You probably dont give a shit but does someone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb lost my account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me!
@Marshall Angelo Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
When Ben said that the Pokemon Legends trailer made him wish there was a more powerful Switch I inmediately went: Gamefreak would not know what to do with a more powerful Switch lol
I think it is fair to say as someone who plays Switch 95% portable I feel blown away when I boot these games up on my Switch. Just having these quality of games on a handheld device is amazing.
BEN! I would say that valheim's combat feels a lot like darksouls. VERY stamina managment based, parrying attacks stuns enemies for higher damage frontal attacks, weapons have different swing patterns and one or two different moves. And then you are with your friends in a survival game! Building structures together to actually make an area livable (you are really incentivised by the gameplay mechanics to build things in a certain way, and that makes building more of a puzzle than just solely an exercise in imagination. Playing together with friends and working towards dark souls-y style bosses you fight in a massive open world is a unique feeling thing. its not perfect, but the potential is insane, and the amount of really well polished content for a small team to have done is very impressive. It was a joy to delve into this with friends and constantly be surprised by the things we found, the game went far deeper than we thought - but after about a week we burned through the majority of the content, and all the bosses except for the last. I would wait until the game has EVEN MORE added, and a slightly longer progression, even though there is still a satisfying amount for the price there right now.
Huber, I completely agree with you on the similarities between immersive sim and survival horror game worlds. Those two genres are probably my favorite for the reasons you mentioned. Also, shout out the Deus Ex. Mankind Divided holds a special place in my heart.
Huber not playing Hitman in VR is criminal. That’s why the hype mysteriously came and went! I’m sorry but that game in VR is some next level sh!t. APEX PREDATOR BABY. That mission in VR is insane, I love a dance club mission and going through the dance floor with a silenced pistol Collateral style is one of my all time favorite recent gaming memories. REPLAY IT HUBER. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE
1:41:20 Damiani saying a Switch Pro is 3-4 years out is so refreshing. I'm so tired of most other outlets acting like it's eminent on nothing but rumor and fan-theories. That's the first realistic take I've heard on it. It might as well be vaporware at this point the way people talk about it. But yes, if they want to go this intermediate upgrade route like PS4 Pro/X1X, this year is the last chance before 3-4 years to next upgrade cycle (which I highly doubt).
I fear the window of hype has passed for Cyber Shadow, yet I hold out hope that more of the Allies will discover it and there will be room to talk about it on Frame Trap
I'm with Damiani, trying to build/upgrade a PC right now is insane. If you think it's tough trying to get a console right now, you don't know the horror that is trying to get a brand new GPU or CPU. Yes, a GPU like a 3080 is still noticeably more powerful than any of the consoles, but it's not worth the money and effort at the moment.
shame is most of the games i like to play right now or in the future are pc games, warhammer 3 for one is prolly gonna need me to upgrade and ik for a fact that isn't going to happen in this shitty sales enviroment
Shout-out to the call-out, I actually just snagged myself a water-cooled 3080 Friday afternoon. Got it setup over the weekend. Do NOT stop refreshing, my PC brethren! It just takes patience you can get yours too!!
I've played Switch mostly in Docked mode and a lot of that is because the grip/weight of the dog-ears controller thing is a lot more comfortable on my hands, and a TV lets me see small action cues or text clearly. I can't imagine beating Hades on Extreme Measures 4 while in handheld mode. Then again, we are in a pandemic, so that's another reason.
Ben, talking on the switch and how Huber feels breath of the wild is pivotal to him if hardware needs a fire refresh or not, honestly I'm that way with mh rise and I'm pretty sure I already know the answer due to the demo and I absolutely wish this was on better hardware.
Regarding the battle banter question, I feel like the one that bothered me the most was Fire Emblem Three Houses, where the critical hit quotes weren't subbed. :(
Cautiously optimistic. I dig the new character design, good they are going back to the story of Samurai 1 but told in a new way as a sort of half-reboot. I do hope Omega Force spends a little more time with optimization, cause sadly their musou games most of the time run pretty bad, I wouldn't mind if they bring back the option from Fire Emblem Warriors where you could switch between Quality mode and performance mode depending if you want the best resolution or best frame rate.
2:09:01 Great stuff from Huber on the immersive nature of Resident Evil, it's the same for me with that other zombie survival horror game from Capcom, Dead Rising. The Dead Rising games, in their own ways, are as much "immersive sims" as the Deus Ex games and I love both series. People talk about how they will close lockers after searching through them in Deus Ex. Now I never do that myself in Deus Ex, but I absolutely will shut the door behind me on those damn zombies in Dead Rising, I am very much immersed in those worlds. The mechanics of a Dead Rising game, as silly as they are, plus the whacky presentation, actually help the immersion once you've gotten used to the rhythm of the games. Chuck Greene celebrates leveling up right along with you, "Right on!", "Kick ass!" and he fist pumps the air; your survivors in DR3, "A whole new level!", you feel they're in it with you and you with them, it's wonderful.
1:51:20 - That was a really good answer. Nintendo likes to play it smart. It's kinda like Breath of the Wild. They wanted to use an art style which "is easy to lie." Nintendo games for all it's merits don't aim to the highs of Xbox and PS4 which drive on pushing realistic and high fidelity visuals. They have the Disney approach of looking approachable for both kids and adults. I think in the end, people will always want everything, but we can only debate from what is there, and if Nintendo games are still appealing regardless of technical issues and people still buy them why should they change in the short term. Why should Pokemon be pressured to be better if it continues to meet expectations in regards to sales. Why should Paper Mario change back if the last one still sold more than the one people are still talking about. Quality and business not always align. Value is a subjective thing. A flawed cult classic may end up being more nostalgic than the latest trendy and technical masterful hot thing of today. In short, I think while discussions can speculate, it's more interesting to hear about what exists. I do wonder how Kena will end up being and if it'll be a success. Not all games drive a mindshare like Bloodborne or Breath of the Wild.
I feel like Bravely 2's art style is the polygonal version of the FF5 and FF6 iOS ports. You know, the graphics everyone hated. I think it has to do with having overly bright/smooth character models on more moderate 2.5D environments. I don't know the science behind it, but my eyes like the approach of Octopath or Project Triangle more, where the characters look a generation behind their environments.
I got a 3090 a few weeks after release. I thought it was quite expensive but now, the prices have risen for almost 1000€ and I feel good about my purchase. Wouldn't buy it with these prices.
Not too much further into Bravely Default 2, cutting grass and trees often gives you weapons and armor that are actually upgrades for your characters. It's not that uncommon either. I remember getting mage armors or new spears or axes and they were all very good weapons I couldn't even buy in the shop at the time. Also, the gold amounts really ramp up - I've found at least 5 digits worth of gold in minutes later on. Sometimes cutting grass and trees helps you find chests that are inaccessible or just difficult to see too. Going into a new area, it's worth doing this for a bit just to see what happens lol. It's not something I would do over and over repeatedly in the same area, but it's neat that it's there.
