Alright so this might be one of my favourite things ever.
The Link's Awakening look makes the game a 10/10 already, though I really hope they don't drop frames like crazy. For such a simple looking game, it was mindblowing that they were having difficulty running it on the Switch; Clearly it was poorly optimized.
But damn. The puzzles in this game are going to be good with all the different objects allowing you to solve them all in different ways. Everyone's brains work differently and it will be very interesting to see how people solve them in their own way. It has huge social potential, kinda like how Breath of the Wild had shrines solved in very unique ways as people found ways to break the game.
Getting to play as Zelda though? The Legend of Link! This makes it Nintendo's second title this year that will have brought a female protagonist who would otherwise be a background character in the series and I love it. I can't even recall how many times you've seen people ask for a Zelda game where you play as Zelda or in the case of Peach from the Mario series, how often folks wanted more with her.
The special Switch version is very cool too, its just a shame that its a Switch Lite. I don't really understand the Switch Lite. Sure, it's a bit smaller which makes portability better, but the complete lack of being able to dock it is nonsense and with the poor durability of Joycons, having your Joycons built right into the system makes it a bad choice for long-term playability. Also, Nintendo would be the ones to drop a new fancy skin for a console when the "Super Switch" is right around the corner. It's definitely an item the collector's will buy though so it's a easy way to get rid of extra stock of the lite that isn't selling. Anyway, I didn't mean to make this all about the Switch Lite, more Zelda games is awesome!
Yeah wow. WOW. I was not expecting a new Zelda title this year either AND ITS IN THE LINK'S AWAKENING STYLE?! YESSSS!!! I'm a big fan of Nintendo giving us a play as Peach and play as Zelda in the same calendar year. So cool.
I also find it hilarious because we've got Link and Echo on our staff.
I'm pretty confused by this game getting a remake. I know it's already been 7 years, but imo remaster should happen for really old titles or after you've at least launched a couple more games and you've got a really killer reason to do so.
I don't want to take anything way from the developers, but it feels kinda lazy.
Yeah they’ve got a ton going on! I hope the next league rocks because necropolis definitely hasn’t felt like a “I want to play this the whole time” league and the population generally agrees.
I'm a bit thankful they delayed the beta though because stuff is way too chaotic right now lol
I don't want to be a nuisance, but can we please get the new editor for account management as well? That's close to uneditable right now.
That is a strange one! I've got a new version of account management almost finished so we'll roll out a fix by rolling out the new account management feature.
Apologies for the less than ideal experience for now.
Quite interesting stats here. Pretty crazy to think that only 21% of the cards are collectable. Also I'd imagine that even though Duels was removed from the game, all the cards associated with that mode are still in the client. For some reason I assumed Duels assets would be removed to reduce the size of the game, especially for mobile clients.
As for those extra 700 cards in the OoG DB, maybe there's duplicate cards from past core sets that weren't removed?
Yeah! All the duels stuff remains in the game. I'm definitely going to need to check now to see if you're right about past core sets having their card data removed from the client. Added to the infinite todo list.
Unlocked frame rates with the PC release is a fantastic addition. I've never played a God of War game on PC (not that we could until GoW dropped in 2022) so this is a very tempting buy during a sale.
Looks like the game will have PSN requirements. So a good chunk of the people won't be able to play for basically no reason. Yaaaay...
Hope they roll that back after the Helldivers 2 fiasco, and they just didn't have time to update the trailer.
Yeah, it's unfortunate that they feel this was needed. I wonder how much of it is just wanting to boost the accounts made metrics on the PlayStation network vs actually thinking by people making those accounts they're going to sell them hardware due to the branding being in their face all the time.
Couch co-op is great to see! I know how popular this is within the Diablo franchise so GGG putting it up there for PoE 2 is huge news. Cross play and progression though, that's the real winner. PoE 2 has looked like a really good controller game since its debut and so it might be cool to play it on the TV occasionally.
ASTRO's Playroom was an incredibly fun title to play and it was great to see them demo all the functionality the new controllers had. I am 100% going to make sure I play this on launch.
