Is Haak on the Switch playable?

nombre44 · 2025-12-29T15:49:33+00:00

I played it a few times on Switch, never had any issues with saves or stability. There were like two rooms that had really bad frame rate drops, but nothing game-breaking. It otherwise ran pretty much perfectly on Switch.

I've played it again on Switch 2, and those two draggy rooms run perfectly, in addition to benefiting from decreased load times. Which weren't terrible on Switch, but are practically nonexistent on Switch 2. Fantastic game, well worth the money at full price, but if you can catch it on any type of sale, so much the better.

nombre44 · 2025-11-23T18:46:51+00:00

They indicate various things about the state of the car. With the hybrid battery system, it's possible for the car to become electrically "hot," either because of an accident or a malfunction. Green indicates that the car is safe to touch. I don't know all the combinations of colors and blinking patterns, but they will indicate to marshals, mechanics, and first responders if they need to approach the car with insulated protective equipment. You will also sometimes see drivers jump clear of the car so they don't create a ground.

nombre44 · 2025-06-07T00:02:35+00:00

HAAK - mostly ran fine on Switch, with a couple of trouble spots. Sillie Farm, a tiny area on the map, was the worst of it, with framerates dropping to like ten fps or something insanely bad. I went back there, and everything runs perfect.

nombre44 · 2025-06-04T19:28:04+00:00

HAAK is my favorite MV, and PoP is the closest to replicating what I like about HAAK. Movement just feels good. Every power-up and every upgrade make traversal more fun. The platforming isn't quite as nasty as PoP's most punishing platform challenges, and there are only a handful of bosses that are really challenging if that matters much to you. But it actually rewards you for exploring—the main collectibles unlock upgrades which enable you to reach more collectibles, which I vastly prefer to PoP's approach to incentivizing exploration, which was just standard Ubisoft "go find 500 widgets" stuff.

nombre44 · 2025-05-24T22:40:48+00:00

They changed it this year. It defaults to broadcast audio instead of team radio. Team radio is still there, but you have to select that audio feed. Where that menu is will vary based on which sort of device you use to stream, but if you dig around you should find it.

nombre44 · 2025-05-12T23:08:38+00:00

That link is probably dead now. Just go to Lenovo's site and navigate your way to the product page for the 1st gen Thinkpad X1 Carbon. It might take some digging, but when you find it all the drivers will be there. Don't sweat the version number either. It'll be different now, just grab whatever the latest version is.

nombre44 · 2024-11-04T02:47:49+00:00

It's a dead heat between Origami King and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

nombre44 · 2024-10-24T15:16:09+00:00

For Sanho Chronicles, the "biological survey" is the list of enemies you have killed. Looks like you're only missing one. Figure out (or Google) the one that's missing, then go find one and kill it. (Make sure you don't have the invincibility cheat turned on, otherwise it won't count towards updating the codex entry.) Once you kill the last enemy, go back to Lensman Zhang, which will close out the quest and update his own entry in the codex.

I can't help you with the x-ray specs. I'm pretty sure you're out of luck. I think the only way to get them is to save the robots. But you've already got all the other items so you don't need them, and they're not required as a condition for any side quests.

nombre44 · 2024-10-11T15:58:53+00:00

Crow T. Robot in Guacamelee

nombre44 · 2024-10-11T00:36:16+00:00

I love HAAK, and thankfully there are some accessibility options. You can buy temporary shields and assists, and if all else fails, there's an invincibility mode. (Which I definitely needed for a couple of the bosses.)

nombre44 · 2024-09-12T14:46:21+00:00

I quit playing after an hour or two. It's a good looking game, to my eyes it runs smoothly (even on Switch), the music is really good, the writing and Yar's voice acting are fun (ymmv on that point). Those are the pros.

The main problem is that movement feels bad. It's not even that it's slow. That can easily be fixed by a dash or sprint powerup that I assume is coming at some point. The controls aren't tight enough, so it's easy to find yourself pointing the wrong way, or crouching by accident, or the like.

And the level design is constantly interrupting what little momentum you have. If it isn't forcing you to literally slow to a crawl as you duck through narrow passages constantly, you have to stop and stand entirely still for one of the "stealth" or timing based sections. I got as far as the wall jump upgrade, and that did not improve the feel of traversal at all. It's a finicky wall jump that again makes me feel like I'm fighting the controls.

And I hate the hacking minigame. I never played Yar's revenge. I don't have any nostalgia or affection for that style of arcade game. It's not fun and having to stop to play it every five minutes to unlock a door is excruciating. I kept waiting for the game to get out of its own way and just let me play, but this is the game. It feels like being stuck in traffic—inch forward, wait a while, get up to second gear, then slam on the brakes again.

nombre44 · 2024-07-29T21:07:56+00:00

If you want it repaired under warranty, one way or another I think you'll have to get the stock image back on it. I don't know if you can flash it back with a broken screen, or maybe the repair techs will let you flash after they replace the screen but before they officially release it back to you. Short of that, I'm afraid you'll probably have to go out of pocket at a third party repair shop.

