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Triple Jump announced they were going today too, gutted for the team. Those even attempting to tie this news to ‘woke’ are beyond help, all journalism is under threat from slop farming venture capitalists who will gut sites and push for AI written nonsense.

Truly bizarre article. All games are different, some need fall damage and some don’t. You’d have to completely design your game around a lack of fall damage to account for how much more difficult it is to gate areas from each other. I know that most journos have zero idea of how games are actually designed but this does sort of take the biscuit.

Options are good and all but surely nobody would rather play with the original controls for Angel of Darkness? It controls like complete ass on PS2.

God this game is so good even now. Have to say I’m a sucker for 3D fighting games, just massively prefer having a third axis. Probably why I struggle with the modern Mortal Kombat games but thought Deadly Alliance was incredible when I played it last year.

Excited to get round to this one but will probably stick to PS5 since y’know I actually have one. Cool to see Hondo.

I’m probably one of the few people who doesn’t see annual sports titles as disposable so any crumb of exclusive features for Switch 2 would be super cool. EA Sports’ output has become stale and homogenised really since Covid at the very latest in terms of features that outlive the online cycle, FC 24’s playstyles and this year’s roles are the only significant additions that span the whole game for example. I frequently return to the PS2 titles across the brand (and EA Sports BIG) because of the unique features and game modes that stretch beyond just a nostalgic snapshot of a specific year. NBA Live’s dunk contest was amazing back in those days, Tiger Woods 04 is arguably the greatest sports game of all time because of its unique features too. Rivalled by the PS3 titles solely because of modes like the Tiger Woods life story mode (minus the adultery) and I’ve been playing the history of golf mode from 14 that is absolutely absurdly impressive for a sports game, with accurate clubs from the 1900s and playable Bobby Jones and Old Tom Morris.

To be fair, it’s a games in general issue with shallow offline content being offered as you can’t sell extra compared to online modes having MTX but it’s the unique features of these sorts of games that make them cult classics, whether that’s MVP Baseball 05’s home run derby with obstacles or that one Wii FIFA game that turned it into a weird RPG. All I ask for is a bit of creativity, these games are made by so, so many people and teams that surely they can squeeze in interesting modes.

@Overzeal That’s absolute madness. It’s a 4X game with a million different systems, tuning them based on player feedback should be applauded rather than this nonsense about the game not being finished. If this was 20 years ago then the balance issues would remain until the next £30 expansion instead of being patched, making balance patches paid content instead of free like is being delivered. I know this is a Nintendo site so not everyone actually plays strategy games unless they star underage girls but the general practice with these games pivoting towards free tweaks to gameplay to fine tune incredibly complicated systems is a good one and the community largely agrees.

@Overzeal It’s 100% a full release. Back in the early 00s we got balance patches as part of paid expansions… which introduced their own problems that needed patching. This is literally better in every conceivable way. The only thing I’m not convinced by is the individual Civs, not even leaders, being sold instead of being part of packs.

@bloodycelt At least in the UK, it’s incredibly common both with Cockneys and up here in Glasgow, with varying usage everywhere in between. I dunno, it’s just weird that every other word is fair game on the telly apart from that.

Prick seems fair enough in terms of these things given that it’s explicitly slang for penis, more than just crap and such. Still annoying that the word c**t is censored across even TV these days as the one word you can’t use given how much it’s used in public. Although that might just be up here.

Uncharted Waters is a total cult classic imo. Really solid game.

I support the Red Sox so can’t even really make jokes about the Mariners being crap.

@Chlocean Man, nothing says date night like “excruciating pain", "bodily injury" and "depictions of sexual violence" 😂

Bizarrely disrespectful headline given how much of a classic it is. Great game, mad to think it’s coming to a Nintendo console given subject matter.

Where are the indie games starting people? Every time I see a game that might be good the devs are furries.

@somnambulance There’s some real good stuff in the 4 soundtrack so I hope that it’s not gutted in the same way that the game itself has been. Specifically need to see Haiku d’Etat on there and Eyedea and Abilities.

@somnambulance This is drop 1 of 3. There’s still room for songs to return. The only ones confirmed to not be back are the three Muskabeatz songs from 4.

Also people are insane for whining about rap songs being on the soundtrack considering 3 and 4 were 50/50 when it came to punk and hip hop. They’ve got Jeff Rosenstock and WAVVES added and they’ve added Kendrick and RTJ so it’s still as 50/50 as it’s always been.

@Chlocean Add Disco Elysium to the pile, another one ruined by corporate greed. Jury’s out on Celeste, something might materialise at some point. ConcernedApe will be making Stardew Valley until he’s dead and Silksong is vapourware. Part of the issue is that making something new isn’t guaranteed success, many indie devs rapidly expand after unexpected success and the only way out after that is economic constriction, downsizing then death or acquisition. Building from success to success is borderline impossible, no matter how many suits toot the ‘constant growth’ horn.

Indie devs and abusive behaviour, name a more iconic duo!

It’s almost like cults of personality and company abuses are much more common if there’s less of an internal structure and more of a ‘I am the auteur and you are my plebs’ setup going on. Personal grievances are amplified massively in devs like these too because you end up with founders claiming they’re the real genius and the other is just a money-grubbing charlatan.

