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Well, I will say this... I got the game a day early on the Thursday and I did play a solid three hours on it before then playing other games and what I got to play of it I did enjoy... a lot! Indeed today I watched the above video in full, the over three hours version as it was interesting seeing how the Easy Allies came to that conclusion about the game, I have to say I agree with them as well because the title really is an achievement in itself. Is it bad that I've now watched more Easy Allies videos in the past week than I've played of the game? I'm going to go with yes... at least a little bit, though in fairness I tend to watch them at times when I wouldn't be normally gaming on my PS4 and in fact today I was watching that video while piecing together reviews for the site so it wasn't all just time I could have been devoting to The Last Guardian; or at least that's how I'm going to rationalise it. :p Hmm, perhaps I'll play another three hours tomorrow though, make it a weekly thing? We shall see... I fully intend to play through the game all the way to the end though.

Just Cause 3 has that? I didn't even know... another game I got for cheap around release but haven't played yet, tempted to just sell it now. :p Yeah, stuff like this is really scummy practice from the developers, I'm glad to hear that it isn't just us more experienced gamers who are getting up in arms about these kind of things and longing for how games used to be, back in the day... *cough* but erm yeah... this new-fangled Snowboarding game, perhaps I'll buy it when the price isn't so... steep. :awesome:

Oh right I see, I wasn't aware of these limitations and differences... I really don't keep up with mobile phone technology and Operating Systems at all so I hadn't considered that. Hmm, putting aside the fact that Nintendo say it's not on the cards at the moment for the Switch... if the game didn't require you to be connected to the internet, then it would work surely? I'm still trying to figure out why you need to be persistently connected with it, surely if you get a high-score offline, then go online when you can, bam! score uploaded... that's what a lot of console and handheld games have done for years. It's probably something really obvious I'm missing... but I mean if it was ported to something which isn't a phone, the always connected thing wouldn't be needed for the game to function is what I'm curious about. But then I suppose that just negates the whole point of these portable experiences I suppose, made for phones, to raise brand awareness for the consoles.

Wow, I didn't realise they were using that model for other games as well. Coming soon... Beyond Good and Evil 2! The highly-anticipated, in development for a decade sequel/re-telling to the acclaimed single-player game which defined a generation.* *Only playable when connected to Ubisoft central servers, available 40%-50% of the times, reliability may vary, micro-transactions applicable, buy the season-pass for unlimited access. It could be interesting to see if the game does make its way to the Switch as I don't think Nintendo would stand for those kind of requirements, surely? :wink: Anyway yeah, Steep... maybe it should have just been Free to Play? With optional purchases, that model might have garnered more interest, especially taking into account that always online mechanic... I really can't get past that.

I'm not to fussed about it personally, but then I don't have a phone which will play any modern games, so I know this isn't for me. I do feel bad for you though Hero as you have a phone which is at least on the same platform, it seems like the company want you to upgrade your phone even when you don't need to, I don't know much about the particular brand of phone but I'm sure it would be technically possible to run it on your older model; it's probably just a conscious decision to see how many people will upgrade. It does pose an interesting question though, will we perhaps see some of Nintendo's mobile games make the Switch? Assuming that the machine does have a touch-screen, they could port it... add some extras, polish it, add some retro skins (Super Mario Maker style) and sell it for the same price or less. Even if it did happen, I still probably wouldn't have time on it because of the amount of more fleshed out console games which will be on it but still, the option is there I reckon, just a thought. : peace:

I was potentially, partially interested in playing it at some point. But online required to play? Even single player? Patch in offline support and we'll talk. :wink: Honestly though, nothing will top the 1080° Snowboarding games for me. So I'm happy to wait it out for either a Switch entry or the inevitable GC Virtual Console version. 1080° in 1080P That's the dream! While I can appreciate that Steep is trying to do something different, basing it on real mountain ranges, focusing on realism, being able to go anywhere you can see... ...I prefer to see what developers can do by making their own courses from scratch, for that reason I have a lot of love for Snowboarding games which lean less towards realism and more towards fun; SSX is another series I've enjoyed on and off for that reason. This wasn't meant to be a thread de-railer or me being down on a game I've never played but judging by the lack of posts in the other thread, I thought it best to at least post my initial reaction to Steep rather than nothing. I'm not a monster though, if Steep was free on Plus further down the line then I'd give it a try... probably. :p

n-europe Presents VC Weekly #392 The Legend of the Mystical Ninja A classic Konami game... ...remember those? Check inside for the verdict. Enjoy! : peace:

For me the best thing to come out of all this is the ToyBox demo being updated on Steam... ...because it finally works for me now! I spent around a good hour playing the Yooka-Laylee ToyBox demo to full completion including all Feathers, Ghost Writer and Pagie plus the couple of secrets which are in there. Yeah, it may be nearly six months on from when it came out but it was really nice to experience it for myself, I really like the weight of the characters along with the moveset which even here in its most basic form feels just right as there were no ill-timed jumps because it all worked well; quite simply it's glorious! Now onto the recent revelations regarding its eventual release... are they really revelations though? It seems that we were almost half-expecting it but from the viewpoint of people having backed the game with the promise of a Wii U version - even though there aren't really such things as promises with Kickstarter ultimately as it relies on funding and faith - I can see why some might be a little bit dismayed. Personally I'm not, though as a backer who would have chosen the Wii U version it does make me slightly uneasy about how it will all be shipped... I'm pretty committed to the Kickstarter as I went for the limited 64-Bit edition, plus added the physical PC release and the download code for the Wii U version which apparently will be upgradable to a physical release nearer the time but I'm guessing that will now be the option of a physical Switch release. Hopefully it will just mean that I'll get the 64-bit edition on release along with the physical PC release so at least one way or another I'll be able to play it at launch then it will just be a case of PlayTonic sending out the Switch game at a later date assuming it won't be coming out the same time as the other versions... yeah, I'm going to go with that! Either way I still could not be more hyped for this game right now. Also I've just realised, by the time the game comes out I will have pledged cash for it two years before its release date.

I would go with waiting until the evening personally if it was me. I work from around midday to 9:30PM on Friday so it wouldn't be good for me to get less sleep and be dead on my feet (even more than usual) :p for that kind of shift. I'm still looking forward to learning new information though, or in the words of Brandon Jones on Easy Allies... Oh I, just cannnn't wait, for the Swiiiittttttccch!

So 4am on Friday 13th of January 2017... Quality timing there but I can only assume that it's because it's a worldwide presentation and if it's hosted Live in Japan then that would make it 2PM over there? (At a guess, I haven't bothered to check) Either way, I'll catch it a few hours later thanks.

Ah right, no worries... I thought something must be up as neither of you were online there for a while but yeah at least we made some progress. I hope all of your electrical equipment is OK over there @Dcubed. I'm going to be playing for a bit again probably as I promised Dave (Plague Dog) that I'd help him through the low levels but I'm sure we'll get to play some more hunts soon.

Right, @Glen\-i, you... Know exactly what I'm about to say at this point, so I'll just post a time. 8PM

Hmm, my interest is piqued.

Erm... Well... I'll get back to you on that one. :p

Bless you @Tphi! This has really made my day, I mean this time had to come eventually and of course at one point I thought it might have been happening on the Wii U but it seems that purple coloured folder I had on the machine since folders were announced was destined to remain empty. It's OK, I've since turned it into a TG-16 folder so all is well. But with the Switch being rumoured to be within decent power range then this can now finally become a reality, just imagine having all of those games playable in the palm of your hand or even better, upscaled to possibly up to 1080p on the big screen. Oh yeah and speaking of all things 1080... I started making up some banners when I thought of the possibility of GC games making their way to the Switch shortly after the console was announced. Disclaimer - I had no knowledge of any of these rumours at all, this has just been a dream of mine for way too long now so I'm glad to see that it looks like it's hopefully finally happening. : peace: There are others I have made but I wanted to share that one as I was reasonably pleased with the way it turned out. Also yes I did borrow that conveniently-sized Switch icon from the forum so thanks to @RedShell for making all these new icons as they really are fantastic. Regarding how VC games will translate to the Switch, while news of an upgrade fee for titles isn't great, if we are going to end up getting better emulation on the games assuming that everything is now going to be handled by NERD (Nintendo European Research & Development) who made all those lovely Nintendo Classic Mini NES games possible in addition to DS VC games then the upgrade fee might just be worth it; however I must stress that with the NNID and My Nintendo account, loyalty should be rewarded somehow as I've already bought certain NES games FOUR times over digitially now... if you count Wii, Wii U, 3DS and NES Classic, so a free download for certain titles wouldn't go amiss. It's too early to say much else really but this news is certainly most promising for the future of the Virtual Console at the very least, I can only hope that Nintendo learn from some of their past mistakes though as we really need the library which we have currently on the Wii U and 3DS - up to the point of March 2017 release schedule - available immediately from launch and then carry on with the game releases from there, probably even launching the same games on Switch and Wii U in some instances where perhaps we'll get Pokémon Puzzle League for instance, standard version on Wii U, extra emulation features on Switch with cross-buy going forward? We shall see by the time we make the Switch but some very interesting times ahead indeed.

