I've SWITCHed! - General discussion - WARNING IN POST 1

Pac1Man

How is the Skyrim field of view in portable mode? I remember someone commenting that it was what held the Switch version back a bit.

It's tempting me!

blockfighter

Yesterday i got to try out my Switch on a plane for the first time. It turned a few heads. Really helped pass the time too. Have a few more flights this year. This will be a great travel companion.

chrislad

blockfighter wrote: »

Yesterday i got to try out my Switch on a plane for the first time. It turned a few heads. Really helped pass the time too. Have a few more flights this year. This will be a great travel companion.

Same here. In from Manchester this morning. Turned it out as the plane took off, next thing, I feel the bump of landing!

wotzgoingon

I bought a switch. God damn this thing is flimsy. I'm afraid i will break the controller just playing a game. I only got it to play Mario Odyssey.

TitianGerm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I bought a switch. God damn this thing is flimsy. I'm afraid i will break the controller just playing a game. I only got it to play Mario Odyssey.

Do you have ham hocks for hands?

wotzgoingon

TitianGerm wrote: »

Do you have ham hocks for hands?

No but in all seriousness it is flimsy compared to my Xbox one controller. Nice bit of kit all the same though I'd say there are many kids very sad after dropping this on the ground.

Tom Mann Centuria

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No but in all seriousness it is flimsy compared to my Xbox one controller. Nice bit of kit all the same though I'd say there are many kids very sad after dropping this on the ground.

Get yourself a pro controller then you needn't worry about the flimsyness or otherwise. Just as robust as an Xbox One controller.

wheresmahbombs

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'd love to see remastered Morrowind and Oblivion myself.

Yet Bethesda decided to give us a graphical upgrade to their most recent TES game (not counting ESO), Skyrim, rather than breathe new life into their older titles like Morrowind and Oblivion.

It just doesn't seem very logical of Bethesda.

TitianGerm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No but in all seriousness it is flimsy compared to my Xbox one controller. Nice bit of kit all the same though I'd say there are many kids very sad after dropping this on the ground.

Well a controller is different to a whole system. I can't use a standard Xbox controller anymore, it has to be the Elite.

Try a Pro Controller though if Handheld isn't suiting.

ERG89

wheresmahbombs wrote:

It just doesn't seem very logical of Bethesda.

They worked with Skyrim as a test of learning new architecture for Fallout 4.
Morrowind is a different game to Skyrim and even Oblivion & I imagine would require a from the ground up approach.

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Differences_Between_Morrowind,_Oblivion,_and_Skyrim

Not sure what isn't logical the older something is the more work their is to remake it for 2018 eyes. Bethesda make games like Dishonored & Wolfenstein which don't follow the market trend is a risk so spending money to remake 10-15 year old games on your biggest license doesn't make sense.

CiDeRmAn

Skyrim would be less of a massive undertaking than rebuilding Morrowind.
I'd still love to have it, even a simple unenhanced port of the final PC version.
Oblivion too looked pretty good on the 360 and PC.
I would more a fan of those than Fallout tbh.

irishman86

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No but in all seriousness it is flimsy compared to my Xbox one controller. Nice bit of kit all the same though I'd say there are many kids very sad after dropping this on the ground.

Maybe tell them not to drop it on the ground

wotzgoingon

irishman86 wrote: »

Maybe tell them not to drop it on the ground

I'm saying in general. No kids will be near mine. It's just kids tend to drop and throw stuff around and my initial reaction to seeing a switch in the flesh was that it would break very easily.

panevthe3rd

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm saying in general. No kids will be near mine. It's just kids tend to drop and throw stuff around and my initial reaction to seeing a switch in the flesh was that it would break very easily.

I've a 3 year old that gives out to me if I forget to put it back in the dock. now the 1 year old is a different story

CiDeRmAn

I'm watching my 14 year old leaving the undocked Switch on the arm of the couch and I then, promptly, lose my sh1t.
Doesn't seem to make any difference though, he is still doing it!

Pac1Man

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No but in all seriousness it is flimsy compared to my Xbox one controller. Nice bit of kit all the same though I'd say there are many kids very sad after dropping this on the ground.

Not sure why you're comparing the toughness of a tablet with a controller?

Banjo

The problem with a converged device that incorporates the controller with the console, the portable with the monolithic, is that you can compare it to pretty much anything and there's some validity to it. I mean, I have to recharge my Switch after I've been on the go for 3-4 hours, where my car only needs a refill once a week! It's a disgrace, Joe, a disgrace!

