I honestly can’t understand why anyone ever thought it was going to be open world. Nothing in any of the trailers have given me that impression. I really don’t get why gamers now see “attractive vista” and immediately think it means open world. There are countless games that have nice looking shots overlooking a cliff…

Also, to piggyback on your point, dedicated gaming devices would have 100 times more excuse to have exclusive games than a phone maker. People spend $200-$500 to buy their new game consoles that play tons of games. They don’t generally spend the $1400 and get a two year contract with Apple and a phone service provider…

Except getting a Switch can be as cheap as $130 for a used Lite that’s fully up to snuff for any and all Switch gaming. Meanwhile, getting an iPhone or even an iPad is definitely pricier and has a lot less going for it. There are hundreds of great Switch exclusive games. There are a small handful of arguably decent…

Considering 81% of the world doesn't use Apple, it's understandable!  It's also different than being on a different gaming console in that buying something like an iphone is a much bigger investment and tied to a potentially conflicting phone plan.  It isn't as simple as, say, spotting a Switch game you want when you…

Nostalgia isn’t the only factor. Nintendo is legitimately very different from Sony and Microsoft. Even their so-called iron grip is often a misplaced attempt to respect their characters and property. They’ve eased up some from the days of the 80s where the idea of indie development sent them to court, shutting down…

I dislike Kingdom Hearts, I loathe Sora. He’s a hideous little goblin and his Ronald McDonald clown shoes to cover them. His entire design is terrible, as is his characterization and voice. He won’t be a boon to Smash and I would honestly be fine with literally any other character. Even another Kingdom Hearts…

“Then there are the multiplayer games which, while available on multiple platforms, I’ll still play on Switch. Portability means these anticipated games can be taken anywhere...”

At some point, I just started pruning my backlog of games I didn’t think I would like as much as many other ones. Deciding I’ll just never bother finishing, say, Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth was freeing. Just not good enough for the time investment. I want to spend my limited time playing games that I love so if I play…

They do. You missed the sarcasm of the comment, I assume. Game journalists are constantly complaining about there not being enough games on a system as soon as there are weeks or a month without what the individual writer deems a “major” release. And yet then when three or four “major” titles come out at once, they…

Advance Wars isn't and has never been an SRPG.  It's a turn based strategy game, yes, but with no RPG elements at all.

Your logic can be applied to literally any game. Who cares about Breath of the Wild 2? It’s just a sequel to another game in a niche genre that tens of millions of people don’t care about.

I mean, the didn't have server problems.  The servers have been running perfectly since launch.  They just didn't have enough servers to accommodate the 650,000 people trying to play simultaneously, so they instituted a login queue which is insanely common for any online game.  Not to mention the fact that they put up…

I just don't get that logic.  So you'd rather pay $60, $15 per month, pay for expansions/updates and have a cash shop for cosmetic items?  Rather than pay $40, no further costs or monthly fee, and have a very limited cosmetic cash shop?

The difference between "server issues" and a queue time is the servers are functioning properly, they're quite playable, and rather than overwhelming and crashing them like every MMO launch in history, they had people waiting in line to login.  It's definitely pretty reasonable and even just three days later, the…

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not impressed because it's definitely a simplistic indie game that looks basically the same on Switch, but this game looks 100 times better than Minecraft.

So are you saying I didn't waste my money when I paid the extra $50 for the superior "HD" lenses?  It sounded a little bit like a scam, but vision is important enough to me that I'd rather spend $50 extra if the lenses are legitimately going to be better, so I went ahead and did it.

The difference between someone claiming there isn’t a difference between VHS and DVD or SD and HD are miles apart from this situation. There’s literally one game in the world that supports 8K natively on console and it’s a Nintendo Switch indie game ported to PS5. It’s a nice looking game but still basic game and the…

This game is not good.  I wanted it to be, but it's not.  It does look decent and it has some systems that aren't bad, but the actual gameplay is as auto/monotonous as it could be.  Just the same as any other mobile MMO.  Boring, bad, unfun.

I saw Avengers in the theater.  That shit is Avengers at home.

Most of the negative reviews are just people angry that MMOs have packed servers on launch day. The scramble is particularly large here because names are global and account locked, so once you secure a name.. no one else in the world can have it.