I’ve been playing truth E33. It’s definitely slower than the Action games you list, being a JRPG-like game. It’s your side vs the enemy. Think old Final Fantasy. A closer comparison would be the Mario RPG series. While it is a lot of your turn->their turn->your turn etc, there are timings during both your turn and the enemy turns for button presses to do more damage (or in some cases, any damage), or to negate or even counter enemy attacks. It’s so much more of an engaging experience vs just pressing a button and watching your character do a massive combo. For me, getting really good at the parry timing is so satisfying. Most enemy attacks have multiple hits during their attacks, and if you parry every single one, you launch a counterattack. There is a dodge, but while it has a large window than the parry, all it really does is negate damage. That’s another thing: because you can learn enemy timings, your can take on bosses that are well above your punching weight. I find that part very fun. The characters are well written, in my opinion. For what a dreary story the game writes, there are moments of levity and extra background you have the option of engaging with for each character. The game is a serious contender for game of the year, it at the very least several awards. And for only $50usd, it blows many other AAA(A) games out of the water. Give it a chance and I think you’ll find it well worth your time.

I really wish they’d make a stronger one. I have the OLED model, and after “beating” Isaac on the Switch, I got it for the Deck so I could have mods. Most QoL mods are fine (EID being a huge one). But if I wanted to play a complete overhaul mods (like Boss Butch or others that add more enemies and rooms) or tanks the FPS so badly, from 60 in the starting room, not moving, to the mid to high 40’s, also in the starting room, not moving.

I think you’re seeing classic Gameboy Zelda. Awakening and the Oracle games.

It’s going to get to the point where you might not live long enough to see the next installment of a series. Kinda scary to think about.

I just beat that bastard tonight. Gained nearly 3 levels. Felt so good when the parries just kept coming. Nice job.

Even if the game is well received, if it doesn’t make more money than the last game, then the studio is shuttered, and you’ll never see an official sequel. You’ll be stuck waiting for an indie dev or original dev on kickstarter to come along 5-10 years later, maybe even more.

My daughter went through a phase where she REALLY wanted to play Roblox. Probably word of mouth from school. I’m not THAT old (only mid 30’s) but I didn’t really understand the concept of Roblox or how you buy more games. That probably led to me telling her no. Glad I stuck to my gut.

Watching my wife play, I was appalled at the numerous framerate and graphical issues. Once I finally got around to playing it myself, the issues didn’t impact me that much. There’s still no excuse for a game made that far into the system’s life to play like that, from the companies in charge of the largest multimedia franchise currently in the world.

I don’t know how “must add” they are, but the Shadow Hearts series was fun for me. I really liked that it was a turn based RPG where skill mattered a little more than others. It had a wheel that spun, and depending on the move, items, etc, your attack would be stronger or weaker depending on where in that wheel you stopped the pointer.

Didn’t Microsoft also have a chat bot that went off the rails, talking about Hitler and such? Found it. It was named Tay.

People like to pile on Bungie for a lot of things, but I don’t think this should be one. It’s not as though Bungie is the only game with voice actor issues at the moment. They’ve done what they could with what they had. I fully prefer this awkward method of story telling as opposed to trying to replicate the lines through AI or with non-union actors. The one criticism I have is that there isn’t any chirp or noise in game to signify that lines should be heard at the moment. Usually, when characters speak, the Ghost chirps before the lines are said. That little detail is missing. I think that would help a lot until an agreement can be reached.

I assure you, it’s not just Japan.

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While a physical mail in thing would be nice, it would likely add a ton of wear and tear to the objects with shipping and handling, assuming they even get sent back.

I finally got into my Steam Deck this last year. Being able to take nearly every game made out and about, not just PC games, has been a great experience. It doesn’t matter to me as much that I can’t play at 4k and 300+ FPS.

I expect the games that won’t be supported would be the ones that use extra hardware, like Labo or Ring Fit, since the controllers are sized differently.

Honestly, after hearing and seeing all the leaks, I started to tune them out until there was something official. This has been a nice little official confirmation.

Another commenter elsewhere mentioned that things like Labo or Ring Fit won’t (likely) work because of the different sized controllers. I would be surprised if other games that don’t use special extra hardware work just fine.

Hollywood accounting to go with their massive install size.

Low-flow Saunter.

Animal Crossing.

By far, my longest played game is Destiny 2 with over 5300 active hours. My second is Binding of Isaac, but I don’t have that number offhand.

Ol’ Petey is still there.

You make a fair point. It’s always Microsoft vs Sony. Nintendo seems to always avoid the exclusivity argument. I always figured it was just the type of person their games typically appeal to.

Does Xbox even have any exclusives anymore? I’m not trying to rehash the same old joke. Most of their games launch on PC at the same time, in at least some form. It’s Sony that keeps the exclusive or timed exclusive.

18650’s? Those are a dime a dozen. Unless you want the actual company that made those specific ones. If that’s the case, I can’t help you.

I don’t think it does. A lot of memes when the phone version came out of people who have already mastered the game sitting through the tutorial.

Balatro. Can get it on your phone, Switch, Steam Deck. It’s the poker-based rougelite. Sounds weird, but it works, and super easy to pick up for a hand or two and then back to work.

Along that same line, there are great mods for Portal. One of them even adds in a new “time” portal that really breaks your brain.

Fair, I haven’t beaten all of them myself, but when I do, I’ll need those mods. They made Binding of Isaac so much fun after beating that, too.

If we could mod the phone version I would never need another.

Nonsensical? Sure seemed to be pretty coherent to me.

The SD card is actually a very simple replacement. A few screws and the back plate comes off, then the card reader is a separate board. Ifixit places it at a 10 minute fix. No soldering, no replacing thermal paste. Assuming it’s just the reader and not something in the software, $20 and it’s fixed.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nintendo+Switch+Micro+SD+Card+Reader+Replacement/113031

Oh yeah. Got that installed. Was fun because I hadn’t worked with Linux systems before, so finding the proper file locations was a little challenging for myself. Custom characters have post-its and I don’t get the big banner saying it was installed wrong. Even messed with performance settings the deck offers for each game and lowered those since, well, Isaac isn’t exactly the pinnacle of graphics. Even now, just custom characters, alt paths and their additional effects (rain drops, ash, etc) tanks my performance. Unless there’s some magic that I’m not seeing, I’ve tried what I know. It is a little annoying when games that have actual models, and a lot of them at once, don’t have issues at all (Deep Rock Galactic Survivor being a prime example).

FF will NOT run on my deck very well. Not even moving in the spawn room lowers me to low 50’s FPS. It’s a real shame, too.

I “beat” isaac on the Switch (one Dead God), then got it all again for the Steam Deck so I could have mods. Unsure if the mods themselves are tanking the performance, but I don’t really care. It’s up there as one of my favorite games. The creativity of the mod creators has kept me coming back to play custom characters and challenges.

What are skins going for now in games like Fortnite, R6, or CS:GO? Aren’t some going for as much as a new game? More?

God Dammit, Dumpche…Inspecto. I thought you were still banned for a few more days?

Old Mother/Earthbound games would just let you insta-win battles if you were way stronger than the area you happened to be in. Made backtracking much smoother.