The recasts are such a shame. I grew pretty attached to the JP voice cast of the Liberl crew cause I played the Evo versions first.

@you4rhea I dunno where that started, I’ve seen loads of people mistakenly saying that 4 PS1 had the 2 minute formula and it just isn’t true. Mad how they can create a whole campaign with free roam goals on the PS1 in 2003 but it’s just too much for a modern dev to tackle.

@ParadoxFawkes Underground 2 is probably the most played game in the series because THUG PRO is built on it. It’s a decent game anyway but the Jackass stuff has aged horribly. Also Skate came out in 2007, the same year as Tony Hawk’s Proving Grounds which was the last real game until 5 anyway, the series didn’t really overlap.

Both can be true. Tony Hawk 4 is being objectively butchered, it’s not the same game at all. Tony Hawk 3 I think will be a fantastic remake and exactly what I, and lots of the community, wanted.

DK ‘94 is a classic for a reason. Such a good game.

At this point you should just be thankful they’re porting PS5 games to an 8 year old handheld console.

A bunch of good changes here. The game’s great but issues are more noticeable the more games you play.

@MegaMari0 I wouldn’t say it’s barebones at all, there’s honestly a lot of stuff there in the game. My main issue is the games feel a bit repetitive given what the AI prioritises and you can feel railroaded into a Culture Victory. The changes will turn it into a game on par with IV and V.

@squidduforeal ….Microsoft and Sony provide a month in advance when they remove games from their services. This was removed with no warning. You’re talking hypotheticals when there’s demonstrable evidence that Nintendo have provided less warning or lead-up than other companies.

To be perfectly honest, I think I’ll stick to Showdown!

Bring back Pokepark!

God I’m so ready for these, even if 3 and 4’s campaigns will be completely different! Hope the music’s back, 4 had a great mix of heavier tracks and the hip hop, Eyedea and Abilities’ Big Shots and Hot Water Music’s Freightliner on blast 😂

@ibookboyuk The pro videos you unlock in 4 for beating each pro challenge were my first introduction to a lot of the legends. Bob Burnquist even had his Mega Ramp!

5 absolute legends in one photo. Wonder who else will make it into this one? Basically all of the OGs apart from Daewon Song, Tony Alva, Mike V and a couple others who made it into the later games were missing from 1+2 but there’s a wealth of newer talent to encourage. I’d love to have Sky Brown just cause we need more Brits, and probably Andy Anderson even though freestyle skating doesn’t really suit the gameplay of THPS. Other picks would be Jaws (insane guy) and either Mark Appleyard (he was in Session tbf) or Ali Boulala (unlikely considering his retirement despite being in Skate 1) just to have another Flip guy from Sorry.

If the tips return from THPS4 then there’s one that talks about ‘almost’ only counting with horseshoes and Jamie Thomas or something to that effect, referring to him essentially landing the Leap of Faith but the board shattering in two. Well worth a watch!

https://youtu.be/dqqPCqyAfl4

@PessitheMystic I struggle to think of a game that’s not a perfect fit for Switch. I’d say something like Half-Life Alyx but I’d love to see them attempt to port that to Labo.

I totally forgot about this one. Could be fun.

Every time I have grievances with my government (often) I remember at least I’m not American. Tariffs are just another entry in the schlong swinging compendium and Nintendo are one of many, many companies affected.

Both have their merits. Could do with a definitive version.

I don’t understand at all why they chucked the wider Sega crossover content from the series. Team Sonic Racing is rizzless, a corporate slop branding exercise without any of the charm of the earlier games. Stick Kiryu, Billy Hatcher, Beat and Vyse in there and then we’ll talk.

Just want it to be the same tone as the first game, which is genuinely creepy. The slapstick should complement the scares not undermine them.

We did get some bangers in the late DS and Wii eras but the same cannot really be said for 3DS and Wii U (minus BotW). With this being a straight upgrade from Switch 1, I see support being dropped fairly quickly.

@SwitchVogel Fairly mad that they’ve bothered to make the new engine run that well on Switch, I was beginning to think the old beast had finally met its match with modern JRPGs. Optimisation must have been a big focus for Falcom.

I can’t believe these ones run smoothly, I’m playing Reverie and it chugs like f**king Thomas the Tank Engine everytime you face Crossbell, an issue that remains from Cold Steel 3 and 4.

@Medic_alert FC25 is DREADFUL. I actually quite liked last year’s game as well. This one… the defensive AI is an active hinderance, the player switching is messed up, passes are wildly inaccurate and your wingers aren’t fast enough even with 99 pace. It’s truly a bad game. They had a patch last month that made the game feel incredible to play and then it was instantly rolled back because the pros were finishing every match about 12-11 and that was ‘unrealistic’.

@Anti-Matter Might be possible with Switch 2’s mouse controls! I’ve been enjoying Sims 2 again even minus the H&M content but Sims 1 is seriously difficult and far more limiting than I remember.

Given the size of them, it’ll be fairly easy to use your armrest as a surface, I used to do that with my laptop.

Wii/DSi/3DS/Wii U era ambience is completely unmatched. It still feels futuristic. Bring back those vibes!

There should be a market for queer media that isn’t insanely cringe.

Tale of Two Towns is so insanely clear of these two, now that could do with a Switch port. These two were not great but to be fair, large amounts of that was due to them running like molasses on 3DS.