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| Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12)  Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 11:08 | |
| Sonic Mania was my number one, anything else is just pure Brexit. I had Rocket League, but it got a retail release two months ago... |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 11:19 | |
| I think it's pretty clear that Sonic is the Brexit of votes here, nostalgia clouding sense as people remember the days Sonic was good and passports were blue (just like Sonic lol)
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 11:22 | |
| It's exactly like brexit as neither Britain nor Sonic was ever good. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 11:24 | |
| Why I didn't for it as the Mega Drive games are still better than Mania and I'd sooner play them. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 11:28 | |
| Sonic Mania was third in my eShop exclusive list. It’s a brilliant game, even for someone who hasn’t got the nostalgia factor for the MD games. In my humble, unsubtle and often wrong opinion. I mean, I was wrong about Brexit - look how well that’s going for the nation! |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 18:50 | |
| Apologies for the earlier dot: I was tinkering with a result and published it by accident. Again. As for Rocket League, I used it as an example of a downloadable-acceptable game in the OP, because the retail game came out two months or so after the original release. That said, it was in the middle of the (massive) OP, so I’m quite happy if people didn’t read it - the important thing is, did you, the voter, think it counted? If you didn’t, then fair enough! Anyhoo, the sole result of the day: The Rucco Maag Shrine Award for Fifth Place - Mamma Mia:
Celeste(29 points, 4 voters, 1 first) ( Celeste also wins the Best 2D Platformer No Caveats Needed Award.)  Trailer: Don't watch if you've not played it. Even here, there are things best discovered yourself. Music: Oh God, it's like choosing a favourite kid, only 'none of them' isn't an option. Er, first level I guess. And its B-Side remix. Video of Choice: SPOILERS. How Celeste teaches you its mechanics. Nintendo Life Review: Outstanding. Makes a change. - You Said:
"Puts Nintendo to shame at its own game, ‘its own game’ being 2D platformers. Madeline’s a great character, her simple moveset makes her fun to move around, her levels are well-designed if often dead tough, and the music’s a banger to boot. Potential 2018 GotY material, this." "This could jump or sink very fast, I've only had a few hours with it but I was frankly pretty peeved that I had to stop playing to try Owlboy and then type out this bollocks. If only we had a reasonable amount of time to play all the games released in the first year window I'd be able to place this more accurately." (Everybody sitting comfortably?)"Check back in later years to see if Celeste is only so well-placed because of recency bias.  On the other hand, Celeste, man. Initially I wasn't going to go for some scratchy-looking persistence platformer (as I call them) - until it started to pick up tens. That sort of thing makes you sit up and take notice. Shallow, I know.  The price was another challenging moment but I am very, very glad I made it here, as Celeste is a delight. No other game I've played has managed to infuse me with the player character's in-game determination like this. Every harsh room is another challenge to pit your skills, luck and heartbeat against, exhilaration and greater heights your reward for completion. The storyline manages the  feat of being quite slight with very important moments of depth, including the absolute pinnacle of happiness, at which I cried freely. I could bang on about this game for another paragraph of mumbly gobbledygook - and probably will, because it's top of my digital-only vote too! - but will call it here, (ce)lest my gushing put someone off the game/their lunch." "A latecomer to my list, but I had to see the credits on this before submitting. I knew it was something pretty special, I just wasn’t sure where it would slide into my top ten. Challenging but fair, fun but also kind of deep, sad but hopeful. This is a mature game that touches on subjects that are often shied away from, with a deft hand and an impressive touch for making the gameplay reflect the message while still being fun. I’d actually say it doesn’t have a bad level in it; even the ones I was warned weren’t all that ended up being blinders. I’ve still got lots to do in the game, though naturally it sits below Mario, Zelda and Monster Hunter in my 100% completion o-do list. "Maybe one day I’ll look back on this list and realise I was being emotional, over-hyping Celeste because it was recent. At the same time, though, isn’t that the point of a vote like this? To measure our feelings at the one year mark or the three year mark of a console’s life. Maybe when the Switch is dead and gone, Celeste won’t make a top ten but right now it’s a must buy. It’s worth £15, £20, if you don’t have a Switch it’s worth £300. Get it played."
- I Said:
Two victories for Celeste in a row, and I couldn't be happier.
This was my third place. It's hanging out with SMO and BotW in my votes, but it feels much more my game than either of those two nigh-universally loved masterpieces. It's smaller, less played, and more personal-feeling.
I don't want to say too much. There are two good-length novels up there, and (perhaps Voter 3 from the downloadable vote was right after all) we are at risk at disappointing you between the three of us, I think. Celeste is controller-smashingly hard, has pixel graphics, and simultaneously wants you to explore and gates you off when you try. It isn't perfect. If you go in expecting perfection, you'll find a tight tough platformer with a soundtrack I bought the day I finished the game and heart-warming characters and story. Nothing more.
