Sim feel. It's fun on the go, which plays to the switch's strengths.
The game is factually misrepresented here. I feel that undermines the critical nature of the review, and my experience over the last two years with the series is night and day different. I first played this year's game on Xbox, and it was hard to play last year's game after that because this year's is flat out so much better. However I waited, and kept playing it all the way until the days before this year's game came to Switch.
I'm very happy to have the game! It's not the show, but it isn't trying to be. It's a great in-between game for those who don't have as much time, but still love baseball and want to enjoy the current season and teams.
It's hard to master and I'm confident I'll put 30-50 hours into it this year and I'll enjoy that time.
If you like baseball, this year's game is worth trying. Last year's is not a good game. The difference between the two is huge.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
@BulbasaurusRex honestly there is so much incorrect information in the review it is hard to list it all.
From pitching, where there is at least 3 pitches, not the two in the review, to hitting, where you can control whether you loft the ball or hit it down, not just bunny or swing away, the reviews description indicates they didn't know the game very well or the previous version. Don't even get me started on the fielding comments.
Having hitters hitting 200 in my case is a matter of me learning the game and not having great hitters . A couple of MLB teams can relate!
The game isn't amazing, but the review isn't either. I think the review will make people miss out on something some of them would have enjoyed.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
@LinktotheFuture - I'd love a motion controlled hr Derby. But then I like the occasional sprinkling of motion controls. Baseball on WiiU had fun motion controls catching the ball with the pad.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
@LinktotheFuture I've only played that mode a couple of times, so I don't remember, but I don't think so. I was disappointed I didn't see a way to pick the hitters I wanted. I've primary played franchise mode.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
@LinktotheFuture - a little longer than the first one, which is disappointing, but not so much that it really bothers me.
Re: Review: R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Switch)
COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE.
I played a bunch of 2017 & 2018, and if you see them as the same I believe you didn't play them. Honestly.
My 13 year old son walking by me playing 2018 said "boy, the graphics are a lot better aren't they!"
That's one quote, I have more.
I think this review is hugely biased to the point of missing obvious changes. Really if you think it is visually the same you are just flat out scientifically wrong.
Ok... Trying to calm down now...
The game play is also a new. Having played a bunch of games in both last and this year's I can say getting and pitching is quite different.
I'm getting a lot less hits, more home runs, less strikeouts, harder pitching, different Fielding.
Across the board it's clear the engine under the game is dramatically changed.
I went well over well playing the old version to the new, which made the changes super obvious, and for many of them I'm still adjusting.
I had worked up to medium in the old one, and I won 60% of my games. On the new one I dropped back to easy after a couple of games and am still losing half of my games on easy.
The reasons why are hitting and pitching changed.
It is harder to get a hit. Easier for the computer to get a hit.
Whereas before my whole team was hitting over .400, no one on my team is hitting that now. Many are hovering just above two hundred.
Yet I'm hitting, and giving up more homers.
The positioning had changed, which has led to missed balls in play, but I'll figure that out.
In the end, it is an easy to pick up baseball game.
It feels better than last year when you hit the ball, and I love that fact.
It looks worlds better than last year's game, and I love that.
It is limited in options, which I don't love.
It is limited in skill, which I don't love (it's NOT NBA 2K!)
Overall though, it's a fun baseball game and a great, read that again, GREAT upgrade over last year.
Overall it's probably in the 6-7 range out of 10, the 4 and misinformation in this review are biased and should be ignored if you like baseball.
If you love baseball, get the show.
Otherwise I could list a host of Baseball games worse than this including the 2k series and everything in the DS, GBA, and Wii (maybe power prows was better than this actually... But it had its own problems, more different than better)