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I think I'm about halfway finished with Ragnarok. It's a great game and polished to a mirror sheen, but it just isn't clicking with me as much as I thought it would. I made amends with Freya and I am getting more invested in the plot, but the first few hours just felt kind of bleh to me. Also the sections where you play as Artreus are super annoying.
So I’m playing Bayonetta 3 on Switch and I’m just not feeling it.
Bad graphics and performance notwithstanding, the gameplay just isn’t as engaging. Enemy designs are actually rather boring. Level design is terrible and visually it’s just very bland.
The camera sucks big time. You can hardly see what’s happening for a good 40% of the action. It’s horrible.
I don’t like the Demon Slave mechanic - it doesn’t really add much value to the game and I’d prefer to have more intense character action battles than be forced into sluggish Demon Slave mechanics for nearly every fight.
I really think Platinum have lost their way with this one. It’s not a bad game, but it doesn’t hold a candle to Bayonetta 1 or even 2.
Less a knock on the game and more on Nintendo itself, but their ass-backwards button layout does my freaking head in. I’m always getting A/B and X/Y mixed up unless I think about it, and the fact that I have to think about it slows down my reaction time.
And then don’t get me started on L/ZL and R/ZR. Absolute senseless layout and naming of the buttons. At this point I think they’re just doing it on purpose.
Bad graphics and performance notwithstanding, the gameplay just isn’t as engaging. Enemy designs are actually rather boring. Level design is terrible and visually it’s just very bland.
The camera sucks big time. You can hardly see what’s happening for a good 40% of the action. It’s horrible.
I don’t like the Demon Slave mechanic - it doesn’t really add much value to the game and I’d prefer to have more intense character action battles than be forced into sluggish Demon Slave mechanics for nearly every fight.
I really think Platinum have lost their way with this one. It’s not a bad game, but it doesn’t hold a candle to Bayonetta 1 or even 2.
Less a knock on the game and more on Nintendo itself, but their ass-backwards button layout does my freaking head in. I’m always getting A/B and X/Y mixed up unless I think about it, and the fact that I have to think about it slows down my reaction time.
And then don’t get me started on L/ZL and R/ZR. Absolute senseless layout and naming of the buttons. At this point I think they’re just doing it on purpose.
I finished God of War: Ragnarok. The second half of the game is a big step up from the first half and there are some really good narrative beats. It's exactly what I wanted from a prestige AAA game. This is most likely recency bias striking, but I think I enjoyed it more than Elden Ring. ER is probably the better game, but I had a better time with GoW.
As a tangent, I finished The Last of Us 2 for the first time this year and after I finished Ragnarok I had to compare the two stories. Ragnarok's story plays it safe, but it gives the audience exactly what they want instead of spiting them s0 the writers can feel smart. I'm down with media that challenges users, and TLoU2 has some interesting ideas, but it executes them so poorly that I kind of hate the game.
As a tangent, I finished The Last of Us 2 for the first time this year and after I finished Ragnarok I had to compare the two stories. Ragnarok's story plays it safe, but it gives the audience exactly what they want instead of spiting them s0 the writers can feel smart. I'm down with media that challenges users, and TLoU2 has some interesting ideas, but it executes them so poorly that I kind of hate the game.
Bayonetta 3 is a massive disappointment. There are some good parts, but it's buried in a mountain of garbage. The visuals look muddy (and you can't blame the Switch for that since Bayonetta 1 and 2 looked more vibrant), there are too many annoying minigames and the story is a trainwreck. Viola is not fun to play as at all and Jeanne got the short end of every stick possible. Frankly I would say it is a bad game.
Earlier this year, Valve was testing yearend playtime stat cards like Sony and Nintendo. I will be curious to see if they roll out this year or not.
Impressive new Sega Saturn tech demo showing an all new homebrew engine running some retrofit Unreal content. Pretty sweet all things considered, it would have been crazy to have more games like this back in the day (well, Unreal PC came out just as Saturn died out in the west) even with the drops to ~10 fps.
Do we know what Sony has in store for 2023 on console ?
Just trying to gauge the interest of a console purchase. Not furiously interested, but it's always good to have a better picture.
On the other hand, what the fuck is MS planning ? Off the top of my head there is the Bethesda RPG and maybe or maybe not Redfall who may or may not have been delayed. Something else ?
Just trying to gauge the interest of a console purchase. Not furiously interested, but it's always good to have a better picture.
On the other hand, what the fuck is MS planning ? Off the top of my head there is the Bethesda RPG and maybe or maybe not Redfall who may or may not have been delayed. Something else ?
Assuming this is real, this probably means no Switch successor launch when Zelda comes out. I know Tears of the Kingdom will be an excellent game, but it would be even more excellent with improved resolution and framerate.
That's how I played Bayo 3 and Xenoblade 3, and how I will most likely play Zelda TotK. Native Switch performance is just too outdated to not do it, even if I have to deal with some emulation issues.Me when playing Bayo 3 via Ryujinx and the performance is actually pretty good.