You've been warned.
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(It strikes me that I could've had Joe Esposito in as a celebrity guest, rather than wasting that on a comment.  )Celebrity Guest Mahatma Gandhi "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. So it is that Madeline has set out to climb Celeste. If she is ever to reach peace in this world, she will have to begin with herself. "I see her struggle as a metaphor for India's struggle against colonialism. To be fair, I am told that I see everything as a metaphor for India's struggle against colonialism. But in particular, this woman's non-violent approach to the platforming genre, so unlike Mario and his overt hostility towards turtles, reminds me of satyagraha compared to the violence of the British Empire. In this spirit shall I guide her, twin non-violent souls working together, towards... "...how the FUCK DID I DIE IN THAT SAME SPOT AGAIN" (nukes China)
Tomorrow, number 4, and - sorry, did you mention something? |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 21:39 | |
| YAAAASSSSS!  |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 22:31 | |
| I had an inkling this would feature after seeing it placing so highly in the eShop vote. I shall be aboard the bandwagon soon enough, methinks. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 22:56 | |
| With that, is it placing so high because it's new in peoples memories much like Undertale being in Jays Top 25 then dropped out? |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 22:58 | |
| Only one way for you to find out, Mas... |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Fri 9 Mar 2018 - 23:07 | |
| I have a feeling that it will always be in my Switch Top Five, at least. It really is something special. 
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 8:41 | |
| Start your weekend off right: The Toadstool Tour Award for Fourth Best Game - Championship-a Point:
Splatoon 2(30 points, 6 voters, 1 first) ( Spla2n Too also wins the Best Game But Worst Missed Naming Opportunity Award.)  Trailer: 'DA-DE-DA, DA-DE-DA, ITCHY FEET ARE SCABBY DA.' Music: Ebb & Flow. Don't get cooked, gents... Video of Choice: Drunka's loving it. I'm thinking it's bloody creepy. Nintendo Life Review: Outstanding. - You Said:
"I loved the first Splatoon. The aesthetic, the control, the mechanics of the game modes and even the oft-forgotten solo campaign. Splatoon 2 takes all of that and turns it up to eleven. The greater customisation potential on the Inklings is massive in a multiplayer-focused game like this, and the additional modes all add their own twist on the formula. I’m gutted that due to my work schedule and the constant arrival of new games, I never got to put as much time into playing this with a team of friends as I’d have liked. Luckily, I’m now in Japan where I am happy to report Splatoon is as beloved and omnipresent as the Western Games Media lead me to believe."
"“Splatoon 2 is a sequel in the way that Madden 17 is a sequel”, but it’s improved on the Wii U one right the way through. Style with substance, high-quality and very satisfying."
"Took everything from the first and built upon it, new modes and new characters helped keep it fresh. The single player isn't quite up to the standard of the first game but the multiplayer is miles ahead."
"Splatoon 2 builds on everything great about the first game and then some. Salmon run is great, the single player is fun and the multiplayer is as addictive as ever. Throw in Nintendos excellent DLC roll out and youve got my favourite game on the Switch so far!"
"A beautiful game, only so far down because of needing to "git gud", which, after missing a period of time playing it, I wasn't. Splatfests were a joy, with the hub turning into a pop concert, and real effort going into the team chioces. Flow the sea slug might be the greatest character design this decade."
"This is low as I've yet to play the single player and I've not played much online but what I've played is top notch."
- I Said:
As a relative outsider, I don’t know what to make of Spla2n. The votes, ranging from 1 to 10 points and clustering in the lower half, echo that view. Is the single-player a comparative disappointment, or is it more of the same? Is the multiplayer 'only' more of the same, or does it improve significantly? Is the gating of things like Salmon Run an irritating restriction of choice, or is it part of the game's appeal in a weird way?
The general thing I seem to get is that Spla2n is an update in the same sense of most online shooters (only with an actual campaign). Bigger, better, more... but not different. And that's fine for most: its biggest fans, and those who missed out on the Wii U. However, the fact that Splatone was so (yep) fresh on release means that those expecting lightning to strike twice have been disappointed. Throw in the arguable downgrade of the campaign and gated modes, and I've seen a few more complaints.
But not here. While Spla2n may never relive the original’s heady heyday of being (joint) best game on the machine, it's loved enough around these parts to be up in fourth place, below only three bona fide belters. And we’re getting playable octopodes too! For a price. Now, if only I could aim...
- They Said:
Celebrity Guest Musashi "Jackpot."