It's nice to see that we have similar views on the series. Yeah, that's what I figured so in that respect EoS is an ideal starting point really with the additional bonus of the story being good... ...or good up until the point that I played, I must confess that I still haven't seen the credits roll. But I have played a fair amount and I did happen to look up a spoiler-free guide on what the post-game is like so I will be returning to Treasure Town, it's just difficult when you have so many games to play but not enough time to devote to all of them when you take reviewing time into consideration. : peace: I did say that my play time on it would be compromised at some point, with the release of Pokémon Sun & Moon that point has now arrived and I haven't even played that for a week now as I'm only getting back to Alola today... ...plus y'know, Monster Hunter Generations. And all those other VC titles for future editions of VC Weekly. #TooManyGamesNotEnoughTimeButTheyALLWillBePlayed

Looks like I'll be waiting a while before playing Final Fantasy XV then... I was on the verge of starting a file on it the other night, just as well I didn't now I guess. Those are... rather substantial updates, it sounds like they cobbled together part of the game near a deadline and thought "That'll do... probably, its been ten years, ship it!" *one week passes* "You know all that extra work we were going to put in which would delay the game into 2017? Yeah... we're going to add that in and distribute it via a massive patch or several small ones months apart to make the game better." *everyone at SE groans* "Why didn't we just do it properly the first time?" Or something like that... I don't know for certain but that's the impression I get, remember when they were talking about not releasing a huge day 1 patch despite there being one anyway? Perhaps that was the patch which was not considered big by them but all this other stuff to come is possibly what should have been there, consequently was not because of their "promise" to keep the size down (which also included putting a lot more on the disc I think?) though perhaps part of the real reason is that they knew it would take longer for them to achieve their original vision for the game. Either way it sounds like a bit of a mess, let's see how the game looks in say... March 2017? : peace: Oh wait... yeah, this game is really going to go on the back-burner for a while for me, I might play the other remasters I have before it now, so it's not all bad from a "too many games, not enough time" perspective.

n-europe Presents VC Weekly #391 @Glen\-i and anyone else who's interested of course. It seems I did spend rather a long time on this edition but I'll be back up to speed soon. We've had a rather busy month on the site, so thank you for your continued support and understanding. Check inside for the verdicts.[/size][/b] Enjoy! : peace:

I purchased them all but haven't had a chance to have a good look at them yet, if anyone's interested I'll try to take some pics of them either for the site/forum/both soon. Looks like I'll be unboxing them anyway seeing as they can be used in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. : peace:

@Ganepark32 that sounds awful. I hope you'll still have a good Christmas and that things will hopefully look up soon.

Easy Allies Review is in. Consider me hyped! : peace:

What I'll likely buy from the list... Uncharted: The Lost Legacy The Last of Us Part 2 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Let It Die Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Horizon: Zero Dawn Windjammers Resident Evil 7 Wipeout Omega Collection PaRappa The Rapper LocoRoco Patapon Yakuza 6 and Yakuza Kiwami Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom Ace Combat 7 Ys Origins Nex Machina Gravity Rush 2 (Raven DLC) Street Fighter V (Akuma DLC) Nier: Automata Most of it, then. :p I think I'm going to need more shelf space as I count at least eight of those titles will be boxed.

Thank you Glen. That would be excellent, will join on you then and I've let them both know that it'll be the usual password. Should be fun. : peace:

Edit - I used to like these kind of games, now... I'm not so bothered about them.

I'm up for it but, I have a couple of friends who've just started playing MHG and I said that I'd help them through the early quests tomorrow at 7PM, so if that's cool with you then we could help 'em out? ...possibly... ...maybe... ...perhaps... I'll let you know if anything changes but one way or another I'll be on MHG for 7PM on Sunday.