Bravely Default 2 definitely incentivizes you to change jobs. Enemies often don't have the typical black mage weaknesses - many are weak to cure attacks, spears, daggers, bows, earth damage, wind damage, dark damage, etc. - and so you really are forced to constantly evolve your job progression and your weapon loadouts, especially against bosses. Also, certain themes of abilities tend to come up in each area, which necessitates using different abilities or different pieces of armor. Also, a lot of weapons have high magic power on them as well as high physical power, which means you can use something like the Lu Bu Spear while having your white mage as a sub-class and not get too punished for doing that.
I live in the third world. I had to save for a year and a half to buy the OG Switch. Can't wait for Nintendo to gatekeep me with more expensive hardware! Switch Pro scares me.
RE battle banter: This isn't an exact 1-to-1 comparison, but in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Sakuna will comment on the status of the rice if you check on it, and that stuff isn't subtitled. It's quite an annoying nitpick on one of my favorite games of last year.
Im perfectly fine with the Switch for what it is. Weather you Like it or not, you DO have to consider the portability to appreciate what it’s doing. We’re getting modern graphical feature set that other modern home consoles have (physically based rendering, hardware accelerated particles, screen spaced reflections etc.) and its running on a portable now. Obviously it’s a balancing act since these features are running on limited resources . But that one ability to take games like Doom Eternal, Witcher 3, Crysis on the GO, is reason enough for the Switch to exist (at least for me).
I mean for the price year, but personally, I'd take a little price increase in exchange for portability and a little bit more juice just so that those AAA games don't look muddy and dated. It's more a testament to the people who port these projects that they can get them to run than to the hardware itself.
@@Ayoul I think it's a testament to both, the devs and the hardware. Though I agree, a little more juice would go a long way to bumping up the resolution on some of the more demanding titles and allow the art and graphics to shine better.
With respect to "is the Switch feeling dated". Since the Wii Nintendo's strategy has been to focus on product differentiation from their competitors rather than the "arms race" of graphics fidelity, this strategy has proven financially successful. During the Wii era there was a lot of shovelware amongst the Nintendo greats but with the Switch I think there is something different. We are seeing that the Switch's install base on its own is large enough to sustain exclusives from third party publishers that are designed specifically for Switch, and it will always be the case that games designed specifically for Switch are going to more interesting than multi format games, especially if you are focusing on AAA games. With Wii I think it's install base was actually inflated because a lot of people bought it just for Wii Sports and the attach rate attests to that. The Switch attach rate is very high, people buy games on it. Monster Hunter Rise and Octopath Traveller are good examples, I think some third party publishers are starting to see that it is commercially viable for them to invest in games designed exclusively and specifically for Switch compared to trying to get a game designed for more powerful hardware to work on Switch. Noting that third party games like this may come to other platforms down the line but the point being they are being made with Switch as base rather than to "downgrade to". Of course all of these games "could look better" on next gen (disregarding portability for a moment ) but the mindset I like to take with this is that it is better to focus on what is rather than what isn't. Though noted I will buy AAA games on next gen when they are available because it will give me the best experience. And ultimately for me that's okay. I'd prefer to have different experiences on Switch anyway.
I agree, I think that's why the Switch Pro talk is getting annoying. Until it actually exists I think people are just setting themselves to be harshly disappointed. Nintendo isn't aiming to have parity with the rest, there'll still be limitations and specific versions for Nintendo systems. Until proven the contrary I think it's just a shot in the dark speculating how much better it'll be, or it'll actually push current games to an attractive proposition to entice upgrading. Nintendo is the type of company that will emphasis a new added tech, like IR, gyro, HD Rumble, knob to move the camera, than the power.
@@Vvonter even a switch pro will not solve these issues especially if it comes to new third party games. They will still run worse than on the other consoles.
@@dreamerabe Yeah, but like most NIntendo rumors, I'm just saying, it could be less than what people are expecting. One article that mentioned why not to get that excited about it, is that the target console will still be the regular Switch. For example Doom Eternal, it cut motion blur as one of the effect it doesn't have on Switch, a Pro could possibly improve framerate add resolution, but all that in theory will be from Doom Eternal's Switch version. I just think it'll be like if the Wii have had a Pro version, that doesn't mean they'll have put back the crowds of zombies in Dead Rising. It'll just be use the hardware to add resolution and maybe framerate.
I think it looks great, I'll be happy to play through on the easiest mode if it ever leaves Switch, especially if it comes to Game Pass. Have you been into other difficult 2D platformers?
@@charoleawood I say it cause I've played Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, lol. I don't need to revisit that experience except even harder, lol. Umihara Kawase on SNES is a good difficult 2D platformer if you're looking for something to try.
@@TotemoGaijin Sadly, I do not have an SNES. Played through Cyber Shadow recently, though, and loved it, even though it took me for ever to get to the end, MUCH longer than Brad's five-and-a-half hours. Even did a couple of more playthroughs, too, just because I liked it that much. If Cyber Shadow had had an Easy mode I would have played on that, I'm wondering how Ghosts 'n Goblins plays on its easiest setting.
Little dissapointed they didn't talk about Dark Souls 3 having just finished the whole game on stream and with the recent Elden Ring leaks, still an amazing show. Cheers L&R
1:46:00.... yes.. yes and yes. Metroid should be on a Naughty level. Its not like Nintendo cant afford it. Cube was, if im not mistaken, in several cases more capable than Xbox. Definitely it had more impressive games. Cube actually got me back in console gaming. Zelda / Metroid -> sold. Man I long for those Nintendo days. Fzero GX. Fuuuuuck me baby. One of the best racers in history.
@@obba40 doesn't have much to do with that. The sitting-angle is just not healthy at all (at least in my experience) and pillows slide off easily, making it worse. Playing while laying down is just very uncomfortable because of the console
I'd like to see an upgraded switch even for current gen games. Breath of the wild looks great but the pop in for grass and other elements could be improved to make it an even more pleasant experience. As for age of calamity... I feel so done with warriors games. I enjoyed them in the past but it's a style of game which just keeps reappearing with such little innovation. I enjoyed the story of age of calamity even if it was just a simple spinoff but I watched it on youtube. The gameplay seemed like the weakest part of that game by far.
On the same vein as the battle banter email, playing metro games with russian voice acting is awesome and immersive but most of the secondary banter between civilians in stations is not subbed :((
I found a lot of the reactions to the Pokemon Legends announcement that focus on the need for Nintendo to release a more powerful hardware quite strange. Do we actually expect Game Freak (a completely unambitious developer) to build an open-world game bigger and more complex than BOTW? If the Switch can run BOTW decently, it can definitely run this game. If the game runs like shit, it will be because of Game Freak's own limitations, not the Switch. You can make the argument for other bigger games, maybe, but not for this one.
