The Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy if you like JRPGs.
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I keep wanting to check things like this out, and then I remember there’s not even any Switch games I want to play. I tried the open world Pokémon game when that came out years ago, purely just to see what they did (it was boring as fuck, as pretty much everyone agree). The only other thing is maybe TotK, but there’s better things (in my opinion) that I still need to play. Shadow of the Erdtree, for example, is something I still need to get around to.
If anyone actually does think there are Switch games worth playing, in your opinion, what are they? I’m curious. I have to admit I avoid most advertising and don’t follow Nintendo stuff, so there could be things I’m not aware of.
nightlily@leminal.space 2 days ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Here’s a suggestion you never see, but I loved it: Astral Chain
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I really enjoyed Zelda BOTW. I beat it. Then I did their weird glitch that requires you to beat it twice more without dying once, but you get to keep this crazy Light Bow thing forever. I spend like a week accomplishing that glitch. Then I spend like 6 months hoping on it every once in a while, just to ride around the map and shoot things with that bow. Eventually I lost my game save, and now I don’t play it anymore… I would, if I didn’t have to spend another week on a glitch to get my bow back. Now I just look at it, remembering the good times.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 days ago
While BOTW is a masterpiece in my opinion, it‘s not a console exclusive. You don‘t even need a Switch or Switch emulator to play it. Many people even recommend emulating the WiiU version specifically.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I think the Bayonetta games are really fun and closer to the old school God of War trilogy than the new God of War games. Its a fun hack and slash that you can button mash your way through, but is a lot more fun if at the very least you learn how to dodge offset. www.youtube.com/watch?v=subkGpouSeo
eatsnutellawivaspoon@feddit.uk 2 days ago
The metroid prime 1 remake is fantastic, metroid dread is pretty good too. Nintendo has a unique style with their first party games and while that’s a good thing for the market as a whole, you’re right that if it’s not your cup of tea there’s really not much on the switch for you.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I feel the same but what it comes down to for me is I hate Nintendo IPs and for the most part it is the Nintendo games that bring people to their consoles.
Pretty much everything else is available elsewhere. Or at least that is the impression I get. Does the console have any noteworthy exclusives that aren’t Nintendo characters.
Pokemon would be the main thing that appealed for me too but I liked red, blue, stadium and that was about it. I didnt play much after that and what I did didnt stick so I think I’d have similar feelings to you towards the new ones.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Astral Chain was great, and probably runs better on emulator than original hardware
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
When I tried it on my switch, gyro was broken when playing with a controller with no way to turn it off. So if emulator doesn’t have bugs then it’d be better for that reason too.
melfie@lemy.lol 2 days ago
I’ve been considering getting a copy of TLOZ Echoes of Wisdom for my Steam Deck.
makyo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Pretty much all the games made by Nintendo themselves. Mario Odyssey is great too.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have an atmosphere like a Studio Ghibli movie. If that doesn’t appeal to you than I guess you won’t like those games.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It looks fine. It’s more the gameplay that doesn’t seem appealing. It seems almost frictionless. There’s too many games that do something similar that are more appealing to me. I’ve been meaning to get into Outward (I own it, but I haven’t put the time into it to get far), but now Outward 2 is on the horizon. It’s open world adventure, but it actually asks the player to think and put some effort into it.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I mean… The Legend of Zelda also asks you to think and put some effort into it, in the form of dungeon puzzles. It’s the gameplay specifically what I compare to the atmosphere of a Ghibli movie.
I’ve played Outward. It’s… Incredibly janky, and also tries to be a very hardcore type of game. I don’t think it can be adequately compared to something like Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
They can be compared in that they’re both open-world action-adventure games. I can’t play every game, and of those I’m much more interested in Outward, because it’s trying (and often failing, but still trying) to do something really interesting. BotW was trying to do something others have done, just very polished. I’m more interested in the games who are experimenting, even if I have to deal with a bunch of jank.
lemonySplit@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I don’t understand how Nintendo is charging over $100/game and can’t bother to hire voice actors for this shit. I tried ToTK and it felt like a shitty asset flip to me that was way overpriced. Sold my switch and went back to just PC and emulation
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sounds like you’re unfamiliar with Japanese games. It’s not typical for them to have full voice acting.
Calling anything from The Legend of Zelda a cheap asset flip is quite something, though.
lemonySplit@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I mean are they not using essentially the same assets since ever? Every game they put out just feels like regurgitated IP to maximise profits at this point