I was okay with the graphical downgrade until I saw the samurai character get introduced. He looked like part of his outfit was rendered on the n64. Then all of crashing and slow down kinda did it for me, so I returned the game as broken. I can take a game crashing once in a while, but when you need to find a safe room all the time before the game crashes again, I consider that game broken. Good review but I honestly think you might have been too kind.
@Lemmy_the_Koopa I've been waiting for said review. I think they are hoping it gets fixed then they'll review it. It would suck to give this lovely game a crap score on the switch but I think it deserves it. Plus by not warning others with the review they really are doing a disservice to switch gamers.
I was watching this last night. It was a halfway decent watch. It's so strange how they got quite a spectrum of performance regardless of hardware.
However the switch version is in really rough shape. The only time I kind of enjoyed my time with it was in handheld mode. Honestly I traded it in for the xbox version. I'm not the biggest graphic snob but the switch was looking pretty rough add to that the latency issues and it crashing all the time. I always try to support my platform of choice,switch, but I felt pretty let down by the lack of care in this port.
After playing through some of it on the xbox I can say that some of the areas I thought looked like crap on the switch aren't too much better on the xbox,lol.
@graysoncharles From all the nonsense and stupidity he's spewed in his comments it's really your own fault for even attempting to rationalize with him. He thinks this game is a full on downgrade. Even the most ignorant of people could tell the difference between this upcoming gen and all prior gens. For some reason he is upset about it all. You will never, ever, ever, ever be able to have him see things your way. Next time save yourself the effort and let him, or whoever else, throw his tantrum on the floor like a child. Just look away and step over them😀
First, do we even know how many pokemon are missing? Is it a generation? A few of each gen? A few from a specific gen? No one knows anything except for the fact that "not all" will be there. I'm betting we dont miss too many of em. We will see though I guess.
@Keldorek I hadn't paid attention to the other versions to avoid spoilers but the background compared to other versions are not so great, to be kind. The character models also aren't that great in comparison. I'm not expecting parity but if the game stutters as much as it's been said to I really dont understand the graphical downgrade. I've been enjoying my time with it, but if I would have read up on all the performance issues I would have kept my copy closed and would have returned it. It was hard to come by reviews of the game all of last week but there was zero word on the switch edition until yesterday morning. By the time I read it I had already opened up the game. If it crashes on me a few times I'll have to trade it in. At least that way someone will buy it used and it will take away a sale from 505 studios and iga.
I know the game isn't unplayable but I dont understand how this title can be more demanding than something like breath of the wild or even mortal kombat. Just doesn't make too much sense and reeks of laziness from the porting studio.
With how crappy the joy cons are I really wouldn't want this. I'm on my third pair of joycons in the 18 or 19 months I've owned the system. That means I'd be on my third repair of one of these guys. The kicker is that I hardly play anything so I really dont know how these things keep messing up. It's just the thubsticks but it's still annoying to have to keep getting new ones. They aren't cheap either.
@Realnoize Those games on other platforms are much older. That and games on Nintendo systems take forever to go down in price, particularly first party titles
@Yosher if they were to release it with that title I might consider picking it up out of sheer respect for their honesty..... used and when it went on sale
@norwichred There is hardware restrictions for sure, but if companies can port scaled down versions of say Doom or wolfenstein, then EA has no excuse. FIFA is just not as demanding as those games I mentioned. It would be as if the people porting doom would have ported it but said they could only get the first level of the game and you would only get one weapon and one enemy type. Then they release Doom:Eternal and release the previous version of doom they had released, only this time the skin on the gun and the one enemy reflects the newest version of said game.
I'm all for blaming Nintendo and its cheapness when it comes to releasing powerful hardware. Just dont defend EA's crappy actions. In essence they are trying to make money by just changing text and stats to players on this version. They are doing as little as possible and they will make money off of each game sold because I'm sure it cost them very little to do what they are doing for this "legacy edition".
It's not just on Nintendo platforms either. The "legacy edition" found on last gen consoles is the same thing. EA wasting as little money in development in order to maximize its profit from sales.
In the end they are a company and need to make money but being downright disrespectful and insulting your consumers intelligence by trying to sell them the same game two or three years in a row is just plain wrong.
I see your Wii u point too, but it's an understatement to say that most of those Wii U games never really reached too many people. That system sold like crap and most people besides hardcore Nintendo fans had a hard time even understanding what the hell the Wii u was. So, yeah it is crappy on Nintendos part to keep porting old Wii U games to the switch but I'm gonna say most of the games being ported are of higher quality and with added features from previous versions. They are not just rereleasing the same game and expecting everyone to buy it. I've yet to buy any port of any game that I already own on the Wii U but I am very happy that others get to experience these games as most were pretty awesome and deserve to be played by as many as possible.
