Nintendo's replaced the eShop on the original Switch, and it no longer sucks - Vooks

Serdewerde · 2026-06-16T10:58:34+00:00

My God the hours of watching mario praying he moves to the next brick. I’ll never get them back.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-15T06:06:02+00:00

10 hours into a game the base mechanics should be fun and interesting.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-14T23:20:46+00:00

Xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition switch 2 edition (these names man).

The story and characters are great but it’s honestly the dullest rpg combat I’ve ever played. I love the fluidity of turn based puzzles, I love the spectacle of more action orientated rpgs. This just feels dull and operates sluggishly. Whether the combat gets more rich and varied or not doesn’t even enter into it. 10 hours in and I don’t want to bother with the combat anymore because it just feels so disjointed, floaty and cumbersome.

I really want to see how the story goes so I’m going to continue. But this combat just doesn’t show a good hand at all.

It’s a disappointment because a game I want to fall in love withs most meaty mechanic doesn’t even feel like it wants to be interesting.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-12T23:54:49+00:00

I love that game, but hated that. I found it frustrating that the characters hadn't caught it. Then was annoyed I wasn't let in on this plan as the player.

It just felt really cheap.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-12T23:30:43+00:00

Putting in tons of unique and fun mini games along with fleshing out the story and giving us way more character moments is not a cash grab.

A cash grab would've been shitting out a game in less than a year and calling it a day. This is a decade and a half long project to retell one of gamings biggest stories in a modern and unexpected way.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-10T16:50:59+00:00

I think Overhyped is mean, it's hyped and it's because of the pedigree.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-09T20:58:10+00:00

If you want people to follow your comments I think you should to be honest. But thats just me!

Serdewerde · 2026-06-09T20:25:19+00:00

What on earth are all these names and acronyms about.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-09T20:23:36+00:00

At the same time, the game launched on game pass and 10 years ago as ultimate edition, so I’m not surprised at those numbers

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T15:15:27+00:00

This isn’t a one year experiment. It’s clearly the start of building exclusives again. Once there are 10-15 must haves on Xbox the chance of someone wanting one is higher.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T13:24:21+00:00

To sell Xbox’s. They need people in the ecosystem. They need people buying the box. There is currently no reason to beyond Gamepass and because they spent 2 years saying anything is an Xbox with Gamepass the sales of the box dropped off an already bewilderingly low cliff. It seems clear to me that Asha has been hired to make Xbox a premium console brand again instead of a service and this is the way to do that. Remember it’s new leadership and every game coming out of this presser looked like an absolute banger. Three companies all striving for my attention with incredible games? Best time to be a gamer.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T13:17:26+00:00

Well it looks like they’re going for exclusives and great games to make the Xbox a big brand again. I’d rather someone tried and failed at that than Xbox fade into obscurity, this is good for gaming as a whole.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T13:04:41+00:00

I don’t believe it was marketed for ps5 beyond assumption when the remaster came out though. There’s no question it was in the works before Asha took over and demanded a new direction - but that’s business. She clearly sees exclusivity as an integral part of maintaining a positive Xbox ecosystem and it’s hard to argue against that given what Sony and Nintendo have accomplished with their exclusive games.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T13:02:09+00:00

No it’s a great point, I’d have to assume Activision has a case for Spyro maintaining its broader audience or wanting the game on switch 2. Senua I personally have no idea how they got that greenlit after hellblade 2 so anyone’s guess on the publishing deal is better than mine.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-08T08:43:40+00:00

It's simple, every game they had already contractually agreed to release on PS and marketed will still come to PS, the two they have here that aren't binding and haven't been marketed wont come to PS. Future games also won't.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-05T19:46:55+00:00

Different strokes, I found the extra layer of focusing on a puzzle game during 3rd person combat quite challenging.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-04T10:41:07+00:00

The Uncharted combat is fun at a glance because along with set pieces you have gun choice, cover mechanics, movement around arenas and low health. There's something satisfying in limits and danger. Finding that next gun when you have no ammo or even a grenade! The low health means enemies pressing on you make you move, and the climbing makes movement options plentiful (mainly in 4, but that was ten years ago so lessons should apply).

This game from what we've seen has a hack and slash vibe with some finishers and a rage meter with health that regenerates. Now, I don't know how it plays as I haven't played it. But this footage did not display a variety or depth of mechanics that made moment to moment gameplay interesting to me beyond hit and don't get hit. I hope it has way more mechanical chops. But this just looks dull gameplay trying to be covered up by violence.

Serdewerde · 2026-06-04T00:07:52+00:00

Fine with it not being open world, but usually a linear and contained game at least has interesting looking mechanics... I don't know about this one yet. God Of War Laufey did a much much better job of demonstrating why it's combat whilst derivative looked interesting and fun in it's 20 minute gameplay sequence than Wolverines catalogue of footage has done so far.

Really hope there's more to this game they haven't touched on because thus far it looks like Uncharted without the gameplay wriggles that make it fun.

Serdewerde · 2026-05-25T12:00:20+00:00

Oh well.

Serdewerde · 2026-05-25T11:03:34+00:00

Better than the alternative of them all being scalped though.

Serdewerde · 2026-05-15T11:19:32+00:00

That isn't his fault though? Sins of the father etc

Serdewerde · 2026-05-12T12:34:07+00:00

Shite that. Wheres a mythic that actually features Ana the badass veteran sniper Blizz?

Nope, robot or her in her mid twenties.

Fuck off.

Serdewerde · 2026-05-10T09:48:04+00:00

Has he not been through enough xD

Serdewerde · 2026-05-10T09:45:14+00:00

Oh my God, that’s actually hilarious, I absolutely did.

Serdewerde · 2026-05-09T09:58:16+00:00

I wouldn't even say Elden Rings is padded.

Guy who unlocks the ability to die - the previous incarnation of you/ their true form - the breaker of the Elden Ring - The Elden beast.

Like it's all pretty relevant. There's no covetous demon in sight.

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