That's the point though. A console with more performance overhead would mean a better experience for everyone even when devs lack the time or talent to optimize.
@@Ayoul That may apply to some devs, although more powerful hardware doesn't really equate to better optimization. Games are more broken than ever. And in the case of Game Freak, they lack neither talent nor time. They make exactly the games they want to make. They just happen to design their games around simplicity in every way possible, with the exception of all the hidden stats thing.
I bought a Switch for the new Mario and Zelda. They were great. I'm not a fan of smash or Animal Crossing. I gave my switch to a friend two years ago. I don't count games I played on the wii U already as new. They have a first party problem. It's a great portable ,but I don't game on the go enough for it to be worth it. I don't think it's power problem It runs Doom Eternal I know that's a best case scenario but for a Handheld that's just insane.
Not gonna lie. I love Musou's to death and if Omega Force were to remove or lessen the grind to a great degree, I would no longer be interested. Musou's to me are all about getting stronger and stronger while learning strategies to clear maps faster and faster. Doing this until you can clear 20 minute large scale battles in 2 minutes and wipe bases in 1 attack is the bread and butter in my opinion. It's why I thought Age of Calamity suffered a bit. The field layouts often felt too big with little focus. I think the grind is good, as long as it's more condensed like the more traditional Musou games. However I do like what they're trying with the added stories and mechanics unique to their collab's source material.
The Switch was underpowered since launch and some of these problems already existed then. Its just more obvious now with the new gen. Im fine when the game run at a steady 30 framerate maybe with some dips when i could buy the same game on the pc and enjoy 60 or more. More often then not it depends on the game. As long as it doesnt affect my enjoyment of the game i dont care. Obviously some people want better performances. Thats why i watch gameplay beforehand how the game runs overall.
The best thing about Bravely Default's job system is finding game breaking combinations that give you that insane OP DMG power fantasy you are looking for in a RPG. As it stands however one of the first jobs you get (Beastmaster) is very unbalanced. It gains stats based on the amount of monsters you capture. You can stock up on monsters up to 99 of each type which gives you 9999 HP 999 MP and 999 to all stats with only a few hours of grinding.
So long as the Switch remains a hybrid system you're never going to get PS4 Pro / PS5 level fidelity. Just not going to happen. I'd imagine their could one day be a home console only version of the Switch but then every game will need a patch to make the most of the system and the games would all have to still work on the regular Switch.
Bravely Default 2. Watercolor art -> gorgeous! Everything else 3D -> blandddd I really love those towns, but character design and animation is just... meh at best. It complete ruins the ambiance. Also this came just shouts 'limited budget', not limited hardware. Switch can run frkn Doom Eternal, so GTFO. If only Square could make a full game in either that watercolour or 3D Pixel Art (Octo/Triangle) and then hit the tone of Primrose' story in Octo. But please come up with serious character design. Its not like you don't know how to do this....
Characters designs are fine, just look at the artwork, the problem is the 3D visual of characters, but rn it doesnt bother me anymore, grown to even appreciate it a bit
1:54:00 Talking about subtitles in Japanese media releases that get English dubs, I hate it when I'm watching a movie with Japanese audio and the English subtitles are for the damn English dub; it's a huge problem because the dub usually takes so many liberties and assumes the English speaking audience is stupid. When nobody is talking in the Japanese original and we're having quiet moment, there's the English subtitles for the English dub popping up ruining it with some added exposition just to make sure those (presumed) stupid English speakers aren't lost about what's happening. Maybe stop making dubs for the lowest common denominator test audiences? That'd be great. Also, provide English subtitles that are a translation of what's being said in the original Japanese audio, thank you. This doesn't seem to be a problem with other non-English language films.
Btw i dont think a switch pro will solve these problems especially in bens case multiplat titles will still perform badly in comparison and will stutter. These problems will only be fixed with a switch 2 and by that time who knows what sony and microsoft have down. Nintendo will always be in the middle of new generation and games will always run worse unless they are given enough time or especially build for the console.
They'll always look worse, but if they can at least maintain standard resolution and FPS it would be nice which is not the case currently. A "pro" in some form would definitely help that.
Bravely Default 2 looking like it does has nothing to do with the power of the switch. There are more graphically intense games that run solid. Its just their artstyle. I dont really understand what ben means by looking better?
I'm trying to find hype for Legends as a Pokemon fan... there is potential... but that trailer is just SOULESS. It looks like pre-alpha footage... but the game is supposed to come out early next year?? No way. Doesn't matter, fans will still buy it up like it's candy. Will I do the same this time? Honestly I don't think so. Watching that trailer again I don't feel any hype or love.
I mean, it isn't even close to GPU's. I had no problem getting Series X and PS5. I pre-ordered ps5, SeX took me a month to get. Ive been trying to get a 3090 since day 1, never even got one in a cart so far.
I was able to get two PS5s. One of them was directly from Sony due to the preorder sign up. I know everyone didn't have the same experience. Building a PC is something I would like to do but damn the graphic cards are on a whole different level. Gone in under 5 seconds and following certain people on Twitter doesn't help since they are delayed.
@@stonehorn4641 different countries have different problems I guess. I live in Sweden. While I have a PS5 (because I preordered in time). My friends can't even put themselves in a cue because no store in the entire country are putting up a cue system. I have never seen a PS5 ever been available to buy. I've never heard of anyone being able to buy one from a store. To my understanding is that because Sweden is a small country we have gotten so few units that the stores are still severely behind on preorders. You can pretty much only buy them from scalpers. Meanwhile I've both seen RTX 3070 and 3090 in store from time to time and they've not been gone 5 seconds later.
@@dereka415 I live in Sweden an my experience is the opposite. The only option we have for consoles are scalpers since no store have a cue system and buying it from a store is pretty much unheard of. If you preordered early enough, you got one. But since Sweden is such a small country and we are getting so few units even the preorders are severely behind. People who preordered fall last year haven't gotten their consoles yet. Meanwhile I've seen both RTX 3070 and 3090 in stock from time to time and they've not been gone in 5 seconds.
@@zhaf in North America, GPU's are impossible to get. I have a brand new build, but im using a 2080. It's a great card, but for VR, i really need a 3090 for best fidelity and framerate.
I think Bravely Default 2 looks way better than the first game. I think this is the case of rose-tinted glasses and our memory of the game looking better than it actually does. The art style actually hasn't changed that much, and the towns and models and even textures all are a step up. Just compare screenshots between the two games and your nostalgia will be set right - bravely default 2 is a lot better. Like just walk around in the desert town at night and look at all the colors. Move up and down and watch the 3d painting transform before your eyes. Then compare it to the desert town in Bravely Default and I promise you will say Bravely Default 2 is a lot better. Rose-tinted glasses really mess with our judgement on stuff.