ThunbergsAreGo

Anyone elses eShop profile get stuck on Russian?

Pac1Man

Banjo wrote: »

The problem with a converged device that incorporates the controller with the console, the portable with the monolithic, is that you can compare it to pretty much anything and there's some validity to it.

Not really when you consider basic logic. It's a tablet plain and simple, not a controller.

Banjo

Pac1Man wrote: »

Not really when you consider basic logic. It's a tablet plain and simple, not a controller.

I thought comparing it to a diesel car would be sufficient emphasis on the sarcastic nature of my post.
I thought I had gone over the top when I brought Joe Duffy into it.

I thought wrong.

And now I must go. My planet needs me.

BTW, it's not a tablet plain and simple. (At least, in handheld mode) It's a tablet sandwiched between 2 halves of a controller, and all the additional fragility that that arrangement suggests. But I agree, comparing it to an Xbox controller achieves nothing, unless you saw that Xbox controller in half and stick it to your phone. I dare say that the Switch performs better on average when you compare response times and drop test results.

CiDeRmAn

Pac1Man wrote: »

Not really when you consider basic logic. It's a tablet plain and simple, not a controller.

CiDeRmAn

It is more fragile than a typical console purely because, unlike the static nature of the PS4 or XB1, you can get up and go with the Switch.
Moving it about means higher risk of damage, no matter what.
Compared to consoles that are portable from the start, like the GBA:SP or PSP, it's probably on par, but the lack of an integral cover makes it more likely to be scratched compared to the GBA:SP but then it isn't subject to busted hinges.

It's probably as robust as it ever was going to be in it's current form, as the device that it is.
And I'm pretty happy with that.

Bob24

Banjo wrote: »

I thought comparing it to a diesel car would be sufficient emphasis on the sarcastic nature of my post.

It was ;-)

TitianGerm

I have Xenoblade at home since launch. Haven't turned it on yet but I'm very tempted to trade in against Bayonetta. What are people's thoughts? I think Bayonetta may be more my type of game and by all accounts it seems Xenoblade takes ages to get into.

fixXxer

TitianGerm wrote: »

I have Xenoblade at home since launch. Haven't turned it on yet but I'm very tempted to trade in against Bayonetta. What are people's thoughts? I think Bayonetta may be more my type of game and by all accounts it seems Xenoblade takes ages to get into.

I haven't played Xenoblades, but I picked up Bayonetta 1 & 2. I'd not played the game previously so it was all new to me. I have to say, its great fun. Over the top ridiculous not even trying to take itself seriously fun.

ionapaul

It's funny, neither of those types of games (Xenoblades OR Bayonetta) look good to me - so all of the great deals for both over the past few months have tweaked my interest as I love a good bargain, but am 99% sure I wouldn't have any interest in actually playing the games

Finished SteamWorld Dig 2 yesterday, wonderful game, and am finishing up with Mario Odyssey (have 600+ moons), so started Mario + Rabbits last evening; weird game! Like I think the battle bits will be interesting, but the manoeuvring around the game world seems a bit tacked-on...

Mr E

Couldn't get into Rabbids. Restarted it twice since I got it (after putting it down for months in between). It just didn't click with me.

It's weird because i can play Darkest Dungeon for hours, so it's not like I have an aversion to strategy games....

Tom Mann Centuria

Mr E wrote: »

Couldn't get into Rabbids. Restarted it twice since I got it (after putting it down for months in between). It just didn't click with me.

It's weird because i can play Darkest Dungeon for hours, so it's not like I have an aversion to strategy games....

Not that weird really, they are VERY different games.

Anyway, I love Rabbids, it's a thoroughly accessible turned based strategy game. I've had great fun with it and it's great something different made it into the mainstream and Nintendo allowed their characters to do something different.

Tom Mann Centuria

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Not that weird really, they are VERY different games.

Anyway, I love Rabbids, it's a thoroughly accessible turned based strategy game. I've had great fun with it and it's great something different made it into the mainstream and Nintendo allowed their characters to do something different.

Heard alot of good things. I'm going to to wait for another price drop however.

TitianGerm

fixxxer wrote: »

I haven't played Xenoblades, but I picked up Bayonetta 1 & 2. I'd not played the game previously so it was all new to me. I have to say, its great fun. Over the top ridiculous not even trying to take itself seriously fun.

I think Bayonetta may be more my type of game and I'd probably get more enjoyment out of that than out of Xenoblade.

I'm stuck into BOTW at the minute though so there is no rush to trade but if the values are better I might as well do it now.