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Post by askew on Nov 21, 2022 21:34:35 GMT
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Post by dfunked on Nov 21, 2022 21:42:43 GMT
Couldn't resist fire emblem at that price, even if it's a 3+ year old game...
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Post by askew on Nov 21, 2022 21:47:57 GMT
Aye, me too
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 21, 2022 21:54:43 GMT
Its usual on sale for 33 or am I missing something ?
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Post by dfunked on Nov 21, 2022 21:59:24 GMT
Three Houses? That's always been £45ish for physical any time I've checked, but I might've missed some digital sales.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 22, 2022 13:30:00 GMT
So the new pokemon is a bit buggy? How's the co-op?
I was thinking that Sword/Shield was the best option for my son, though of course now he's seen the ads for scarlet/violet he wants that one.
Every image I've seen of it has been annoying bloody anime schoolkids though, which is something I detest with the power of a thousand burning suns. Is the entire thing set in some school or can you ignore that and make a character that doesn't look like a twat?
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Post by dfunked on Nov 22, 2022 13:37:38 GMT
Theres a fairly short section in the school in the opening hours (finished it on my commute today), but then they just set you off in the open world with a load of icons to go and investigate. Presumably you'll get called back at some point, but it's been a small part of the game so far.
Performance is shit, but you get used to it (seems less glaringly bad in handheld)
No idea about coop, and there are lots of clothing options but my character still looks like a little twat.
It'll be harder to go back to SW/SH after this (although maybe not for a youngster), so I'd say get those out of the way first if you can and wait for this to get a few patches.
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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 22, 2022 13:40:57 GMT
If it's anything like Sword/Shield it'll have more customization options as you progress, but the entire setup for the beginning is that you're enrolling in Pokeschool, so you'll look like a schoolkid for a good bit.
It's got a fair few hairstyles and face options, though (careful though, after the initial character creation you'll -probably?- only be able to change hairstyle and hair/eye colour). It's no Elden Bling or similar, but for a Pokemon game it's actually pretty detailed.
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Post by askew on Nov 22, 2022 15:34:22 GMT
Apparently if you go back to school of your own volition you can earn upgrades.
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Post by dfunked on Nov 22, 2022 18:36:42 GMT
I did try taking a class before I left to see if it'd give me a bonus (battle 101 or something), but it just seemed like an utterly pointless tutorial for anybody vaguely familiar with Pokémon games.
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Post by malek86 on Nov 23, 2022 9:17:35 GMT
Supermarket Shriek is at its lowest price yet. Quite fun game, can't vouch for the Switch version as I've played it on the One.
Only, judging from the price history, it looks like it might go even lower.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 25, 2022 14:44:55 GMT
Did anyone play the Portal Companion Collection in splitscreen? If so, how did it work out?
I wanna play Portal 2 local co-op with the kids, and I'm trying to decide between Switch split-screen or doing it on 2 PCs.
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Post by malek86 on Nov 25, 2022 22:26:56 GMT
Did anyone play the Portal Companion Collection in splitscreen? If so, how did it work out? I wanna play Portal 2 local co-op with the kids, and I'm trying to decide between Switch split-screen or doing it on 2 PCs. By all accounts, it seems to be fine. But you could also just use one PC, pretty sure Valve added split screen co-op to Portal 2 some years ago. The PC version should be considerably cheaper too. |
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 27, 2022 10:27:36 GMT
Nier Automata is £24 quid over at dirty old Amazon at the moment. Splatoon 3 is £37, which is slightly amazing for a recent release.
The former is very tempting at that price, whilst I can personally vouch for the latter.
Kirby and The Forgotten Land, both Mario Party games, Luigi's Mansion 3, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8 and the Let's Go Pokemon games are also in that £37 bracket. Not stunning, but decent enough for anyone looking to fill the gaps of their Switch libraries.
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Post by dfunked on Nov 27, 2022 10:32:52 GMT
Kind of shows that if you see a first party game going fairly cheap at launch (Currys usually have a code), you might as well just buy it then.
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Post by malek86 on Nov 27, 2022 11:53:47 GMT
You might even miss your chance. I'm never going to find a cheap copy of Majora's Mask 3D (no less because Nintendo of Europe didn't bother inserting it into their budget line, unlike Nintendo of America).
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Nov 27, 2022 13:37:53 GMT
Anyone took a punt on Immortal:Rising whatever it is called? How does it run? Probably foolish to buy it with BOTW2 not that far off but I got a bit of a hankering to play it.
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Post by Red_Bool on Nov 27, 2022 14:50:28 GMT
Anyone took a punt on Immortal:Rising whatever it is called? How does it run? Probably foolish to buy it with BOTW2 not that far off but I got a bit of a hankering to play it. There's demo on the eShop. Personally I found it meh. Looks nice though. |
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Nov 27, 2022 16:44:43 GMT
Anyone took a punt on Immortal:Rising whatever it is called? How does it run? Probably foolish to buy it with BOTW2 not that far off but I got a bit of a hankering to play it. There's demo on the eShop. Personally I found it meh. Looks nice though. Ahh cool. Didn’t realise there was a demo. Shall check it out. Thanks. |
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Post by cubby on Nov 27, 2022 17:34:11 GMT
Fwiw the demo put me right off it.
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 30, 2022 8:56:33 GMT
A bit slow to this one, but Golf is now available on Switch Sports. Just waiting for some time off work to get into it properly.
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Post by Youthist on Nov 30, 2022 13:24:24 GMT
There's demo on the eShop. Personally I found it meh. Looks nice though. Ahh cool. Didn’t realise there was a demo. Shall check it out. Thanks. It is basically BOTW (with ACreed mixed in) for other consoles . Much of it is a a direct steal in so many ways. Good combat though IMO. Anyway, if you are after Breath of the Assassins Creed to lose yourself in for a few weeks, then this is it. |
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 1, 2022 13:50:39 GMT
It was originally called Breath of the Ass.
True story.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Dec 1, 2022 19:37:34 GMT
I bought Sonic Mania when it was on sale. Played it for 20 minutes. Got pissed off at repeatedly drowning in the Chemical Plant Zone and went back to playing BOTW.
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Post by rhaegyr on Dec 2, 2022 12:06:04 GMT
Killer music though.
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Post by stixxuk on Dec 2, 2022 12:17:24 GMT
Inscryption out on Switch now... keen to know if it plays/runs well - nearly bought on PC a few times but seems like it could be a very good fit for Switch...
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Dec 2, 2022 12:57:02 GMT
Been really enjoying the pick up and play nature of the switch lately. Been struggling to get into longer games (GOW:R is the latest one I’m struggling to get through) but really enjoying just having 10 - 30
Minutes of Mario Kart and Splatoon 3. Odd Picross and Mini Motorways session too.
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on Dec 2, 2022 13:01:08 GMT
Fwiw the demo put me right off it. I kind of enjoyed the demo. I’m a sucker for Ubi open world stuff though. I don’t think they are as bad as people make them to be. It looks ok on the switch too, though I suspect I would start playing it and just binning it for the ps5 version. |
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Post by damagedinc on Dec 2, 2022 15:34:55 GMT
Inscryption out on Switch now... keen to know if it plays/runs well - nearly bought on PC a few times but seems like it could be a very good fit for Switch... Lovely! |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Dec 13, 2022 23:35:50 GMT
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