I'm not all that worried about Switch's "power". Just look at Monster Hunter Rise, it runs pretty damn smooth, more so than Monster Hunter World when it first came out on PS4.
@@alexanderchilton911 it’s also coming to PC if you can wait. For me I put godly amount of hours in to demo and has zero issue with visuals or frame rate.
@@ThisAlbino So? I played Bloodborne and enjoy the crap out of it even tho it was running at 30FPS with frame pacing issue. You guys are out of your fucking minds if you think I would miss out on great game just because it’s running at 30FPS.
while I agree a more powerful Switch would be nice, I wouldn't want it comparable to current gen stuff (PS5, Series X). If you think about it, who would make those games? Who has the budget, the manpower, the expertise/skill to make them at such high quality outside Microsoft, Nintendo, or Sony? EA, Ubisoft, and Activision have money and man power but none of the skill. Their cookie cutter games don't make me excited for the current gen, not that it has arrived yet. Where are those games btw? Besides its not how many teraflops but how you use it that matters. Being able to see Virgil's reflection in a pool of water is cool, but Windwaker HD still blows me away every time I look at it.
Graphical fidelity is just an asset for any game. Games should look better as years go by. Whether or not game design holds up is irrelevant to graphics. If everyone is pushing the technical boundaries of the medium and enabling new kinds of experiences(at least visually) then Nintendo should also chime in and help the process( they are one of the most influential powers in gaming; they kinda have a responsibility to the medium don’t you think?). And if graphics aren’t important to Nintendo then maybe invest in high end cpu’s and try and make more complex game mechanics and AI? Saying nintendo just shouldn’t improve anything and continue with their recent tradition of lacking hardware is silly imo. Not saying you implied it but I have heard the argument.
guys you sound too cautious and hesitant in the Hottake segment (especially huber and ben). No need to be so careful about this question. The switch is showing its age. A lot of games on it look like shit. The pokemon game technically looks like shit and most Ps4 games are impossible to port to the switch now. It is really simple. Don't know who would be offended. People are obsessed with the games, not the hardware right?
Is it reaally an hardware issue with how the Pokémon games look? Cause Switch games can look much much better than what Game Freak showed us up to this point (Dragon Quest XI S looks way better than Sword/Shield), maybe it takes more time to tune a game perfectly for a specific platform and GF doesn't have that much time because they have this annual schedule, so to me that's the problem. Either you give GF more time to make their games, or you bring in more studios to try harder.
And for the records, Game Freak has always struggled with visuals not looking on par with other first party Nintendo games, we all knew this was going to happen with Switch and the transition to HD games. So i don't think a new hardware is going to change much for them. As for PS4 games, most of them are on Switch actually so i don't think that's true, but i do agree that a revision would benefit both Nintendo and their partners so it'll happen eventually. Just don't expect PS5/Series X, you know that at an affordable price you can't reach those specs with any portable system today.
@@mi2-c035 i agree tbh. In regards to game freak in particular, I just feel they don’t have the kind of talent that goes into a lot of the other first party Nintendo stuff like zelda and mario.
@@mi2-c035 most ps4 games are on switch? I think only a few ports are on there. Doom, outer worlds and a couple other games. Not many which is fine tbh. Switch is meant for Nintendo games primarily.
@@hammadkhan450 Most Japanese games are usually Switch/PS4 from the get go, with exclusives on both systems. As for western games yeah i agree not that many, part of it because they build games for other systems first so with that mindset it's never going to change unless you literally build a clone of PS5/Series X which is what they want and it would be horrible quite frankly for the industry, as giving up on differentiation often lead to stagnation. We all loved Gamecube but that system bombed hard despite being superior specs wise to the PS2. I disagree on Switch for Nintendo games mostly, it is also meant for games like Monster Hunter Rise also and indies have always done great there.
PoW blockchains consume a massive amount of power to keep running. The people mining aren't just getting currency for no reason, they're actively running the blockchain on their computers. I don't agree that it's that bad for the environment, but that's what the argument is about.
I absolute LOVE the style of Bravely Default 2. I simply cannot fathom how people don’t like it. It looks so much better than the original on 3DS! The graphics aren’t the best. Game doesn’t seem too optimized, surprisingly. But the style is drop dead gorgeous. It’s less chibi and cartoony, but still feels familiar.
The very best podcast!
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Damiani: I have prepared a TED Talk
You probably dont give a shit but does someone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account??
I was dumb lost my account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me!
@Bradley Eddie Instablaster :)
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Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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When Ben said that the Pokemon Legends trailer made him wish there was a more powerful Switch I inmediately went: Gamefreak would not know what to do with a more powerful Switch lol
Huber ! YOU LEGEND! Miss ya man. Gotta get games in soon!
I think it is fair to say as someone who plays Switch 95% portable I feel blown away when I boot these games up on my Switch. Just having these quality of games on a handheld device is amazing.
Bravely Default 2 is such a jolly game, much better then Octopah
Amen!
Personally I like Octopath a slightly bit more but BD2 is still great.
Bravely Default 2 is an absolute treat and I hope it gets some good word of mouth like it deserves.
BEN! I would say that valheim's combat feels a lot like darksouls. VERY stamina managment based, parrying attacks stuns enemies for higher damage frontal attacks, weapons have different swing patterns and one or two different moves. And then you are with your friends in a survival game! Building structures together to actually make an area livable (you are really incentivised by the gameplay mechanics to build things in a certain way, and that makes building more of a puzzle than just solely an exercise in imagination. Playing together with friends and working towards dark souls-y style bosses you fight in a massive open world is a unique feeling thing.
its not perfect, but the potential is insane, and the amount of really well polished content for a small team to have done is very impressive. It was a joy to delve into this with friends and constantly be surprised by the things we found, the game went far deeper than we thought - but after about a week we burned through the majority of the content, and all the bosses except for the last. I would wait until the game has EVEN MORE added, and a slightly longer progression, even though there is still a satisfying amount for the price there right now.
Instead of Lazy Devs, people should be saying Greedy Execs.
"Bobby needs a new pool."
ben inverted the x-axis on his bangs and its messing with my head! Great show
Huber, I completely agree with you on the similarities between immersive sim and survival horror game worlds. Those two genres are probably my favorite for the reasons you mentioned.
Also, shout out the Deus Ex. Mankind Divided holds a special place in my heart.
