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.
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).
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.
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.