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 8:56 | |
| - “4th spot”:
The issue with calling it ‘Spla2n’ is surely that it would be pronounced the same as ‘Splatoon’? You’d have to come up with some convention for saying the second game, like ‘Splaaaaa... Two’en’, or something. I don’t know, I’ve got a touch of flu again, so this could all be a fever dream.
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 9:22 | |
| - masofdas wrote:
- With that, is it placing so high because it's new in peoples memories much like Undertale being in Jays Top 25 then dropped out?
3 of the 4 comments actually brought this up. There's literally no way to know, so you just gotta go with the flow. Anyway. YASSS! - Balladeer wrote:
- Video of Choice: Drunka's loving it. I'm thinking it's bloody creepy.
One of the actual best days of my life. - Some Chuffster wrote:
- "“Splatoon 2 is a sequel in the way that Madden 17 is a sequel”
This is super unfair. Maybe if they had taken several games to get here, but I'd say 2 adds a hell of a lot to 1. - An ABSOLUTE LAD wrote:
- You've got my favourite game on the Switch so far!"
I wish I had the balls of this absolute HERO. Should have given Spla2n best game because I have much more of a connection to it. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 9:53 | |
| I will be downloading Celeste, then guys to find out.
Agree with Drunka, really unfair that Madden comparison, a shooter going from Halo 2 to Halo 3 is more apt which has new story and multiplayer maps but plays the same. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 18:31 | |
| Honourable and Dishonourable Mentions, Sponsored By Carl and Quentin - Honourable Mentions:
Not Games
The Wii U "Laugh all you want, but the Wii U laid the groundwork for the Switch. The Gamepad is obviously a prototype hybrid, and it being a commercial flop forced Nintendo to go big or go home, resulting in lots of lovely games. Behind every success there are failures."
The Pro Controller "For being perhaps the best controller I've ever laid my hands on."
Sneaking Golf onto the machine as an Iwata tribute "What a wonderful little move. A nice tribute to the big man, and a sweet blessing for all the Switches and their players. Good on that Nintendo."
Whoever works at Nintendo fostering third-party relationships "It's working well. I think even the devs who probably though "we'll wait and see" are kicking themselves somewhat now."
Nindies "For continuing to put out a cracking line-up of eShop delights."
Local multiplayer "Gets even more doomsaying in the industry than single-player-exclusive games. With the likes of Mario Kart, Rocket League, Jackbox, 1-2-Switch, Overcooked, Snipperclips, and others, Nintendo laughs at such petty doomsaying – as indeed it has laughed at its own much-prophesied demise."
Female characters "It’s been a good year for heroines. Celeste’s Madeline, Night in the Woods’ Mae, Xenoblade’s Nia, Steamworld’s Dorothy, Severed’s Sasha, Zelda’s... er, Zelda. Even Peach shows a bit more self-determination than usual. A time will come when this is normal, and I won’t have to mention it. That time is not today."
Divine Beast Vah Naboris "The dungeon might be more convoluted than an Edge magazine metaphor, but the way the music evolved was gorgeous; and the battle against it was one of the greats in Zelda’s history."
2017 "Nintendo has absolutely smashed it."
Games
1-2-Switch "It gets a lot of stick, some of it deserved, but this can be a good laugh and there are a few games in there that are genuine technical marvels. Worth a shout out for Jay’s outrageous hubris and subsequent devastating fall from grace in the admin shoot-out." (Ah, memories. I still remember that bleeding pick-up-and-turn-the-thing game Drunka smashed me at.)
Fast RMX "When we were all playing this, we predicted it’d be dead as soon as Mario Kart came out. That did in fact turn out to be correct , but I hope it isn’t completely forgotten. FRN gave us some good nights." ('FRN' being short for Fast Racing Neo - Fast RMX seems to be a semi-expansion semi-sequel. I can understand the confusion.)
FIFA '18 "Once I've unpicked how to play this, I'm sure it'll find itself some space in the area. I mean, the list. The list."
The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild "So before someone types how outraged they are that BOTW isnt in my top ten games, there is a very good reason - i played/finished it on Wii U! I played like 2 hours of BOTW on Switch launch but once my partner started her save on it i didnt get close to the device. So i bought the Wii U version and played that before i inevitably went out and got a second Switch!"
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime "It’s very likeable and earnest, and it lingered in my imagination in a way that most Switch games haven’t."
Mantis Burn Racing "Shame no one else has picked this up this is a great micro machine racer which maybe should be the multiplayer vote over ARMS but as I've not played with you guys and multiplayer isn't that big of a deal it goes here."
Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle "Shouldn’t work; works brilliantly."
