@Greatluigi Ah, I play gacha games too. I had accounts that could probably be sold for a good bit, and I did it completely for free. But in Overwatch 2, it takes about 30 hours to unlock the character they added unless you pay. That's a ton of time, especially since it doesn't have an auto play feature or anything. Not to mention the queue times are supposedly not great. I'm hit or miss on mobile stories, I usually play premium games if I'm looking for story when on my mobile device. Feel free to recommend something if you'd like. I remember Overwatch having a pretty nice story overall, nothing complicated, but it's all out of game stuff. Like videos you watch on YouTube, just for the context. I'm not sure if you'd like the game more getting the context first, or just jumping straight in. But for me, catching back up with it doesn't seem worthful if imma need to pay for whoever the heck they add. End of the day though, there isn't much like PW out there, maybe TF2? But that's getting older and older. So if you're looking for a class based shooter, this is probably it.
@Greatluigi It kinda depends. What aspect of mobile games do you enjoy? Like sure, Overwatch 2 is probably going to be frequently updated, but on the other hand, it looks like a good degree of that will be locked behind a pay wall. So whether you get tired or not probably depends on whether or not you find the game frustrating mechanically, which I've heard some interesting takes on that. You've never played the first Overwatch though, and frankly, it was glorious. So maybe you'll be fine with this one.
@Greatluigi On one side, I'm sure the game is fun to some degree. On the other, I believe it will go down hill quickly as players are locked out of more characters, and there isn't a very good incentivized progression system. It might not really be worth the try, if there's a good chance you'll get sick of it quickly. But uh, hey I mean, maybe if you have nothing better to do?
I've heard from a lot of people that they downloaded this, tried to play it, and gave up, never to touch it again. These would still be counted in that 25 million.
These games are underrated, a real shame. Expecting online is a bit weird too considering it's basically a glorified port. The real crime is the price tag. No game with such little difference from the original version should cost $30. So I understand a bit on that merit. I mean if you're going to charge so much, why not add online?
Also, the builds in Dark Alliance weren't necessarily advanced, but they play off each other in co-op depending on the characters picked, which is the way it's intended. Beyond that, the gripe about potions is a bit nitpicky. It's really not that hard or even inconveniencing to press a button a few extra times, just make sure you're stocked.
To anyone either on the fence or surprised by this review for any reason, know that this game and its predecessor are worth a go, just not at this price.
I hate loot boxes in everything but Overwatch. I'm not a fan of the F2P shift, this will probably end up costing more than $60 total down the road, so it saves me nothing. I probably won't be playing this.
People are showing here that they generally prefer raw content over unique mechanics. More power to you, but DD is still the most fun experience of the lot, so long as you aren't attempting to have four hour play sessions.
@Classic603 I'm glad I found you in this comment section. Seeing all the unadulterated love for BOTW everywhere makes me feel like I played the wrong game or something.
People saying he can do what he likes with them because he paid for them. Yes, true. However, any rich person could take this logic, by most of a rare thing, then destroy all of them. Maybe this would be fine to you, but yes, there is a finite number of objects in this world, and those fifteen are gone for temporary internet buzz. It sucks, I'm not gonna start a crusade over it, but others have a right to be bothered just as much as he had an unfortunate result to ruin those Gameboys.
This game is absolutely wonderful, co-op or not. You'd do best in just getting it for a PS2 if you have one lying around, or you could just wait for a price drop.
@FredsBodyDouble Judging by my experience with the original, old enough to read. Unless you could be there and read some of the dialogue to them. I'm sure after one run through even if they can't read, they could probably recall enough to go through again. It's also worth noting that this is something they could go back to years later. (Source: I was 4 when I played the original.)
@RasandeRose Ah, well I was just sharing my experience because my phone did in fact burn in, and I only really used it to text + occasionally play Reigns. Must've been bad luck, I kept it at half brightness and didn't let it sit out or anything.
At the end of the day though, what's important to me is...If I use the Switch pro to play games that have black bars 4:3 or so, will it eventually get the reverse burn in? (I'm sure it isn't called that.) Because I have heard that you can tire out the pixels that are being used, while the bars are turned off, so they'll be noticeably more vivid.