Fire Emblem Engage
In a war against the Fell Dragon, four kingdoms worked together with heroes from other worlds to seal away this great evil. One-thousand years later, this seal has weakened and the Fell Dragon is about to reawaken. As a Divine Dragon, use rich strategies and robust customization to meet your...
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FE Engage scores are quite a bit lower than Three Houses. Most of the criticism appears to be due to toning down social elements and less interesting cast. I don't care too much about the story and characters in Fire Emblem so I won't be as upset. I mostly care about interesting maps and mechanics.
I never played Baten Kaitos, but I think some people might be interested in this.
This is actually a plus in my book. I haven't played Three Houses yet because I know all these social stuff would drive me crazy.
I still remember the Baten Kaitos' trademark application in 2021. The game wasn't released in Europe but they applied it there. Looks like it is finally happening! I am always open to more games from Monolith Soft.
PlayStation VR2: 13 new titles and launch lineup revealed
More than 30 games on track for release starting February 22.
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I did one run in 3H that took about 50 hours and the social stuff is fine for a first playthrough, but I'm afraid it'll get tedious if I ever play through it again. I was thinking of replaying 3H at some point (especially since I bought the season pass but never played it) but it will have to wait until after Engage.
Also Best Buy wasn't able to deliver my copy of Engage tomorrow so I am going to try to go to town to buy it. I try to get as many physical games as possible for Nintendo systems since I don't trust their online stores to stay up for an extended period of time. I'm almost certain my Steam account will be around in a decade. Can't say the same thing about the Switch eshop.
I beat 3H 4 times (basically I played the 4 routes), I'm glad you can buy back some stuff from previous playthroughs, otherwise I would have stopped there. Even then at some point I just sped through most of that, it got annoying that said, you can skip all that and go straight to the next main story event.
I've played about 5 hours of Engage. The combat mechanics are top notch. The maps so far have been nothing great, but nothing awful. The story is TERRIBLE. It's exactly what I expected. I'm having fun and crossing my fingers for more engaging (sorry) maps in the future.
Pet fish commits credit card fraud on owner using a Nintendo Switch
The entire heist started as an experiment to see if fish could complete Pokémon Scarlet and Violet unassisted. To do it, Japanese YouTuber "Mutekimaru Channel" set up...
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I was today years old when I found out the Saturn 3D Control Pad used hall sensors for the triggers and stick. Dreamcast for all its issues followed suit. We're only seeing this as custom kits or premium gamepads now when back then Sega just saw it as an elegant, practical way to bring analog controls at home
Managed to grab a physical copy of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey for my Series x. Ohhhhh boy I am excited!
Nice! I didn't think much of Blue Dragon, but Lost Odyssey feels like the Final Fantasy XIII that never was.
Yes I agree. I actually got all the achievements on my old account on the 360 years ago. Lost the account as well as the copy during a move (yeah I have never connected my lost 360 to Xbox Live...) so this is going to be a replay. I can still remember some of those short stories and of course those brutal load times. Can't believe that I withstood them.
I actually enjoyed Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey both quite a lot. Blue Dragon has an amazing OST, as does LO. LO being the more compelling story with a killer ending IMO.
Also I marveled over the graphics at the time.
I just launched and finished the opening warfare sequence of Lost Odyssey. The pre-rendered cutscene is still mind-blowing and the real-time rendering also looks amazing even today. I also put my earphone on so the whole sequence is extremely immersive and epic. Damn this is a good day.
Edit: And this game is 15 years old. WHAT
Did you play the JP version at the time ? I vaguely remember the global version being better on the loading issue.
Asia/Chinese version. Not sure if there was version difference and loading was atrocious, to say the least lol.
This comparison has loading times from the three xbox eras.
Looks like Tears of the Kingdom might be the Switch's last hurrah? I've seen rumors that it is the final "big" Switch game.
I need to replay 3H at some point, but I'm loving Engage. I'm on the final leg and the tactical combat is superb. The Emblem rings add a lot of spice to the gameplay, and you can make some hilariously strong lineups. The main story maps are good, but the paralogue fights are the highlights. They can feel kind of gimmicky (and I had to outright cheese Leif's map), but it's all very fun. The story still isn't good, but it isn't as annoying as when I first started.
The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
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Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo's first modern $70 game. There are a very small number of games I'd pay $70 for, and this is one of them.
Game is mysteriously "sold out" on every retailer. $70 is definitely happening, nintendo likely told them to pull it.
Wouldn't even be that shocked that the most anti consumer company in gaming found another way to outdo everyone else in the industry.
Wouldn't even be that shocked that the most anti consumer company in gaming found another way to outdo everyone else in the industry.
Now you are going to understand the pain of people who live in Japan where there is no price ceiling for video games.
Breath of the Wild was already 70€ around here, now you can find it as cheap as 53€ and you only had to wait close to five years.
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When I get my paycheck this month I'll go ahead and buy Where the Heart Leads, the first game I've bought on Playstation since Ragnarok.
Since everything points to the Steam version being cancelled to the the Meta acquisition, Im starting to get worried they will delist it from the PS Store. I loved the PC demo so I really want to play it and the price in Norway is equal to 15$, so not bad.
