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Yes the Switch is technically better however what is the Switch really? It’s basically a soulless tablet with joysticks. The Nintendo 3ds actually feels like a genuine soulful Gameboy. Such a shame Nintendo discontinued it. The Switch is just too big and doesn’t capture that portable Gameboy spirit. If you don’t own one I would get a 3ds asap. You can get the XL version for $200. It’s the best version. If you can’t afford that the regular smaller one is cheaper. They are a discontinued console now so prices will only go up. I would buy a 3ds before they are too expensive.

>>38816
The only thing that's better is the battery life, the hardware is inferior and the dual screen is a useless gimmick.

Steam Deck mogs both easily.

It's a shame the 3DS was the last "hurrah" of an era of lower budget games that were limited to the constraints of the hardware creating a lot of unique games that wouldn't exist nowadays. Stuff like the Switch and Steam Deck are just playing games every other console or PC is playing. The steam deck in particular doesn't even have games made specifically for it that takes advantages of all its features like games for handhelds in the past did.

>>38828
The bottom screen was great. Usually it featured maps, statistics or inventory and other useful things. Nintendo is supposed to be a gimmicky company. It’s different from Sony or Xbox who just make straightforward consoles with very little difference between the two.

It's a shame they fell on their face so hard marketing the Wii U because the second screen idea is actually pretty useful, and some of the games that got ported from Wii U to Switch are noticeably worse for its absence.

>>38816
Switch is the last nintendo console I buy tbh. Every game I got was underwhelming and mid. Animal crossing was barren in content. Zelda was alright but way over hyped. I didn't even get the Mario games this time.

>>38833
>Usually it featured maps, statistics or inventory and other useful things.
That's why I said it's a useless gimmick. All these things are on the second screen either just to fill it sith something to look at or because both screens are too damn small. The games that utilized the second screen in a more interesting way are Sonic Rush, Jump Ultimate All-Stars and The World Ends With You but it's not like they can't work without it. After all, TWEWY was eventually ported to other platforms and Rush works just fine with a single screen (granted, Sonic will suddenly jump out of the top/bottom of the screen but you can only go so far with emulation).
>Nintendo is supposed to be a gimmicky company.
Valve is also a gimmicky company but it adds gimmicks that are actually useful. Nintendo is more like Sony than you believe: it adds a bunch of COOL RADICAL gimmicks yet barely any developer utilizes them in a genuinely interesting way. Unless it's casual games ofc.
>It’s different from Sony or Xbox who just make straightforward consoles with very little difference between the two.
Again, why are you trying to make Nintendo look more special than Sony and Valve? It's not. Sony was doing dumb shit way before Wii was a thing (EyeToy anyone?). Before that the quirkiest things Nintendo has ever done were… Power Glove… and… Virtual Boy… Remember Virtual Boy? Zapper and Power Glove were kinda cool ngl.

>>38839
After a while 3ds games didn't even have 3d, most devs didn't care to implement it because kt was just a gimmick

>>38841
Ps3 had gyro first but it was hardly used

>>38840
>After a while 3ds games didn't even have 3d
The irony.

I'd still have to give Nintendo credit for popularizing gyro. Thanks ig, Nintendo.

>>38842
>Ps3 had gyro first but it was hardly used
Yeah, that's true. Proof that Sony fucked around and found out just as much as the Big N. There's something about both of them being Japanese companies maybe.

>>38840
3D doesn't actually add that much for a lot of games, mostly just stuff like 3D platformers to make depth more obvious. It didn't help that it was on a tiny screen.

>>38844 (me)
Tbf, Valve also fucked around and found out BUT
>they were trying to address real problems and push the industry forward
>they have one advantage others don't have: the glorious PC master race
As a result, Valve's hardware devs' attempts at gimmicks are more endearing and have more actual substance and reason to exist.

>>38846
Is it really a "gimmick" when you're taking something that was already done before and trying to make it more standard?

>>38839
>TWEWY was eventually ported to other platforms
With the caveat that they had to completely rework how partners fight in that game since their original implementation was designed around being able to look at 2 screens at once.

Etrian Odyssey's another game where the game losses some of itself when ported (though it's not as drastic as what they had to do with TWEWY). Map drawing is predictably awkward on a controller but at least on PC you can use a mouse. My main problem is how now the map (and it's zoomed in version) are both either taking up nearly half the screen when you're in a dungeon compared to the DS versions or you minimize it and you get a version of the map that barely shows 6 squares around you. Where as the DS versions of the games you always have the full map on 1 screen and can zoom in on specific areas.