@RasandeRose You said "Ive got both Samsung 2017 phone with AMOLED and a philips 2017 TV with LG OLED Panel, not even a hint of burn-ins on either one. Its a non-issue these days." to show that it's a non issue in modern times.
You then said that Samsung made bad OLED back in 2017, as my comment said "However, my Samsung phone from around the same time as yours." So you refuted your initial statement I was replying to.
If your point is that they're improved at this time (Four years later.) Then we have no qualms here, I have no experience with recently released OLED, but I suspect that this case is a misunderstanding.
@RasandeRose Hey, I want to believe in what you're saying, because OLED is beautiful. I have a Vita, but I'm required to baby it because the burn in problem was really bad back then.
However, my Samsung phone from around the same time as yours got burn in after two years of very light use. It kind of scared me off the technology, especially if I'll be playing anything with black bars on the side for awhile on Switch.
@WickedUnicarnBoi Australians have solar panels on their houses and get to sell energy to the local electric companies, causing them to have vastly cheaper utility bills. It's a good place. However, with temperatures rising, there's a good bit more bush fires there and all.
@1ofUs Momotaro Dentetsu is based off of a well known story in Japan, and the game series has had several entries dating back to the original Famicom. Thusly speaking, it most certainly has massive name recognition over there, even compared to Animal Crossing.
@Bobb 5 is actually a very good entry compared to the two prior, it may deserve a whirl for the soundtrack alone. Just my take as someone who's gone through all of them. 5 was my favorite since the first one.
My family doesn't even play games, yet pretty much everyone except my Dad played SMRPG back in the day. I think things like that should be taken into account when deciding relevancy. The fact that my Mom would recognize Geno before Sephiroth is pretty out there.
@NookMiler Speeding up cooking, enemy defense indicators, party re-arranging, item re-arranging, better jumping, and better beemerang physics are what I'm focused on. Extra stuff is great, but all six of these things bothered me prior to this update.
@buildz Human Resource Machine becomes somewhat math heavy further into the game. If math was your least favorite subject in school like me, you'll need a guide.
@dres Well there's going to be patches and DLC for starters, and said motion controls make the controller cost more, even PS4 and Xone have some form of sensor for motion in their controllers. . I do appreciate the concept of cartridges, but not when there's only one save slot. Here's the kicker, back when memory cards were common place you could just buy more to have multiple saves for way cheaper than a game, or if your friend borrowed a game with one save slot there'd be no issue because he would have his own memory card.
@Yorumi Thanks for being the voice of reason in this comments section.
I swear you hear so many people get aggravated by others who complain about the Switch, there's probably more hyped up fans complaining about those who complain than disappointed fans to begin with.
I personally grew up with every console, I have no allegience to any of these corporations, but I still enjoy the exclusives their competition produces.
However the online service component, the advent of digital storage and motion controls makes me miss the era before the Wii/PS3/360. It was simpler when you just stuck your memcard, disc, and moderately priced controller in and played.
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Re: Bandai Namco Has "Multiple Digimon Game Projects In The Pipeline"
I'm pretty happy they're still pumping these out. Digimon games have never been stellar, but they managed to captivate me all the same.
Re: Overwatch 2 Reaches 25 Million Players In The First 10 Days
@Greatluigi Ah, I play gacha games too. I had accounts that could probably be sold for a good bit, and I did it completely for free. But in Overwatch 2, it takes about 30 hours to unlock the character they added unless you pay. That's a ton of time, especially since it doesn't have an auto play feature or anything. Not to mention the queue times are supposedly not great.
I'm hit or miss on mobile stories, I usually play premium games if I'm looking for story when on my mobile device. Feel free to recommend something if you'd like. I remember Overwatch having a pretty nice story overall, nothing complicated, but it's all out of game stuff. Like videos you watch on YouTube, just for the context. I'm not sure if you'd like the game more getting the context first, or just jumping straight in. But for me, catching back up with it doesn't seem worthful if imma need to pay for whoever the heck they add. End of the day though, there isn't much like PW out there, maybe TF2? But that's getting older and older. So if you're looking for a class based shooter, this is probably it.