Pan-Pan: A Tiny Big Adventure "A fun mobile port which I thought was better then it would be."
Puyo Puyo Tetris "Feels odd not to have what you could easily argue is the greatest puzzle video game of all time in my list - especially when you also get a second puzzle game with it! Marred by the fact that my experience of it was the Story Mode, with its hyperactively colourful vomit of squeaky and grating characters. I'm older than I've ever been before."
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove "The best version of one of the best indie games of the decade, and, on Switch, it’s the best way to play it too. Really, there’s not much else to be said about Shovel Knight, get amongst it."
Snake Pass "There’s many “KISS MY SNAKE ASS!!!!!” moments, but it’s worth a look. It’s refreshing to see something that’s wholly original – in how it plays and how it controls, it’s totally different from any other platformer I’ve played. I really enjoy how vibrant and alive it feels as well. I’d be well up for Snake Pass 2."
Sonic Mania "It's a good game but it's whole deal is it's classic Sonic but I can go to the right of me and pick up Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 etc which are better games because of #nostalgia"
Yooka-Laylee "You shouldn't be playing this game in 2018 - you should be playing it in 1998, when it belongs. After that realisation (I know, I know) I've readjusted my sights and am now fairly comfortable playing it."
And Finally...
Steamworld Dig 2, Golf Story, Celeste, Yooka Laylee, Dragon Quest Builders "These are all ace games, but I haven't got round to playing them yet, so can't give them an official position."
- Dishonourable Mentions:
Games Wot We Did Not LikeAny game by 10tons "Though playable they're all basically the same game with a different skin and is turning the eShop into STEAM or PSN." Flip Wars "An online-centric game that’s humped by it’s complete lack of an online community. Nobody played it, and nobody’s going to play it, so the whole thing is knackered. I’m not sure why Nintendo picked up the publishing rights for this – it’s all right, but in a modest 2009 WiiWare-era kind of way." LEGO City Undercover "I didn’t play it on Switch, but I read the reviews and I understand that it’s a very iffy port. That’ll happen, but the fact it was the Switch’s first major third-party port and turned out so poorly had me concerned about what the quality of future games might be like. So, a dishonourable mention for making me shite it." (Did anybody buy it? Can they confirm?)Rime "I held off buying the PS4 version waiting for this, and then it was a bit shoddy. As it happened it was free on PS+ recently anyway." Thumper "Hard games are fine. One of my top three votes is an utter bastard in places. The difference is in that game, I feel like it’s my fault when I die, not the game’s. Thumper is as hard as the diamond on a dentist’s drill, and about as fun." Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers "The Way of the Hado mode is the worst thing I’ve played on Switch, it’s utter pish. The rest of the game – while perfectly all right – feels like a missed opportunity too. Although a commercial success, it’s probably not Capcom’s proudest effort (“effort”). I’m certain that the forthcoming Street Fighter 30TH Anniversary Collection will piss all over The Final Challengers from an almighty height." Vaccine "Just pants as it's trying to be like the classic res evils (I can hear Andy going those were pants) but it pulls it off as well as me trying to be a footballer on Sundays." Wheels of Aurelia "The worst game I've played on Switch that one 20min play-through was enough." Controversial GamesThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild "Maybe the most overrated game of all-time or it's certainly up there with the likes of Half-Life and you can go read 10 faults I have with BotW elsewhere." (No points for guessing who said this. I repeat: NO POINTS.)Steamworld Dig 2 "Sue me. The mine is nondescript, you lose some of your treasure when you die (of which there is a finite overall amount), and time pressure belongs nowhere near an exploration-heavy game. I tried to get on with this one, I really did, but I just don’t see what everybody else gets out of it. The main gameplay loop is addictive, yes; so’s nicotine." Thimbleweed Park "It's so slow. There must be something I'm missing in a menu, because moving the cursor with the sticks feels like time itself has hit the brakes and reached a pace that an injured sloth could comfortably tonk, lapping it several times. Can't LOL if you can't play it, can you? Also, some of the dialogue sounds like people reading from pieces of paper. Ereno." An Extra Layer of LoathingPicross S "I'm forced to wonder what I would think of this if I'd never played a Picross e game. As it is, I live in a world where Picross games have flooded the market and killed my enjoyment of the series. Even taking that into account, S is a bit lazy." "As clear an example of phoning it in as has ever been seen outside a telephone fetishists’ club." Super Bomberman R "I bought this for £50 on Switch launch day, and I’d been made to feel that I’d been battered up the arse. Four times the price it was worth, what I paid for on March 3rd was the worst I’ve been ripped off in twenty-four years of gaming – it was absolutely outrageous. They’ve beefed Super Bomberman R up a bit now, but I still think that it’s quite