My thing is that I want to keep my downloads under the same account instead of different ones under different accounts.
Plus I don't really ever buy games from different regions. But I really want Tropical Freeze at that price lol.
Nintendo eShop - February 2019 | Wargroove, Away, Liar Princess, Ape Out, Odallus, RemiLore, Gain Ground
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Plus I don't really ever buy games from different regions. But I really want Tropical Freeze at that price lol.
Just create an EU account to bounce between various EU regions, then a separate US account.
I pretty much only ever buy from EU as places like South Africa and Russia are usually cheaper than the US anyway so the vast majority of my games are under one account and collecting the gold coins.
I pretty much only ever buy from EU as places like South Africa and Russia are usually cheaper than the US anyway so the vast majority of my games are under one account and collecting the gold coins.
I skimmed the thread quickly and searched using the general search and didn't see anything, so I figured I'd ask: Does anyone have impressions on Food Truck Tycoon? I know that it's only five bucks, but that's five bucks fewer that I'd have if I bought it and it wasn't great. The menus and ease of use and general UI matter quite a lot to me in sim games like this one, and I'm also wondering if the loop of maintaining profitability is engaging and interesting.
If I missed a good post about this game, my apologies.
If I missed a good post about this game, my apologies.
Plus I don't mind the gold coins being in the EU region. Especially if it's like 2 dollars worth.
I have 19 dollars worth of gold coins in my account so I don't want to lose that at all haha.
Pretty much 1:1 with how I feel.
It's a good game, but not as amazing as I thought/hoped it'd be. I'm actually finding it more frustrating than anything else, which is odd because I also never felt that way about the Advance Wars games.
I'll wait to see how the new updates change the overall 'feel' of the game before I pass my final judgment on it but as of now, I'm not having fun.
That's a real bummer but I think I'll be skipping wargroove until the game is fully updated and at a discount. After reading a lot of impressions I feel like I will most probably end up disappointed by it.
I don't know how the game is, but I need to say that you are my hero of this month, because thanks to all your praise to 'Bombslinger', I purchased the game this week, even not being a big 'Bomberman' fan.
And it's currently in my TOP 5 of roguelites on the system.
The content is sparse, I miss more levels and bosses, but damn: how masterfully designed is this game.
Sometimes, with some enemies relying in a stealth approach, it feels like a roguelite version of a 2D 'Metal Gear', much more than 'Never Stop Sneakin'.
And the difficulty curve is so well balanced and the perks and upgrades are so interesting, that I can't stop playing this shit.
If it's not for all your praise through different threads, I could have skipped this.
Together with 'New Star Manager', my best eShop purchase in a long time.
Ok but remember I told you to switch to AUS region not one of the EU ones.
It's $6 cheaper on the AUS store compared to Italy's or Germany's (EURO coin stores have all the same prices, while Norway/Sweden/South Africa/Poland/Russia/Switzerland have all different currencies and prices.
If you link your main account to Paypal, you might (it's a case by case status, don't know if US-credit cards linked Paypal works on any eShop or just some... my spanish PP account for example works on every EU store + the mentioned AUS/RUS/SA/NOR/SWE/etc but not on the US/Canadian/JPN or Mexican eShops) be able to use it as a payment even when changing store region.
Oh! I was going to buy it in England's region because it's on sale right now for about 43 dollars when converted to USD. I didn't know that AUS had it on sale too!
Man, I'm so glad to hear that. I agree with you wholeheartedly about how short the game is. That is mitigated somewhat by the achievements/unlockables system, but I'd love to see a sequel with more enemy variety, more than seven bosses, and more than four locales.
Still, I agree that it's a fantastic SP game because the enemy variety is there to offer different play styles. You can absolutely run a setup that allows you to stealth your way through the game, but you can also create a setup focused on bombs or on firearms, and these runs feel much different from a stealthier run.