Re: Overwatch 2 Reaches 25 Million Players In The First 10 Days
@Greatluigi It kinda depends. What aspect of mobile games do you enjoy? Like sure, Overwatch 2 is probably going to be frequently updated, but on the other hand, it looks like a good degree of that will be locked behind a pay wall. So whether you get tired or not probably depends on whether or not you find the game frustrating mechanically, which I've heard some interesting takes on that. You've never played the first Overwatch though, and frankly, it was glorious. So maybe you'll be fine with this one.
Re: Overwatch 2 Reaches 25 Million Players In The First 10 Days
@Greatluigi On one side, I'm sure the game is fun to some degree. On the other, I believe it will go down hill quickly as players are locked out of more characters, and there isn't a very good incentivized progression system. It might not really be worth the try, if there's a good chance you'll get sick of it quickly. But uh, hey I mean, maybe if you have nothing better to do?
Re: Overwatch 2 Reaches 25 Million Players In The First 10 Days
I've heard from a lot of people that they downloaded this, tried to play it, and gave up, never to touch it again. These would still be counted in that 25 million.
Re: Random: 'Super Mario Kart Deluxe' Romhack Gets The Franchise's Most Notorious Item
@FX102A I played the N64 version very throughly just recently, and man, that blue shell would collide with any wall it possibly could.
Re: Suda51: No More Heroes Could Return If There's "A Big Fan Outcry"
I have never played these, but I really want to, and I'm more likely to if they continue. So hopefully they keep going.
Re: Talking Point: What Did You Think Of The September 2022 Nintendo Direct?
3/10 and I love JRPGs.
Re: Review: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 - An RPG Classic That Time Hasn't Been Too Kind To
These games are underrated, a real shame. Expecting online is a bit weird too considering it's basically a glorified port. The real crime is the price tag. No game with such little difference from the original version should cost $30. So I understand a bit on that merit. I mean if you're going to charge so much, why not add online?
Also, the builds in Dark Alliance weren't necessarily advanced, but they play off each other in co-op depending on the characters picked, which is the way it's intended. Beyond that, the gripe about potions is a bit nitpicky. It's really not that hard or even inconveniencing to press a button a few extra times, just make sure you're stocked.
To anyone either on the fence or surprised by this review for any reason, know that this game and its predecessor are worth a go, just not at this price.
Re: Charles Martinet Thanks Super Mario Sunshine For The "Beautiful Memories"
This is the best Mario game in general. Nothing can match its uniqueness.
Re: Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher Announced For Switch, Arrives In Japan This Year
Someone better translate this if it doesn't come over here.
Re: Overwatch 2 Is Getting Rid Of Loot Boxes In Favour Of A Battle Pass
I hate loot boxes in everything but Overwatch. I'm not a fan of the F2P shift, this will probably end up costing more than $60 total down the road, so it saves me nothing. I probably won't be playing this.
Re: Feature: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Is The Best Mario Kart, Right? Let's Find Out
People are showing here that they generally prefer raw content over unique mechanics. More power to you, but DD is still the most fun experience of the lot, so long as you aren't attempting to have four hour play sessions.
Re: Best Of 2021: We Worked Out The Best Zelda Game Once And For All, Using Maths
@Classic603 I'm glad I found you in this comment section. Seeing all the unadulterated love for BOTW everywhere makes me feel like I played the wrong game or something.
Re: Random: Logan Paul Made A Table Out Of Game Boys, And The Internet Isn't Happy
People saying he can do what he likes with them because he paid for them. Yes, true. However, any rich person could take this logic, by most of a rare thing, then destroy all of them. Maybe this would be fine to you, but yes, there is a finite number of objects in this world, and those fifteen are gone for temporary internet buzz.
It sucks, I'm not gonna start a crusade over it, but others have a right to be bothered just as much as he had an unfortunate result to ruin those Gameboys.
Re: Talking Point: Should We Be Worried About Screen Burn-In With Switch OLED?
I've had it before, more than one time even. I'm not getting this device.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of Nintendo Direct At E3 2021?
I picked C. It could've been a B, but I kinda needed more after they were radio silent for so long.
Re: Review: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - A Punishing But Pleasurable Vintage Dungeon Crawler
This game is absolutely wonderful, co-op or not. You'd do best in just getting it for a PS2 if you have one lying around, or you could just wait for a price drop.