an ordinary game that’s nothing special." "It was OK... just a bit... *shrug*" People and CharactersPyra "You cannot take a pair of breasts, set them on fire, and call that a character MonolithSoft. In a good year for heroines, this one’s a real stinker. Beats out Mipha as worst female wet blanket character in red on the Switch in 2017." The Quiplash announcer  Patrick Kielty "For freaking out and rushing into a vote thread even though I haven't had a chance to fully form my opinions, let alone a normal person  " Balladeer "For not having faith in me " He who shall not be named "For badgering me twice, pushing my vote even further back." [Forumite's] brother for discovering the photo capture button during a session of MK8D "I do not need literally hundreds of pictures of Mario Kart. You're getting the other Joycon next time." Other Hated or Disappointing ThingsNe’ez Yohma Shrine "Recognise it, do you? Of course not. I picked it at random, as one of a bunch of mini-dungeons that all look, sound, and feel the same. Breath of the Wild’s in the running for Game Of All Time, but I’m not going to let it get away without criticising the lack of aesthetic variation in its Shrines. I’d have taken 30 interesting differentiated ones over the 120 there are." The eShop's design "It's like trying to navigate an MS Escher painting." (I'm imagining negotiating the eShop like Gorogoa now... imagine how great that'd be.)The lack of any menu music "It's missing that Nintendo charm. Where are your Wii Shop Channel bangers, Switch?" (Yes! This!)Nintendo's radio silence on paid online/Virtual Console "It's been a year lads, come on." And Finally...No dishonourables! "I love the Switch and even the worst of the games Mas has sent me for Gintendo have been kind of fun in their own little way."
- My thoughts:
...well somebody's salty as all hell!
Tomorrow, onto the podium.. I wonder what games await us there? |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sat 10 Mar 2018 - 20:07 | |
| With the huge number of releases the Switch has seen, there was bound to be lots to honour and dishonour. And boy, was there a lot!  Some enjoyable bile’n’happiness there - good work, team!  |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 13:22 | |
| Splatoon 2 was eighth on my list, and the Madden 17 quote is a Dunkey one. I've not played Celeste yet, but I'll sort that someday. Some very fair honourables and dishonourables in there, except, of course, Breath of the Wild. 👎 |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 14:58 | |
| - Quote :
- Steamworld Dig 2 "Sue me. The mine is nondescript, you lose some of your treasure when you die (of which there is a finite overall amount), and time pressure belongs nowhere near an exploration-heavy game. I tried to get on with this one, I really did, but I just don’t see what everybody else gets out of it. The main gameplay loop is addictive, yes; so’s nicotine."
Time pressure? Eh you have set objectives in SWD2 and you aren't forced to do them at all. |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 18:28 | |
| Not that I'm saying that was me... but I'd imagine the poster was referring to the ever-depleting lantern fuel. Anyway, triple post incoming. Prepare yourself. The Crystalguard Award for Third Place - Hey, You Very Good:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild(57 points, 6 voters, 5 firsts) ( Breath of the Wild also wins the Best Game That Has Still Drastically Underperformed Award.)  Trailer: The 2014 trailer was grand, but this was the one that made it magical. Phwoooooar. Music: The best final level music, bar none. Video of Choice: Still one of the cutest things I've watched. Nintendo Life Review: Terrible. - You Said:
"The best Switch game; the best Zelda game; the best game."
"Truthfully, I had no interest at all in this before it came out. I don’t think I watched a single trailer, or read a single preview. I only got it because the rest of the launch line-up was keech. For me, it was the Switch equivalent of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 on the PS2, or LEGO Pirates of the Carribean on the 3DS: a game I bought because there was bugger all else. But! It’s one of the most indescribably amazing and unforgettable games I’ve ever played, and – I’d guess – any of youse have ever played too. Considering it quality of its graphics and gameplay, how masterful it is and how much there is to it, I’m truly astounded as to how good Breath of the Wild is. It’s a rare, special type of game that only comes along a couple of times a generation, and it’s destined to go down in history as one of the all-time classics."
"Nintendo had to launch the Switch with a killer app. With naysayers galore following a lackluster few years, Nintendo knew there had to be something to really tempt people from the outset. And they bloody nailed it.
"BotW is easily the best game on Switch in my book and is also my game of the year from 2017. This game, unlike any 3D Zelda before it, fully captures that spirit of adventure Miyamoto set out to portray with the original Zelda on NES. It's startling how easy it is to while away hours in Hyrule, scaling cliffs and just having a fun ol' time exploring. Detractors from the game might point this out to be a lack of focus and pine for the more rigidly structured 3D Zelda adventures of yore, but I think what BotW did was a welcome and refreshing change to a somewhat creaking Zelda formula.