And there's Trauma Center which I don't think has gotten a port to anything else. Games heavily designed around using the stylus or a wiimote. I think it could work on a mouse but there's no chance it works well on a controller without gyro.

>>38837
I feel you, the second party devs are the only things keeping me around at this point. If Prime 4 sucks I'll finally bounce.

>>38839
I don’t like pc gaming or valve. I like owning physical copies of games and I don’t like spending hours trying to get the pc game to run good.

>>38847
>Is it really a "gimmick" when you're taking something that was already done before and trying to make it more standard?
You're talking about something you don't understand. Two touchpads, touch-sensitive joysticks, Valve Index, Steam Input, custom in-game menus, the flick stick. There are enough small unique gimmicks that add up over time. And I'm not mentioning the gimmicks that generally apply to PC gaming. The gimmicks Valve has are no less gimmicky than whatever Nintendo puts out. Also, it's better to make an existing gimmick a standard than to leave it underutilized (the whole point of a gimmick is to be utilized, not to rot and die).
>>38848
>With the caveat that they had to completely rework how partners fight in that game since their original implementation was designed around being able to look at 2 screens at once.
Okay, that's one game that utilizes DS well. But there really aren't that many.
>Trauma Center
That's a casual game. As I said, casual games are an exception.
>>38850
>I like owning physical copies of games
Meanwhile, most releases on Switch are digital-only, especially indie releases. What, you want to play AAA games in 20 FPS? Or are the only games you play made by Nintendo? Not to mention that you don't even have to build a PC or buy on Steam, you can just get a Steam Deck and buy on GOG or pirate games. On Nintendo's consoles you don't actually have a choice, 3DS owners can confirm. Nintendo will Thanos-snap your eShop games.

>>38816
>The Nintendo 3ds actually feels like a genuine soulful Gameboy.
No, it isn't, DS has ditched GBA's focus on battery life and gaming in direct sunlight in favor of fairly standard backlit LCD displays (BUT NOW THERE'S TTWO OF THEM!). The main problem with Nintendo, Sony and SEGA which Valve doesn't have is that they never sticked to one gimmick and fleshed it out a bit, they constantly feel the need to reinvent the wheel, not giving the devs enough time to truly take advantage of their weird controls. This isn't how you make a platform for game devs.

That said, I'm a SEGA stan so aside from 32x they did nuffin' rong. Valve is the new SEGA, though it would've been cool to see the Dreamcast stick around longer.

I have more games on my to play list on 3ds than switch

>>38855
>That's a casual game.
I don't know about the latter games but the first few trauma center games were notoriously difficult to the point you had review outlets like gamespot docking points because of the difficulty.

>>38834
>It's a shame they fell on their face so hard marketing the Wii U
They failed the moment they chose to call it Wii U. What kind of a stupid name is this?

>>38855
Pc gaming and steam is just awful.

>>38862
>PC gaming is awful
<refuses to elaborate further
<leaves
>Steam is awful
Not really. Valve's collaborationism with Denuvo is disgusting but Steam is way better than many other game stores except for other Steam key-selling stores, itch.io, Humble Bundle, GOG and FLOSS repos. If I had a choice I'd probably just only play FLOSS games, they can't lock you into any walled garden.


>>38864
This entire article feels like a copypasta from 4chan, my braincells…

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>Thesis: A better than B
>Yes, B is technically better than A
>B is conceptually flawed, go buy A before the scalpers rush in.
If it's $200 and rising you could invest in a small cheap screen drawing tablet, an equally sized, equally cheap regular monitor and a single board computer to run an emulator. That would be your DSXXXXL.

>>38866
I think I’ll just play on the original hardware. Thanks sweaty.

>>38864
>Muh bad graphics indie games, I need raytraced horse anus in 4k
>TF2 for the xbox 360
>generalized hardware boring
>doesn't know how to burn a file to a DVD, complains about indies that give you said file to burn
>hasn't attempted to plug a controller into a PC
>picked mods for a buggy game written in C++ and got surprised when the bugs got worse and giving thomas the train boobs in skyrim made it aethetically inconsistent
>troubleshooting
The main factor of importance here: initial convenience. Consoles have one job and do it okay enough for a while.
Given it's entertainment that's a non-issue. Just get NixOS with KDE, install steam-run, and you can run any game with an exe file.
>The average PC gamers probably spends about $2500
Youtuber hands have influenced this post

>>38869
Indie games are usually garbage compared to AAA and not worth playing.

TF2 for 360 still has players and retains the classic gameplay without any of the stupid hats or noob weapons.

I don’t know what half the other stuff you mentioned is about. I don’t waste my time learning pointless pc skills that won’t actually help me with anything in life.