Re: Video: Pokémon Fan Reimagines The Diamond And Pearl Remakes As Full 3D Games
@clvr Sorry for the late re-entry into the conversation. Thank you for standing up for my original comment in my absence. I'm not a huge KnowledgeHub fan nowadays, but the guy does occasionally hit his mark, and he really opened my eyes with this one. I'm a Pokémon fan by the way, which makes the entire altercation that occured here very comical.
Re: Video: Pokémon Fan Reimagines The Diamond And Pearl Remakes As Full 3D Games
I encourage anyone quick to defend The Pokémon Company in this comment section to check out "Pokémon Doesn't Care About Their Own Games" by KnowledgeHub.
Re: OLED Display Firm Mentions 'Switch Pro' During Its Q1 Investors Call
I'm not sure I'll get it if OLED is the only option.
Re: The Iconic Action-RPG Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Is Out Today On Nintendo Switch
Too expensive. Otherwise, it's a wonderful game and I'm so happy they ported it.
Re: Review: New Pokémon Snap - The Best-Looking Pokémon Game Yet, And A Joyous Revival
@FredsBodyDouble Judging by my experience with the original, old enough to read. Unless you could be there and read some of the dialogue to them. I'm sure after one run through even if they can't read, they could probably recall enough to go through again. It's also worth noting that this is something they could go back to years later. (Source: I was 4 when I played the original.)
Re: Review: Rain on Your Parade - A Refreshingly Brief But Saccharine Shower
Nah, this is a pretty good game. Gonna disagree here.
Re: New Pokémon Snap Director Explains How They Decided Which Pokémon Would Make The Cut
Kind of infuriates me that I can't get a Mankey in Shield. Good thing I bought it used from someone who wasn't likely to buy another copy.
Re: New Infographic Shows Off The 21 Games Featured In This Week's Nintendo Indie Showcase
Aztech and Ninja Turtles.
Re: Talking Point: Are There Too Many Harvest Moon-Likes On The Market?
As long as they're good, I'll take as many as they wanna make.
Re: Samsung To "Aggressively Position" OLED Tech In Console Gaming Space
@RasandeRose Ah, well I was just sharing my experience because my phone did in fact burn in, and I only really used it to text + occasionally play Reigns. Must've been bad luck, I kept it at half brightness and didn't let it sit out or anything.
At the end of the day though, what's important to me is...If I use the Switch pro to play games that have black bars 4:3 or so, will it eventually get the reverse burn in? (I'm sure it isn't called that.) Because I have heard that you can tire out the pixels that are being used, while the bars are turned off, so they'll be noticeably more vivid.
Re: Samsung To "Aggressively Position" OLED Tech Across Promising Market Sectors Including "Gaming Console Segments"
@RasandeRose You said "Ive got both Samsung 2017 phone with AMOLED and a philips 2017 TV with LG OLED Panel, not even a hint of burn-ins on either one. Its a non-issue these days." to show that it's a non issue in modern times.
You then said that Samsung made bad OLED back in 2017, as my comment said "However, my Samsung phone from around the same time as yours." So you refuted your initial statement I was replying to.
If your point is that they're improved at this time (Four years later.) Then we have no qualms here, I have no experience with recently released OLED, but I suspect that this case is a misunderstanding.
Re: Samsung To "Aggressively Position" OLED Tech Across Promising Market Sectors Including "Gaming Console Segments"
@RasandeRose Hey, I want to believe in what you're saying, because OLED is beautiful. I have a Vita, but I'm required to baby it because the burn in problem was really bad back then.
However, my Samsung phone from around the same time as yours got burn in after two years of very light use. It kind of scared me off the technology, especially if I'll be playing anything with black bars on the side for awhile on Switch.
Re: GameStop Price Tanks As Trading Apps Block Users From Buying More Shares
@WickedUnicarnBoi Australians have solar panels on their houses and get to sell energy to the local electric companies, causing them to have vastly cheaper utility bills. It's a good place. However, with temperatures rising, there's a good bit more bush fires there and all.
Re: Soapbox: Grinding Is Poor Gameplay Design That Doesn’t Respect Your Time
@COVIDberry Disgaea would make this writer cry. It's a grind simulator.