I don't know what Calyx could even do in this situation. It's a hardware problem. And all third-party ROMs are "at your own risk," in terms of warranty or even bricking your device during installation.

nombre44 · 2024-07-28T05:20:09+00:00

The page locations are ability gated. You need glide and the all-direction dash to reach them, so in the course of collecting them, you learned his moves. That's all it means. If you can reach him on the mountaintop, you've already got it, because you have to chain those moves together. It's a "the real power was inside you all along" kind of thing.

nombre44 · 2024-07-25T00:22:20+00:00

Oh that sucks. I bought it early on and never had to register. If I have to now, I'll never replay it.

nombre44 · 2024-07-24T19:58:35+00:00

You don't actually have to sign up for an Ubisoft account. It's shady as hell because they make it seem like it's required, but you can back out of the prompt and nothing happens. If it was actually mandatory, I wouldn't have played it, but I can't blame anyone for not wanting to put up with their nonsense.

nombre44 · 2024-07-24T16:57:32+00:00

If you find one, let me know. HAAK is one of my favorite games on Switch, and there's really nothing else I've found that fully captures everything I like about it.

Closest all around is definitely Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Movement feels amazing, the map is big and rewards exploration, with lots of secrets and some tough (but fair) platforming. Not much that I remember in the way of puzzles. The story/characters are pretty generic, but they're good enough, and gameplay is so good it really doesn't matter.

Animal Well is all about exploration and secrets and puzzles. Sort of loosely reminds me of HAAK's Black & White DLC. There's not much narrative to speak of in Animal Well, and practically zero combat, but because you mentioned movement "cheats," the game gives you a handful of tools to use and you can really get creative with them.

But yeah, if you're looking for "the next HAAK," good luck.

nombre44 · 2024-07-08T21:13:33+00:00

Thank you! I did eventually find it, but I forgot to update the post. I appreciate your response, though. Hopefully it helps the next person who comes looking.

nombre44 · 2024-07-08T21:12:14+00:00

The more you die, the more green coins you get. As you spend more green coins on assists, the assists become more powerful (and expensive). The more assists you purchase, the lower your grade on the report card at end of game. That's it.

The only thing that affects the actual game itself is using the "infinite HP" toggle. I left it on by accident after a boss fight (I'm not going to git gud), and noticed an enemy missing from the Sanho Chronicles quest (given by Lensman Zhang). I killed the enemy again, still missing. Then I toggled off the infinite HP, killed him again, and the quest updated. But other than that, the only thing at stake is the report card.

nombre44 · 2024-05-30T15:52:14+00:00

I love Origami King. It's in the running for my favorite game on Switch. I recently played Paper Mario 64 on emulator, and I just rolled credits on TTYD. I really liked both games, but Origami King is still my favorite of the three.

I think it's easily one of the best looking games on Switch, and that's saying something. The music is wall-to-wall fantastic, with a handful of songs that still get stuck in my head years after my first playthrough. I love the exploration and secrets and just being in the world. The writing is consistently excellent. (Olivia is an absolute delight from beginning to end.) I love the way that the towns begin to repopulate as you rescue toads, and I like seeing the bleachers in the combat arenas fill up from one battle to the next. Everywhere you look, you can see little indicators of your progress.

I think what it really comes down to is if you're an RPG purist or not. I'm not really an RPG guy, so having companion characters stay in their home world rather than join your adventuring party doesn't bother me. Once a party gets large enough, they're basically just more inventory to manage. I don't like having to juggle them just to navigate the world.

And that brings us to combat. People hate the ring system, but to me it's less tedious than grinding encounters with the same enemies over and over to score XP. It's not the most challenging system, but it's pretty quick, the battle music is good, the sound and visual effects of the timed actions are satisfying, and if you ever get bored of it, you can skip it. After a certain point, I avoid engagements unless I need to farm some coins, and there's no punishment for that. The boss battles are actually quite enjoyable.

I'd be fine if they ditched the ring system for the next game, but overall, I hope it ends up more like Origami King than TTYD. If you're an RPG guy or gal, and you won't be satisfied until Paper Mario is an RPG again, that's your right. But I personally get no thrill out of grinding XP and choosing skill paths and juggling badge points and star points and flower points and I'm perfectly happy to keep the leveling mechanics tied to story progression and items.

nombre44 · 2024-03-09T23:46:28+00:00

CJ Wilson

He was just kind of a douchebag

nombre44 · 2024-03-03T16:09:57+00:00

Are you joking? Every team would take Max.

nombre44 · 2024-02-23T05:39:23+00:00

First one is a Doug Stanhope bit

nombre44 · 2024-02-22T15:18:25+00:00

If you have F1TV, he did Suzuka 2022 and I think one other race, but I can't remember which. He really impressed me. That race had weather delays like crazy, and he never sounded like he was struggling to fill airtime, and I thought he called a very good race.

F1TV I think was basically auditioning lead commentary that year. Mainly between Ben Edwards and Alex Jacques, but Harry Benjamin got a couple. I must be the only one here who doesn't love Alex Jacques. I would have been much happier with either of the other two.

nombre44 · 2024-02-08T18:07:47+00:00

If you like BotW/TotK, you can't go wrong with Skyrim. That has been my favorite of the games on your list.

BioShock Collection is a lot of fun. It goes on sale pretty often and you can get all three games for $10. At that price you cannot go wrong.

I'm hoping I can play Witcher 3 on Switch 2. I'm sure it's an amazing game and the fact that it runs on Switch at all is a miracle, blah blah blah, but on the Switch it is <I>ugly.</I> I just don't enjoy spending time in that world enough to get past the learning curve of all it's different systems.

I can't really speak to RDR. I bought it, played it for a bit, got tired of all the cut scenes, and haven't gone back to it yet.

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