"We've all said far too much about this game on the forum, but it bears saying again - this is one of the best games of all time, let alone the best game on Switch."
"The best game ever made. There isn't a thing I would change about it, it was so easy to get lost in it's world and I'm genuinely sad I'll never be able to experience it again for the first time."
"This isn’t just the best game on Switch, or the Game of the Year, or even the best game of all time. This is up there as my favourite piece of art or entertainment in any medium. It delivers on the promise of what a Zelda game can be, on what videogames can be, when they are given the love and care and attention and pure, raw talent of Nintendo at their best. This is a magical experience, and intensely personal and emotional journey which even now brings a tear to my eye. I’m not sure how it can realistically be topped. Even if a sequel ironed out a few kinks, how could it replicate the feeling of stepping into this world for the first time?"
"Drunkalilly and Balladeer already did the definitive piece on this. No more needs to be said."
- I Said:
- Drunkalilly wrote:
- No, this is the most masofdas thing ever:
- masofdas wrote:
- I don't think that game (if it's the one I'm thinking off) will be Number 1 as I think 3 maybe even 4 people out of 10 didn't vote for it and what you were likely thinking would be number 2 will be number 1 as 9 or 10 will have more than likely voted for it.
Arise, new prophet! The Mas has spoken. If we're doing this by average points per voter, BotW blows every game out of the water, no contest. Six voters, five firsts (and a fourth). But we're not, so it comes third, below two other games. Who could have predicted this? Besides, well, Mas. With the benefit of hindsight, you can see why. One person, only yesterday evening, called it a Wii U game and so omitted it. One person, I'll warrant, has found it too intimidating a prospect. One person is Mas. One person is the fourth person. Perhaps it seems harsh to dwell on BotW's failing to get GNamer's Favourite Switch Game, rather than celebrating its qualities... only that's been done. A lot. If you love BotW (and most do), you really love it. People know you really love it. There's so much to say about the game, but with so many enthusiasts (and for good reason), most has already been said. Commenter 6 puts it best, natch. BotW: Game of all Time, maybe, but only GNamer's third favourite game on the Switch. Whaddyaknow. My sister would be gutted. Me - I just watched that trailer, and I'm blown away all over again.
- They Said:
Celebrity Guest The Doctor "'Hero of Time"? Oh come on, I'm not a hero, I... What? Oh, him. Not me, him. I understand. It's just, when you said nobody knew what gender he was going to be, I thought... never mind. "So this 'hero' lives through an apocalypse. Just the one? Just the one, good, just checking. No no, one apocalypse is fine, very impressive. And then he wakes up, a mere hundred years later, and he's all woozy, and he goes to save the world. Which is a good aim, I like that aim; but I bet, being a 'hero', he just rushed in sword drawn, didn't he? Farming hoe drawn, whatever. That's the thing about heroes. I bet nobody ever tried to talk to Ganon. Nobody tried to just sit down and talk. And so, all these lives were lost. Senseless waste. 'Hero of Time' my TARDIS. "BLOODY HELL IT'S A GIANT DALEK ON LEGS I take it all back he's clearly brilliant. Run!"
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 18:28 | |
| Post two of three: The Toon Link Award for Second Place - Mario Get You Next Time:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe(60 points, 10 voters, 0 firsts) ( Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also wins the Conclusive Argument That People Protesting About Wii U Ports Are A Bit Silly Award.)  Trailer: Now with added woomy! Music: Lunar Colony. Massively underrated. Perfect epic space battle music. Video of Choice: Smurf breaks a streamer. Nintendo Life Review: Yeah, they like it. - You Said:
"This was my first exposure to the magnificence that is MK8, and boy was it clear that I'd missed out on a banger on Wii U. I think they've nigh-on perfected the Mario Kart formula with this installment, and I genuinely can't see where they can build upon the series from here. This is the pinnacle of Mario Kart and an essential purchase regardless if you played the original version on Wii U or not."
"For whatever reason MK8 did not grab me on the Wii U. Here on the Switch it's found a home more natural than the one that was intended for it, as evidenced by the fact that I have fallen for the game in a big way. More smooth and gorgeous than a greased-up Will Smith, the best karting around... to the extent that I'm not sure we need an MK9 on the Switch at all."
"I didn't get into the original much but for a while this was a mainstay for me. Good stuff."
"The Mario Kart, it’ll always rank lower down in votes for me than its fun level implies due to its nature as a port. Still, though: porting the last ‘the Mario Kart’ onto a handheld is incredible. It’s black magic. We should burn Nintendo down for safety."
