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Re: Turok 2 Gets Another Update On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes

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@Smithicus in this case, sure, credit where it’s due for Nightdive providing extensive after care. And there’s plenty of other high quality releases that still get minor patches after the fact as niche glitches get discovered that most players never experience.

What bugs some players is when certain games do get rushed out in a broken state, with the “we’ll fix it with patches” mentality. They always get slammed by the critics, so launch sales will go down and you’d hope the devs learn a lesson from that, but apparently not enough.

What specifically bugs me is when looking at reviews of games that have been around long enough to be patched into a hugely improved state (thinking the original Cyberpunk, No Man’s Sky, Yooka-Laylee, GTA Trilogy, Arkham Knight) and the reviews no longer reflect the product on sale. Sure, there are plenty of news articles detailing the patches (which like this one are extensive, dry, and importantly pre-release), but sadly very few reviews of the revised player experience.

But in this specific case, I’m just stirring the pot of other people arguing, I have no real skin in this game.

Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: amiibo Unlocks Revealed

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@Tourtus a whole range of Vi-O-La designs based on different characters (a la Yoshi’s Woolly World or Mario Maker 1) would be considerably more awesome than a jingle.

Prime 3 had stickers on Samus’ ship from other franchises if there was a save file on the Wii, it’s not completely outside Metroid/Retro’s style either…

Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

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Western would look a little nicer without the HUD/scan effects. I know it’s part of the the Prime series identity, but it’s kinda obscuring some of the nice art. Otherwise I like it.

But Japan gets the vote because the date on the box? My 24th birthday…

Re: Rumour: Nintendo Patent Supposedly Points To Return Of DS Games

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@KingMike well that was kinda my point. If they felt they could get away with Patenting the idea of Summoning a monster to fight on your behalf, despite decades of games predating Pokémon, then trying to Patent the idea of replicating 2 Screens on 1 despite dozens of other prior games doing exactly that, seems almost as dubious

Re: Poll: So, Did You Get Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 For Switch?

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Played the 3D All-Stars version of Galaxy 1 earlier this year, followed soon after by the OG Galaxy 2. I shouldn’t have been surprised by the backwards graphical downgrade, but I was. Still an incredibly fun game, but really made me wish I had SMG2 on the Switch, for the extra polish and being able to play on the go. Wish granted.

While I’m in no rush to replay Galaxy 2 again right now, I’m happy to add it to the backlog for a rainy day.

Re: Opinion: Metroid Prime 4 Reminds Me Of Gears 5, And It's Making Me Nervous

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Metroid Prime Hunters on the DS also did the same planet-hopping series of levels as Prime 3. In both cases each world feels more like a tunnel to run down, blast a boss/grab a key, then leg it back to Samus’ ship. 3 did a better job of making the areas worth exploring, and gave some cool set pieces along the way, but didn’t feel like a “proper” interconnected Metroid maze world, which loops around itself.

This ain’t new, and I ain’t loving it.