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There are some so who would call that cheating...

Most games that are only available on PC outside the RTS genre are not AAA titles that demand the most out of hardware, most of them are "indie" games. So I don't understand why @runswithspatulas is focusing on PC titles in the opening post. The switch actually has a good reputation with small, indie developers, so as long as Nintendo wants thier game on the console, it can happen. What you should be concerned with is those AAA publishers who release game on PC, Xbox and PlayStation, but not Nintendo. It's not that no games from Activision, Ubisoft or EA come to the Switch, so it's not that Nintendo' has a bad relationship with these publishers. However a lot of these publisher's games don't make it onto the Switch and I do believe it's because making ports for the Switch whilst still maintaining the kind of graphical standards expected in modern, AAA games is getting more and more difficult. As others have said, the Switch's hardware was not going to keep up with AAA development for very long, so I'm sorry to sy I don't see this problem being resolved anytime soon, on the contrary I think if anything it's only going to get worse.

That's strange. My gaming laptop is a similar age with a similar price and it's handling everything I throw at it just fine. Can you recall the model and/or specks of it?

First off, welcome to VGR. PC (computers) all the way for gaming. Not because the platform offers a much better variety of far better quality games than mobile devices (Even though it does), but because mobile to me is a complete joke. There are good games on mobile, but trying to find them in that ocean of putrid gunk takes more effort than it's worth. You find predatory free-to-play games everywhere unfortunately, but mobile gaming is made up of almost entirely nothing but that. I hate mobile gaming. I don't grudge anyone for enjoying mobile gaming, but I can't help but believe that the only reason anyone would enjoy it is because they've been so warded to it's crap factor that they don't know any better. They don't know what playing video games is supposed to be like. Those same people when they do play on PC's or consoles don't see anything wrong with the games that bring that same bullshit over to those planforms and that's annoying because it gives game publishers the incentive to keep doing so.

There was a time when nothing IGN said was worth taking seriously, but in recent years I think they've become a lot better and more willing to score thier reviews for the players rather than to keep publishers happy. I still think the way that game's journalism has become as least partly dependant on game's industry success is flawed, but I don't doubt for one second that even big journalistic entities like IGN have passionate, dedicated people who want to do right by the gaming public. Maybe game's journalism is less dependent of advertising from games publishers than it used to be, I don't really know, but I do think it's a hell of lot better than it was even 4 or 5 years ago.

Honestly, the first that came to mind reading that post was who the hell wants a steamed cake? That sounds disgusting. To the point though, it is indeed true that remakes and remasters, whilst mostly pointless, will sell if they have the "all the bells and whistles" because that's the bare minimum that we, as the fans, should expect. I hope that this remake of Silent Hill 2 is one of the better remakes we've seen as given the games age it makes more sense than, say, The Last of Us Part I that has been getting a lot of flack, but like @Crazycrab don't put stock in anything unless it's from an official source. And again, like @Crazycrab said, even if we do here from Konami that this is happening, don't put much faith in that announcement either because if there is one company that you can bet on to fuck something like this up, it's Konami. The care nothing for thier fans, thier franchises not thier products anymore. How far they have fallen would be like if Wolfgang Puck stared serving tinned macaroni at his restaurants.

Whilst I don't agree with what Sony has done, this price increase in no way vindicates any theory that the sacristy caused by supply issues through the pandemic was a part of any plan from Sony or anybody else. That microchip shortage reached and affected just about every manufacturing industry from games consoles to waste refuse vehicles.

I don't understand why people call consoles "too expensive" when they same people say they will play on PC, which is significantly more expensive. And before anyone says it, no, the gaming PC serving as a utility as well as a gaming device argument doesn't work ether as the components you need to make a gaming PC a gaming PC are not necessary in a simple, utility computer, and it's in those comments that all cost for a gaming PC comes from. You can buy a PS5 and a cheap laptop to cover both the utility PC needs and your gaming needs and still have spend less than half what it would cost to build a gaming PC that matches the performance of a PS5. It's not like I'm white knighting here for consoles, I am a PC gamer, but I'm also honest and the PC as a gaming platform is expensive. Can it be worth it? Yes, not to everyone, largely because the install price is so high. It's not like PC games are that cheap compared to consoles now, especially when you consider you can't loan, trade and buy second hand games on PC like you can with consoles. So sorry, @Gonassis, I disagree. The cost of consoles argument doesn't hold weight me when comes from a PC gamer. It's totally get how you might not see a games console as being a worthwhile investment for you because you a gaming PC, that's fair, but there's a difference between cost and value. Value is something judged and gauged by the individual, so the value of something is determined by your own self and nobody can argue with it, but cost a simple, straight up fact. That fact is the PC costs more, it just does. Unless you can show me a PC or PC build that matches the capabilities of a games console for same price, that will remain as a fact.

Nobody trying to decide between these two should be looking at them as handheld vs handheld, this is a games console vs a PC. If you want the gameplay experiences that only Nintendo can provide, it's a no brainer, buy the Switch. It you want to play a wider variety of games on the move, the Steam Deck should appeal more if you aren't as interested in Nintendo's exclusive franchises.

I must admit, of all the games I expected to get a mention in this thread, Animal Crossing was right at the bottom of this list, but is what @Tonberry said is accurate and depending on what the social perspective of yourself is as the main character there could indeed be a lot more to this than meets the eye. I haven't played the games myself, but maybe my own preconceptions and assumptions about the franchise has led me to underestimate these games and develop something of a prejudice of my own about them. This is interesting and really want to learn more. Can either of you offer more information and/or media on this?

