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Re: Feature: "It Was Always About Surviving Together" - Why Konami Chose This Forgotten IP For Switch 2's Launch

Manah

One thing I remember about the original was the feeling of actually being stranded all on your own, and that never completely went away, and the entire place was hostile. Co-op goes entirely against that. And the aesthetic is the kind that just screams "I'm a video game" in the worst way, so any atmosphere and immersion seems dead on arrival as well.

Just... the opposite of what the original game was.

Re: You Can Now Hide Those Naughty Hentai Games On Switch

Manah

I'm pretty sure this is meant for when Little Timmy accesses the games on your Switch with his own. No one who borrows the console they're on would think to ignore the home menu in plain sight and go into the virtual card menu instead.

Re: Opinion: Oh No, I'm Not A Fan Of Switch 2's Mouse Mode At All

Manah

If they do something meaningful with it. But I can't help but think of the DS era and how you could tell when a game was designed for the touchscreen functionality and when they just shoehorned it in because it was the shiny new thing and it was pointless at best and made the game worse than it would've been with normal controls at worst. I'm already side-eyeing the Bravely Default remaster for the "minigames" mentioned in the trailer.

Re: Where To Pre-Order Nintendo Switch 2

Manah

When they claimed they will take "all possible measures" against scalpers, I didn't expect that to mean that I must prove I'm worthy of buying one...

Didn't they claim they have enough for everyone who wants to preorder? Even on Amazon you have to through the invitation system.

Re: Chances Are You've Never Heard Of Nightdive Studio's Latest Switch Rerelease

Manah

@Princess_Lilly
It's not that they were trying to hide it or act like nothing ever happened. Quite the opposite, if shoehorning WW2 and the Holocaust into every single class when I went to school is any indicator. Really, it was everywhere. Fiction, nonfiction, the entire range from good to terrible beating you over the head with it so much it made you want to sue someone for assault. To this day I refuse to read anything even mildly WW2-flavored that isn't explicitly autobiographical because it was THAT bad at times. (That was in the early 2000s though, when people were actually serious about never letting it happen again; current politics make me wonder.)

I'm not how much of this still applies since I tend to stay away from most fiction, but it's simply that these depictions were (are?) allowed in art nd education, and at least back then, video games were considered neither. No idea about the reasons for separate releases in 2019, but it could be the violence. For some reason, Germany is really allergic to video game blood being red.

Re: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Finally Lands New May Release Date

Manah

@TommyTendo There is/was a mobile game that's been around for a while.

Anyway, I was willing to give Level-5 the benefit of the doubt because Fantasy Life was my favorite 3DS game, but with them screwing over Switch players with the early access thing, the apparently increased price, and especially no physical version, I'm out. They never inspired much confidence the way they're operating and I don't feel like supporting this anymore when they so clearly don't care.

Re: Switch 2: Hardware Gallery - Take A Closer Look At Nintendo's Lovely New Switch

Manah

@Waveboy
I get that they're probably doing it to keep the price low for a console that isn't established yet, but unfortunately I'm playing quite a lot in handheld mode and my OLED spoiled me. And I'm not one of the people who can afford to make buying consoles twice a regular habit (I only have an OLED because I really loved the design of the TOTK one and my old V1's battery barely lasted an hour playing Animal Crossing)

Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup Refused Classification In The West Over 'Expression Restrictions'

Manah

I'm either looking at the wrong game, or there's nothing in there that's even remotely on the same level as games like Moero Chronicle (USK/PEGI 16) and there are quite a few physical PEGI 18 titles out there that feature full frontal nudity and more (that still have 16 versions availble on the eShop). I doubt we've gone full censorship in such a short amount of time that this gets flagged for whatever there even is to censor while the many games about touching and undressing characters are perfectly fine.

Re: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Devs Explain The Method Behind The Menu Madness

Manah

Would have been better if the incentive to use different echoes came from the game itself, but being able to use different solutions usually meant there was one "best" echo for everything. And maybe they should havd cut down on the bloat that is completely useless echoes. What do we need four different jar designs for? I was sure there would at least be a side quest involving those, but no.

Re: Review: Slay The Princess - The Pristine Cut (Switch) – A Brilliant Horror Narrative Hampered By Technical Issues

Manah

@fenlix
Yeah, what was up with that? I've seen the same sentiment on other sites too. Now that I've played a bit, it's definitely the kind of game I want to play as blind as possible, but like, in a normal experiencing the game for myself way, not the "whatever you do, don't look up a single thing about this game!!" way seemingly everyone has been pushing.

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