Huber not playing Hitman in VR is criminal. That’s why the hype mysteriously came and went! I’m sorry but that game in VR is some next level sh!t. APEX PREDATOR BABY. That mission in VR is insane, I love a dance club mission and going through the dance floor with a silenced pistol Collateral style is one of my all time favorite recent gaming memories. REPLAY IT HUBER. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE
1:41:20 Damiani saying a Switch Pro is 3-4 years out is so refreshing. I'm so tired of most other outlets acting like it's eminent on nothing but rumor and fan-theories. That's the first realistic take I've heard on it. It might as well be vaporware at this point the way people talk about it. But yes, if they want to go this intermediate upgrade route like PS4 Pro/X1X, this year is the last chance before 3-4 years to next upgrade cycle (which I highly doubt).
I fear the window of hype has passed for Cyber Shadow, yet I hold out hope that more of the Allies will discover it and there will be room to talk about it on Frame Trap
I'm with Damiani, trying to build/upgrade a PC right now is insane. If you think it's tough trying to get a console right now, you don't know the horror that is trying to get a brand new GPU or CPU. Yes, a GPU like a 3080 is still noticeably more powerful than any of the consoles, but it's not worth the money and effort at the moment.
shame is most of the games i like to play right now or in the future are pc games, warhammer 3 for one is prolly gonna need me to upgrade and ik for a fact that isn't going to happen in this shitty sales enviroment
Shout-out to the call-out, I actually just snagged myself a water-cooled 3080 Friday afternoon. Got it setup over the weekend. Do NOT stop refreshing, my PC brethren! It just takes patience you can get yours too!!
I've played Switch mostly in Docked mode and a lot of that is because the grip/weight of the dog-ears controller thing is a lot more comfortable on my hands, and a TV lets me see small action cues or text clearly. I can't imagine beating Hades on Extreme Measures 4 while in handheld mode. Then again, we are in a pandemic, so that's another reason.
Ben, talking on the switch and how Huber feels breath of the wild is pivotal to him if hardware needs a fire refresh or not, honestly I'm that way with mh rise and I'm pretty sure I already know the answer due to the demo and I absolutely wish this was on better hardware.
Regarding the battle banter question, I feel like the one that bothered me the most was Fire Emblem Three Houses, where the critical hit quotes weren't subbed. :(
Speaking of musou, who's stoked for Samurai Warriors 5?
Hell yeah
Cautiously optimistic. I dig the new character design, good they are going back to the story of Samurai 1 but told in a new way as a sort of half-reboot. I do hope Omega Force spends a little more time with optimization, cause sadly their musou games most of the time run pretty bad, I wouldn't mind if they bring back the option from Fire Emblem Warriors where you could switch between Quality mode and performance mode depending if you want the best resolution or best frame rate.
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Great stuff from Huber on the immersive nature of Resident Evil, it's the same for me with that other zombie survival horror game from Capcom, Dead Rising.
The Dead Rising games, in their own ways, are as much "immersive sims" as the Deus Ex games and I love both series.
People talk about how they will close lockers after searching through them in Deus Ex. Now I never do that myself in Deus Ex, but I absolutely will shut the door behind me on those damn zombies in Dead Rising, I am very much immersed in those worlds.
The mechanics of a Dead Rising game, as silly as they are, plus the whacky presentation, actually help the immersion once you've gotten used to the rhythm of the games. Chuck Greene celebrates leveling up right along with you, "Right on!", "Kick ass!" and he fist pumps the air; your survivors in DR3, "A whole new level!", you feel they're in it with you and you with them, it's wonderful.
Wow that last question was amazing! ;)
That Damiani PSA is so funny because I still haven't been able to get a PS5
1:51:20 - That was a really good answer. Nintendo likes to play it smart. It's kinda like Breath of the Wild. They wanted to use an art style which "is easy to lie." Nintendo games for all it's merits don't aim to the highs of Xbox and PS4 which drive on pushing realistic and high fidelity visuals. They have the Disney approach of looking approachable for both kids and adults.
I think in the end, people will always want everything, but we can only debate from what is there, and if Nintendo games are still appealing regardless of technical issues and people still buy them why should they change in the short term. Why should Pokemon be pressured to be better if it continues to meet expectations in regards to sales. Why should Paper Mario change back if the last one still sold more than the one people are still talking about.
Quality and business not always align. Value is a subjective thing. A flawed cult classic may end up being more nostalgic than the latest trendy and technical masterful hot thing of today.
In short, I think while discussions can speculate, it's more interesting to hear about what exists. I do wonder how Kena will end up being and if it'll be a success. Not all games drive a mindshare like Bloodborne or Breath of the Wild.
I feel like Bravely 2's art style is the polygonal version of the FF5 and FF6 iOS ports. You know, the graphics everyone hated. I think it has to do with having overly bright/smooth character models on more moderate 2.5D environments. I don't know the science behind it, but my eyes like the approach of Octopath or Project Triangle more, where the characters look a generation behind their environments.
I like the character models in bravely default 2, kind of reminds me of the clay models for Earthbound, or like watching puppets.
Lol, you got it Damiani. Been looking for a 3090 since day 1.
3090's are much easier to get though. I've seen them available often compared to other RTX 30 series which I've seen literally never.
I got a 3090 a few weeks after release. I thought it was quite expensive but now, the prices have risen for almost 1000€ and I feel good about my purchase. Wouldn't buy it with these prices.
Love this show keep up the good work
Not too much further into Bravely Default 2, cutting grass and trees often gives you weapons and armor that are actually upgrades for your characters. It's not that uncommon either. I remember getting mage armors or new spears or axes and they were all very good weapons I couldn't even buy in the shop at the time. Also, the gold amounts really ramp up - I've found at least 5 digits worth of gold in minutes later on. Sometimes cutting grass and trees helps you find chests that are inaccessible or just difficult to see too. Going into a new area, it's worth doing this for a bit just to see what happens lol. It's not something I would do over and over repeatedly in the same area, but it's neat that it's there.
Bravely Default 2 definitely incentivizes you to change jobs. Enemies often don't have the typical black mage weaknesses - many are weak to cure attacks, spears, daggers, bows, earth damage, wind damage, dark damage, etc. - and so you really are forced to constantly evolve your job progression and your weapon loadouts, especially against bosses. Also, certain themes of abilities tend to come up in each area, which necessitates using different abilities or different pieces of armor. Also, a lot of weapons have high magic power on them as well as high physical power, which means you can use something like the Lu Bu Spear while having your white mage as a sub-class and not get too punished for doing that.
I'll join the patreon once we get another 4 hour podcast
I live in the third world. I had to save for a year and a half to buy the OG Switch. Can't wait for Nintendo to gatekeep me with more expensive hardware! Switch Pro scares me.
Games also aren't getting any cheaper. Despite Switch first party games still being $60 or more like $80 in some other parts of the world.
