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@RupeeClock Thanks, I didn't know that. Hopefully it's exceeding expectations because I'd like to see another Chronicles X game. In the meantime I'll check the other Xenoblade games once I finish this one.

Kinda expected Xenoblade to stay at higher spots for a longer time.

Edit: Nevermind, I forgot it's UK charts.

@Spider-Kev that's because we are writing at similar times... There's no ill intent to it...

I'd say it's important to give some time to reply but yeah, my bad in not explaining it properly the first time before posting.

Edit: That being said, in my original comment, based on context they are clearly being used as different words though.

@Spider-Kev I was editing my comment to explain that. Yes, it can be used that way, but as mentioned in my edited comment it explains why personally and also correctly, are used as different words too.

@Spider-Kev While it can be a shorthand for it they are used as different words and personally, more accurate that way. Fan is used to describe a person that strongly likes something and a fanatic is someone that turns that liking of something into unreasonable devotion. It's like combining it with lunatic to indicate that he's crazy for something.

That's not a fan, that's a fanatic and probably a clout chaser. To each their own, I guess.

I think they are different situations and X Box handled that one in a much more presumptuous way in my opinion. But of course "company bad you shill if say otherwise" mentality will prevail.

@HammerGalladeBro I'm almost sure we are screwed because as far as I know, the US handles the distribution.

Nah I'll just wait for US tariffs to hit me because despite of not being from there, they are the ones that handle the distribution for my country and others. Good for Europe though, I hope that everyone that is interested manages to get one at a reasonable price.

For the most part I'm pretty happy with what I've seen. I don't like the more expensive game prices, but as with previous generations, I'll simply wait for discounts. And yes, that includes Nintendo. Their prices don't drop as much as with others but they do get lower on Amazon every once in a while.

It's a shame, but I don't know how big the game is with the DLC. Either way, it's not a deal breaker for me. Playing this game on a Switch is a dream come true.

@Medic_alert That's the point of forums. I can say how I feel, just as others. I didn't come here to tell anyone about not feeling negative though, I said that people should at least give them time and if they aren't interested on this that there's another product coming that they can check.

Ok, so they know about invasions happening. Good, I guess? That doesn't equal knowing how big it is, which is from my original comment that you replied to. Never said anything about people not knowing that there's online. Ok, so they know it has online features...

Good to know that you aren't offended. Personally I think that, based on what you said about me saying that people shouldn't feel negative towards the game that is nowhere in my comments, you misunderstood me. I just said that people should give it a chance before discarding it and giving it hate. You thought that meant any kind of negativity and then I clarified what I meant by it but you keep insisting on it.

@Medic_alert Not only it's literally impossible for everyone to know about something, but for example, a lot of people don't play online.Being literal tons of videos doesn't equal to them engaging with said content, and watching a few doesn't equal to understand how deep the pvp scene goes. Not to mention that a lot of people just play games and barely engage in forums or don't do it at all.

Seems to me that you are the one actually trying to shut down mine, as I didn't direct it to anyone unlike you. I'm aware that people will do it and there's no stopping that. I simply expressed why it's annoying and tiring for me and how it won't have any positive effects. And for some reason, that seemed to have offended you.

@Medic_alert No, they don't. A lot of peole aren't familiar with the Souls games and even when they have played them, barely touch that part of the game and know how deep it goes.

As I said, I'm aware that a lot of people enjoy the single player experience and aren't interested on the online and that's valid. But going out and saying that it will be "bad", that they sold out or assuring that the community as a whole won't be interested is wrong. I also understand that they are free to have and communicate wathever opinion they want, but mark my words. They'll go out of their way to post how unhappy they are in every article instead of just moving on for the people that are actually interested.

The message is clearly talking about a certain kind of person. If you aren't them, then there's no reason to feel attacked.

I wanna comment before it gets closed. Glad to see that at least there's a lot of users with common sense. I'm still surprised how what is essentially a C class celebrity and failed business man got to president. In a way, despite how horrible that turned out, I guess it's also a lesson that you can be everything you want? I don't know... Trying to see something positive about it.

I think that just as usual people are getting angry and discarding something quite fast. As for saying that FromSoftware fans don't want to play PVP, you guys should know that it has always been a big part of the experience, regardless of how you feel about it. I was a fan since Demon's Souls (PS3). I understand that a lot of people simply prefer the single player experience and there will be Elden Ring for that, but at least wait some time before hating on something. The only thing that you will accomplish is to not experiment a potentially great game, maybe disuade others that succumb easily to other's opinions and to stop having this kind of unique projects on the console.

Damn, I might need to replay Sonic X Shadow generations then.

Graphics are nice but what I really want to see is the performance mode at 120 fps and unfortunately that will be only appreciated in person.