The Frozen Wilds DLC for Horizon Zero Dawn. Good length, improved cut scenes, new machines to fight and improved gear to earn and you did have to earn it as the important improvement was the challenge. It what was already a challenging game, they made the DLC harder, but not to the point hat it felt cheap. The best thing about it was the ethics. They didn't even start work on the DLC until the main game was both released and patched and added to what I felt was a very fair price, this was a DLC where everything was done right. It's a shame the the PlayStation brand we see now seems determined to make as many mistakes as possible and screw over thier fans at every turn.

A number of people who purchased the $100 "Firefly Edition" of The Last of Us Part I are receiving thier games damaged and Sony are refusing to refund or replace them. What the hell is going with Sony right now? Are they just determined to piss thier fans off?

I will never understand why people will actively try to expose themselves to spoilers, it doesn't make sense to me.

I'm not going to stand on pedestal and declare that it looks better, but it doesn't look the same. The colour palate and lighting in particular are so drastically different that it barely looks like the same game. Again, I'm not saying that it looks better nor worse, I still haven't made my mind up about that, but the vision for this remake is clear. It's trying to look more like the sequel with a duller, but more detailed approach to the graphics and people are well within thier rights to love or hate that. I did extensive reviews on both The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Part II, so I can say with confidence that I know these games better than most and would describe this remake as justified, but unnecessary. It's a masterpiece both with or without these changes, so I'm not mad about them, I just feel like I don't need them either.

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Long term members will likely know how I feel about this already, but for the rest, games with no difficulty options are stupid. People have the right to get want they want out off the games they buy. If someone is more interested in story and exploration over combat and challenge, they should be able to tailor that experience. Likewise if somebody finds a game to be too easy and less engaging as a result, the are within thier rights to make it more challenging and satisfying to play. Contrary to what the "Git Gut" pricks say, having difficulty options creates challenging experiences in games, not deny them it. Having these options available also puts developers in a place where they actually have to put the effort onto all these aspects of the game, so the game itself is just generally better for it. Better stories, more interesting game worlds, better gameplay, only good thigs for everyone can come out of games having difficulty options. However, focusing only on difficulty for a game with no difficulty options usually makes a game worse. When making a game as hard as possible in this mantra, the game becomes cheap and unempowering to play. When trying to hard to make it easy, the player engagement suffers and the game becomes boring and and you care less about what's going on. In some types of games like platformers, some bullet hell games, puzzle games, multiplayer, interactive narratives or games made for young children, it does make sense to not have difficulty options, but otherwise the only reasons developers don't include difficulty options is laziness, sheer arrogance or both. Fuck games that do this for no good reason. They are worse than other, similar games just for doing this and also worse as a result of doing this as they are made by people who do not have thier priorities straight from minute one. It's not like I don't enjoy a challenge, for example I can't play Horizon Zero Dawn on any difficulty other that Ultra Hard anymore, but because that game can be made playable for people only interested in the story and exploring the open world, it's a better game than anything from From Software (Even thier name is annoying, do they seriously think that's funny?). I would be more forgiving of thier games if difficulty was genuine instead of the cheap and cryptic "trial and error" approach they use instead. They are sluggish, crippling and limiting in terms of control, something that is again done on purpose create a false challenge, with enemy combat strengths and weaknesses and aspects of the the environment that serve as beginners traps. Whereas in Horizon ZD, you are given all the info you could want about the enemies as soon as you scan them, offered a wide variety of weapons and combat strategies and the game is empowering in the way it controls with swift, purposeful movement and instant, connected reactions. They do that and still mange to make a challenging game. The benfit of that is that every triumph and every mistake you own complexly, unlike when I played Demon Souls and Bloodbourne where I either felt robbed or "got lucky" that time after every fight. I hated it.

Welcome to VGR, we're happy to have you.

There is a PC port of TLOU Part 1 (the new game) coming.

Friends for me. That show was genuinely very funny, more so than it ever deserved to be. I mean, 6 attractive young adults living in Manhattan? How did they make that funny?

Same here, really looking forward to this one. It come out on Gamepass day one as far as I know, so that makes it a day one play for me for sure.

A good call, I can just imagine that conversation between a father and son. "Daddy! Why do feel weird when I look at that doggy?" "Hey sonny boy. Don't worry about my boy, that's feeling's called a bloodlust fever. You may one day also encounter a mushroom that tells you The Princess is in another castle, so you had best get used to this feeling."

This is like asking somebody what thier favourite STD is.

Yeah, there is something off about the aminations. I like it when characters have swift, purposeful movement and reactions, but the movement also needs to be smooth, and this wasn't. It almost felt like the main character was moving between still frames of herself. And yes, the lack of any visual feedback to being shot or indeed her own shooting (no recoil or reaction) was also very apparent. I consider it ironic given what @Kane99 has learned about the troubled relationship between the artist and the developer, but the way the game looks is actually my favourite thing about it. I like the setting, the backgrounds are nice and busy, I love the cell-shading graphical style, the colour palette is fantastic with a vibrant yet brooding feel to it all. It looks great, but there is work to be done on this. I also really hope that they do the right thing by for this artist.

Reminds me of Happy Tree Friends... google at your own risk, lol.

I've got no need to embarrass you, as it appears you're quite capable of doing that yourself without any help. I literally need not say anything. I'm not presenting any kind of argument or debate here, I'm just giving you a very simple instruction from mod' to member. Don't spread hate on these boards. All I'm asking you to do is not insult fellow members and keep your sexism and homophobia off VGR, something that shouldn't tough for such a well educated individual. Now, can you do that or not? And, try to loosen up a little if possible? I understand you're a bit sensitive (clearly), but try to relax, and thus not get triggered so easily.