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    Rocket League (Switch)

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    1 hour ago, Ganepark32 said:

    Was looking at this on the eshop earlier and thinking of maybe picking it up as I play the game every now and then on the PS4 but would like to free up space on that for other games so it being on the switch would be handy. But the price just seems odd, why is it £15.04? Why not just £15 or £14.99, what's with the 4p, it just seems really odd. I need to look at my money anyway before I even consider picking it up but either through using my card or getting an eshop gift card, it's going to leave a stupid amount ::shrug:

    It was a really weird price on the Russian E-shop as well 1172 rubles, if I remember correctly. Must be a direct conversion from 20 USD.

    Rocket League (Switch)

    in Nintendo Gaming

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, dazzybee said:

    I presume you’re playing in handheld? This kind of stuff clearly doesn’t bother me because I’ve played doom and this on PS4 and both seem absolutely fine on switch to me, guess I just don’t care too much about that for these games. 

    I've played in both, and both are ugly as sin. For comparison sakes I have a 2 year old laptop with a GTX950 in it and I play at 720p, medium settings. For me, the difference is night and day. Complaints about the text not being readable are also valid. The aliasing is jarring. I really hope they plan on touching up the visuals a bit.

    Rocket League (Switch)

    in Nintendo Gaming

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    8 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    For you guys getting matched up with higher ranked players, have you tried disabling the cross play feature?

    That's what I've done and what I suggest everyone who's new to Rocket League should do. It is harder to find a game, and the AI does end up appearing more often, but at least you're not going to get slaughtered by someone who's put 100s of hours into the game already.

    Graphics are baaaad in this game. Like really bad, but it was worth the sacrifice for that silky smooth 60fps. Here's hoping they can make incremental improvements over time. Love having this on Switch, was always such a pain to be tied to my PC and uncomfortable chair :D

    I'm gonna end up sinking hours into this. Getting together with friends and playing is pretty streamlined in all honesty, and matchmaking only seems marginally slower that the version I played on Steam. No complaints about this aspect, it's proper Rocket League, just without the glamour of the other versions. Rocket League 64 (seriously, it's that ugly at times).

    The End For Neogaf?

    in General Gaming Discussion

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    13 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    He announced his comeback last week and that thread also got locked. Colin said he wasn't happy with the state of a lot of the current gaming journalists, with many not doing their jobs by not calling out the disgusting practices developers/publishers are putting in their games. This is what has inspired him to return.

    Dude has a point. There are only a handful who are not afraid to kick the hornets nest ( it's why I love Jim Sterling ) and more people in power and with influence need to speak up about such things.

    I don't play PS4 / Xbox One but it makes me sad to see the current state of gaming on those platforms. Lootboxes, microtransactions, day one DLC etc. Seems like the players are more roundly getting fleeced because budgets are out of control, and mobile F2P methods of monetisation are being implemented in full price games to compensate. It's disgusting TBH, and I'm glad people like Jim and previously Colin are willing to call them out. I hope he continues to shine a focus on this. Colin Was Right was always an entertaining watch and a well researched passion project. 

    Furthermore, he is absolutely right about gaming journalism, it has completely nosed-dived in terms of quality in the past few years, and more so since the glory days of N64 magazine. I actually don't access written pieces anymore, save a few Eurogamer and Kotaku articles which people share on GAF or ERA. Much prefer to consume content on YouTube, such as Easy Allies, Kinda Funny, GiantBomb, SpawnWave (awesome for quick news) and Digital Foundry for those technical breakdowns. It doesn't surprise me that some of the best gaming journalists are now almost exclusively producing video driven content, especially after the whole Jeff Gertsmann / Gamespot debacle. Most things on IGN, Gamespot and especially Polygon have become annoyingly infused with politics and it just doesn't interest me what so ever. I don't want to mix politics and games, hence why I'm almost exclusively and Nintendo gamer, I play games to chill out or have some fun, not to think about wider society or bigger questions as a whole.

    I was firmly on the side of the people who criticised some reviewers and how bad they were at games. If you work for a gaming website, which could essentially be boiled down to consumer advice when it comes to reviews, you should be good at video games, experienced in video games and know what the hell you're talking about, in both technical terms and in terms of having experienced a solid back-catalogue of games you can draw on for comparison purposes. In most video games, though granted not all, mechanics are important, skill level is important, difficulty is a factor in overall enjoyment (especially in something like DOOM). To me it seems the most popular sites have become agenda driven and have started employing writers, who are undoubtedly skilled at writing, but probably don't share the same love and passion for gaming as say 99% of the users of this forum likely have. Almost as if they are writers first, gamers second.

    Colin is bang on the money in this respect, and having someone back in the business, regardless of politics, can only be a good thing. People who refuse to acknowledge him because of his (incredibly mild) "right wing" views are beyond help. Sure Colin is a bit of an arsehole, definitely cocky and arrogant at times ('Colin was right?' Come on!), but given his position and his history in the industry, I don't begrudge him that. After watching his interviews with Dave Rubin and Joe Rogan, I feel like I understand him more as a person, even if he isn't particularly likeable. He most certainly isn't alt-right, racist, sexist, homophobic, or whatever other labels people are throwing at him. And yet, even if I don't like him, I believe his voice is pretty valuable to the gaming industry as a whole and can't wait to see his new content. 

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    The End For Neogaf?

    in General Gaming Discussion

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    59 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    I see Era is just as bad as Gaf in terms of shutting down conversations. Colin Moriarty has started a new gaming podcast/channel and because Era mods/admins don't agree with his politics they won't allow anything about him to be posted.

    Wow... What a bunch a pathetic arseholes. 

    I'll be tuning in for sure. Colin was easily one of the best gaming journalists out there. Glad he's decided to come back.

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    Splatoon 2

    in Nintendo Gaming

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    Looks like I got my days mixed up and I'm going to be out all evening... Tomorrow I'll be on from about 9am til finish though so if anyone's about tomorrow for team eggs and bacon, give me a shout!

    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe League 2017

    in Nintendo Gaming

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    Decent night for me, two bronzes! It's good to be back. Tonight's theme was mega, even if I HATE 200cc ;)

    Here was me at the end of Rainbow Road, hunting down @Vileplume2000 for first place. He blocked a blue shell with the horn, then I red-shelled him. Victory! I thought, before remembering that this is 200cc, and in 200cc, no-one is safe.

    Bonus video: I tried to throw a bob-omb at the leaders, the result was something I've never seen on MK8 before! 

     

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    Switch eShop Thread

    in Nintendo Gaming

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    7 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    I had a quick go of it last and and found it to be very interesting and unique, mainly due to the way you have to move. The one thing I don't like is that if you've picked up collectibles and then die you have to then go pick them up again. :shakehead

    If you go through a checkpoint again it will save them. Takes longer, but saves you doing a lot over and over again.

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    Super Mario Odyssey

    in Nintendo Gaming

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    37 minutes ago, Kav said:

    I’m not shitting on the game, as I say, it’s good and very enjoyable.

    I felt exactly the same as you after the first few worlds. After seeing the credits and doing a fair amount of the post-game content, it definitely picks up! Some of the later moons are tricky to get and you begin to appreciate the variety on offer in world design and how tightly put together they all are. 

    I'm still on the fence as to whether I agree with the universal 10/10 praise, but I can see more clearly now why many called it that way. 

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