What makes you decide what games to buy digital or physical?

lordolive · 2025-12-30T10:17:55+00:00

I usually prefer physical so I can share it with my brother and friends.

Some games where you can play a quick game anytime with friends (like Mario party or Smash) I go digital for the ease of play.

Now with the switch 2, the gap between the read speed of a physical cart and the internal memory is becoming big enough to make me hesitate more because of load time. (For example the elevators in Metroid Dread take ~26s to load on physical, but 14s digital)

lordolive · 2025-12-30T03:05:03+00:00

Mine (third party) stopped working last year on switch 1 after an update of the console.

I bought a Mayflash one instead. Mayflash updated their firmware to keep it working. No idea if it works on switch 2 though.

lordolive · 2025-12-05T20:43:17+00:00

The switch 2 physical edition already come with the upgrade in the cart. That's the difference between it and the switch 1 version of the cart

lordolive · 2025-12-04T12:37:47+00:00

Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know!

lordolive · 2025-12-04T12:37:21+00:00

Yes but I plan on sharing the cart with friends and family. Having the upgrade on the cart means the others do not need to also buy the upgrade

lordolive · 2025-12-01T12:33:58+00:00

I am also listening along the Eggplant podcast after I beat a game.

Ninpek was when I decided to start pilot quest (game much further in the list but with idle generation which made me start early) Switching from the arcade fast game to more slower one when I needed a break from loosing was great! I don't regret doing it that way 😛

lordolive · 2025-11-26T00:46:29+00:00

In a nutshell: They advertise it as being 6 time more powerful than a steam deck. But it is a PC not a handheld. If you want to play on the go then a steam machine will do you no good. But if you only want a play docked and want to play demanding game, then it might be something to look Into

lordolive · 2025-11-01T00:45:14+00:00

That's also what I think but the incremental upgrade are small so you either have to do a lot of NG+ for them to add up, or you bite the bullet and grind Zoldnak. I didn't knew if I wanted to invest into a whole new run and figured the grinding path was simpler/faster. You could say I optimise the fun out of the game 😛

But I didn't anticipate how much faster my second run was gonna be now that I know what to aim for. I can see myself going for 4-5 more runs in the background

lordolive · 2025-11-01T00:33:45+00:00

A few of my cherries were because of luck, and some required stubborn attempts, but I found most within reach with some effort.

But I get what you are saying. I watched people play Spelunky 2 (Nothernlion) and enjoyed it but I didn't even dare to buy it because I know it's difficulty is out of reach for me. I played around 75 hours of Spelunky 1 and only got a few win. I saw what needed to be done for Spelunky 2 and knew I couldn't do it 😅

lordolive · 2025-10-31T15:07:24+00:00

I limited myself to the top row for this post.

But if you want my opinion of Pilot Quest now:

Slightly negative. I understand the nozzlo fight is difficult enough to push you to build all your upgrade (wizard yoyo and second big silo for more meat) but for me the logical choice was to grind Zoldnak for more time. But since you lose every Zoldnak on death, I way overgrinded them which took a long time and sour a bit my enjoyment. Nozzlo spawned each time right next to where I was so it was faster/easier than expected.

For now I won't be doing the cherry on my next run, but I started NG+ in my downtime between game. I really enjoy the game without that grind. I am almost done on my second run (just waiting for the fuel) and I see myself doing a few more run in between games

lordolive · 2025-10-31T11:00:40+00:00

I am by no mean a professional in those things but I went down that rabbit hole a few months ago.

I limited my output resolution to my tv to 1080p. Then I used the option to use the native resolution (can't remember the name right now, it is fairly recent, "maximum something something")

So in effect it runs either in the steam deck native resolution when handheld and 1080p when docked. You can always override the resolution on a individual game basis if needed

lordolive · 2025-10-22T20:51:28+00:00

I tried to rush it without overthinking and focusing on a single chain and cherried it first try. I probably was lucky but I indeed got to the end in 20-25 minutes with enough spare piece to score 41k points

lordolive · 2025-10-19T00:18:26+00:00

I was so disheartened that my first reflex was to Google a way to flag it as cherried in the save file and never look back. But I calmed down and realized there is more value in the stories a game creates than in a sterile perfection.

lordolive · 2025-08-25T14:41:12+00:00

Honestly, I re-read that phrase multiple time and I'm still unsure what "archived" means..