Re: Feature: Hands-On With Momotaro Dentetsu, The Switch Game That's Beating Zelda And Animal Crossing In Japan
@1ofUs Momotaro Dentetsu is based off of a well known story in Japan, and the game series has had several entries dating back to the original Famicom. Thusly speaking, it most certainly has massive name recognition over there, even compared to Animal Crossing.
Re: Famitsu Delivers Its Verdict On Disgaea 6: Defiance Of Destiny
@Bobb 5 is actually a very good entry compared to the two prior, it may deserve a whirl for the soundtrack alone. Just my take as someone who's gone through all of them. 5 was my favorite since the first one.
Re: Nintendo Issues Mass DMCA Takedown, 379 Fan-Made Games Forcibly Removed
@nessisonett Do the creators profit off of Gamejolt or just the website itself?
Re: Editorial: Happy New Year From All Of Us At Nintendo Life
You spoil me with Waluigi.
Re: Level-5 Boss Teases 2021 Announcement, Says He Loves Cyberpunk 2077
Already learning Japanese, so I've got a head start.
Re: Random: Sakurai's Nod To Super Mario RPG In His Latest Smash Ultimate Photo
@Clyde_Radcliffe You know, I never thought Pokémon Snap would get a sequel. Anything can happen.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
My family doesn't even play games, yet pretty much everyone except my Dad played SMRPG back in the day. I think things like that should be taken into account when deciding relevancy. The fact that my Mom would recognize Geno before Sephiroth is pretty out there.
Re: The Origami King Is Now The Fastest-Selling Paper Mario Game Ever
Oof, I guess some people are enjoying it. Wish I could.
Re: Bug Fables Version 1.1 Is Now Live - New Bosses, Quests And Much More
@NookMiler Speeding up cooking, enemy defense indicators, party re-arranging, item re-arranging, better jumping, and better beemerang physics are what I'm focused on. Extra stuff is great, but all six of these things bothered me prior to this update.
Re: Bug Fables Version 1.1 Is Now Live - New Bosses, Quests And Much More
@HotGoomba___Rebrand I got it full price, and don't regret it.
Re: The Outer Worlds On Switch Has Been Updated To Version 1.2
@Mountain_Man How is it in handheld?
Re: Pokémon: Let's Go Absolutely Smashes It In The Japanese Charts, Switch Console Sales Skyrocket
This worries me. If it's too successful, we can say goodbye to enjoyable entries.
Re: Review: Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! - The Perfect Entry Point For Newcomers, A Nostalgia Trip For Veterans
As a series vet, based on your review, I'm not touching this with a 39 and a half foot pole.
Re: Tomorrow Corporation is Bringing Its Back Catalogue to Nintendo Switch at Launch
@buildz Human Resource Machine becomes somewhat math heavy further into the game.
If math was your least favorite subject in school like me, you'll need a guide.
Re: Nintendo Switch Won't Have Video Streaming Services At Launch, But They're Being Considered
@Fuz Backwards compatability was uncommon when the N64 launched and to a lot of consumers completely unheard of.
Re: Soapbox: Nintendo's Switch Plan is Starting to Take Shape
@dres Well there's going to be patches and DLC for starters, and said motion controls make the controller cost more, even PS4 and Xone have some form of sensor for motion in their controllers.
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I do appreciate the concept of cartridges, but not when there's only one save slot. Here's the kicker, back when memory cards were common place you could just buy more to have multiple saves for way cheaper than a game, or if your friend borrowed a game with one save slot there'd be no issue because he would have his own memory card.
Re: Fire Emblem Warriors Arrives on Switch & New Nintendo 3DS This Fall
@LegendOfPokemon This game was the main reason I was getting the Switch, as of now I am not. So your fears are somewhat justified.
If they keep giving me hype games then make them multiplat I may never get a Switch.
Re: Soapbox: Nintendo's Switch Plan is Starting to Take Shape
@Yorumi Thanks for being the voice of reason in this comments section.
I swear you hear so many people get aggravated by others who complain about the Switch, there's probably more hyped up fans complaining about those who complain than disappointed fans to begin with.
I personally grew up with every console, I have no allegience to any of these corporations, but I still enjoy the exclusives their competition produces.
However the online service component, the advent of digital storage and motion controls makes me miss the era before the Wii/PS3/360. It was simpler when you just stuck your memcard, disc, and moderately priced controller in and played.