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jonneymendoza · 14 Sep 2017 at 15:21

Phate said:
Fixed for you and its in the list

no i mean wow i did not know nba 2k18 is coming on switch! thats great news.

i so wisth f1 2017 was coming out on it too! i needs more AAA sports/racing games IMO

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 15:25

fez said:
Its funny how the review business works.

For films, anything above a 7 on IMDB is considered good usually.

If a game gets a 7 I assume its playable but not really worth the time. Unless something is getting a 9/10 I'm not usually going to buy it at launch unless the hype is massive or I have previous experience with the series.

Yeah it's a 7-10 rating system in reality, and Rime scored 78 on Metacritic.

I played about 2 hours of Rime for free via Steam's refund policy and wasn't impressed with it.

jonneymendoza · 14 Sep 2017 at 15:26

the thing about ratings in games is that games tend to take out a lot of your free time whilst movies you can take a punt on even a 5/10 movie

Perfect_Chaos · 14 Sep 2017 at 15:49

fez said:
Its funny how the review business works.

For films, anything above a 7 on IMDB is considered good usually.

If a game gets a 7 I assume its playable but not really worth the time. Unless something is getting a 9/10 I'm not usually going to buy it at launch unless the hype is massive or I have previous experience with the series.

E.T and Total recall are in the 7's on IMDB, i quite like those films a lot. But taking average scores doesn't always work for me, i usually see the individual reviews and the top ones gave 8's, and others gave 6-7 and it drags the average score down. Half the time for (IMO) stupid reasons or trolling, some even give 1-2 stars.

With games on Steam some are rated overall better there than other places, PUBG is apparently one of the most played games at the moment and it's in the 7x% range.

This is why i don't trust reviews all the time, like i said way too much variance.

Phate · 14 Sep 2017 at 16:04

I like cell shaded visuals and puzzles. RIME is a giant puzzle game with cell shaded visuals.

So yep, I am buying it

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 16:06

Phate said:
I like cell shaded visuals and puzzles. RIME is a giant puzzle game with cell shaded visuals.

So yep, I am buying it

One of the biggest complaints is how short it is. I got 1/3 the way through in my 2 hour demo!

Battery! · 14 Sep 2017 at 18:17

So I crumbled and bought a switch with mario kart and Zelda

megalomanic · 14 Sep 2017 at 18:58

Fast RMX free content update
ARMS free content update
Octopath Traveller demo

Yep, tonight I Switch!.

Phate · 14 Sep 2017 at 19:03

Just spent an hour on Octopath Traveler demo. It's fantastic. Visually breathtaking.

Raymond Lin · 14 Sep 2017 at 19:14

Battery! said:
So I crumbled and bought a switch with mario kart and Zelda

Where is that like button?

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 19:28

So binding of Isaac is a bit pants. I must be missing something...

Plainsong · 14 Sep 2017 at 19:53

Kreeeee said:
So binding of Isaac is a bit pants. I must be missing something...

That's a shame. Been playing it this evening. Love it.

2StepSteve · 14 Sep 2017 at 20:26

I'm not paying £36 for The Binding of Isaac, it's an insult. £20 and I'd bite.

BTW.. I never knew the Switch is going to be graced by the "Better Together" Minecraft update this Autumn. The main feature being infinitely long worlds, such a huge selling point on a handheld.

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 20:42

2StepSteve said:
I'm not paying £36 for The Binding of Isaac, it's an insult. £20 and I'd bite.

BTW.. I never knew the Switch is going to be graced by the "Better Together" Minecraft update this Autumn. The main feature being infinitely long worlds, such a huge selling point on a handheld.

I paid 24 quid and it feels like too much.

2StepSteve · 14 Sep 2017 at 20:45

Kreeeee said:
I paid 24 quid and it feels like too much.

Physical? You'd make a profit if you flip it.

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 20:51

2StepSteve said:
Physical? You'd make a profit if you flip it.

Yes physical.

megalomanic · 14 Sep 2017 at 22:38

I really didn't expect Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to make it out this year, if it's up to the standard of the previous games then I'll be getting it for sure. Based on the gameplay demo footage I've watched so far it's looking very promising.

Phate said:
Just spent an hour on Octopath Traveler demo. It's fantastic. Visually breathtaking.

Yeah it looks amazing!. I'm generally impressed with the game all round, it definitely had me hooked. The battle mechanics are mostly familiar so far, the boost and break defense stuff worked really well but I'm curious to find out how it will be expanded upon later in the game.
It seems like the game is designed to have you play through each individual character story, it'll be interesting to see how they handle the overall progression in that case and how long each story will be.

I like that you can keep exploring in the demo after getting the "Thanks for playing" message

, it's quite a big demo!.

Phate · 14 Sep 2017 at 22:58

I've not gotten very far. Just the first proper fight really. Treading lightly with it as I am not typically into JRPG's so it feels quite new to me however I enjoyed what I played so far.

I wanted to give it a go after seeing this unique visual style. I had to try it!

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2017 at 23:58

Played about two hours of binding of Isaac now and I really don't get the appeal.

Time to sell it I think.

silvagti · 15 Sep 2017 at 08:11

Kreeeee said:
Played about two hours of binding of Isaac now and I really don't get the appeal.

Time to sell it I think.

This is why I never buy a digital copy of a game other than from steam where you can refund it if you don't like it.

At least with physical if you don't like a game or get bored/complete it after a week or two you can still sell it for often not far short of what you paid for it.

It's a shame you don't like Isaac but it's going for £25-30 on eBay just now so you definitely won't lose money if you only paid £24

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