themightyant

I fell off this quickly on iOS, having loved all their previous games. Have downloaded and hoping to get into it second time round.

Not usually a multiplayer person at all but had one of the most life affirming multiplayer experiences playing Journey with someone I will never knowingly meet.

So glad this didn't happen. No need to dilute a great brand with an average game, just for a few more pennies.

We've seen it with other formerly great franchises that have tainted their reputation over time with cash-in releases. In the end the brand and games suffer.

I tried this on mobile but fell off pretty quickly. Hopefully give this another shot

@Chamver "So, all these people waited until the announcement of a new game to FINALLY buy the old games?" I suspect a lot of people, like me, are re-buying the games having previously owned them. I no longer have a GBA.

But it would be lovely to be able to get these on Switch. A proper VC store has been my most wanted feature for Switch since release. It's such a great platform for playing older titles.

@GameManAdvance @Kochambra It's not perfect but i'm just going to leave this here. Pushing Onwards on Piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BASgTQGjdEg

Don't have an hour, can you make it 5 mins. ADHD and all that /s

I have nightmares to "Hhheeeeeloooo there lovely peeeeople" lol

@CarlosM87 I get your point and to be clear I don't think this is black and white for ALL games. My point was about THIS game.

I think you'd accept that some games just can't reasonably run on Switch hardware. (Especially games like this that are CPU heavy) In those cases i'm happy to see a cloud version vs nothing.

Yes that could lead to dev's being lazy potentially and just releasing a cloud version. We don't' want that either, I understand.

Ultimately, as ever, we have to trust the developers to make the right choices for their games within their budgets.

I don't understand people complaining about some cloud games on Switch. For a game like this it's likely either:

• have the option of playing it via the cloud or
• don't have it on Switch at all.

Having that choice is good.

This game taxes the CPU hard with all the Rat simulation and physics (as well as the GPU for graphics, though that is far more scalable) it just won't be easily possible on the aged Arm 4 processor.

Take it or leave it, it is your choice. But for many this may be the only way they can play this good game.

Honestly? I'm not sure whether is the chicken or the egg.

• after a year or two of great game releases Nintendo's line up slows and gets a little dry
• Many fans got progressively more vocal about the lack of games they want
• Nintendo announces sequels to the big games too early to appease fans
• Fans are briefly appeased and excited
• Nintendo releases other games (not the big ones) for a while
• Many fans get restless and start getting progressively more vocal about the lack of updates on games
• Time goes by and Nintendo releases great games for a year or two
• Many fans get progressively more vocal...

What I do know is this has all happened before and it will all happen again. Long time fans will be familiar with these cyclical relatively dry spells from Nintendo and all this bluster repeating ad infinitum...

This is why they didn't want co-streaming lol

They will drip feed us these. And as annoying as this is on on one hand, it also makes PERFECT business sense.

Honestly had to answer "Don't know how I feel". I WAS hyped, and want to be, but Nintendo usually disappoint at these showings to a degree. Plus much of this E3 has been a bit flat (Capcom, 2K interactive, most of Square Enix, Koch Media)

"Nervous but cautiously optimistic" is likely the best I can do right now.

EDIT: I also feel that as much as studios have tried to be "business as usual" the pandemic will have impacted a lot of plans for this year, next year and a few years to come.

Personally can't stand co-streaming with people talking over trailers etc.

But we're all different and some people like that, and it seems odd to limit potential exposure.

This makes sense. When I saw it announced for Switch but not PS4 and XBO something was amiss.

Considering how much they have pushed techinical boundaries with both a Plague's Tale and Flight Simulator, i'd expect nothing more

@KateGray That Gwyneth Nintendo + GOOP Jade Egg bit had be rolling.

Edit: then you doubled down with the ritual burning of Keighley

Was discussing this with a friend. Here's what we came up with (considering Nintendo are unlikely to give us what we want)

• As it's rumoured the joycons will stay the same t,he larger screen - without bezels, but in a similar form factor - isn't that unlikely
• This main unit would have a little better performance, to play at a slightly higher resolutions on the go.
• What if the REAL magic was in the dock itself? That ALL current switch owners (including Lite) were able to buy a new dock that included the processing power to do DLSS or an equivalent etc. and upgrade the resolution without having to replace the whole thing

While this isn't the super powerful, all singing, all dancing Switch Pro I want, i'd still get it. And I think tens of millions would follow suit while we wait for the inevitable Switch 2

@Silly_G A complete set of production files can be HUGE compared to actual compressed releases, often several terabytes.