Seriously nobody took one for the team and grabbed RIOT CIVIL UNREST? ;)
What about more impressions for City of Brass and the quality of the Observer's port?
I really hope X-Morph is a god port because it's strangely appealing to me, looks great and Tower Defense + Shmup is a mash-up I never seen before... you can also choose to play co-op with each player handling one aspect of gameplay (so me blowing up shit and my buddy handling TD!) or even focusing on just only TD or only Shmup in single player.
Don't care much about reviews but it sits at 80% average on Steam/PS4.... wish it was on game pass so I could try it first but what I'm worried is performance because visually it seems decently demanding
What about more impressions for City of Brass and the quality of the Observer's port?
I really hope X-Morph is a god port because it's strangely appealing to me, looks great and Tower Defense + Shmup is a mash-up I never seen before... you can also choose to play co-op with each player handling one aspect of gameplay (so me blowing up shit and my buddy handling TD!) or even focusing on just only TD or only Shmup in single player.
Don't care much about reviews but it sits at 80% average on Steam/PS4.... wish it was on game pass so I could try it first but what I'm worried is performance because visually it seems decently demanding
Titles/Sales are the same across all the stores in the "PAL" region (so the eShops I mentioned above)
To check where a game is cheaper:
https://eshop-prices.com/prices?currency=USD
It's US $37.78 on the AUS store.
Yo what the heck?! I had no idea about this site! It IS cheaper in AUS!
Oh dang but I don't know if my US debit card will work in the AUS region.
I can live with only 7 bosses, because they are PURE GOLD.
City of Brass looks like a real love it or hate game that runs fine on Switch. I don't have the time to try out a game like that atm. I have been interested in it for awhile since I saw the Giantbomb quicklook last year.
It looks like they improved on the game a lot since initial release but it may not quite be the gameplay loop people wanted or expected.
This is one of those one where I'd recommend reading user/steam reviews and parsing it out with video.
If it was $5ish cheaper I'd bite. I was hoping to see it on gamepass first so i could try it
One time, I switched my region to Japan to grab a free demo from the Japanese eShop.
The second time, I bought a digital download code from Amazon Japan, switched my region to Japan, then used the Japanese eShop to redeem the code (the US eShop wouldn't take it).
Make of that as you will.
But can't you buy directly from Nintendo's eShop page online? I've bought some games that way. I assumed that other regions would have a store accessible from a PC/laptop as well.
I've played a few hours of City of Brass. It feels a bit like Immortal Redneck with less verticality (which isn't such a bad thing to me). You're outside a lot of the time, though, which is a nice change of pace from dark dungeons. The whip and sword are a lot of fun and add a ton of character to the game making it more enjoyable than if it just had guns. I believe there are other characters with different loadouts but I haven't gotten that far yet. You can do some clever things with the whip: pulling the weapon out of an enemy's hand, dropping them on the ground by whipping their legs or stunning them. Most of my runs have been very short as the game plants brutal traps all over the place - especially floor-mounted impalers that I seem to overlook regularly. It requires you to pay attention to your surroundings and punishes you harshly when you don't. The loot is underwhelming thus far - it's all purchased from genies who present at most 3 options. I bought an upgraded whip and armor a few times but honestly couldn't tell any difference. I do enjoy finding and collecting all of the generic loot that adds to your gold (which you use to pay genies) and there are some neat hidden treasure rooms. I bought City of Brass at 10% pre-purchase discount but I'd recommend waiting for a bigger sale.
oh? I didn't know that was a thing
it certainly makes you pick a "user" before starting, if that's what you mean.
Some games were released with this same bug, because the developers forget to check this option before sending the game to Nintendo.
'Strikers 1945' and 'Ninja Striker' suffered this problem, and they were latter patched.
Giving that more additions like remappable buttons are coming in a future patch, I suppose that this will be fixed.
I am interested to see how it works for you on the Aus store. Also check your CC or paypal for specific fees related to this transaction.