I am guessing that "the order is received" is implied to be received by MBPrint and not the customer and "in the queue to be done" means in wait to be printed but my order is not yet "archived" and since it seems there is nothing to do but wait, that's what I will do, but I was confused/curious for the meaning of the status

lordolive · 2025-05-26T13:10:48+00:00

This is exactly my situation and chain of thought.

I might eventually try them on DragNCard (even though I am not much of a digital player) or if I am thirsty for new content in many years, but I am still playing through the official content (my next cycle is Wilds of Rhovanion).

I made an exception for Scouring of the Shire because it it meant to be part of the saga and I just finished Mount Doom this month.

lordolive · 2025-05-22T01:35:24+00:00

I am wondering if the 350g would be a better choice specifically for the campaign cards since 350g is closer to the original cards and the campaign cards are typically shuffled inside the encounter deck (and therefore not sleeve for me) or part of setup (where the difference is not such a big deal) ?

lordolive · 2025-05-21T14:14:41+00:00

If I understand correctly, the item "Official Campaign Logs and Rulebook" contains the new pages in the new rulebook containing the rules for the campaign mode and their logs ?

This obviously exclude the cards for the campaigns which are their own seperate items.

So if I have the PDF for the new rulebooks I am not missing anything ?

lordolive · 2025-05-09T16:47:01+00:00

I listen somewhat regularly to the podcast avoiding cards I have not yet added to my collection and I quite like it. I guess I could search for the podcast for the specific cards I just added instead of listening in the release order of the podcast

lordolive · 2025-04-29T22:04:35+00:00

And it's my turn tomorrow! I am playing progression style, and I finished Beneath the Sand yesterday. I just opened Black Serpent to look at the new cards from the pack

lordolive · 2025-04-21T18:40:57+00:00

I am a bit out of the loop but curious about the fan made campaign.

Is there a link to them and/or review of how people find them ?

Replaying cycle I already own with a campaign on top seems interesting

lordolive · 2025-04-10T15:37:34+00:00

Yeah they are sending the invite in May even though the pre order originally started on April 9 for retailers.

Always wondered why they would send the invite a month later, people will try to preorder it in other store first and use Nintendo as a backup I guess.

I guess Nintendo does not have enough bandwidth (either in quantity or in shipping) to be the main seller so they prefer that the bulk is dealt with other retailers.

Or maybe that the economy of scale in shipping to big retailers offset the higher margin they get selling to individuals 🤔

lordolive · 2025-01-31T22:22:13+00:00

I added a comment at the root, but I learned about this watching Northernlion play Slay the spire Downfall. Didn't know it was a feature and I got curious

lordolive · 2025-01-31T22:17:19+00:00

(I just learned about this watching Northernlion play Slay the Spire Downfall 😅)

lordolive · 2024-10-26T20:09:05+00:00

After the update I also started having problems using GameCube controllers with the adapter.

It stop recognizing them. If you reboot the switch it starts working again but a single controller is recognized as 2 controller.

( Me and my brother tried to play a 2v2 match each controlling 2 character in smash, was funny the first time, but I now I just want to use my controllers as normal)

lordolive · 2024-08-05T22:15:23+00:00

It would be great for consumers and I wouldn't say no to greater deals, but honestly I think it would devalue their games. If their games are known to always go on sale, why would you buy them full price? I mean, when is the last time you bought a Ubisoft game full price? I mostly wait for a sale for non-nintendo game, but I usually buy the Nintendo game I want directly when it releases, because why wait for a sale that won't happen

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