RE battle banter: This isn't an exact 1-to-1 comparison, but in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Sakuna will comment on the status of the rice if you check on it, and that stuff isn't subtitled. It's quite an annoying nitpick on one of my favorite games of last year.
Im perfectly fine with the Switch for what it is. Weather you Like it or not, you DO have to consider the portability to appreciate what it’s doing. We’re getting modern graphical feature set that other modern home consoles have (physically based rendering, hardware accelerated particles, screen spaced reflections etc.) and its running on a portable now. Obviously it’s a balancing act since these features are running on limited resources . But that one ability to take games like Doom Eternal, Witcher 3, Crysis on the GO, is reason enough for the Switch to exist (at least for me).
I mean for the price year, but personally, I'd take a little price increase in exchange for portability and a little bit more juice just so that those AAA games don't look muddy and dated. It's more a testament to the people who port these projects that they can get them to run than to the hardware itself.
@@Ayoul I think it's a testament to both, the devs and the hardware. Though I agree, a little more juice would go a long way to bumping up the resolution on some of the more demanding titles and allow the art and graphics to shine better.
Not to mention 90% of all indie games are most enjoyable on the switch thanks to its portability
With respect to "is the Switch feeling dated".
Since the Wii Nintendo's strategy has been to focus on product differentiation from their competitors rather than the "arms race" of graphics fidelity, this strategy has proven financially successful.
During the Wii era there was a lot of shovelware amongst the Nintendo greats but with the Switch I think there is something different.
We are seeing that the Switch's install base on its own is large enough to sustain exclusives from third party publishers that are designed specifically for Switch, and it will always be the case that games designed specifically for Switch are going to more interesting than multi format games, especially if you are focusing on AAA games.
With Wii I think it's install base was actually inflated because a lot of people bought it just for Wii Sports and the attach rate attests to that. The Switch attach rate is very high, people buy games on it.
Monster Hunter Rise and Octopath Traveller are good examples, I think some third party publishers are starting to see that it is commercially viable for them to invest in games designed exclusively and specifically for Switch compared to trying to get a game designed for more powerful hardware to work on Switch. Noting that third party games like this may come to other platforms down the line but the point being they are being made with Switch as base rather than to "downgrade to".
Of course all of these games "could look better" on next gen (disregarding portability for a moment ) but the mindset I like to take with this is that it is better to focus on what is rather than what isn't. Though noted I will buy AAA games on next gen when they are available because it will give me the best experience. And ultimately for me that's okay. I'd prefer to have different experiences on Switch anyway.
I agree, I think that's why the Switch Pro talk is getting annoying. Until it actually exists I think people are just setting themselves to be harshly disappointed. Nintendo isn't aiming to have parity with the rest, there'll still be limitations and specific versions for Nintendo systems. Until proven the contrary I think it's just a shot in the dark speculating how much better it'll be, or it'll actually push current games to an attractive proposition to entice upgrading. Nintendo is the type of company that will emphasis a new added tech, like IR, gyro, HD Rumble, knob to move the camera, than the power.
@@Vvonter even a switch pro will not solve these issues especially if it comes to new third party games. They will still run worse than on the other consoles.
@@dreamerabe Yeah, but like most NIntendo rumors, I'm just saying, it could be less than what people are expecting. One article that mentioned why not to get that excited about it, is that the target console will still be the regular Switch. For example Doom Eternal, it cut motion blur as one of the effect it doesn't have on Switch, a Pro could possibly improve framerate add resolution, but all that in theory will be from Doom Eternal's Switch version. I just think it'll be like if the Wii have had a Pro version, that doesn't mean they'll have put back the crowds of zombies in Dead Rising. It'll just be use the hardware to add resolution and maybe framerate.
@@dreamerabe Agreed a Switch Pro when/if it comes will at best be a marginal improvement like the New 3DS or something like that.
Great discussion! :)
Switch needs more exclusives like Astral Chain and Ultimate Alliance 3.
I'll never touch Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection, but I love that it exists basically just to drive people nuts.
I think it looks great, I'll be happy to play through on the easiest mode if it ever leaves Switch, especially if it comes to Game Pass. Have you been into other difficult 2D platformers?
@@charoleawood I say it cause I've played Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, lol. I don't need to revisit that experience except even harder, lol. Umihara Kawase on SNES is a good difficult 2D platformer if you're looking for something to try.
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Sadly, I do not have an SNES. Played through Cyber Shadow recently, though, and loved it, even though it took me for ever to get to the end, MUCH longer than Brad's five-and-a-half hours. Even did a couple of more playthroughs, too, just because I liked it that much. If Cyber Shadow had had an Easy mode I would have played on that, I'm wondering how Ghosts 'n Goblins plays on its easiest setting.
@@charoleawood Well, technically you'd need a Super Famicom for it. You could also check out Umihara Kawase Fresh which is on Switch, PS4, and PC.
@@charoleawood Another one I haven't played, but have heard good things about is La Mulana.
Little dissapointed they didn't talk about Dark Souls 3 having just finished the whole game on stream and with the recent Elden Ring leaks, still an amazing show. Cheers L&R
This podcast came out on the same day those leaks did, so it is very safe to assume they recorded this before the leaks even happened.
Idk what it is I keep trying to get into muso type games and I just can’t I find it too repetitive no matter which one I try
1:46:00.... yes.. yes and yes.
Metroid should be on a Naughty level. Its not like Nintendo cant afford it.
Cube was, if im not mistaken, in several cases more capable than Xbox. Definitely it had more impressive games.
Cube actually got me back in console gaming. Zelda / Metroid -> sold.
Man I long for those Nintendo days.
Fzero GX. Fuuuuuck me baby. One of the best racers in history.
Even when im inside i play more in handheld. Its just more comforting than sitting in your chair for hours.
I get bad back-problems when laying in bed so I'd rather sit at my PC or in front of the TV for hours :D
@@bumpsy then you need a new mattress, bed lol.
@@obba40 doesn't have much to do with that. The sitting-angle is just not healthy at all (at least in my experience) and pillows slide off easily, making it worse. Playing while laying down is just very uncomfortable because of the console
@@bumpsy i always place something under my arms/hands so that it has a more upward position.
@@bumpsy Sitting is objectively not a good position to be in. I have back problems from working an office job and then gaming for hours after work.
I'd like to see an upgraded switch even for current gen games. Breath of the wild looks great but the pop in for grass and other elements could be improved to make it an even more pleasant experience.
As for age of calamity... I feel so done with warriors games. I enjoyed them in the past but it's a style of game which just keeps reappearing with such little innovation. I enjoyed the story of age of calamity even if it was just a simple spinoff but I watched it on youtube. The gameplay seemed like the weakest part of that game by far.