You're Spanish too? There's some overrepresentation of Spanish going on in this thread :P
The Japanese Nintendo eShop didn't like my credit card. Amazon Japan had no qualms. :-)
Also I am not seeing an AUS web store this will have to be done on the switch
Isn't it only possible to link your account once though? To a My Nintendo account I mean. I remember a lot of people talking about that months ago.
I only now managed to do more than an hour of Observer :-)
So far things look quite good. It's funny, every time I hit what seems to be some Switch artifact it just turns out
I need to give myself another injection (in the game...)
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Yeah, as soon as I started hearing that the game was just an exercise in tedium the further into the campaign you got, with cheap tactics and scenarios where one wrong move meant an hour of lost progress, my interest dropped to 0%. Will wait it out to see if/how it gets tuned over time, and then I might give it a go.
Thanks! And yes, I do the same (using Game Pass to check out games I might be interested in buying on the Switch).
Great post, appreciate it! I'll wait for a 50%off discount or/and watch more videos of it in the meantime and see if it makes me want to cave in earlier than that :)
haha, nope I'm Italian but I live in Tenerife :)
Mate you're waaaay overthinking it. Believe me I gave you all the info you need and more :D Just do it, now it's time to just go try and see if your PP or CC works. ^_^
I can't speak for your bank's rates but with PayPal at worst you'll save a couple $ less because of their less than optimal conversion.
Every €20 I usually "lose" about €0.80 on currency conversion from € to South African Rand when using my credit card (there's no PP option on the SA store) or €0.70 if converting to Australian dollars using PayPal's, to name two.
Also afaik there is an AUS web eShop (tho I never used it) but the process means you can only access it after changing region on the Nintendo account web page AND confirm the change by inputting your account password again and accessing the eShop through your Switch console first.
...tho I mean what's the matter even if there was no web eShop just buy it directly on the Switch mate
Thanks! Keep the impressions coming please!
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Are you f***ing kidding me? O_o Not about being Italian XD but living in Tenerife…
Did they specifically say that they would improve/alter the mechanics of the game? I played again last night and I'm done with it for now. I hate not finishing a game but I'm in the middle of Act 3 and it's just not fun. Unless the game is improved, I prefer to go back to into the breach.
This is the main reason of why I haven't purchased 'Wargroove' yet.
It was my most anticipated title in 2017.
But then, 'Into the Breach' happened.
A game with the same spirit of 'Advanced Wars', but pushing the design in turn based games forward.
I will buy at some point, because is one of the genres in which I want to complete a collection with all the games released.
But from games that I missed the last month, I still have higher priorities.
Like 'Don't Sink', that seems 'Oregon Trail' with ships and with a superb pixel art.
Or 'Necrosphere Deluxe', that seems in a 'VVVVVVV' tier, regarding bit-sized open world platformers.
I'm waiting for the Dead Cells performance patch to buy it. Maybe the wait will be over soon. They say they have a stable 60fps version running internally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84MAJiZbW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84MAJiZbW4
Don't Sink is also in my wishlist, I'm just waiting for a sale to buy it because I don't have time to play it right now.
Wargroove has many things to like and does everything right to receive good ratings, but I really feel that the game's mechanics are either dated or just not that good.
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I haven't played Wargroove, but I get the feeling it's one of those "oh-great-this-feels-like-[classicgame]", which always makes me wonder "why the hell am I playing this instead of [classicgame]?"
Wargroove was supposed to indeed get its inspiration from classic turn based strategy games, but it was also expected to bring its own twists to the formula along with an incredible amount of content. It seems to fully deliver on both these aspects, but to me, the issue lies in the core mechanics of the game; I don't see any other to describe it than die and retry, and for a strategy game, that's just not fun.
It's made by the same team, as a short of spinoff of 'New Star Soccer'.
Think in a much less complex version of 'Football Manager' only centered in the fun parts, with the action sections of 'New Star Soccer', but with an added layer of tactics.