I wish Nintendo would just take EA's ability to publish titles on the switch away. They are doing nothing for the switch besides pushing soccer fans to buy other versions of FIFA on rival consoles. It makes no sense and now they are talking about the future of FIFA on switch? Kinda ridiculous.
@Jack_Goetz
Dont think it ever hit the 360,just saying. After further research I found that it did. Just not in the states, not that I could find anyways. So sorry, but I didn't know.
@Not_Soos I know you are just messing around but I think the 3ds is officially dead. No more games on the horizon from what I read. So either Nintendo goes hard on the switch or reveals the 3ds' next gen predecessor. Which way do you think this will go?
@ThanosReXXX it doesn't help that I could hear her lips and tongue smacking every word she says. It is pretty unnerving. I watched about 50 seconds to a minute. That was all I could take,lol
So no original games from capcom for the switch huh? Another pass for me I suppose. Makes me sad to think how many good, original games capcom would bring to Nintendo platforms in the past. Now we get a port from decades ago,lol. Oh well at least it should run beautifully.
@MysticGengar He's in there , totally not fighting a blastoise. Hehe. You could see it in the trailers so I'm not exactly sure how spoilerific my comment is
Refuse to buy because we have to download twice as much as what came on the cartridge. This isn't some broke @$$ indie dev that can't afford bigger cartridges because of their budget. This is a giant company who cheaped out in order to make their bottom line more profitable or to minimize their losses in case MK sells miserably on the switch. I'd understand a gig or two but half of the systems internal memory? That's a bit much. Haven't supported any other game that has done this and I wont start now.
So the 22 add up roughly to what was said earlier about 6.5 plus 15.something patch. So we might need to download that giant ass patch day one huh? Man I finally decided to put money down on this now I'm going to cancel
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Re: Review: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - A Fine Castlevania Tribute That's A Technical Trainwreck On Switch
@DoomTurtle It would make sense as their work is generally better than what is on display here.
Re: Review: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - A Fine Castlevania Tribute That's A Technical Trainwreck On Switch
I was okay with the graphical downgrade until I saw the samurai character get introduced. He looked like part of his outfit was rendered on the n64. Then all of crashing and slow down kinda did it for me, so I returned the game as broken. I can take a game crashing once in a while, but when you need to find a safe room all the time before the game crashes again, I consider that game broken. Good review but I honestly think you might have been too kind.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
@TheFox you bought a bubsy game?😂😂😂😂
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
@SeerCoot almost the same as upvotes,lol
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
@McDerbert that was my big turn off as well.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
@SeerCoot I really dont get why you're getting downvoted
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
@Lemmy_the_Koopa I've been waiting for said review. I think they are hoping it gets fixed then they'll review it. It would suck to give this lovely game a crap score on the switch but I think it deserves it. Plus by not warning others with the review they really are doing a disservice to switch gamers.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Explores Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Disappointing Switch Version
I was watching this last night. It was a halfway decent watch. It's so strange how they got quite a spectrum of performance regardless of hardware.
However the switch version is in really rough shape. The only time I kind of enjoyed my time with it was in handheld mode. Honestly I traded it in for the xbox version. I'm not the biggest graphic snob but the switch was looking pretty rough add to that the latency issues and it crashing all the time. I always try to support my platform of choice,switch, but I felt pretty let down by the lack of care in this port.
After playing through some of it on the xbox I can say that some of the areas I thought looked like crap on the switch aren't too much better on the xbox,lol.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@nintendoknife I sure wonder if I give a crap. No, no I dont.
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
@graysoncharles From all the nonsense and stupidity he's spewed in his comments it's really your own fault for even attempting to rationalize with him. He thinks this game is a full on downgrade. Even the most ignorant of people could tell the difference between this upcoming gen and all prior gens. For some reason he is upset about it all. You will never, ever, ever, ever be able to have him see things your way. Next time save yourself the effort and let him, or whoever else, throw his tantrum on the floor like a child. Just look away and step over them😀
Re: Junichi Masuda Releases Official Statement About Limiting Sword And Shield's Pokédex
First, do we even know how many pokemon are missing? Is it a generation? A few of each gen? A few from a specific gen? No one knows anything except for the fact that "not all" will be there. I'm betting we dont miss too many of em. We will see though I guess.
Re: Bloodstained Team Releasing Multiple "Small Updates" To Fix Performance Of The Switch Version
@Keldorek I hadn't paid attention to the other versions to avoid spoilers but the background compared to other versions are not so great, to be kind. The character models also aren't that great in comparison. I'm not expecting parity but if the game stutters as much as it's been said to I really dont understand the graphical downgrade. I've been enjoying my time with it, but if I would have read up on all the performance issues I would have kept my copy closed and would have returned it. It was hard to come by reviews of the game all of last week but there was zero word on the switch edition until yesterday morning. By the time I read it I had already opened up the game. If it crashes on me a few times I'll have to trade it in. At least that way someone will buy it used and it will take away a sale from 505 studios and iga.
