Metroid Dread is really f'ing good. The level design is on a whole different level than any other metroidvania game (for obvious reasons) and I've hardly scratched the surface. Got the first suit and got to the second boss and called it a night after dying twice.
I have probably like 10ish hours into Dread and can say it's one of the best games on Switch, if not the best game. It's tied with Mario Odyssey for my favorite, however there is no way it will have the lasting appeal that Mario Odyssey did just by the nature of the game.The last Nintendo product I owned was a GB Advanced, along with Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission.
Can you guess what I ordered the other day?
OLED Switch, and Dread, oh and Breath of the Wild because I never played a Zelda.
So if after 18 years they got me back into a console they must be doing something right haha.
I have probably like 10ish hours into Dread and can say it's one of the best games on Switch, if not the best game. It's tied with Mario Odyssey for my favorite, however there is no way it will have the lasting appeal that Mario Odyssey did just by the nature of the game.
But the level design in the game is just incredible. I also like the difficulty and how it does not hold your hand at all, but kind of guides you along in such smart ways, again, due to the unbelievable level design.
I haven't opened my OLED Switch yet but plan to tomorrow so I can't comment how it looks on there. I have 2 flights next week and will be using it on those.
I was tempted to get an N64 controller for nostalgia. Screw the price of the expansion pass, though.Switch Online + Expansion Pass pricing just revealed to be $50 a year, or $80 a year for the family plan. The expansion pass launches October 25th. N64 controllers already sold out but the Genesis 3 buttons are still there if you have $50 burning a hole in your pocket. Ridiculous price for a controller with no joystick and no gyro though, should have been like a $30 controller.
SEGA Genesis Control Pad for Switch - Hardware - Nintendo - Nintendo Official Site
Play the SEGA Genesis games available with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership the way they're meant to be played--with a full-size SEGA Genesis style controller!store.nintendo.com
Switch Online + Expansion Pass pricing just revealed to be $50 a year, or $80 a year for the family plan. The expansion pass launches October 25th. N64 controllers already sold out but the Genesis 3 buttons are still there if you have $50 burning a hole in your pocket. Ridiculous price for a controller with no joystick and no gyro though, should have been like a $30 controller.
SEGA Genesis Control Pad for Switch - Hardware - Nintendo - Nintendo Official Site
Play the SEGA Genesis games available with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership the way they're meant to be played--with a full-size SEGA Genesis style controller!store.nintendo.com
The last Nintendo product I owned was a GB Advanced, along with Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission.
Can you guess what I ordered the other day?
OLED Switch, and Dread, oh and Breath of the Wild because I never played a Zelda.
So if after 18 years they got me back into a console they must be doing something right haha.
yes, I'm getting the itch to pick up Metroid, and thus start my Switch back up for the first time in almost...3 years. dang. I barely played it after buying it. Maybe 50 hours into botW, just got annoyed, even though I still enjoyed much of it (I just wasn't a Zelda game...too much of what I expected was missing, and I think that's the more common complaint for those that wanted something like the SNES and N64 era games). Otherwise, I think it's fantastic. Just, no dungeons!
Anyway, besides that, I bought the Switch expecting Metroid, and now it's finally released. I recall some cancellation in the "3D version," in development, soon after I bought it, so lost touch with what was happening in the Metroid world. Not sure about the art style, but it looks like legit Metroid platformer.
Metroid Prime 4 didn't get cancelled, but the project got handed to Retro Studios and completely restarted from the ground up, so will probably end up one of the very late Switch releases. Don't remember who the original dev was but Nintendo was not happy with their work on Prime 4. Thankfully Retro Studios should make another top notch Metroid Prime game since they're the ones who did the first three.
yes, I'm getting the itch to pick up Metroid, and thus start my Switch back up for the first time in almost...3 years. dang. I barely played it after buying it. Maybe 50 hours into botW, just got annoyed, even though I still enjoyed much of it (I just wasn't a Zelda game...too much of what I expected was missing, and I think that's the more common complaint for those that wanted something like the SNES and N64 era games). Otherwise, I think it's fantastic. Just, no dungeons!
Anyway, besides that, I bought the Switch expecting Metroid, and now it's finally released. I recall some cancellation in the "3D version," in development, soon after I bought it, so lost touch with what was happening in the Metroid world. Not sure about the art style, but it looks like legit Metroid platformer.
I also spent maybe 4 hours in Mario Galaxy and that kind of sealed it for me I think: "I don't play these games anymore." I think they are fantastic, I'm just not sitting down and playing them these days. It is what it is.
