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Post by BorneAgain on May 13, 2023 15:13:10 GMT -5
If they don't want to do a cloud version, the delay might just general work to compress the size of the game down. Hogwarts Legacy has done some crazy good numbers in Japan, and given the Switch's dominance in that region, there's too much money on the table to not at least get some version out on it.
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Post by burdette25159 on May 13, 2023 15:26:47 GMT -5
I see Hogwarts Legacy for the switch is delayed to November now. Wonder if that was because they knew they'd still be up against Zelda? Guessing it'll have to be overshadowed by another big switch game if it gets announced.
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Post by Raskovnik on May 15, 2023 6:46:57 GMT -5
One thing that is mildly irritating about a lot of the reviews of TOTK is that a lot of them aren’t even reviews, necessarily, it is the writer turning their piece into their audition to be the next Poet Laureate of Gaming because they want to be on the front of the box of the Game of the Year version or quoted in the Accolades Trailer. I don't even need someone to agree with me, necessarily, I just want some actual discussion. A LOT of the actual gameplay is frankly wearisome and I think it's worth talking about. Like the finicky controls when building, the occasionally unruly camera, or how Link can only run about 5 feet before getting winded until you grind out a ton of shrines, which is kind of a drag in a game where the minute to minute gameplay is 70% walking from point A to point B on a massive (too large, IMO) overworld. I get that people are posting cute, curated clips of highly orchestrated scenarios but that's almost like a different game entirely
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Post by Gerard Gerard on May 15, 2023 8:27:44 GMT -5
I like how TotK absolutely wrecks your shit if you try to play like they copy and pasted Hyrule from BotW. Just got yeeted off the plateau.
Stamina is weirdly implemented in that I keep forgetting it's there because they give you a bunch of ways to get across the 3 maps.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 15, 2023 11:10:03 GMT -5
I feel like TotK is definitely a step down from BotW. It's fun for sure, but the map feels needlessly big and complicated to navigate to where a lot of the time it comes off like more of a pain in the ass than anything, and it feels like all the physics-based gameplay kind of suffocates the game at times. While the building stuff can make for some really interesting puzzles it feels like the game has a constant need to return to it, like it has no confidence in itself to be meaningfully different from the original unless it's heavily reliant on it, and it makes it feel like much more of a chore to play at points. Especially the goddamn combat shrines, every one of those feels like a bloated slog and there are entirely too many of them.
Related note, way too many shrines. Like, the 120 in the first game was a lot, but that extra 32 is just too much. I've done like 48 of the things and in the original that'd be coming up halfway done with them but I still have over 100 left to go and it just feels like I'm treading water going nowhere.
Also it feels like they horrifically underestimated how many shrines can just be completely skipped over by creative use of the rewind power.
Another thing is that... Like, this game feels like it was made for people who haven't played BotW and it's really weird? I get wanting to make your game accessible but the game seems actively afraid to bring up continuity with BotW at all most of the time, with gigantic things that disappeared between games that just nobody brings up, and it makes it feel like this really disconnected experience that doesn't really logically connect. It really feels like they'd have been significantly better off having this be its own setting again but felt anchored to the BotW one for some reason.
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Post by mo on May 15, 2023 11:57:13 GMT -5
I just could not get into Breath of the Wild, I’ll give it another go though. Took me a few years to warm up to God of War and maybe this will be another slow grower for me too.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 15, 2023 12:01:32 GMT -5
I just could not get into Breath of the Wild, I’ll give it another go though. Took me a few years to warm up to God of War and maybe this will be another slow grower for me too. Honestly while I've played through BotW multiple times and am still rather fond of it I'd definitely personally put it toward the lower end of the 3D Zelda games. Like not counting TotK the only one I really even consider putting it over is Skyward Sword and the HD version elevated my opinion of that enough that I'd need to play it again to be 100% on it.
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Post by Raskovnik on May 15, 2023 17:20:35 GMT -5
My strategy of simply avoiding combat encounters because enemies hit like a truck and you get nothing for winning except MAYBE a chest that contains a mediocre weapon that will break in a few swings still applies in TOTK
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Post by Gerard Gerard on May 16, 2023 14:34:58 GMT -5
Spent ages devising ladders to get up to Hyrule Castle only to drop both of them into the chasm while getting creative with my turns. 10/10, GOTC.
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Post by Push R Truth on May 16, 2023 14:45:54 GMT -5
Bomb Barrel fused with a tree branch and spear fused with a spear are simply delightful.
I've heard rumors that infusing stuff on boomerangs if hilarious/amazing but I haven't looted one yet in the 4-5 hours I've been able to play. And most of that time has been spent screwing around and not progressing lol
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Post by The Ichi on May 16, 2023 16:49:39 GMT -5
I've just got off the tutorial island and I've racked up hours already. A lot of that was spent messing around and trying to figure our how to use the wing device.
I can tell this is GOTY already if I don't get overwhelmed by the sheer size.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 18, 2023 20:09:36 GMT -5
Next GBA games out on the 26th are
Super Mario Advance Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
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Post by Gerard Gerard on May 18, 2023 20:34:44 GMT -5
These feel especially pointless given you've already got superior version elsewhere on the service and there's no e-reader saving grace to be found a la SMB 3 on the GBA.
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Post by CMWaters on May 18, 2023 20:35:13 GMT -5
See, Advance 1 and 3 I get: 1 had some different bosses and the Yoshi Egg bonus mode. 3 had some bonus levels not in the SNES port.
But other than different Luigi animations, why 2?
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Post by chrom on May 18, 2023 20:36:05 GMT -5
Three games at once, can't complain.
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Post by chrom on May 18, 2023 20:36:20 GMT -5
See, Advance 1 and 3 I get: 1 had some different bosses and the Yoshi Egg bonus mode. 3 had some bonus levels not in the SNES port. But other than different Luigi animations, why 2? Gotta complete the series.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 18, 2023 20:53:03 GMT -5
You'll be able to play original Mario Bros on five different games on the GBA service alone.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 18, 2023 21:05:05 GMT -5
At least they didn't drag out putting these up I guess, but still a pretty useless update putting up three worse versions of games already on the service.
I guess you could argue for Mario Advance 1, it is a very different experience that does at least add some things even if most of the chances elsewhere are downgrades, and maaaybe Advance 3, but the World port is kind of just a straight downgrade.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 18, 2023 21:07:37 GMT -5
You'll be able to play original Mario Bros on five different games on the GBA service alone. Between those, the NES games, Arcade Achives, and 3D World there are eight ports of Mario Bros. to the Switch.
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Post by CMWaters on May 18, 2023 21:14:08 GMT -5
You'll be able to play original Mario Bros on five different games on the GBA service alone. Between those, the NES games, Arcade Achives, and 3D World there are eight ports of Mario Bros. to the Switch. And yet the movie didn't adapt any bit of that game (except MAYBE that under New York portion).
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