Since everything points to the Steam version being cancelled to the the Meta acquisition, Im starting to get worried they will delist it from the PS Store. I loved the PC demo so I really want to play it and the price in Norway is equal to 15$, so not bad.
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Pikmin 4 looked much like 3 to me. Been years tho maybe need a fresh comparison. Doubt it's diff though.
Ho hum so far nothing much. Indie game, casual game, xenoblade expansionstuff...
Ooh, ghost trick remaster looks nicely done.
This anime police thing looks almost good but hate the char style. Is it Level 5 or something.
Ok that looks like a nice full on JRPG. Want.
Bayonetta origins looks meh.
Splatoonstuff, kay.
Disney platform thingie looks okay. A bit too zoomed out for a portable isn't it? Makes sense for TV coop but on portable seems like it'll be 2 small.
Fire emblem contentstuff #care
Don't nod adventure looks, Idk, but clearly low budgetstuff.
Octopath 2 kay.
Katamari kay.
Sea of stars looks good but idk, think had enough of these retro indie jrpgs like solar pier and what not
Omega strikers meh. wannabe f2p windjammers.
Etrian odyssey 1-3 remasters, neat.
There were 6 though, should have them all rather than probly separate to another bundle.
Advance wars remakes kay
Lol, been a while since the last Deluxe game I guess. Kirby's return to dreamland, kay.
That was actually a wii game, not wii u. Looks pretty nice considering.
Should be ending soon... what will they hit with
Sigh, gameboystuff for online service?
They rly need to go back to the VC format for this shit, online service just makes them so... temporary.
Guh move onnnn
Metroid Prime remaster lol, not even the whole trilogy.
Oh. That looks quite involved remaster. Though not quite remake.
Good stuff though.
Weird, digital out now, physical march.
Master detective archives raincode looks okay, kinda persona-ish.
Baten Kaitos remasters look alright.
Much like square remasters of ffx-xii etc.
Fantasy life k.
Ooh what's this. Layton!
Aw just a tease
Mario kart morestuff...
Scraping the bottom of the barrel there surely game can go die already :d
So many courses they all blend together surely
More indiestuff, some nice.
What will they end with? tears of the kingdom? prime 4?
More retrostuff...
Ho humm random stuff.
It's ending finally!
Tears of the kingdom it is.
Ok that looked great. But I mean, it's BOTW with newstuff!
May 12!
Lol 69.99 bump for tears of the kingdom confirmed, price back on the official site.
Pikmin 4 looked much like 3 to me. Been years tho maybe need a fresh comparison. Doubt it's diff though.
Ho hum so far nothing much. Indie game, casual game, xenoblade expansionstuff...
Ooh, ghost trick remaster looks nicely done.
This anime police thing looks almost good but hate the char style. Is it Level 5 or something.
Ok that looks like a nice full on JRPG. Want.
Bayonetta origins looks meh.
Splatoonstuff, kay.
Disney platform thingie looks okay. A bit too zoomed out for a portable isn't it? Makes sense for TV coop but on portable seems like it'll be 2 small.
Fire emblem contentstuff #care
Don't nod adventure looks, Idk, but clearly low budgetstuff.
Octopath 2 kay.
Katamari kay.
Sea of stars looks good but idk, think had enough of these retro indie jrpgs like solar pier and what not
Omega strikers meh. wannabe f2p windjammers.
Etrian odyssey 1-3 remasters, neat.
There were 6 though, should have them all rather than probly separate to another bundle.
Advance wars remakes kay
Lol, been a while since the last Deluxe game I guess. Kirby's return to dreamland, kay.
That was actually a wii game, not wii u. Looks pretty nice considering.
Should be ending soon... what will they hit with
Sigh, gameboystuff for online service?
They rly need to go back to the VC format for this shit, online service just makes them so... temporary.
Guh move onnnn
Metroid Prime remaster lol, not even the whole trilogy.
Oh. That looks quite involved remaster. Though not quite remake.
Good stuff though.
Weird, digital out now, physical march.
Master detective archives raincode looks okay, kinda persona-ish.
Baten Kaitos remasters look alright.
Much like square remasters of ffx-xii etc.
Fantasy life k.
Ooh what's this. Layton!
Aw just a tease
Mario kart morestuff...
Scraping the bottom of the barrel there surely game can go die already :d
So many courses they all blend together surely
More indiestuff, some nice.
What will they end with? tears of the kingdom? prime 4?
More retrostuff...
Ho humm random stuff.
It's ending finally!
Tears of the kingdom it is.
Ok that looked great. But I mean, it's BOTW with newstuff!
May 12!
Lol 69.99 bump for tears of the kingdom confirmed, price back on the official site.
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The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
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TotK for $70 confirmed.
$70 and a 6 year wait and that was the most expansion-looking sequel I've seen yet. Like I normally am very against calling these things expansions but that really did look like one in the trailer. The botw expansion pass gave us the motorcycle and this just looks like they added a couple more vehicles and messed the map up a bit.
TotK for $50 ($45 if you can find a discount on eShop gift cards) isn't too bad. The downside is you're at the mercy of Nintendo's online service and their inevitable sunsetting of the Switch eShop in 10 years or so.
