The Nintendo Switch

ha, that looks pretty cool actually

I am Dead looks neat!

Did Afterparty ever come out for the Switch? The outdrink the devil game from the Oxenfree people? Anyone played it?

I'm very intrigued by Kentucky Route Zero but have never been huge into point and click adventures. but this seems like that transcends the genre a little?

it's closer to an interactive story than a point-and-click adventure. when you do need to do stuff to progress, it's usually pretty clear what that is. so there isn't much gameplay but it's beautiful and weird from a visual/audio/storytelling perspective. i've been playing through it slowly because i have to be in the right mood for its slower pace.

its one of the most striking works of fiction in the video game space imo. i haven't gone back to play the last act yet (and would probably need to replay 1-4 as its been years) but i'm sure its still great

but yeah it's in that "walking sim" space between visual novel and point+click adventure, there's no puzzles or challenges, just light interaction and lots of storytelling

kinda think I may need to try Spiritfarer, which seems like a big ol' mix of platformer, management, monster collector and high concept "art game" with the best possible visual direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw5yXFmJDJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKzAIF6gYvg

there's a hug button!

TIL that a) zero punctuation still exists and b) he's still doing the same schtick after all these years

xp i found the gameplay loop of spiritfarer to be pretty empty, unfortunately, but maybe it opens up more later on (i stopped around 3-4 hours in)

will report back.

115 hours into Hades and pretty sure I will surpass Karl's 150

I’m on a hades break but I’m gonna go back in this weekend probably.

game should cost $90

I'm about 25 hours into Hades right now and am struggling not to slide off it at this point, tbh. The repetition of the grind is getting to me, and I haven't yet managed to get past Theseus and the Minotaur. Maybe I'll give in and switch to God Mode. I'm kind of surprised to hear that people have sunk 100+ hours into this, so I reckon the game itself must have some nice surprises still in store.

In the sale I picked up Ashen and Kentucky Route Zero. Will dig into those when I'm finished with Moon and Astral Chain.

I play with God Mode on. It makes the game better.

hades opens more once you start beating it

all their previous games have eventually gone on deep discount on switch - my backlog's big enough rn that I'm happy to wait

Speaking of, I did play a few bits of a couple of things I impulsively bought on sale.

Carrion: funny and gross you-are-the-monster game, pretty great creature controls
Shady Part of Me: Only played a minute or two, but like Gris this game is absolutely gorgeous.
I am Dead: Based on the recommendation above, plus a couple of year-ends. I played the most of this, and it's utterly charming and super low-key, perfect salve for things.

shd i get a switch in 2020 (2021)

do you want to play video games in bed / on the toilet / at the park
do you want to play mario

you forgot "on the plane/train/bus" but yeah this year kind of ruined that huh

yeah like ive had a lot of downtime this year and i don't like desktop for gaming. i only like sports games, really but i DON'T want a console

like, i should have bought one in march

Switch probably not the best for sports games

mario = parkour = sports

Sports games are just bad Mario games

Video games are a two-dimensional vector space where one axis is “Mario” and the other is “Zelda” and the origin is “Tetris”

thats video game science

cannot tolerate this invisiblization of turn-based rpgs

theyre zelda

mario rpg is zelda
link's crossbow training is mario

red is scarlet
blue is teal
so brush your teeth after every meal.

If zelda was turn-based I would be a heck of a lot better at dealing with darknuts

I rarely play my Switch undocked, fwiw.

All video games are turn-based, sometimes your turn is just 1/60 of a second long

I can’t wait to try my hand at the queen’s gambit edition of smash bros

mario rpg is zelda
link's crossbow training is mario

the best sports game is on switch

(super mega baseball)

the new one isn't though, is it?

yup
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mega-baseball-3-switch/

oh dang

I loved 2 though and don't like 3 at all

what's bad about 3?

1 is the best imo but i haven't played 3

baseball games were actually a huge part of my NES experience. RBI, little league baseball, base wars, etc. I need a baseball game, so I guess the rec is to get 2 instead of 3?

gameplay in 3 looks very similar to 2. game now seems to have a more developed franchise mode and players have a number of new skills/qualities, which seems like a nice addition. it is pricey though

I started the second Ori yesterday. It looks great, and feels even more like Bambi meets Hollow Knight. (It's also trickier than the first Ori so far.) But the nicest reminder is how good the Switch Pro controller feels and how well it holds a charge, compared to the PS4 controller.

I can't really explain why I didn't like 3 - I loved 2, I was playing it non-stop before 3 came out. And then 3 came out, I played it twice, and I stopped. Everything about it just felt off to me - all the graphics were smaller (which is especially annoying on an undocked Switch), the controls felt fiddlier, having to deal with wild pitches and pickoffs was annoying.

Ori 2 is pretty tough, btw, both the platforming and the puzzles. I've had to look two things up already just in the first area, and the solutions were things I literally never would have considered or even discovered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuQGng-ar8

Bowser's Fury Cat Island looking pretty dope

sick