After really digging these games and their sort of...modern and rehashed versions, like Bloodstained, the ~carbon copy of SotN and Sundered, which I think was a good mix of the 2D Metroid map with the ultra light Rogue stuff (I couldn't get into Dead Cells, even though it is quite awesome indeed, because too much Rogue for me. I'm old and need me precious progress to be saved. I just do. I don't care. I need that, lol) I want a proper Metroid game.
Glad to hear that it's working for people.
Well this is really stupid.
I just opened up my OLED Switch and hooked up my headphones directly to it since it can do the bluetooth stuff now, however whatever codec Nintendo is using is laggy as shit. There is a very noticeable delay. I thought I was going to be able to get rid of my Genki adapter but nope. I just plugged that in and it has no lag as expected. And the headphones I bought I got specifically because of the lagless codec they have.
On another note, the blacks on the OLED Switch are really damn black!
Also, the new model fits in my old case no problem.
Well this is really stupid.
I just opened up my OLED Switch and hooked up my headphones directly to it since it can do the bluetooth stuff now, however whatever codec Nintendo is using is laggy as shit. There is a very noticeable delay. I thought I was going to be able to get rid of my Genki adapter but nope. I just plugged that in and it has no lag as expected. And the headphones I bought I got specifically because of the lagless codec they have.
On another note, the blacks on the OLED Switch are really damn black!
Also, the new model fits in my old case no problem.
What are your thoughts on the whole "Kotaku supports piracy" debacle that went on last week? Essentially, the summary is that Kotaku posted an article with remarks at the beginning suggesting that Nintendo and their lawyers ignore the article talking about Metroid Dread emulation. There was also a remark later on about how pirates and emulation allow for older games (like the older Metroid games) to be easily accessible regardless of how Nintendo can be stingy with re-releases. This caused quite a stir as people interpreted it as Kotaku supporting piracy of Metroid Dread.
As for my thoughts, well... I'm not surprised by the reaction. If I've learned anything, it's that people on the Internet often ignore cues that slant toward humor, satire, or sarcasm, and typically fill in those blanks with their own rhetoric. (Pretty sure we invented emoticons around 40 years ago to help combat this problem....) I saw remarks with people asking why you would even emulate a brand new game, and for me, it comes down to either (a) lack of a demo, or (b) performance/graphical improvements. In regard to graphical improvements, the Switch isn't exactly cutting-edge hardware, and there are games that are either stuck at 30 FPS or don't perform consistently (e.g. Hyrule Warriors). There are also cases where you can use modifications to improve the game; Breath of the Wild is the easiest example there.
What are your thoughts on the whole "Kotaku supports piracy" debacle that went on last week? Essentially, the summary is that Kotaku posted an article with remarks at the beginning suggesting that Nintendo and their lawyers ignore the article talking about Metroid Dread emulation. There was also a remark later on about how pirates and emulation allow for older games (like the older Metroid games) to be easily accessible regardless of how Nintendo can be stingy with re-releases. This caused quite a stir as people interpreted it as Kotaku supporting piracy of Metroid Dread.
As for my thoughts, well... I'm not surprised by the reaction. If I've learned anything, it's that people on the Internet often ignore cues that slant toward humor, satire, or sarcasm, and typically fill in those blanks with their own rhetoric. (Pretty sure we invented emoticons around 40 years ago to help combat this problem....) I saw remarks with people asking why you would even emulate a brand new game, and for me, it comes down to either (a) lack of a demo, or (b) performance/graphical improvements. In regard to graphical improvements, the Switch isn't exactly cutting-edge hardware, and there are games that are either stuck at 30 FPS or don't perform consistently (e.g. Hyrule Warriors). There are also cases where you can use modifications to improve the game; Breath of the Wild is the easiest example there.
I read the original version of the article, before it was edited, and it definitely read that way. I had a definite "what the hell are you doing, Kotaku?" moment.
Obviously I'm not going to launch a hatemail campaign against Kotaku over it, because I'm not a moron! But it really did read as a "nudge nudge, wink wink, you can go pirate this game really easily" article.
Why do the pirates get to have all the nice things?
That remark reminds me of how much better some PC games are when pirated as it removes things like Denuvo protection, which just eats up CPU cycles performing decryption. I believe it was Devil May Cry 5 that was accidentally released on Steam with both a DRM and non-DRM build, which easily let people compare the two in regard to performance, and it was a tangible difference.