I know the game isn't unplayable but I dont understand how this title can be more demanding than something like breath of the wild or even mortal kombat. Just doesn't make too much sense and reeks of laziness from the porting studio.
Re: Talking Point: The Sound Strategy Behind 2DS Points To A Switch Mini
With how crappy the joy cons are I really wouldn't want this. I'm on my third pair of joycons in the 18 or 19 months I've owned the system. That means I'd be on my third repair of one of these guys. The kicker is that I hardly play anything so I really dont know how these things keep messing up. It's just the thubsticks but it's still annoying to have to keep getting new ones. They aren't cheap either.
Re: More Than 52,000 People Voted For Their Favourite Pokémon, Here Are The Results
@NintendoFan4Lyf
That's pretty bad, haven't played one in a bit?
Re: Guide: Where To Pre-Order Super Mario Maker 2 And Receive Extra Goodies
So pretty much nothing for the Americas huh? Maybe I'll just wait a few months before grabbing this one.
Re: Fire Emblem: Three Houses File Size Revealed, DLC Also Confirmed
Good stuff. Looking forward to this one
Re: Earn Exclusive Skins And Gear In Mortal Kombat 11's Brand New Seasonal Mode
Why aren't we included in the early access? Makes no sense at all.
Re: Super Mario Maker 2 File Size And Other Details Revealed
That's small. Nintendo is always great at putting all the content on one card.
Re: Grant Kirkhope Explains How He Got To Compose Banjo-Kazooie Music For Smash Bros. Ultimate
@patbacknitro18 Great mighty poo for the win. Maybe they can do a toned down version, lol
Re: The Nintendo E3 2019 Switch eShop Sale Is Now On (North America)
@Realnoize Those games on other platforms are much older. That and games on Nintendo systems take forever to go down in price, particularly first party titles
Re: It's Official: The Witcher 3: Complete Edition Is Coming To Nintendo Switch This Year
@Kalmaro As long as it's not soccer that is impossible for the switch to run,lol.
Re: DOOM Eternal Raises Hell On Switch This November, But It Doesn't Look Like We're Getting The Collector's Edition
Day one of it's all on the cart or else I might just wait on it
Re: Future Versions Of FIFA On Switch Could Be Legacy Editions, Just Like FIFA 20
@Yosher if they were to release it with that title I might consider picking it up out of sheer respect for their honesty..... used and when it went on sale
Re: Future Versions Of FIFA On Switch Could Be Legacy Editions, Just Like FIFA 20
@sixrings gamecube was more powerful than ps but not xbox. That was the last time they tried to have a really powerful system. Dont spread lies,lol.
Re: Future Versions Of FIFA On Switch Could Be Legacy Editions, Just Like FIFA 20
@norwichred There is hardware restrictions for sure, but if companies can port scaled down versions of say Doom or wolfenstein, then EA has no excuse. FIFA is just not as demanding as those games I mentioned. It would be as if the people porting doom would have ported it but said they could only get the first level of the game and you would only get one weapon and one enemy type. Then they release Doom:Eternal and release the previous version of doom they had released, only this time the skin on the gun and the one enemy reflects the newest version of said game.
I'm all for blaming Nintendo and its cheapness when it comes to releasing powerful hardware. Just dont defend EA's crappy actions. In essence they are trying to make money by just changing text and stats to players on this version. They are doing as little as possible and they will make money off of each game sold because I'm sure it cost them very little to do what they are doing for this "legacy edition".
It's not just on Nintendo platforms either. The "legacy edition" found on last gen consoles is the same thing. EA wasting as little money in development in order to maximize its profit from sales.
In the end they are a company and need to make money but being downright disrespectful and insulting your consumers intelligence by trying to sell them the same game two or three years in a row is just plain wrong.
I see your Wii u point too, but it's an understatement to say that most of those Wii U games never really reached too many people. That system sold like crap and most people besides hardcore Nintendo fans had a hard time even understanding what the hell the Wii u was. So, yeah it is crappy on Nintendos part to keep porting old Wii U games to the switch but I'm gonna say most of the games being ported are of higher quality and with added features from previous versions. They are not just rereleasing the same game and expecting everyone to buy it. I've yet to buy any port of any game that I already own on the Wii U but I am very happy that others get to experience these games as most were pretty awesome and deserve to be played by as many as possible.
Sorry for the giant reply
Re: Future Versions Of FIFA On Switch Could Be Legacy Editions, Just Like FIFA 20
I wish Nintendo would just take EA's ability to publish titles on the switch away. They are doing nothing for the switch besides pushing soccer fans to buy other versions of FIFA on rival consoles. It makes no sense and now they are talking about the future of FIFA on switch? Kinda ridiculous.