"A better version of the best Mario Kart. It's still fun after hours and hours of racing. And they sorted out battle mode."
"An already great Mario Kart made better by and improved battle mode and by being on a superior console, bit of a shame most things were unlocked from the start but brilliant none the less."
"Maybe a bit low but it a port of a Wii U game and have played before but that doesn't take away from the quality."
"This seriously outclasses all of the other Mario Kart games, and they’re all quality in their own right. The original Wii U battle mode was for [REDACTED], but now that they’ve sorted that, it’s nigh on faultless. Best on Switch, and truly one of Nintendo’s greatest ever games."
"The best game on Wii U with a fixed battle mode, more content and on the go! What more to say?"
"I’m not sure whether it would be healthy for me to spend much more time talking about this game. It’s definitely excellent, in its charm and design and its tight racing mechanics. It’s also outrageously addictive. For the moment, I’ve put all that behind me, bar the odd split screen session with friends and family. If another forumite were to come at me and my Moo Moo Meadows time, that’d be it for me ever accomplishing anything ever again . . . "
- I Said:
One of the reasons I decided it was worth running this vote, after Zero's, was that SWD2 came only a point (I think?) behind MK8D. I thought perhaps, with more points available, we might see it fall out of the top three. Well that went well.  Can I... admit to being disappointed by this? Not that I don't think it's a great game - it's the best Mario Kart there is. I gave it six hard-earned points of my own. It's just, well, Mr. 7 put it simply: it's a port of a Wii U game, released a while ago, with some shining up. And while those areas of shining up are nice, they don't take away from it being a port. Do many people here play Battle Mode all that often? King Boo is my favourite character, but he's a fat blighter so I don't actually use him all that often (plus: less annoying to my co-racers than the babies  ). So yes, it's a shame to see it up above so many all-new games. Especially BotW. That said, it really is blinding, isn't it? I think MK8D is closer to perfecting its genre than most can get. The Mario Kart series is filled with golden, absolutely golden, multiplayer memories and blinding nostalgia and genuinely top-quality games. For the latest game in the series to be accepted by nearly everyone as the best? That takes some doing. Great game, probably (when combined with its Wii U counterpart) in my top ten of all time. And, through virtue of making everybody's top ten, your second-favourite game on the Switch. But I'm still just a little disappointed.
- They Said:
Celebrity Guest Wrong Chomp "I guess it's nice to see that my cousin got a role in an award-winning game. She's the first one in Cheese Land. So to be clear: she didn't appear in the original game, or in the original track. Glorified extra. And now the port she appears in is being given awards. She'll be starring in a tennis game next. "And look at me. Humble, talented, artistic Chomp, who got stuck in some crummy magazine from the 1980s or something. All because I looked a bit - and I quote - 'wrong'. People get their reputations ruined for saying less. I could've been a track hazard, you know, or an item. I've got friends who were items, back in the early noughties. They got to drag babies around. "'Course, now their legacy is dragged through the mud by my perfect sodding cousin and her 'superior' game. You go upside down, big woop. I've done that. I've bobbed around in swimming pools upside down. It's not great. I'm hydrophobic, anybody think to ask me that? No. No they didn't. "How does Mario Kart 8 Deluxe play, you ask? I wouldn't bloody know, I don't have hands!"
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 18:28 | |
| Drum roll please...  The Wonder Project J2 Award for GNamer's Favourite Game Released on the Switch in its First Year (Hey, why not.)- Thank You So Much-a For-to Playing My Game:
Dark Sou- I didn't get to the end of the title before feeling that was played out and dull. Super Mario Odyssey(91 points, 10 voters, 3 firsts) ( Super Mario Odyssey also wins the Best Game Where You Can Be A Frog Octopus and T-Rex Award.)  Trailer: Those signs... It can't be... IT IS! Music: Good Egg Galaxy eat yer heart out. Video of Choice: Dat advert. Still makes me shiver. Nintendo Life Tired Old Hack Review: No score. When you've topped a GNamer vote, you don't need one. - You Said:
"If Breath of the Wild’s genius was in reinventing the very notion of what Zelda can be, all while maintaining the heart of the series, Odyssey was about refining to a razor sharp point the classic Mario formula. It isn’t as inventive, or as personal, but what it trades that for is perfection. Every millimetre of every level is made of pure, unadulterated Mario magic. Every second of the game urges you on to the next incredible experience, and none of them disappoint. Unputdownable, beginning to end."
"Nintendo had a quandary: what type of 3D Mario should they produce next? SM64-like open-world discovery-based wonder, or Galaxy-like jaw-dropping set-pieces? They answered that question in typical Nintendo fashion: why ‘or’ when you can ‘and’? Not just thinking outside the box, but breaking free of it entirely. Proof that they still lead the way when it comes to sheer invention."