On the same vein as the battle banter email, playing metro games with russian voice acting is awesome and immersive but most of the secondary banter between civilians in stations is not subbed :((
I found a lot of the reactions to the Pokemon Legends announcement that focus on the need for Nintendo to release a more powerful hardware quite strange. Do we actually expect Game Freak (a completely unambitious developer) to build an open-world game bigger and more complex than BOTW? If the Switch can run BOTW decently, it can definitely run this game. If the game runs like shit, it will be because of Game Freak's own limitations, not the Switch. You can make the argument for other bigger games, maybe, but not for this one.
That's the point though. A console with more performance overhead would mean a better experience for everyone even when devs lack the time or talent to optimize.
@@Ayoul That may apply to some devs, although more powerful hardware doesn't really equate to better optimization. Games are more broken than ever. And in the case of Game Freak, they lack neither talent nor time. They make exactly the games they want to make. They just happen to design their games around simplicity in every way possible, with the exception of all the hidden stats thing.
I bought a Switch for the new Mario and Zelda. They were great. I'm not a fan of smash or Animal Crossing. I gave my switch to a friend two years ago. I don't count games I played on the wii U already as new. They have a first party problem. It's a great portable ,but I don't game on the go enough for it to be worth it. I don't think it's power problem It runs Doom Eternal I know that's a best case scenario but for a Handheld that's just insane.
No it hasnt. You are just not interested in any.
Different tastes. I haven't played most things in the PS4 since it hasn't delivered in the expectations I had with it.
That’s kinda the Nintendo way. Their consoles exist for like five first party games and then they just let it die and move on to the next big gimmick.
@@hammadkhan450 factually incorrect. Just say you dont like the games
@@obba40 not factually incorrect. Just say you don't like my comment.
Sweet.
With all love, this is the dumbest title for Frame Trap you've had for a long time.
And I love it.
Not gonna lie. I love Musou's to death and if Omega Force were to remove or lessen the grind to a great degree, I would no longer be interested. Musou's to me are all about getting stronger and stronger while learning strategies to clear maps faster and faster. Doing this until you can clear 20 minute large scale battles in 2 minutes and wipe bases in 1 attack is the bread and butter in my opinion. It's why I thought Age of Calamity suffered a bit. The field layouts often felt too big with little focus. I think the grind is good, as long as it's more condensed like the more traditional Musou games. However I do like what they're trying with the added stories and mechanics unique to their collab's source material.
The Switch was underpowered since launch and some of these problems already existed then. Its just more obvious now with the new gen. Im fine when the game run at a steady 30 framerate maybe with some dips when i could buy the same game on the pc and enjoy 60 or more. More often then not it depends on the game. As long as it doesnt affect my enjoyment of the game i dont care. Obviously some people want better performances. Thats why i watch gameplay beforehand how the game runs overall.
The best thing about Bravely Default's job system is finding game breaking combinations that give you that insane OP DMG power fantasy you are looking for in a RPG. As it stands however one of the first jobs you get (Beastmaster) is very unbalanced. It gains stats based on the amount of monsters you capture. You can stock up on monsters up to 99 of each type which gives you 9999 HP 999 MP and 999 to all stats with only a few hours of grinding.
Huber turned into a caveman.
So long as the Switch remains a hybrid system you're never going to get PS4 Pro / PS5 level fidelity. Just not going to happen. I'd imagine their could one day be a home console only version of the Switch but then every game will need a patch to make the most of the system and the games would all have to still work on the regular Switch.
Lol at the discussion about using the term "lazy" for video games you don't like with Damiani there. He's the worst offender.
Great PSA Damiani. PC master race? More like PC disaster race 😭 (tried to get a 3080)
Whoa you guys look different (still great!) wtf world is this
Bravely Default 2.
Watercolor art -> gorgeous!
Everything else 3D -> blandddd
I really love those towns, but character design and animation is just... meh at best. It complete ruins the ambiance.
Also this came just shouts 'limited budget', not limited hardware. Switch can run frkn Doom Eternal, so GTFO.
If only Square could make a full game in either that watercolour or 3D Pixel Art (Octo/Triangle) and then hit the tone of Primrose' story in Octo.
But please come up with serious character design. Its not like you don't know how to do this....
Characters designs are fine, just look at the artwork, the problem is the 3D visual of characters, but rn it doesnt bother me anymore, grown to even appreciate it a bit
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Talking about subtitles in Japanese media releases that get English dubs, I hate it when I'm watching a movie with Japanese audio and the English subtitles are for the damn English dub; it's a huge problem because the dub usually takes so many liberties and assumes the English speaking audience is stupid.
When nobody is talking in the Japanese original and we're having quiet moment, there's the English subtitles for the English dub popping up ruining it with some added exposition just to make sure those (presumed) stupid English speakers aren't lost about what's happening. Maybe stop making dubs for the lowest common denominator test audiences? That'd be great.
Also, provide English subtitles that are a translation of what's being said in the original Japanese audio, thank you. This doesn't seem to be a problem with other non-English language films.
Legends is a singeplayer game
Btw i dont think a switch pro will solve these problems especially in bens case multiplat titles will still perform badly in comparison and will stutter. These problems will only be fixed with a switch 2 and by that time who knows what sony and microsoft have down. Nintendo will always be in the middle of new generation and games will always run worse unless they are given enough time or especially build for the console.
Or if the games don't demand too much power like Hollow Knight, Ori and Hades (which are better than 99% of third party stuff anyway)
They'll always look worse, but if they can at least maintain standard resolution and FPS it would be nice which is not the case currently. A "pro" in some form would definitely help that.
Bravely Default 2 looking like it does has nothing to do with the power of the switch. There are more graphically intense games that run solid. Its just their artstyle. I dont really understand what ben means by looking better?
yeah, also when he said pokemon could look better on a more powerful switch, lol yea right.
@@drifter6870 yes of course it could. Also it one year plus away. Anything could always look better
I'm trying to find hype for Legends as a Pokemon fan... there is potential... but that trailer is just SOULESS. It looks like pre-alpha footage... but the game is supposed to come out early next year?? No way. Doesn't matter, fans will still buy it up like it's candy. Will I do the same this time? Honestly I don't think so. Watching that trailer again I don't feel any hype or love.
PS5 and Xbox Series doesn’t exist either.
I mean, it isn't even close to GPU's. I had no problem getting Series X and PS5. I pre-ordered ps5, SeX took me a month to get. Ive been trying to get a 3090 since day 1, never even got one in a cart so far.
I was able to get two PS5s. One of them was directly from Sony due to the preorder sign up. I know everyone didn't have the same experience. Building a PC is something I would like to do but damn the graphic cards are on a whole different level. Gone in under 5 seconds and following certain people on Twitter doesn't help since they are delayed.
