The Nintendo Switch

i bought the 3d mario all-stars. galaxy gives me vertigo, sunshine is basically a house-cleaning simualtor, and mario 64 fucking rules.

they're all great though

sunshine is maybe a lil underappreciated but i still hate that it railroads the order in which you can do the missions in each level. galaxy does it too iirc but its missions are a lot more even in quality

Hmm, Bowser's Fury looks good, I'll probably cop that. I haven't bought a Mario since Odyssey. I don't want to drop $60 on the All-Stars collection because the only one I *really* want out of that is 64.

Dragon's Dogma is on sale for $15 again on the eshop. I overcame my ambivalence and picked it up, and I'm glad I did! It is worth a lot more than 15 bucks. It is a little bit dodgy graphically on Switch, with some distracting pop-in, but it runs at a pretty smooth 30 FPS. But this game is *wild*.

For example, I picked up this escort sidequest that took me waaaay off the beaten path to some fortress in the middle of nowhere. There is no Skyrim-style fast travel in this game. Getting there felt like a real journey; my party had to face down several gangs of goblins, snakemen and bandits, all of whom were pretty tough. And then we had to get *back* to the main city, preferably before nightfall.

On the way back, we were waylaid by a giant cyclops. Taking it down took a few tries, and involved climbing up the monster's back, Shadow of the Colossus-style, which was particularly hard because I had made my main character an Andre the Giant-sized barbarian type (your character's height and weight have actual impact on things like how much you can carry, how easy it is to climb monsters, etc). Killing it like an actual accomplishment, like getting past a tough area in Dark Souls. And we still weren't even halfway back to where we needed to be. The relief I felt once we did finally get to a safe area where we could rest was fucking *real*. I'm only 9 hours into this game and I am excited to see how big this iceberg is, exactly.

*killing it -felt- like an actual accomplishment

i have not played 3d world and so will purchase it but im not sure if i can ever play mario without cappy again

when you jump on cappy you go far

Got the $25 Borderlands thing bc I had never played it. After I found myself loving it, I was relieved to see that ilx also (mostly) loves it.

I am playing as the guy named Mordy, and I like to pretend the whole game is art about the Thatcher thread.

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See, here's where I'm torn. I've never played any Borderlands, but they look fun. The Legendary Collection on Switch has a ton of content: first 2.5 games (first game, second game, prequel), supposedly runs well on Switch, not a bad deal all-in at around $50. But right now the same Legendary Collection (minus modest cuts in image and performance) is on sale for PS4 for $20, as is Borderlands 3, if I wanted it, so I could buy literally everything but the remaining DLC for games 2 and 3 for PS4 for the price of the one collection on Switch, if I wanted to. Or, you know, just that one collection on PS4 for less than half the price on Switch. On the other hand, Switch has portable (if I want) and more importantly gyro controls, for shitty shooters like me. Heart says Switch, brain says PS4.

I'd say go with PS4 - better frame rates and probably better online/player base important for these games

No online for me.

recommend just playing breath of the wild instead

Played. Thought about playing it again, recently, but I've got too much other stuff to go through.

It's $5 to play it on the toilet

Legendary collection was $25 on switch yesterday

looks like there's a sale every ~30 days. Check dekudeals

Weird, didn't pop up as on sale for me (I looked after you posted), and today it's $49.99.

Oh, sorry. Maybe the sale ended feb 2? I would hold out for a sale as $50 is probably too much.

Yeah, I'd pay $25, which is pretty close to (current) PS4 price.

Wait for sale or get it on ps4. I only know that og borderlands runs well on switch. Haven't played 2 or pre-sequel yet. Recommend getting it at some point if you haven't played it. There's a thread here as well that gives good context for the original release.

I watched a couple of reviews of the Switch collection, and supposedly the games (at the least the first 2.5) only get better, both in terms of play and how they run on Switch.

nice! it is the perfect fps for me. Fun RPG elements. Not too much gore, but also not a realistic war simulator. It is maybe Dark Souls to Halo's BotW. or something.

i am in the 3d world now

waiting to try bowsers fury (too scary)

if you think thats scary just wait til you see what luigi's been up to

oh no

kinda thinking about picking up 3d world tonight to see if it breaks my can't-play mind open. mario tends to do the trick!

yeah i was in a gaming slump for several months until recently. i think short games or games without failstate tension are best to break it. puzzle games or adventure games or stuff like tony hawk or trials or w/e

sending my gamer prayers to u forks

lol thanks. i think this happens to people as they get older and they don't complain or examine what the problem is and then they just stop gaming! I don't wanna be that guy!

like i've just been watching Grand Poo Bear and Ryukahr play Mario... instead of playing Mario! That's nuts! But it's felt accessible and I need to GET IN THE GAME

really enjoying 3d world so far its very concise and minutely designed full of novel interactions, def the other end of the spectrum from odysseys open world

I decided I want this one on a cart just now so I ordered it from target, excited to catch up on this one.

alright i'm going in tonight. i hope this fixes all my problems.

me too

went straight to bowsers furt and its fun. the resident evil 2 of mario games

peach + cat suit is so much fun

What is Resident Evil 2?

the bowser's fury of resident evil games

thats code veronica

100/100 cat shines, the archipelago is safe again, happy to offer advice to any shine light scrubs out there

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50 minute (!) direct tomorrow

Oh heck

cool, only a day to waste on whatever dream announcements my brian can conjure up

also my brain lol

odyssey 2

Heh, games coming in the "first half of 2021." Bit belated, that.

Anyway, I hope they add a few more characters to Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ideally someone with a sword.

i want a new monolithsoft game but i think they're mostly working on zelda. other than that idc, anything's good

i fear that botw2 will be disappointing. i can't even bring myself to download the botw dlc because the game is so good and the dlc looks goofy