Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@nessisonett Eh. I think you're overstating the presence of the couple big third party AAA games on this system. They're a great showpiece for the capabilities of the system (as underpowered as it is for a home console, it's a pretty dramatically beefy handheld), and I think The Witcher, in particular, sold fairly respectably given it was a VERY late, full-priced port, but people aren't buying the system for games like that, and as long as it keeps getting most of the non-AAA third party software in addition to the first-party stuff, people will be satisfied enough.

@Ralizah Nintendo will still have to bring the big guns given the next-gen launches will hype people up for the other systems. They seem to have abandoned proper Directs which is just a real shame, if they had properly shown off Bayo 3, Metroid Prime 4 and Breath of the Wild 2 then they’d be set for basically a whole year. As it stands, we’ve got several games that are ‘in development’ but are pretty much vapourware at this point. Bravely Default II is supposed to launch this year but we have no idea when and it’s August. Still, we don’t even know when the next-gen consoles are launching either!

Nvidia recently posted a job looking for someone to work on DLSS 2.0 for "consoles" and PC, while also integrating it into Tegra chips for that purpose

Seems fairly likely the Switch 2 will use DlSS 2.0 to achieve higher resolution visuals via AI upscaling

Beat the Rubber Band boss in Origami King today. Cleared it on my first try, but it was close (not because it was particularly hard, but because it unleashed a desperate attack right before the end that almost wiped me in one hit. I can imagine how frustrating it would be to get that far only to get a cheap death from that).

Loved the Autumn Mountain/Shogun Studios area though, and can't wait to see what's next.

@RR529 The game is filled with interesting locations. The art design and landscape variety in this game is just outstanding.

I'm finally getting around to playing through Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it's pretty good. Bit weird because at the start my people kept getting killed and I had to keep winding back the time and I could barely make it through and now I'm just smashing everything and there's barely any challenge. I have no idea if this is because of something I have done or something that the game is doing.

@johncalmc What difficulty are you playing on? So-called "Normal" difficulty feels like an easy mode, IMO. I loved the game, but the balancing was a bit weird overall. The "Hard" difficulty should have been the default, and casual mode is pretty meaningless when the Divine Pulse is a thing.

@Ralizah I'm playing on normal and there's basically no challenge at all. Not that I particularly mind. Sometimes I like to just play an RPG casually. And I like chillin with my RPG mates in the monastery.

Just arrived at the opulent Sniffit city in Paper Mario: TOK, after exploring the desert for a bit.

Too bad there are so many old school PM fans who won't give it the time of day, as at this point in time I think it's every bit as good as last year's big exclusives like Astral Chain & Luigi's Mansion 3 (may like it even more than LM3). Of course, it could get worse, but based on what other people who've played it have said, I don't think that's going to be the case.

Hades is coming to Switch. Everybody get on that if you like roguelikes or Supergiant’s past games, it’s GOTY for me by quite a margin, it counts if they make 1.0 by end of the year 😛

I gave it an honest shake, but there honestly wasn't anything in that Indie World that excited me. I do enjoy indies from time to time (Shantae & most Inti Creates games, for example), but they're not a regular part of my gaming diet.

Went back to Cuphead, finally beat that bloody funhouse level. I really like the boss fights but the traditional levels mostly rub me up the wrong way.

@nessisonett Now beat it without firing a single shot.

@Ralizah

@Ralizah Ok, I'm incredily proud of myself and glad I went for it!

@nessisonett

😂 Nice work! That was one of the harder Pacifist rankings to get.

How far into the game are you?

@Ralizah Onto the third island now, beat the big bee and onto the pirate ship, which seems doable but I keep slipping up on stupid mistakes.

Celeste is both the most anxiety relieving and anxiety inducing game I've ever played it's so weird

One of the Switch's best indie offerings imo

@TheFrenchiestFry Celeste is up there with my favourite games of the gen, I got the OST on vinyl as well cause it’s amazing. It’s just such a good story with great gameplay to back it up. Still haven’t played Farewell though.

Ok, the casino is really difficult in Cuphead. I had loads of trouble on the big train thing but this is just plain mean. I finally got to the boss and then walked left and instantly died. Back to the very start I go.