@naxuu Probably very happy as Sony is a majority shareholder of the Kadokawa corporation, which is FromSoftware's parent company.

It was great. The improvements seem significant enough and the games announced were awesome. Specially the Fromsoftware exclusive.

I was sure this game would arrive on Switch 2. Nice.

My most anticipated game on the console. I'm very excited about it, but not gonna lie, it was overshadowed by the other Fromsoftware reveal.

It was a nice reveal, I'll definitely try it.

Just when I thought that Elden Ring was gonna be the highlight from third party developers, this comes out of nowhere. Really nice surprise.

@anoyonmus I haven't played much since the update but I feel like the performance is the same. It's not terrible but there's frame drops. It's a very fun game though. If you prefer games that run better and want something on the genre there's Risk of Rain Returns. It's a 2D platformer perspective so it kinda feels different but it's also quite fast and full of content. There's also accessibility options to customize the difficulty to your liking.

Wow, that's a lot of changes. Honestly, I didn't have problems with the difficulty but it's good that they are trying to make a more enjoyable game for everyone. Reducing the grind is appreciated.

@NeonPizza You could say the same about every genre. I don't see any racing game reinventing the genre, platformers, jrpgs, etc. Also, reinventing isn't always a positive aspect. There's a reason why genres stick to their formulas as that's what attracts fans. Again, it's important for people to understand when a genre simply isn't for them or they just got tired of it. Products aren't made to catter specifically to an individual, they are directed to a collective.

They are using a cherished franquise, yes. But they aren't just doing that, they are also delivering very good products for fans of the genre. There's several games of dubious quality that completely depend on their licences for selling that can't come close to these games. Rita's Rewind is precisely a good example of a licensed game falling short, and it wasn't because it didn't have enough unique gameplay elements. It was because it was an OK beat'em up. Games like Shredder's Revenge appealed to people with little to no knowledge about the TMNT simply because it was very fun.

I disagree about beat'em ups overstaying their welcome. That aspect is very subjective and it's something that people demand in order to consider them "worth buying". Still both SR and RR are a couple hours long in story mode, which is considered "short". Maybe somewhat longer than old beat'em ups but games as a whole have become longer than they were because of demand. Fans of the genre play them for the combat elements just as fans of racing games play them to race. Weird ideas and different gameplay elements might be fun for a short while but aren't necessary. Games overstaying their welcome has always been a really weird critique to me as you can simply stop playing the game at whatever point you aren't having fun anymore. Stages/levels during too much is more understandable but I'd say that old beat'em ups and games in general had more problems with that than current entries.

I understand wanting new experiences, but at that point is up for the person to search for that. Demanding that from developers decades after all those genres were invented in a way more competitive and saturated market than it used to be is unfair. They simply should do what they do well. If they have new ideas great, but a solid game is much more important than reinventing a wheel that might suck on its new version.

@NeonPizza I don't know, but I see as contradictory saying that people interested in this game are hung up by nostalgia while mentioning that the genre used to be enjoyable in the 80s-90s. Maybe the game that doesn't appeal to you was simply enjoyable and had a reason to be well received, which is something that a lot of people seem to struggle with. You not enjoying it doesn't mean that it's a bad game and it also doesn't mean that there's no room for more beat'em ups. Maybe you just need to rest from the genre.

As for beat'em ups becoming repetitive, I'd say that nowadays it's precisely when they are more varied than ever. It's a fact that the likes of Shredder's Revenge actually offer more gameplay depth than revered classics like Turtles in Time or Final Fight simply because they have more characters, moveset variety and better ways to chain combos. It's also a genre that feels repetitive to many because just like with fighting and hack n' slash/musou games, they button mash their way through them and don't take advantage of the gameplay because they usually are very accesible as basic knowledge of the controls and perseverance can be enough to finish them. It's a double edged sword .

@Andy_Witmyer Unfortunately that happens with some games regardless of their quality. The Kunio games are still somewhat obscure despite of River City Girls so they also didn't get the best reception. If it's worth something, I'll check them out because of your recommendation.

@ParadoxFawkes Calling someone a poor, blind, silly person because they don't believe that a game is promoting Witchcraft is so absurd and ironic that it stops being funny. Let's say that they are real. Even then... you do know that wouldn't mean that they are promoting it right? Regardless of that, ghosts, witches, demons, dragons, aliens and other topics are used in the entertainment industry simply because they are interesting. By your logic, the Halloween movie promotes serial killers, Care Bears promotes that all bears are cuddly and loving and Mario promotes jumping on turtles and eating funny looking mushrooms.

Anyway, to stay on topic and directed to everyone else that isn't crazy, the game looks awesome and it's practically a sure thing that I'll buy it day one. Can't wait to play as Nova. Acording to Steam, it will have 15 playable characters so there's 8 that they haven't revealed yet.