I thought you meant the infamous Space world trailer initially. That's 21 years old!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J81L-dunCDU

I don't think it's one size fits all and mostly it's down to experience.

At puzzles, spotting patterns quite quickly and general gaming prowess I think i'm pretty good, not great, but well above average. But this is to be expected, conditioned from decades of experience.

At twitch shooting, or procedural rogue-like twitch gaming i'm pretty bad. In part due to my ageing reflexes and reaction times but more to do with my relative inexperience in these games because I don't play/enjoy them.

I have no doubt if I spent a lot of time in Warzone or Spelunky or Dead Cells I would get good at them (I got OK with Dead Cells, completing 4-5 runs before getting bored), but equally I don't think i'm going to rock the world at any as I always want to move on.

Post Script: Also Dark Souls isn't hard. That's not a flex, it's just conditioning, taking things slowly and mindset. But It is punishing initially. If you struggle you can always level up a bit more to even the odds.

now Cuphead, Super Meat Boy, Sekiro and a few others recently, THOSE are hard. But again you can play enough and condition yourself to play any, if you have the patience and time.

The first one was very enjoyable, though there was ‘something’ missing for me that held it back from greatness. I still replay other metroidvanias quite often but not bloodstained. Not sure why!

Hoping the next game improves and iterates and finds that extra little magic

Apple Arcade has some truly brilliant titles, that often don't outstay their welcome, a flaw with many AAA and console games trying to justify their 'value'. They also are complete and don't have DLC, MTX or other monetisation. Console dev's could learn a lesson or two

More the merrier

Desperately trying to keep expectation's in check.
Something Nintendo should be doing.

Couldn't make head nor tail of the headline until I figured out 'twice' was a band. Feel old.

@Radbot42 Not just a video, but a (deliberately) over 10 minute video, as YouTube has additional monetisation options over the 10 minute mark.

In short. Yes there is a difference between some cards but it's not huge. Also UHS 1 is fine, no difference in buying the faster more expensive UHS II so stick with UHS 1. Lastly older cards are slower in their tests, so buy new if feasible.

An official (there's a lot of fakes) SanDisk UHS 1 MicroSD will be perfect.

Often I'll play a new game twice back to back. It's often a great experience second time around once you know the mechanics and have a bit of mastery.

After that if I feel I've had my fill of it I will often sell it.

There's also games that suddenly just come to mind, or there's an update or something that brings you back. Sometimes I'll even rebuy these. Recently just replayed the Dishonored series after it got FPS boost on Xbox and also did another playthrough of Arkham Knight (it stands up really well).

Lastly there's the 'comfort food' games, that you can always return to for a few games. Racers and other short dip in titles are good for this with the King being Mario Kart.

More MOAB.... Unreal engine 5 nanite and lumen coming to Switch Pro confirmed

Thank you. I saw this on Metacritic and was wondering about it, didn't recognise ANY of the review outlets and was waiting for a voice I trusted. Looking forward to pt2

I love good metroidvania, but there's been a rampant surge of average, or worse, ones of late.

First view this 'looks' to fall into that camp, but will wait for reviews.

This could absolutely be a CPU or Network card issue. Less likely to be GPU.

The Switch CPU is based on the 2014 A57 which was relatively weak at release, it’s massively behind current smartphones, particularly Apple’s. MiHoYo, the game’s developer, have proved to be not great at optimisation, PS4 & Pro and to a lesser extent PS5 all struggle with this game.

Genshin Impact also requires an always on Internet connection and again the Switch Network hardware is not great.

@TheFullAndy It is a scumbag move.

Treat us with respect and we will treat you with respect and vice-versa

Hence just bought a set of NFC cards.

Well that's decided then - just purchased a set of NFC Tags. FU Nintendo with your greedy practices. The paywall was £60 on a pretty basic remaster, not another £20 just to unlock QoL improvement that should be in the base game.
Treat us with respect and we will treat you the same and vice versa.