Yeah it doesn't make a lot of sense they were so afraid to advertise the game early on. You gotta wonder if it was a huge learning thing for them and if they won't make the same mistake next time around
I think it's great that Cora has been willing to share fun little behind the scenes bits for Hearthstone and hope it continues. I'm really wondering what art in the mini-set is a continuation of a story though and it's "messed up".
Indeed! Pretty neat to see them expand the set that way. Not sure how I feel about more 8 mana 8/8s but bringing back the Un'Goro Pack mechanic as other packs is really cool and a great way to continue paying respect to the game's history.
I'll be finishing up my "BroSF" league with my buddy in Path of Exile which has been a blast. We ran our own league so we could trade with each other but there was no possibility of outside trading so it was quite an interesting departure from the norm. It is 100% my new favourite way to play and I look forward to avoiding the trade league like the plague in the future.
Outside of that, I want to dive more into Tears of the Kingdom. The game is coming up on its 1 year anniversary on May 12, and I've barely scratched the surface which is embaressing. It's so damn difficult to find time to do everything I want in life!
Outside of that, I'm hoping to get to spend some time in Pandaria during the upcoming World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Remix event that arrives in a couple of weeks. I'd a lso really like to play Hades II. I'm uncertain if I want to get on the Hades train now or later though because I'd like to play it after the full release instead of early access but at the same time, it has been a while since I played the original so jumping into II sounds like a ton of fun.
F1 2024 releases on May 31 so that's probably more of a June game but oh man, I can't wait to get the wheel out. I do need to fix my Valve Index though before that arrives. I don't know what's wrong with it but it no longer seems to work at all which is =(
Pretty light because i like to wait before buying the next "incredible bla bla bla" that's going to become the "best X type of game in the world"
It's always smart to wait and get deals on games. It's crazy at how even just a few weeks after a game launch you can see games at a 10% discount. There are only a few games I will always buy at full price: World of Warcraft and Formula 1. I just can't not play on the launch for them, WoW more so due to it being an online game that is oh so fun with everyone as you're learning new content.
Honestly, I thought it would be more but this is also a bit extreme. I know this doesn't include the couple thousand I almost certainly have spent on Path of Exile cosmetics over the years, since I buy that currency directly from Grinding Gear Games.
16 Years of Service means on average I spend $415 a year on Steam, or about $34 a month. That really puts it into perspective - gaming as a hobby is hella cheap!
Alright so this might be one of my favourite things ever.
The Link's Awakening look makes the game a 10/10 already, though I really hope they don't drop frames like crazy. For such a simple looking game, it was mindblowing that they were having difficulty running it on the Switch; Clearly it was poorly optimized.
But damn. The puzzles in this game are going to be good with all the different objects allowing you to solve them all in different ways. Everyone's brains work differently and it will be very interesting to see how people solve them in their own way. It has huge social potential, kinda like how Breath of the Wild had shrines solved in very unique ways as people found ways to break the game.
Getting to play as Zelda though? The Legend of Link! This makes it Nintendo's second title this year that will have brought a female protagonist who would otherwise be a background character in the series and I love it. I can't even recall how many times you've seen people ask for a Zelda game where you play as Zelda or in the case of Peach from the Mario series, how often folks wanted more with her.
The special Switch version is very cool too, its just a shame that its a Switch Lite. I don't really understand the Switch Lite. Sure, it's a bit smaller which makes portability better, but the complete lack of being able to dock it is nonsense and with the poor durability of Joycons, having your Joycons built right into the system makes it a bad choice for long-term playability. Also, Nintendo would be the ones to drop a new fancy skin for a console when the "Super Switch" is right around the corner. It's definitely an item the collector's will buy though so it's a easy way to get rid of extra stock of the lite that isn't selling. Anyway, I didn't mean to make this all about the Switch Lite, more Zelda games is awesome!
I don't have much to add about the actual effect of this card, but I did want to say:
Seriously, Blizzard? A CHEESE DRAGON?
The flavor text too: "Don't remove this from your deck or else you'll be cutting the cheese."
Well played.
I suspect most games that are first-party will have enhanced performance on the Super Switch. If not, that would be a huge disappointment!
Wowowowowwowowowow.
Yeah wow. WOW. I was not expecting a new Zelda title this year either AND ITS IN THE LINK'S AWAKENING STYLE?! YESSSS!!! I'm a big fan of Nintendo giving us a play as Peach and play as Zelda in the same calendar year. So cool.
