On PC still, until Ocarina of Time lands.

Still playing The Witcher 3: Remastered, enjoying it a lot although at my current pace I don't see myself getting close to finishing it before OOT arrives.

Besides that I'm also playing an old favorite, The Simpsons - Hit & Run, which is just such a fun little world to return to (the show itself is one of my favourites of all time).

@Maxz aging up instantly 7 years does things to a man

Good to see he's still getting involved in stuff, and thangs.

Love the Jill sandwich reference

DF just tell it like it is, down to a very technical level. I would suggest anyone not interested in that just... avoid DF articles/videos, if they find it triggering.

Capcom have been cooking so hard on Switch 2, except for their propensity for GKC...

Well it's better than nothing, but I'd love there to be more cartridge options or whatever might encourage publishers to use actual physical carts. It's kind of wild to me you can have a game come out on both Switch 1 and 2 and the first one is a true physical and the other, a GKC.

I'm still allowing the wife to maximize time with the Switch 2 (Pokopia) before I commandeer it for Ocarina of Time haha.

So I'm on PC, playing The Witcher 3: Remastered and I also just bought Octopath Traveller 1 & 2 which just landed DRM-free on GOG! So I might be delving into that world too.

Great game. Even owning the Switch 1 version already I don't know if we'd be in a rush to revisit it in my household, but definitely recommend for anyone that hasn't played it before.

Interesting. Can't comment on the frame rate or frame times etc cos I haven't played it but at least in the pure visual comparison between the two I can't see much difference.

Never heard of this one, but I must admit, looks great and sounds like a great time. Let's hope there's an upgrade path if one opts for the Switch 1 version (for the true physical cart).

@N8tiveT3ch same here. I don't mind some challenge but there has to be something to make it worth it to me, like a great story or plot to follow. I'm not a good enough player that I want to be just grinding to get good at a game for the sake of it, just isn't my thing. I'd rather spend the time challenging myself in the gym or something, I'll get more out of it.

Wish we still had something similar in our EB Games in Australia. Sadly the hardware/games etc are pushed off to the sides/corners and most of the store and advertisements are for trading cards and pop culture stuff.

Already finished it with my other half, thankfully don't remember encountering really any of these issues, but good to have the bugs squashed in any case. Hopefully eventually there might be some additional content too (haven't seen any suggestion of such, but it would be nice to have another reason to return to the game)!

I really wish we had more Wario games

I'm enjoying it so far quite a bit, of course I'm on the PC version as that's what I already had on GOG.

Combat is as the review says... OK. As I adjust to it I don't mind it, but it could be a bit better, especially after having played KCD2 and Blood of Dawnwalker. Granted those are later games and it's all ultimately benefit of hindsight, but I do wonder if CDPR couldn't have tweaked it a bit more somehow. But maybe not that easy.

The Witcher 3: Remastered of course! On PC since that's where I've owned it on GOG for years.

I just turned off Bloom (PC version). I don't miss it. Then again I also turned off things like blur, vignette etc. Find it a bit more pure and clearer (not sure how else to describe it) without some of those extras.

For everyone up in arms, you can just... choose to not do this. CDPR games are already the most easiest to pirate (on PC granted) because they don't do DRM (bless them).

And ironically it's because of their pro consumer stance I always buy their games regardless (even if I sometimes take years to actually play them, like Witcher 3 lol).

Anyway all that being the case this is likely a feature, not a bug. Just buy a copy (or multiple) if you can, they are one of the companies actually worth supporting.

Having never actually played the game (despite owning it on GOG.com for literal years), I'm looking forward to it.

I understand when certain games can't fit on a proper physical cart, or have extremely high texture streaming requirements etc, but when you have a Switch 1 version that has a full cart but a Switch 2 GKC, it doesn't make much sense to me...

I'm glad more people get to experience MP4, especially at a nice discount. It's a flawed game sure, but still some nice experiences and atmosphere to be had. Absolutely beautiful game visually too.

Zero, as I don't even have the game yet.

D2 is one of my favourite games of all time. I didn't particularly care for D3, with it's WoW stylings and overly chatty boss monsters etc. This one looks more like a return to D2 form but... That constant online only thing, absolutely no deal.

What a shame.

@MirrorFate2 I wouldn't put anything past Level-5

Bullet dodged potentially.

Good on NL with the harsh score I say, they're siding with the consumer. Everyone knows its a great game but a raw deal unless you're totally a newcomer to it, and even then you might be better off with the original Switch release as you can actually get a physical.

Not sure if I'm in the minority here, I may be, but strangely I really enjoy the live action Sonic movies, but barely ever actually play any of the games.

Nice. I may try it if I can wrangle the Switch 2 away from my partner who is deep into Pokopia again lol

@nathatruc yeah one good thing about the GKC situation is it keeps my wallet a bit healthier. I'd prefer to wait for sales too, requires a bit of patience, but when there's so much else to play that's not too hard to do.

Hmmmmmm. Well at least it's optional, is what I will say.

It looks absolutely beautiful, I'll give it that

@kellercl agreed. 30fps can be fine for some games and for situations where its unavoidable, but 60fps really should be the default minimum target where possible.

@jsty3105 that's fair enough, I haven't really taken notice of their older stuff, as I said its probably just a stylistic thing.

Welp, sounds like this bridge is burnt. I still haven't forgiven them for being up in arms about 'piracy' because of fan translations of a game they refused to release in the West.

Kinda get AI vibes from that picture. Hope I'm wrong, could also be the style just makes me think that.

I feel like the sexuality in this game gets overstated, in a negative way. Okay, she has some sexy outfits you can choose to use (or not). And if it's fan service and there's a lot of fans... well, just giving the people what they want.

That said I will await the full review as to whether I actually get it. Not sure it's one I would want to buy at full price, especially if its fairly technically compromised, although Sammy's impressions seem to indicate it actually plays fairly well.

Not surprising if the performance is apparently butt even on the PS5/Pro.

8/10 is still a good score, people, I wouldn't agonize over it

@Jeronan was pretty baffling their decision with the Switch game. And then they had the audacity to get pissy that the community took it upon themselves to make a fan translation.

I didn't like Dread at first, but I'm a total convert now. That it's such a banger despite having a few samey looking areas and an admittedly kinda forgettable soundtrack (for a Metroid game), says a lot. It just played so beautifully and Samus portrayed in such a badass way.

If Ravenous is that and even more (which it looks like it will be), we're in for a treat.

@Dom_31 Yep, Samus is one of my favourite characters of all time, and somehow she just keeps getting better.

Do note I've never actually played Other M, lol

I couldn't resist, I preordered the special edition.

Was expecting the usual stability stuff, but that's huge. Good stuff Nintendo, better late than never for sure and that shortcut to the Switch 1 boost mode is an excellent addition.

"Fixed an issue where swinging the controller while jumping at the end of a rail could cause you to jump higher than usual."

That's wild haha

Physical all the way baby.

Pumped for this. Oddly the Metroid series is really the only metroidvania I actually play. Other games in the genre just don't hit the same for me.

It also looks like it has a fair bit of environment destruction, ala Bananza

Shaddup and take my money Ninny

Has to be MercurySteam, it looks totally like a Dread 2

I think a lot of concerns will be abated once hands are on the game. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. If nothing else though, regardless how one perceives the style, its a absolutely a showcase for what the Switch 2 can truly do with the right optimisation.