@@stonehorn4641 different countries have different problems I guess. I live in Sweden. While I have a PS5 (because I preordered in time). My friends can't even put themselves in a cue because no store in the entire country are putting up a cue system. I have never seen a PS5 ever been available to buy. I've never heard of anyone being able to buy one from a store. To my understanding is that because Sweden is a small country we have gotten so few units that the stores are still severely behind on preorders. You can pretty much only buy them from scalpers. Meanwhile I've both seen RTX 3070 and 3090 in store from time to time and they've not been gone 5 seconds later.
@@dereka415 I live in Sweden an my experience is the opposite. The only option we have for consoles are scalpers since no store have a cue system and buying it from a store is pretty much unheard of. If you preordered early enough, you got one. But since Sweden is such a small country and we are getting so few units even the preorders are severely behind. People who preordered fall last year haven't gotten their consoles yet. Meanwhile I've seen both RTX 3070 and 3090 in stock from time to time and they've not been gone in 5 seconds.
@@zhaf in North America, GPU's are impossible to get. I have a brand new build, but im using a 2080. It's a great card, but for VR, i really need a 3090 for best fidelity and framerate.
I think Bravely Default 2 looks way better than the first game. I think this is the case of rose-tinted glasses and our memory of the game looking better than it actually does. The art style actually hasn't changed that much, and the towns and models and even textures all are a step up. Just compare screenshots between the two games and your nostalgia will be set right - bravely default 2 is a lot better. Like just walk around in the desert town at night and look at all the colors. Move up and down and watch the 3d painting transform before your eyes. Then compare it to the desert town in Bravely Default and I promise you will say Bravely Default 2 is a lot better. Rose-tinted glasses really mess with our judgement on stuff.
I'm not all that worried about Switch's "power". Just look at Monster Hunter Rise, it runs pretty damn smooth, more so than Monster Hunter World when it first came out on PS4.
But it would be nice if it looked a bit better or ran a bit smoother.
@@alexanderchilton911 it’s also coming to PC if you can wait. For me I put godly amount of hours in to demo and has zero issue with visuals or frame rate.
at 30fps
@@ThisAlbino So? I played Bloodborne and enjoy the crap out of it even tho it was running at 30FPS with frame pacing issue. You guys are out of your fucking minds if you think I would miss out on great game just because it’s running at 30FPS.
@@jafar257 People aren't saying not to play it. They're saying it'd be nice if they just had more head room to perform better.
while I agree a more powerful Switch would be nice, I wouldn't want it comparable to current gen stuff (PS5, Series X). If you think about it, who would make those games? Who has the budget, the manpower, the expertise/skill to make them at such high quality outside Microsoft, Nintendo, or Sony? EA, Ubisoft, and Activision have money and man power but none of the skill. Their cookie cutter games don't make me excited for the current gen, not that it has arrived yet. Where are those games btw? Besides its not how many teraflops but how you use it that matters. Being able to see Virgil's reflection in a pool of water is cool, but Windwaker HD still blows me away every time I look at it.
Totally agree with you. Games can look amazing on any hardware. It’s all about how the resources are used and skill of the devs and artists.
Graphical fidelity is just an asset for any game. Games should look better as years go by. Whether or not game design holds up is irrelevant to graphics. If everyone is pushing the technical boundaries of the medium and enabling new kinds of experiences(at least visually) then Nintendo should also chime in and help the process( they are one of the most influential powers in gaming; they kinda have a responsibility to the medium don’t you think?). And if graphics aren’t important to Nintendo then maybe invest in high end cpu’s and try and make more complex game mechanics and AI? Saying nintendo just shouldn’t improve anything and continue with their recent tradition of lacking hardware is silly imo. Not saying you implied it but I have heard the argument.
sure damiani ill go console if you re buy all my games that i have on steam gog and origin lol
Console gaming for the win! Have fun updating your drivers PC nerds!!!
You should go with an AMD if you could... cheaper AND better performance
guys you sound too cautious and hesitant in the Hottake segment (especially huber and ben). No need to be so careful about this question. The switch is showing its age. A lot of games on it look like shit. The pokemon game technically looks like shit and most Ps4 games are impossible to port to the switch now. It is really simple. Don't know who would be offended. People are obsessed with the games, not the hardware right?
Is it reaally an hardware issue with how the Pokémon games look? Cause Switch games can look much much better than what Game Freak showed us up to this point (Dragon Quest XI S looks way better than Sword/Shield), maybe it takes more time to tune a game perfectly for a specific platform and GF doesn't have that much time because they have this annual schedule, so to me that's the problem. Either you give GF more time to make their games, or you bring in more studios to try harder.
And for the records, Game Freak has always struggled with visuals not looking on par with other first party Nintendo games, we all knew this was going to happen with Switch and the transition to HD games. So i don't think a new hardware is going to change much for them. As for PS4 games, most of them are on Switch actually so i don't think that's true, but i do agree that a revision would benefit both Nintendo and their partners so it'll happen eventually. Just don't expect PS5/Series X, you know that at an affordable price you can't reach those specs with any portable system today.
@@mi2-c035 i agree tbh. In regards to game freak in particular, I just feel they don’t have the kind of talent that goes into a lot of the other first party Nintendo stuff like zelda and mario.
@@mi2-c035 most ps4 games are on switch? I think only a few ports are on there. Doom, outer worlds and a couple other games. Not many which is fine tbh. Switch is meant for Nintendo games primarily.
@@hammadkhan450 Most Japanese games are usually Switch/PS4 from the get go, with exclusives on both systems. As for western games yeah i agree not that many, part of it because they build games for other systems first so with that mindset it's never going to change unless you literally build a clone of PS5/Series X which is what they want and it would be horrible quite frankly for the industry, as giving up on differentiation often lead to stagnation. We all loved Gamecube but that system bombed hard despite being superior specs wise to the PS2. I disagree on Switch for Nintendo games mostly, it is also meant for games like Monster Hunter Rise also and indies have always done great there.
Have you seen the environmental impact of crypto mining? It needs straight up banning out of existence.
How is crypto currency bad for the environment? Or did I misunderstand something?
PoW blockchains consume a massive amount of power to keep running. The people mining aren't just getting currency for no reason, they're actively running the blockchain on their computers.
I don't agree that it's that bad for the environment, but that's what the argument is about.
Huh, interesting. Thanks!
Yall gotta get some sunlight lol
I absolute LOVE the style of Bravely Default 2. I simply cannot fathom how people don’t like it. It looks so much better than the original on 3DS! The graphics aren’t the best. Game doesn’t seem too optimized, surprisingly. But the style is drop dead gorgeous. It’s less chibi and cartoony, but still feels familiar.
The only thing I don't like is how doll like it looks and the movement has a bit of a little big planet vibe set to it
I think some people mainly have a problem with the character faces