@theflowergarden Well said! This isn't the normal case of "developer announces a game too early". Hornet was promised as DLC as part of the Kickstarter. At some point this merged into a whole new game, Silksong, so they had to let backers know.

Moreover they said that all backers of Hollow Knight, who already got FAR more game than expected with all the first games DLC, will now ALSO be getting Silksong for free when it releases.

On the flip side: when it was on the cover of EDGE this January I hoped it was coming very soon. Seems not. But they should take as long as they need.

And you didn't even touch "Immersive sims".

@nessisonett The article seems to suggest the license would be free, but the website suggests otherwise "If you are a game publisher and wish to license mGBA for commercial usage, please email xxx for more information."

Regardless it's an unacceptable scummy move nonetheless.

Interesting! Though I no longer have a Wii U to try this out.
Somehow I sold it for more than I bought it for, as I had the Zelda Collectors Edition. I don't regret buying it, though it is closest to that in all the consoles I have purchased over the years, but I also definitely don't regret selling it. Whereas I still have most of the others going back to the Master System.

@Scrubicius I'm intrigued why you think "Business wise it’s the wrong time for a new Mario Kart". While MK8 continues to sell well, it has still slowed considerably, whereas the 35 million odd MK8 owners on switch would all likely be interested in MK9.
What am I missing?

That opening cutscene though is still bad-ass! And the promise of a "An actual game where you played as Dracula, in the style of Lords of Shadow"... is still mouth watering... only making the failure all the worse.

I never actually played the 2 LoS DLC or the LoS2 (SPOILERS for a 7 year old game) draculA (backwards) DLC, so wouldn't be wholly against a Switch trilogy.

The first Lords of Shadow was a wonderful game, if a little long, and I was happy with it as a separate Castlevania game/timeline IF the 2D series still continued.

Mirror of Fate was OK by comparison, Good for a mobile title, but no where near the scope of LoS.

Lords of Shadow 2 was a huge backstep. A few good ideas, combined with several bad ones. It felt rushed and rudderless, not sticking the landing in many areas. It's amazing to me that it was the same studio, everything from the gameplay, aesthetic, sound, story and voice acting were worse than the first game. It's not terrible, but I expected much much more after such a great opening.

@Da_Debbil "I don't see any real value in this."

Neither do I. But value is based on what others perceive it to be. If there enough people willing to say something is worth a certain amount then it simply is, whether this be art, trading cards, NFT's or those numbers in your bank account.

I'm sure there's enough people who want in to make this valuable.

Has anyone compared the shelf to the last to see what has changed? 😂

A lot of people forget, or were unaware, that Monolithsoft were integral to making BotW's world. Anyone who's played any of the Xenoblade's recognised many of the same traits.

That combined with that old Nintendo magic made BotWs Hyrule a joy to explore. Glad to hear they are still involved!

Monoliftsoft (Xenoblade) assisted Nintendo in the world building and landscapes, this is a classic example of the sort of reveals and visual exploration they excel at. E.g. come over a rise and what do you see, what draws you. It’s a masterclass that fuels the wonderful feeling of exploration in this game.

One of the best games ever, hampered by a slow and slightly irritating beginning. (Especially in earlier versions when you couldn't skip or speed up the text.)

Has anyone played World of Demons on iOS, the spiritual successor? Worth subbing to Apple Arcade for a month or two?

Stunning art style but when I played the demo on Xbox I literally fell asleep... twice. Hopefully the final game is a little more engaging!

It was engaging while it lasted, and the best 'fitness' game I have played yet... but I fell off pretty soon too. Ultimately you'd often be better just working out but it's a good gateway to that.

This meme is far passed over flogged...
Yet this was a brilliant read. Bravo 👏

It’s not just the art style, many of those assets look ripped right out of Okami. Not complaining it is one of my favourite games of all time. Timeless art

Great game and soundtrack. Deserves all the praise it gets.

@jump You make valid points but I still like E3.

The majority of gamers don't tune into the daily, or weekly gaming news and E3 is very useful for them. It's still one of the focal points of the gaming year to concentrate on and tune in for.