I'm surprised no one has recommend Shape of the World. I'm pretty confident you would like it. Unfortunately the performance on Switch isn't the best but if Switch is your only option it's still worth playing. Also ABZU is the most obvious recommendation but if you've played Journey you've probably already played it.
Eh, mediocre really just means middling or of average quality. I just think most people use it to mean below average which isn't quite right. But yeah, they make average games.
Night in the Woods doesn't go for the same tone as any of these, but it's a pretty charming game about a troubled college dropout who's lost in life, trying to figure out how to fit in a small town that moved forward while she was away. It can be pretty funny but also feel quite real at times.
You are recommending Valiant heart to someone that is depressed?
Here's their 2017 eShop Christmas Sale.
Celeste helped me deal with feelings that had been buried for so long that I forgot they existed anymore. Such an inspiring experience.
It's funny you say that. I bought the Sega Genesis Classics collection and it only has Phantasy Star 2-4 and since I didn't want to have an incomplete collection of the Phantasy Star series on my Switch, I picked up the first Phantasy Star as well. I mean, why not? I'm a huge RPG nut and have played next to nothing Phantasy Star, so at worst I'll now have some knowledge about a series I knew nothing about.
Having a great time with V-Rally 4 here.
It's no Dirt/Richard Burns/etc but the basics of a fun rally game are there. (it also has a couple of other disciplines which I haven't touched yet)
The only other racing games I have on the Switch are the first Gear.Club Unlimited and MotoGP 18.
It's light-years ahead of Gear.Club Unlimited - especially when it comes to car control/feeling. (don't have GCU 2 so don't know how it compares to that)
Performance is good, cars control well (if a little twitchy), good camera options (cockpit,bonnet,etc), it has full replays and I'm really digging its' sound design/effects.
No analog triggers is also a non-issue. Once you "get" how much brake/gas you need to apply to throw the car into a corner, you'll be using the brake/gas buttons without even thinking about it.
Don't expect graphics to blow you away (and at moments it can look ugly due to dynamic res/aliasing), but if that's a big deal to you watch some videos to get some idea of what you are getting into.
I honestly don't mind them one bit and to be honest they have a certain charm. (oh and I got used to the shadow-drawing "issue" on some tracks/times-of-day pretty fast)
The only negative point I can think of, is the game's attempt to make you have an active role in building your team. You are supposed to hire mechanics, agents, etc something I honestly don't care about - I just want to race so I ignore this part as much as I can.
Anyways, just my two cents in case anyone wants to scratch that rally itch on the Switch.
I know that it didn't review too favorably on other platforms, but it has Forzas and Grand Tourismos to compete against there - I just know I'm having fun with it on Switch and that's all that matters.
Screens:
Having a great time with V-Rally 4 here.
It's no Dirt/Richard Burns/etc but the basics of a fun rally game are there. (it also has a couple of other disciplines which I haven't touched yet)
The only other racing games I have on the Switch are the first Gear.Club Unlimited and MotoGP 18.
It's light-years ahead of Gear.Club Unlimited - especially when it comes to car control/feeling. (don't have GCU 2 so don't know how it compares to that)
Performance is good, cars control well (if a little twitchy), good camera options (cockpit,bonnet,etc), it has full replays and I'm really digging its' sound design/effects.
No analog triggers is also a non-issue. Once you "get" how much brake/gas you need to apply to throw the car into a corner, you'll be using the brake/gas buttons without even thinking about it.
Don't expect graphics to blow you away (and at moments it can look ugly due to dynamic res/aliasing), but if that's a big deal to you watch some videos to get some idea of what you are getting into.
I honestly don't mind them one bit and to be honest they have a certain charm. (oh and I got used to the shadow-drawing "issue" on some tracks/times-of-day pretty fast)
The only negative point I can think of, is the game's attempt to make you have an active role in building your team. You are supposed to hire mechanics, agents, etc something I honestly don't care about - I just want to race so I ignore this part as much as I can.
Anyways, just my two cents in case anyone wants to scratch that rally itch on the Switch.
I know that it didn't review too favorably on other platforms, but it has Forzas and Grand Tourismos to compete against there - I just know I'm having fun with it on Switch and that's all that matters.
Screens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQ8GY11IiQ
That shadow pop-in is unacceptable, it makes me angry looking at it and I don't even have the game
I may be a heathen, but I kind of like the mess that is PS 3 more. Maybe because it was my first, and I didn't really care if it made any sense. 4 is a much much better game, but gosh I wish they had moved to Saturn or CD and gave it some more enhancements that games of that era had.
I just don't understand why they had to cut so many corners in a racing game. PS3 and X360 had much better looking racers than this, the switch could do much better for sure.