It was an 8 for me. The Shin Mehami Tensei looks very good, new Metroid Prime 4 Trailer although it was a bit low energy, new Marvel beat'em up made by Dotemu, Patapon and Tomodachi Life sequel.

@Bunkerneath It's Nova. The character appears more time during the trailer.

@Poco_Lypso We aren't judging how historical accurate the game is, but simply if it's a good one, so their opinion isn't more relevant than any other. As for being offended, they can feel however they want, but I didn't see any other entry having that problem regardless of how much freedom they took with them.

@Poco_Lypso Literally every game in existence, no matter how good it is considered by the general consensus have people call them bad/mid/trash etc and even criticizing the core mechanics. All I've seen of "stealth not working" are situational, which happens in most games. In most playthroughs of people not searching for excuses to hate it I just see well done features and fun gameplay, to me of course. An example generalizing a country that probably doesn't have the most objective point on this for the reasons I mentioned doesn't prove much of a point from my perspective.

To be clear, you are free to feel however you like about the game. I'm not saying that everyone has to love it, and if you check my comments you'll see that I'm talking about people having a bias against it and trying to boycott a company without really understanding that it doesn't have the effects that they want. If people without bias/agenda find the game lacking, that's fine and understandable as everyone has different tastes. However, it's important to at least recognize when there's a certain quality even if the product isn't appealing to you.

@Poco_Lypso 1

1. Japan is not one entity. There's multiple people with different perspectives and when there's agenda the media searches particular opinions to prove their point.

2. Japan isn't the most fair and interested market when it comes to black characters, like it or not.

3. Japan isn't the only market in the world. Even if the game is based in their culture, it has no obligation to satisfy their expectations, which sometimes collide a lot with different markets. For example Japan cared little about Cowboy Bebop (anime not live action) while the rest of the world love it.

Just giving hints.

@Spider-Kev You are free to boycott whatever you want. It probably won't reach the people that you want because of the reasons I explained though.

@Spider-Kev I agree, but you don't achieve that by boycotting everything they do. People don't realize this, but a lot of the times that companies fall these individuals simply move to other companies.They have preference and are helped by people on similar positions so it's a much bigger problem that it's hard to solve.

Regardless of intentions, by being unfair to a well done product from them you are simply damaging innocent workers, spitting on their hard work and on top of that, forcing them to search for other jobs in an industry that is full of unfair treatment and that has a lot of competition at a very uncertain time for the common person.

@Spider-Kev It doesn't. Regardless of Ubisoft controversies, it's a very well done game with lots of hard work put behind it and it's very evident to anyone with common sense even if it isn't their cup of tea. People that call it mid or worse hate it for things that they don't criticize on other games like the historical accuracy, which wasn't even a thing since the first entries.

At some point, society has to realize that it's not always a matter of taking sides, that there's middle points and that being a sheep and parroting doesn't happen only when people support a company blindly, but also when they hate it and criticize it irrationally. Both sides are manipulated.

Wanting to see a big company fall, specially when a lot of talented people that have nothing to do with the controversies will lose their job is baffling. There's chance for them to improve and change and that's what people should ask for.

@Zyph Thanks! I'm definitely enjoying the game a lot. The combat is much more engaging once you actually play it and the world is gorgeous. I'm also enjoying the story and characters and I love using armor suits. The game reminds me of Phantasy Star Online and even a bit of Mass Effect.

@Zyph I was it playing Xenoblade X just a moment ago, and so far I'm very impressed with the game. I'm happy to have started with this entry.

Looks fun but as always, I have to wait to see how it runs. Maybe I'll have a Switch 2 by that time.

Just got Final Fantasy 12. I had already spent in Xenoblade Chronicles X but couldn't resist getting this one too haha.

One that pays me for building it and that turns into a real Pokemon.

I don't know much about Plants vs. Zombies, but Battle for Neighborville 2 is pretty fun and runs well on Switch.

I've seen it and it looks promising, but I'm waiting for a discount before getting it.

I was about to pick FF 12 Zodiac Age because I was craving for a good JRPG, but I guess I'll go with this one first. Glad that performance seems to be stable. Mechas are a big plus for me.

@CaleBoi25 I agree but you are wasting your time. People tend to see stuff in black and white and for them F2P is always bad. Honestly I don't even believe that it's a matter of principle as a lot of them say, they simply like other's misery and witch hunts.

This is one of the dumbest ideas I've heard. Thankfully, they didn't go along with that and used common sense.

I have no idea what's going on

@PineappleLake This. It's incredible how a Game Boy game has one of the best versions of Mario's movesets and practically perfect level design.