>>38870
You're making a statistical assertion as though you'll be playing every indie in order of release, rather than picking ones you heard from friends. Applying the same reasoning to AA's and AAA's nets the same result. Most games made in exery budget bracket are subpar.

>>38860
They probably figured that it worked out for the SNES, hell it's even the same change in the number of letters.

>>38869
>The main factor of importance here: initial convenience. Consoles have one job and do it okay enough for a while.
This, although Steam Deck and Steam Machines are the best of both worlds. Same for those GNU/Linux-based retro handhelds.
>Youtuber hands have influenced this post
I think most of this anon's "criticisms" are complaints about "le average PC gamer" instead of addressing the actual issues. Somehow it is impossible for console gamers to be annoying, that's somehow only the PC gaming problem.
>>38870
>Indie games are usually garbage compared to AAA and not worth playing.
What an absolute clown. It's the complete opposite with recent AAA titles.
>TF2 for 360 still has players and retains the classic gameplay
And classic problems. Also, no mouse/gyro support and custom servers so you're stuck with a few gamemodes and maps with clunky controls. But that doesn't matter because… the classic gameplay… or something.

>>38873 (me)
>It's the complete opposite with recent AAA titles.
Forgot to say "except Japanese games." Japanese games have the same charm that indie games do.

Nintendo fans, I agree for a truce. I will say that 3DS is the greatest console ever if we can unite against Sony fanboys, this cancer must be stopped at all costs.

>>38872
>They probably figured that it worked out for the SNES, hell it's even the same change in the number of letters.
The acronym "SNES" had an actual meaning behind it. Wii U is just a random couple of stylized contradictory pronouns. Like, wtf does "We You" mean? And what does Wii have to do with this? Backwards compatibility? Nintendo DS had backwards compatibility with GBA, why not call it "Nintendo Game Boy DS" then? And "Wii U" is not an acronym either, it's just Wii's name with the letter U for some reason. Heck, the name "3DS" makes more sense than this: it's a new Nintendo DS with a 3D feature (that was barely utilized) in it.

>>38876
You're correct, I'm just speculating as to the rationale lol

>>38872
"Super" indicates to the average joe it's the previous thing but better. The "U" just confused a lot of people to the point they didn't even know the Wii U was a separate console and thought it was just a tablet controller to the wii. I bought a Wii U when I was in middle school and to this day my mom mistakenly thinks the gamepad is the wii u and treats the console as a regular wii.

>>38877
>You're correct, I'm just speculating as to the rationale lol
I think they just thought "Recognizeable name good, put recognizeable name on console equals money."

>>38878
also it's the same problem microsoft is having now. The 360 is a megahit, what do we call its successor? Everyone assumed they continue the trend and call it the 720 but no they named it "Xbox One" because suits in a meeting knew about people calling the previous console "the 360" and thought uyghas were going to call the xbone "the one". The xbone flopped for a bunch of other reasons but its awful branding is still insane but not to the point it was confusing since a grandma wanting to buy an "xbox 1" in walmart or gamestop is likely to have a clerk knowing what they're talking about since the actual og xbox is long discontinued.

They then drop the inevitable mid generation model the xbox 1 s and xbox 1 x. What do the x and s indicate from each other? Oh well, it's not too bad. Until your next gen of xboxes is just called the series S and series X. I don't have much interest in xbox (only owned the 360) but if uyghas like me who pay attention to gaming shit are confused as to what they are there's a problem. There was a brief moment I thought they were just midgen upgrades ala ps4/ps5 pro branching for the xbone until I actually read up on it. Even then the next question is what's the difference between the 2? I'm sure they could've come up with some branding to indicate one has better hardware and a disc drive while the other doesn't. But at least it put MS in a position where they have to put their games on PC to be profitable with Sony following suit. Nintendo will never bend the knee and would try to drop a legal nuke on all emulators before even entertaining the thought.

>>38880
>suits in a meeting knew about people calling the previous console "the 360" and thought uyghas were going to call the xbone "the one"
Are marketologists that stupid?
>Nintendo will never bend the knee and would try to drop a legal nuke on all emulators before even entertaining the thought.
The definition of going down kicking and screaming.

>>38884
>going down kicking and screaming
Nintendo is not going bankrupt any time soon lol

>>38937
>Nintendo is not going bankrupt any time soon lol
I didn't say this, I just said that they're incredibly petty and cowardly when it comes to emulation.

>>38873 (me)
Also, TF2 Classic is available for PC with additional features and custom gamemodes so it's kind of a non-argument in the first place. Just go download the classic build smh.

What is it about the switch that makes it mid? I got mine 5 years ago and I put maybe 50 hours into it.


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