General gaming discussion

I think it's one of the worst games made by a triple A studio in years. They were so obsessed with adding detail to the world and making it realistic that they forgot to make it any fun to play. Even just moving in the game can sometimes feel like you are playing QWOP. It was it stark contrast to Breath of the Wild which has a world and systems that interplayed with the purpose of giving the player loads of options to play with. The lack of respect it has for the players time is infuriating.

The story is really poor as well. I can get why some people might think it's a brilliant western epic but I know my western films and it's just a pastiche of tropes and set pieces from much better movies.

I'm expecting some Bioshock Infinite style retrospectives on the game when it's no longer such a technical marvel.

Has some nice wagons all the same.

Hope it was better than my last trip through Oklahoma:

Oregon Trail

Bit obscure here but everybody that grew up in the 80s/early 90s in America played it on the school computer.

Anyone playing the Thronglets game that ties in with the new Netflix Black Mirror episode? It's not bad, essentially a work builder but got more a clicker mentality to it. What makes it stand out is all at fourth wall breaking self referential moments it throws in.

It's not amazing but a fun little game that should tie in nicely with the episode. It's a little bit too on the nose and wink wink nudge nudge with the fourth wall breaking stuff.

€60 cheaper than a PS5/XSX but performs like a PS4/Xbone

- it's handheld hybrid which accounts for a lot and should have exclusives unlike the other 2.

€90 physical games, some of which are just download codes

• Fair enough but this seems to be an option for third parties, Nintendo games will have the game data on the cart. But this isn't new, the vast majority of PS5 and Xbox game will not run or run badly when run from the disc without day 1 patches. Nintendo just aren't pretending we aren't in the dystopian all digital future.

256Gb internal memory, will be full quick depending on the games used (another €60 to double it)

• This isn't great and considering I've over 512GB of games on my switch 1 then I won't fit them all on the console. However, most annoyingly is that the new micro express format seems to only have 256GB and 512GB cards, both useless to me considering the amount of games I will probably buy for the switch 2. There is a 1GB card from one manufacturer but it's a mythical unicorn that can't be found for love or money.

• €10 for a demo… christ

Easy solution. Don't buy it.

• €90 "Pro" controller, a must if you value your hand health, but still doesn't use Hall effect sensors

Easy solution. Don't buy it. Honestly the joycon controls aren't that bad and you can get the excellent switch 1 pero controller cord cheaper if you don't need a C button.

As for no Hall Effect, I've actually found out a lot of the best analogue sticks didn't have hall effect. The issue is Sony and Nintendo using **** parts. Hall Effect sensors will only help in cases were you are using crappy parts but previously Nintendo, Sony and MS didn't have hall effect sensors because they made their joysticks from good quality parts.

If the pro controller is like the WiiU and switch 1 pro controller then it should be one of the best on the market, hall effect or not (both of those didn't have hall effect sensors but just have great quality parts).

• €60 camera required for chat

Easy solution. Don't buy it.

• A Cash button that will eventually require a subscription service to use (first for a console? Buttons locked behind a sub service?)

The subscription is needed to play games online anyway and is far and away the cheapest offered by the big three and does give you a lot of benefits with old games and other things. Again, don't pay for it.

As a PC gamer pay a subscription is ridiculous on a console but you probably aren't getting these features on the other two consoles anyway.

• €10 upgrade to Switch 1 games or €79.99 for 8 year old game (BOTW)

Botw is a bit much but it's also free if you pay the online subscription. Other games like Kirby seem to be substantial expansion packs that look worth the extra tenner.

• 3rd party ports that perform and look worse (understandably, but still)

No evidence for this yet and you don't buy a switch to play third party big games. It's for Nintendo exclusives and Indies. So moot point .

• Basically confirmation that the games and console will probably never drop in price because Nintendo quality…

You did see that PS5 console price hike? It's now more expensive than at launch. Thanks Sony for making us supplement USA.

The days of console prices dropping seem to be a thing of the past and there's some decent 33% off sales online for Nintendo stuff every so often.

• And I'm not sure it's 100% confirmed, but the Gamecube controller may only work with classic Gamecube games…

Again, don't buy it. If you hate the Xbox controller because you are so used to the PS2 dual shock you are going to have the GameCube controller. The only thing it will give is analogue triggers to some games. Everything will play grand on modern controls.