I also find it hilarious because we've got Link and Echo on our staff.
I'm pretty confused by this game getting a remake. I know it's already been 7 years, but imo remaster should happen for really old titles or after you've at least launched a couple more games and you've got a really killer reason to do so.
I don't want to take anything way from the developers, but it feels kinda lazy.
Yeah they’ve got a ton going on! I hope the next league rocks because necropolis definitely hasn’t felt like a “I want to play this the whole time” league and the population generally agrees.
I'm a bit thankful they delayed the beta though because stuff is way too chaotic right now lol
That is a strange one! I've got a new version of account management almost finished so we'll roll out a fix by rolling out the new account management feature.
Apologies for the less than ideal experience for now.
Yeah! All the duels stuff remains in the game. I'm definitely going to need to check now to see if you're right about past core sets having their card data removed from the client. Added to the infinite todo list.
Unlocked frame rates with the PC release is a fantastic addition. I've never played a God of War game on PC (not that we could until GoW dropped in 2022) so this is a very tempting buy during a sale.
Yeah, it's unfortunate that they feel this was needed. I wonder how much of it is just wanting to boost the accounts made metrics on the PlayStation network vs actually thinking by people making those accounts they're going to sell them hardware due to the branding being in their face all the time.
Couch co-op is great to see! I know how popular this is within the Diablo franchise so GGG putting it up there for PoE 2 is huge news. Cross play and progression though, that's the real winner. PoE 2 has looked like a really good controller game since its debut and so it might be cool to play it on the TV occasionally.
This is super exciting!
ASTRO's Playroom was an incredibly fun title to play and it was great to see them demo all the functionality the new controllers had. I am 100% going to make sure I play this on launch.
Yeah it doesn't make a lot of sense they were so afraid to advertise the game early on. You gotta wonder if it was a huge learning thing for them and if they won't make the same mistake next time around
My blood boils reading your comment lol.
Absolutely aburd at how stupid the gaming industry, hell any industry with public companies, is.
Now that's a pro gamer move.
I think it's great that Cora has been willing to share fun little behind the scenes bits for Hearthstone and hope it continues. I'm really wondering what art in the mini-set is a continuation of a story though and it's "messed up".
Indeed! Pretty neat to see them expand the set that way. Not sure how I feel about more 8 mana 8/8s but bringing back the Un'Goro Pack mechanic as other packs is really cool and a great way to continue paying respect to the game's history.
I'll be finishing up my "BroSF" league with my buddy in Path of Exile which has been a blast. We ran our own league so we could trade with each other but there was no possibility of outside trading so it was quite an interesting departure from the norm. It is 100% my new favourite way to play and I look forward to avoiding the trade league like the plague in the future.
Outside of that, I want to dive more into Tears of the Kingdom. The game is coming up on its 1 year anniversary on May 12, and I've barely scratched the surface which is embaressing. It's so damn difficult to find time to do everything I want in life!
Outside of that, I'm hoping to get to spend some time in Pandaria during the upcoming World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Remix event that arrives in a couple of weeks. I'd a lso really like to play Hades II. I'm uncertain if I want to get on the Hades train now or later though because I'd like to play it after the full release instead of early access but at the same time, it has been a while since I played the original so jumping into II sounds like a ton of fun.
F1 2024 releases on May 31 so that's probably more of a June game but oh man, I can't wait to get the wheel out. I do need to fix my Valve Index though before that arrives. I don't know what's wrong with it but it no longer seems to work at all which is =(
It's always smart to wait and get deals on games. It's crazy at how even just a few weeks after a game launch you can see games at a 10% discount. There are only a few games I will always buy at full price: World of Warcraft and Formula 1. I just can't not play on the launch for them, WoW more so due to it being an online game that is oh so fun with everyone as you're learning new content.
Honestly, I thought it would be more but this is also a bit extreme. I know this doesn't include the couple thousand I almost certainly have spent on Path of Exile cosmetics over the years, since I buy that currency directly from Grinding Gear Games.
16 Years of Service means on average I spend $415 a year on Steam, or about $34 a month. That really puts it into perspective - gaming as a hobby is hella cheap!