Re: Guide: Where To Pre-Order Pokémon Sword and Shield On Nintendo Switch
Pre order bonus?
Re: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Is Being Ported To The PlayStation 4 And PC
@Jack_Goetz
Dont think it ever hit the 360,just saying. After further research I found that it did. Just not in the states, not that I could find anyways. So sorry, but I didn't know.
Re: Random: Man Steals Nintendo Switch On Camera In His Work Uniform
@Not_Soos I know you are just messing around but I think the 3ds is officially dead. No more games on the horizon from what I read. So either Nintendo goes hard on the switch or reveals the 3ds' next gen predecessor. Which way do you think this will go?
Re: WWE 2K Dev Not Happy With Recent Games, Will Create New Wrestling IP To Re-Energise Staff
@Mordridakon style savvy wrestling game? I mean most wrestlers are pretty stylish(flashy) in the way they dress. So maybe?
Re: Random: Death Squared Dev Promotes Its New Switch Game OTTTD With 25-Minute ASMR Video
@Shiryu but does it actually work?
Re: Random: Death Squared Dev Promotes Its New Switch Game OTTTD With 25-Minute ASMR Video
@ThanosReXXX it doesn't help that I could hear her lips and tongue smacking every word she says. It is pretty unnerving. I watched about 50 seconds to a minute. That was all I could take,lol
Re: The Original Devil May Cry Hunts Demons On Switch This Summer
So no original games from capcom for the switch huh? Another pass for me I suppose. Makes me sad to think how many good, original games capcom would bring to Nintendo platforms in the past. Now we get a port from decades ago,lol. Oh well at least it should run beautifully.
Re: Gearbox's Randy Pitchford Would "Love" To See Borderlands On Switch
@retro_player_22 if the 360 can run it the switch most definitely can.
Re: Gearbox's Randy Pitchford Would "Love" To See Borderlands On Switch
@oninowon you read that wrong. I believe the new update only helps with load times.
Re: Early Impressions Of The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie Are Amazingly Positive
@Nekonokatzen
Save yourself the heart ache and watch it the next day. Sorry about your mom.
Re: Early Impressions Of The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie Are Amazingly Positive
@MysticGengar He's in there , totally not fighting a blastoise. Hehe. You could see it in the trailers so I'm not exactly sure how spoilerific my comment is
Re: Early Impressions Of The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie Are Amazingly Positive
@MysticGengar He's in there fighting a Blastoise.
Re: Nintendo Removes Seventh Generation Games From Its Official Website
@Morrow you might want to hurry before they get too expensive
Re: Video: Here's How Mortal Kombat 11 On Switch Compares To The PS4 Version
Refuse to buy because we have to download twice as much as what came on the cartridge. This isn't some broke @$$ indie dev that can't afford bigger cartridges because of their budget. This is a giant company who cheaped out in order to make their bottom line more profitable or to minimize their losses in case MK sells miserably on the switch. I'd understand a gig or two but half of the systems internal memory? That's a bit much. Haven't supported any other game that has done this and I wont start now.
Re: Video: Here's How Mortal Kombat 11 On Switch Compares To The PS4 Version
@TempOr I dont think this particular version is out in Europe yet.
Re: Dragon's Dogma And Travis Strikes Again Combine For Crossover Goodies On Switch
Woooah! That was out of nowhere
Re: Bethesda Confirms Wolfenstein: Youngblood Will Include A Download Code Instead Of A Game Card
Pretty much guaranteed to lose sales because of this.
Re: It's Official, Octopath Traveler Is No Longer Exclusive To The Nintendo Switch
Not even a full year? Jeez exclusivity means nothing these days I guess
Re: Video: Here's Your First Look At Mortal Kombat 11 Running On The Nintendo Switch
That was not 4 seconds. It was more like a still image. Maybe the whole game will just be still images,lol.
Re: Video: A Lack Of Miiverse Leaves Us Wondering How We'll Share Levels In Super Mario Maker 2
Why'd you have to remind me of miiverse? Now I'm depressed. Such a great idea that went out with the Wii u.😥😥😥
Re: Mortal Kombat 11 Will Have A $100 Premium Edition On Switch
So the 22 add up roughly to what was said earlier about 6.5 plus 15.something patch. So we might need to download that giant ass patch day one huh? Man I finally decided to put money down on this now I'm going to cancel
Re: Mortal Kombat 11 Day-One Patch Will Be More Than Double The Size Of Base Game, Says Data Miner
I dont have enough space so might not support this game after all
Re: This Borderless Pokémon Trading Card Artwork Is Absolutely Stunning
@Baker1000 oh, ok then. It's not so bad that way I guess
Re: This Borderless Pokémon Trading Card Artwork Is Absolutely Stunning
So cutting and pasting pokemon tgc art onto backgrounds? This guy is making money off of these? I dont know how to feel about that.