"The best Mario? Maybe. I'm still working on it, and it's fighting against my nostalgia for Mario 64 and some boss-rush-bull, but it's a gigantic treasure hunt with the best platforming in the "biz" as the kids say."
"Easily the standout game on Switch."
"The Mario game I never knew I wanted, a nice hybrid of 3D Mario styles completely blew me away, always throwing something new at you and full of spectacular moments."
"A truly breath taking and wonderful game. It just oozes fun and charm at every instance. My only complaint is my own preference for designed levels instead of the moon collect-athon. Still a great game though!"
"Not the wall-to-wall mega explosion treasure that I was expecting but going back to play it for a few minutes has revealed why SMO was designed the way it was: drip-fed handheld gaming, for which it is more perfectly suited than anything I've played in years. The peppering with Moons makes sense if you're going to play it in ten minute bursts: achieve something or two, then put it away. Clever!"
"No other game in 2017 packed so many fun moments into every single level or scenario as SMO. It was a treat to unravel the next little fun side area or new powerup. I've always been a Zelda guy rather than a Mario guy (a Shy Guy?) hence why this has charted in at number two, but there's no hiding the brilliance of what might just be the best Mario game ever. Nailed it, Nintendo."
"Will there be a better switch game? Will it be Mario Odyssey 2? If not I think we should just give up and move onto Switch 2 now. Perfection was achieved and I can see myself jumping back into this brilliant game for years to come."
"YAAAAASSSSSSS"
- I Said:
Ten people voted. The best possible game, the perfect game that everyone loved, could have got at most 100 points.
Mario Odyssey got 91.
We all love it. Some more than others, but all of us a whole lot: the only vote cast below a 9-pointer was a 7-pointer. If you're a man of good taste and gave BotW a 10, like half of the voters, you gave SMO a 9. It did not suffer at all in comparison to 'the Best Game Ever', and by appealing to those who didn't vote for it too, it pulled off this upset.
In doing so, SMO achieved the impossible. It pulled together those who preferred the more exploration-focussed SM64, and the more set piece-focussed Galaxy, and gave them both something to cheer. That's something BotW hasn't quite managed.
If there's one criticism I could level at it, it's that the ubiquity of Moons makes them feel less special than Stars or Shines. I've got a poster of all 120 SM64 Stars, and I can name them all: I'll never be able to do that with SMO. If there's another, at times it feels like there's no room to breathe. No room to let the magic flow. So stuffed full of brilliance that you don't have time to stand back, and drink in the atmosphere. If there's a third? Why are you asking me to slag off this brilliant game? When did you last do something, anything, this fun? Sod you.
It's not my winner. But it's a very worthy GNamer Best Switch Game in Year One. The question remains, though: will any game topple it in years 2 through X?
- They Said:
Celebrity Guest Homer "Sing to me of the man, Pauline, the man of twists and turns … driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Crumbleden. Many cities of men he saw and stole their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick in the open sky, fighting to save his life and bring his Princess home. But he could not save Bowser from disaster, hard as he strove— the recklessness of his own ways destroyed his big day, the blind fool, he put on the suit of the Wedding, and the Hero blotted out the day of their union. Launch out on his story, Pauline, Mayor of New Donk, start from where you will—sing for our console too. "...you know what, forget it. My words can't do this game justice. I'm packing it all in and becoming a haberdasher instead."
Nearly done! Tomorrow evening morning, the last gasp.
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 19:49 | |
| Now that... is surprising. But, in a way, very beautiful. DIGRESSION ALERT: I’ve had flu-like symptoms all weekend; I might not be sure what I’m saying. Massive thanks to yer man Balls Man for sorting out this most interesting of vote threads! |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 20:27 | |
| A good end to the thread, well done Balla, I'll forgive you |
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| | Subject: Re: One Year of the Switch Voting Thread (Seventh-Year Games Lists on Page 12) Sun 11 Mar 2018 - 20:39 | |
| - Drunkalilly wrote:
I gave my number one spot to the correct game which will win this vote
- masofdas wrote:
- I don't think that game (if it's the one I'm thinking off) will be Number 1 as I think 3 maybe even 4 people out of 10 didn't vote for it and what you were likely thinking would be number 2 will be number 1 as 9 or 10 will have more than likely voted for it.
Well looks like that "correct" game didn't win because like I said in my very Mas post, it wouldn't win as it wouldn't get enough votes and a game with max votes would take it instead  Great Job, Balla on these votes by the way who said it better than me about the winner in his write up on what I was saying as he has a better way with words. |
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