For me, they have created something truly special, with a distinctive flavor that I have never found in other soccer management games.
Plus the Switch port is brilliant: a great UI, touch controls, rebalanced gameplay, new additions respect to the Steam version, great controller integration for the action parts, an amazing tutorial teaching you all the fundamentals and introducing each new concept in a comprehensive way for newcomers...
It's slowly escalating to an 'Into the Breach' tier as one my favorite games in Switch.
Here's something that might have gotten buried amidst the large amount of releases last week: I just noticed that Guacamelee 2 is now alternatively available as Guacamelee 2 Complete, which includes the base game and two DLC packs. I see it on sale in NA right now, so at the moment, Complete actually costs less than the base game alone.
I'm quite far into Wargroove and I have a lot to say about it for those interested, but I want to hold off on writing about it until I'm done with the campaign, which should be soon. But I have to say, as a serious turn-based strategy player who was looking forward to Wargroove's original spin on the genre, that while I respect a lot of what it does, I'm starting to see it as a fairly major letdown. The designers seemed to focus all their care and attention on making the units interesting at the micro level (movement, combat, abilities, interactions), but completely dropped the ball on the macro side of the game (economy, unit construction, pricing, building placement), and this weakness is amplified by the blandness of the campaign maps. I've refrained from being too judgemental of of the game, as I hoped that I was just pushing through tutorial stages and the maps would get better in the later acts; but I've come to realize that its economy/unit-building layer is fundamentally flawed in a way that negatively impacts the single-player map design, and once I'm done, I want to write up a proper analysis of this (if I have time). Maybe the last few missions will turn my opinion around, but we'll see.
I'm quite far into Wargroove and I have a lot to say about it for those interested, but I want to hold off on writing about it until I'm done with the campaign, which should be soon. But I have to say, as a serious turn-based strategy player who was looking forward to Wargroove's original spin on the genre, that while I respect a lot of what it does, I'm starting to see it as a fairly major letdown. The designers seemed to focus all their care and attention on making the units interesting at the micro level (movement, combat, abilities, interactions), but completely dropped the ball on the macro side of the game (economy, unit construction, pricing, building placement), and this weakness is amplified by the blandness of the campaign maps. I've refrained from being too judgemental of of the game, as I hoped that I was just pushing through tutorial stages and the maps would get better in the later acts; but I've come to realize that its economy/unit-building layer is fundamentally flawed in a way that negatively impacts the single-player map design, and once I'm done, I want to write up a proper analysis of this (if I have time). Maybe the last few missions will turn my opinion around, but we'll see.
More Japanese doujin studios of the PC scene, continue arriving to Switch.
This is pretty big news, as it's the most well known and important doujin circle in Western countries, Astro Port:
'Gigantic Army', a spiritual successor to 'Cybernator' ('Assault Suits Valken' in Japan), is coming to Switch this 21th February.
This is pretty big news, as it's the most well known and important doujin circle in Western countries, Astro Port:
'Gigantic Army', a spiritual successor to 'Cybernator' ('Assault Suits Valken' in Japan), is coming to Switch this 21th February.
Any word on these two games from the same dev, Odallus and Oniken or whatever?
They look kinda cool, but...not sure.
They look kinda cool, but...not sure.
Also this looks really fuckin' rad.
that looks great and I am now tempted
Uh there are a ton of posts in this thread on both and last months thread as well as steam reviews and reviews in general.
I think on average people want different control schemes for Oniken and maybe Odallus. I played both on Pc. Solid games and generally fun. Odallus was getting confused as a Castlevania homage when in reality its not.
I thought Odallus is the better lf the two
Of course, there is a separate thread to hype it... I mean, discuss it, but a Nintendo Direct has just been announced:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ni...-with-news-on-fire-emblem-three-houses.99184/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ni...-with-news-on-fire-emblem-three-houses.99184/