do you prefer it over the others? (have not played either of them, I'm just always curious when someone goes to bat for the dead horse everyone's been beating while already down)
Nintendo eShop - October 2018
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Ever since I played Pinball FX3 (lovely game btw) I wanted to test the other F2P pinball games and well...
Yikes. 2 of them were WAY too big for what they offer (one was 3GB, the other 1,3gb I believe. You could only play a Frankestein pinball game in both of them). Meanwhile the other was ok at best.
In other news, I've been playing Ghost, and I'm loving it so far. I like the humor and the whole 'If you die say goodbye to almost everything'. However, screw the 1st boss. I think I beat it after 1 hour minimum. I hope the rest of the bosses won't be as annoying as that one.
Yikes. 2 of them were WAY too big for what they offer (one was 3GB, the other 1,3gb I believe. You could only play a Frankestein pinball game in both of them). Meanwhile the other was ok at best.
In other news, I've been playing Ghost, and I'm loving it so far. I like the humor and the whole 'If you die say goodbye to almost everything'. However, screw the 1st boss. I think I beat it after 1 hour minimum. I hope the rest of the bosses won't be as annoying as that one.
Haha, I was actually summoned for this! Nice. Sorry for the late reply. I'm an EU player, just in case the discount I mention doesn't apply:.
Depending on what you consider a visual novel, the Switch either has very slim pickings or quite the array to choose from.
If you're looking for high profile Japanese Visual Novels, those are so far noteably absent from the Switch, at least in the West. There's a release of Steins;Gate ELITE in Japanese, and some other Mages stories have been announced (Robotics;Note), but you'll have to wait a while for them to be released here.
If you also consider Otome (girl dating sims), the ones on the Switch so far are pretty low quality. If your anime bullshit tolerance level is appropriately high, you might enjoy The Men of Yoshiwara - Kikuya and The Charming Empire, since those have voice acting from notable actors and good art going for them at the very least.
There's also Nekopara, where you flirt with cat girls. It's a pretty big IP with several sequels (which is big for a visual novel), but I never bothered to really look into it.
"Western" (=non-japanese) visual novels:
If you consider FMV games as well, Late Shift and The Bunker are fun romps.
Wheels of Aurelia is a fun road trip through 1970s Italy, and currently 50% off, definitely worth it for that price! The driving mechanic is not the most satisfying to put it kindly, and the biggest problem is it's short length, but for half off, I'd give it a shot.
To be fair, I'm a huge fan of the setting and the music, so maybe I'm biased.
Other good picks:
Detention - You venture into a spooky school and confront what haunts you. This one is very good.
Subsurface Circular - You're a detective investigating robot abductions. Awesome.
2064 Read Only Memories - Interesting Sci Fi story, questioning the essence of humanity. Told in a classic point and click adventure game look. Great writing and voice acting, apart from Jim Sterling (sorry, but he's just not good).
A Normal Lost Phone / Lost Phone Stories - Title says it all: You found a strangers phone. Have phone going through their things!
If you prefer a little more gameplay in your visual novels, definitely check out Oxenfree and Night in the Woods, great and spooky stories about a bunch of teenagers and about so much more. I'm particularly fond of Oxenfree, which lets you ignore dialogue prompts as part of your choices (and it just overall very awesome in style and atmosphere).
I've not played it, but I'm also looking forward to "WILL: A Wonderful World", which is by a Chinese developer, and combines light puzzle solving with multiple routes:
Also Death Mark is coming out on October 31, at least in the US (not sure about EU release). It's a very grim and graphic horror story, getting great reviews by people that played it so far and are into the genre.
Dragon Age: Origins, probably. (Which would surely mean ports for the other two as well...!)
It's all good. I appreciate you even getting around to responding at all so thanks for that! :)
Yeah, I was mainly thinking of high profile Japanese and indie visual novels. My tolerance to Anime bullshit aren't too high, especially nowadays as I've become more selective with what I play and watch.
Yeah, I was actually interested in going through Steins;Gate. I liked the Anime a lot and only in the past few months learned of the visual novels. I'm personally fine with waiting, on account of my Switch / PS4 backlog, but it's a bit of a shame that its some time off
I'll look into Wheels of Aurelia and Death Mark after work, and the likes of 2064: Read Only Memories were definitely on my wishlist. I sort of forgot the game got a Switch release but I guess now is as good of a time as any to try and get into it when I can
Thanks for the recommendations and lengthy post. It was genuinely helpful
I didn't find the demo all that Interesting but for less than 4 euros I think I'll get it, puzzle games is something I can't get enough of.
Started playing Hyrule Warriors again. It's a lot of fun. Pretty much the only muso game I like. Haven't tried Fire Emblem Warriors or Warrior's Orochi though (I know Orochi 4 is coming).
GTA V please!! It prints money, and would generate even more. And Rockstar should know it by now.
Yeah, that would be a good addition to the Switch library.
No, I prefer Black & 2 over 3. I bought 3 first on PS3 before getting 3 Razors Edge on Wii U.
What happened was that they released 3 first. That wasn't very good. Then they released the 'Razors Edge' updated version of 3 which cleaned up a lot of errors they made with the first release of 3.
Razors Edge is really not that bad. It's predictable and as generic as they come but the combat is solid. Some silly locations and boss fights though. Also it should be quite cheap on Wii U now, even though that version is published by Nintendo.
There was a time where this would have bothered me, but no more. I vastly prefer the types of games Switch receives over the other platforms (sans PC, which is full of awesome stuff). I have a PS4 for the handful of AAA titles I want to play each year and I own an XB1 for....BC, I guess? Switch gets tons of PC/Steam ports that the other systems either receive much later or never get at all. Switch is such a great device that differentiates itself and I don't miss 99% of the AAAs it lacks. And the 1% I absolutely have to play, I grab for PS4, like the upcoming Resident Evil 2 remake.
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Just tried it out yesterday since I'm personally obligated to download every single demo that pops up on the eShop. lol
Yeah, this one really impressed me and I knew very little about it before I played. Ticks all the right boxes. I'm sure it's worth its current $11 asking price but I'll definitely consider a purchase if it drops a little more. Tetra's Escape also has a nice new demo that sold me on the game when I otherwise would've overlooked it.
I didn't give my opinion because I have only played what are basically tutorial levels. I like the idea of it, but I can't really say anything about the quality of the real levels.
What I've seen seems to be fine for puzzle fans that don't care about story (and a crummy localization). I suspect it will get extremely hard later on and with 17 houses (+3 tutorial houses) to puzzle your way through there seems to be enough content-wise.
When did that Sale go up? It wasn't on the Xbox yesterday.
Just checked and yeah its not on sale everywhere, just psn and steam.
Remember sales are usuall publisher/dev dependent on the eshop. Not sure why SE wouldn't put the sale elsewhere, or it is coming this week
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Given how well portable ports of prior versions of it worked, Ultra Street Fighter 4 is an easy choice. It's an incredibly good fighter that would function well on the Switch and could very well serve to have a revival through the system. The system has already proven to be a solid home for fighters, so why not go with a major mainstream success story?
Oh, finally! I've been eyeing it for ages!
... :(
Used some gold money to buy Ghost 1.0 on the EU sale for the bargain price. It's a really really well made game! However, I thought (for some reason) it was a metroidvania, but it's not. It's a RPG with veeery light metroidvania elements. I have played a few hours now (got all the green door key parts) in "Classic" mode and I'm really enjoying it.
I don't know how the Tumblestone demo is, but I love the actual game (best local vs puzzle game IMO). Note that new mechanics unlock in single player on each world (IIRC, it's at the middle of each world or something). Sometimes, these new mechanics make the puzzles harder, sometimes they become easier to solve. It really depends on how they are used in the puzzle.
I don't know how the Tumblestone demo is, but I love the actual game (best local vs puzzle game IMO). Note that new mechanics unlock in single player on each world (IIRC, it's at the middle of each world or something). Sometimes, these new mechanics make the puzzles harder, sometimes they become easier to solve. It really depends on how they are used in the puzzle.
I bought Yonder last night, after hearing about it in this thread and watching some videos. I played it for a couple hours before bed and I have to say it is one of the most relaxing games I've played in a while. I like it a lot so far, besides the occasional frame rate hiccup, and I think it'll be my bedtime game for a while.
Thanks for the heads-up on it!
Thanks for the heads-up on it!
Because Capcom would have to put in actual effort for a Nintendo system.
Pretty much all the Picross games released by Jupiter have been consistently good. There's 3 of them on the Switch at the moment: S, S2, & Kemono Friends (why we got another licensed Picross after Hello Kitty, I have no idea). Just note that they only have button controls, if you're one who uses the touch screen like with the 3DS Picross titles.
Is there such a thing as a "bad" Picross game? ;)
Your options on Switch:
• Picross S ($8)
• Picross S2 ($9)
• Kemono Friends Picross ($10)
• Pic-a-Pix Deluxe ($8)
And no upcoming releases at the moment that I'm aware of.
Also, not on Switch, but Konami just released their own Picross clone for smartphones, Pixel Puzzle Collection, and it's completely free: https://www.konami.com/games/ca/en/products/pixelpuzzle/
There are a few new potential employees, but that's all I've seen so far.
S and S2 are great, but man, I wish this new Konami Pixel Puzzle game would come to Switch. The touch controls are fantastic. When you put all the colored squares into a line and then the rest of it X'es out, it feels so good somehow.
Glad to see Kemono Friends is good. Flying to Japan and the cute Manga look seems fitting! I'll snag that!
I remember them being on sale when they first came out but I don't remember them going on sale since then
Does anyone know if Valkyria Chronicles is coming out tomorrow as in midnight tonight or tomorrow during the day some time?
Where... is... Phantasy Staaaaaar?!
Fallout: New Vegas is the best game ever made for my money, so Fallout: NV Ultimate Edition gets my vote.
It's my number 1, too.
I'm probably going to cave and buy Skyrim on Switch even though I'm not a big fan because it's the closest thing there is. At least I only put 15ish hours into Skyrim on PS3.
But man, I put 100+ hours each into Fallout 3 and New Vegas and I'd be happy to do it again.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is one of the few indie games on Switch that is considerably more expensive on the Mexican eShop than the American.
Usually the price variance is within $2, plus or minus.
Ninjin is $14.99 USD. In Mexico Ninjin is 399.99, which is $21.14 USD.
Usually the only people who get flak for taking advantage of regional pricing Americans. I wouldn't fault anyone for grabbing the US version of Ninjin while it's on sale for $11.
Usually the price variance is within $2, plus or minus.
Ninjin is $14.99 USD. In Mexico Ninjin is 399.99, which is $21.14 USD.
Usually the only people who get flak for taking advantage of regional pricing Americans. I wouldn't fault anyone for grabbing the US version of Ninjin while it's on sale for $11.
There are only 2 weeks left in the month so It's either this week or next week. Will probably be a double drop again