Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Just watched the credits roll on Okami HD! An absolute steal for $20, and one of my favorite Switch outings so far. I'm a little mixed on the final third of the game, but overall it was completely engrossing.

Now however, I'm at an impasse. I get paid on Friday, but I have quite a bit going out so I don't know if it's the best time to buy a new game (my next big purchase will either be Shining Resonance Refrain or Octopath Traveller).

@RR529 Octopath, would be my choice.. I haven't been able to put that game down since I got it. If you haven't already I suggest downloading the demo.

@RR529 If it matters (and if you're American), Shining Resonance is on sale on the NA eshop.

Coming to a Switch near you, yet another game that started off as Resident Evil 4!

Broke: Too bad they're being released next year, would've loved to play them in a couple of months or something.

Woke: Next year is in a couple of months.

Also, Untitled Goose Game...sold me already.

@Kidfried How come?

Just cleared the campaign in Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders.

The Good:

• A decent amount of Single Player modes including 3 Campaigns (6 missions each, so a total of 18 missions), a Survival Mode, and a 13 mission Dogfight Mode (though the difficulty on these is either very easy or seemingly impossible, with nothing in between).
• A good amount of Online Multiplayer modes such as Free For All, Free Flight, Last Man Standing, Capture the Flag, Defend the Base, and Team Deathmatch (Luckily they can all be played offline with bots, because the online component is pretty dead...).
• 29 different real world aircraft to play as, each with 3 different skins (most have to be unlocked, naturally).
• All the customization options you'd expect, such as inverting the controls, sim or arcade gameplay styles, aim assist on/off, choice of Imperial or Metric measurements, whether or not to show the health of other planes, and the option to customize your planes' color scheme.
• Gameplay is smooth & I didn't notice any performance issues.

The Bad:

• No local multiplayer, as far as I can tell.
• You choose your aircraft first thing, before entering any modes, so if you want to change aircraft you have to go all the way back to the main menu. It's a minor inconvienence in the grand scheme of things, but it is what it is.
• Snow. In a few of the campaign missions there'll be parcipitation that'll "hit" your screen. Usually it's rain which didn't bother me (it's actually a cool little effect), but in one it's snow and it was very distracting.
• Cockpit view. It's here and accounted for, even with an animated control stick & foot pedals that react correctly to your inputs, but it has the same cockpit for every plane, which will probably annoy the kinds of aircraft buffs these kinds of games attract.

Overall I quite liked it, and would recommend it if you like these kinds of games, especially for the price. The same dev has a tank game on the system, so I'll probably look into it eventually as well.

@Tasuki, @Ralizah, decided to opt for Shining Resonance Refrain, which I managed to order the special edition from Walmart for just $50 with free 2 day shipping (though due to the holiday weekend it won't ship out until Tuesday).

@RR529 Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

@RR529 I actually don't know anything about that one. I might have to look into it, after Octopath.

Also I managed to preorder the Dust collector's edition from Limited Run Games for the Switch. I won't be getting it for awhile (November at the very least) but that's ok as I will have plenty to play untill then.

With the advent of my new job starting today, and full time work while we get the store built up and ready for launch later this month...I have spending money. I'll be getting Dark Souls in October...and that's about it.

Debating finally splurging on that graphics tablet for around £350 so I can properly draw at long last, or just buying an Xbox One X so I can use this thing called Game Pass that refuses to be decent on PC.

@Knuckles-Fajita my sister has a graphics tablet, she's pretty good on it!

https://ibb.co/kATOhz

@kyleforrester87 Woah. I may be colour blind but wow.

Yeah I can draw with good reference material (Like any artist really) but my problem is I have just a little Wacom tablet that lacks a screen, so my hand moves in relation to something but I can't see my hand accurately around what I'm drawing due to it only being on a monitor, hence my desire to cash up for a proper bit of kit. Just wondering how much use I will get of course. It's mostly stream assets and doodles.

I could also, hilariously now I think about it, use it for touch aiming in games on my PC since it replicates the mouse...maybe I won't suck at Overwatch now due to my inability to properly hold a mouse...huh.

These are the kinds of ideas I have. It's mad.

Anyway, plenty of games to pick up once I get paid in 4 weeks. Hype!

@Knuckles-Fajita Congratulations on the new job! Will you eventually buy both?

@mookysam Probably not. I also want a 3DS Capture Board for my streaming gigs.

Got my third party member in Octopath Traveler, Alf the apothecary. So that makes my party the hunter, Thieron and Alf now. Not sure where I am going to go next but so far I am really enjoying this game. Haven't enjoyed an RPG like I am enjoying this one in quite some time.

@Knuckles-Fajita yeah she blows my mind how good she is, she's 17 now but has been doing amazing stuff since she was 7.

@kyleforrester87 Encourage that stuff man!

@kyleforrester87 Yeah man, that is well impressive work from your sister!

@Knuckles-Fajita Good luck in new venture, hope it all works out for you!