I see sometimes people in my friendlist using them. I don't use it much since you cannot use it while running a game but still I'm happy that it's there. A Netflix app I would use much more though.
Having a great time with V-Rally 4 here.
It's no Dirt/Richard Burns/etc but the basics of a fun rally game are there. (it also has a couple of other disciplines which I haven't touched yet)
The only other racing games I have on the Switch are the first Gear.Club Unlimited and MotoGP 18.
It's light-years ahead of Gear.Club Unlimited - especially when it comes to car control/feeling. (don't have GCU 2 so don't know how it compares to that)
Performance is good, cars control well (if a little twitchy), good camera options (cockpit,bonnet,etc), it has full replays and I'm really digging its' sound design/effects.
No analog triggers is also a non-issue. Once you "get" how much brake/gas you need to apply to throw the car into a corner, you'll be using the brake/gas buttons without even thinking about it.
Don't expect graphics to blow you away (and at moments it can look ugly due to dynamic res/aliasing), but if that's a big deal to you watch some videos to get some idea of what you are getting into.
I honestly don't mind them one bit and to be honest they have a certain charm. (oh and I got used to the shadow-drawing "issue" on some tracks/times-of-day pretty fast)
The only negative point I can think of, is the game's attempt to make you have an active role in building your team. You are supposed to hire mechanics, agents, etc something I honestly don't care about - I just want to race so I ignore this part as much as I can.
Anyways, just my two cents in case anyone wants to scratch that rally itch on the Switch.
I know that it didn't review too favorably on other platforms, but it has Forzas and Grand Tourismos to compete against there - I just know I'm having fun with it on Switch and that's all that matters.
Screens:
Solid 60fps and native 720p on handheld unlike the first game which is a bit blurry).
Having a great time with V-Rally 4 here.
It's no Dirt/Richard Burns/etc but the basics of a fun rally game are there. (it also has a couple of other disciplines which I haven't touched yet)
The only other racing games I have on the Switch are the first Gear.Club Unlimited and MotoGP 18.
It's light-years ahead of Gear.Club Unlimited - especially when it comes to car control/feeling. (don't have GCU 2 so don't know how it compares to that)
Performance is good, cars control well (if a little twitchy), good camera options (cockpit,bonnet,etc), it has full replays and I'm really digging its' sound design/effects.
No analog triggers is also a non-issue. Once you "get" how much brake/gas you need to apply to throw the car into a corner, you'll be using the brake/gas buttons without even thinking about it.
Don't expect graphics to blow you away (and at moments it can look ugly due to dynamic res/aliasing), but if that's a big deal to you watch some videos to get some idea of what you are getting into.
I honestly don't mind them one bit and to be honest they have a certain charm. (oh and I got used to the shadow-drawing "issue" on some tracks/times-of-day pretty fast)
The only negative point I can think of, is the game's attempt to make you have an active role in building your team. You are supposed to hire mechanics, agents, etc something I honestly don't care about - I just want to race so I ignore this part as much as I can.
Anyways, just my two cents in case anyone wants to scratch that rally itch on the Switch.
I know that it didn't review too favorably on other platforms, but it has Forzas and Grand Tourismos to compete against there - I just know I'm having fun with it on Switch and that's all that matters.
Screens:
Having a great time with V-Rally 4 here.
It's no Dirt/Richard Burns/etc but the basics of a fun rally game are there. (it also has a couple of other disciplines which I haven't touched yet)
The only other racing games I have on the Switch are the first Gear.Club Unlimited and MotoGP 18.
It's light-years ahead of Gear.Club Unlimited - especially when it comes to car control/feeling. (don't have GCU 2 so don't know how it compares to that)
Performance is good, cars control well (if a little twitchy), good camera options (cockpit,bonnet,etc), it has full replays and I'm really digging its' sound design/effects.
No analog triggers is also a non-issue. Once you "get" how much brake/gas you need to apply to throw the car into a corner, you'll be using the brake/gas buttons without even thinking about it.
Don't expect graphics to blow you away (and at moments it can look ugly due to dynamic res/aliasing), but if that's a big deal to you watch some videos to get some idea of what you are getting into.
I honestly don't mind them one bit and to be honest they have a certain charm. (oh and I got used to the shadow-drawing "issue" on some tracks/times-of-day pretty fast)
The only negative point I can think of, is the game's attempt to make you have an active role in building your team. You are supposed to hire mechanics, agents, etc something I honestly don't care about - I just want to race so I ignore this part as much as I can.
Anyways, just my two cents in case anyone wants to scratch that rally itch on the Switch.
I know that it didn't review too favorably on other platforms, but it has Forzas and Grand Tourismos to compete against there - I just know I'm having fun with it on Switch and that's all that matters.
Screens:
