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All of my Switch 2 games are digital.
And the cartridges cost a lot more than printing discs.
And the storage for portables is more expensive too.
It felt weird at first having to plug in SW Outlaws cart to play a game already on the SSD.
But in practical terms its just like playing a physically based game, just in terms of process and feel. Obviously I'd rather not eat up what little space I have left. But the benefit is I can always sell it or use it on someone else's system.
Going to Mos Eisley from the OG movies was something grin inducing. As well as sneaking into Jabba the huts palace.
There's been some decent stuff. I liked running around the abandoned Starship and platforming around to activate the tower.
I like the feeling of flying around on your speeder bike. I know from videos the game has been updated a lot to make it better than it originally was. Even the Switch 2 review metrics are higher.
I don't get randomly spotted. Being spotted doesn't end the mission. I can climb things without dropping weapons etc.
Although none of the gameplay elements excel, its all very solid and melts together to make something enjoyable.
The story bits are fun too, I can see why Vader said a more linear story based game would be good. I do like exploring though.
I think more open, sandbox stealth would be better. And perhaps some BOTW climbing and gliding mechanics.
Chart that breaks up revenue of Sony's gaming devision. My hunch about DLC was correct. It's the biggest driver of revenue, bigger than actual total revenue due to game sales.
But I guess when you're really into a game you buy a lot of dlc.
I've bought 16 seasons worth of Snowrunner DLC.
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There's a rumor the Death Stranding will be coming to the Switch 2.
The 14% that comes PSN subscriptions caught me off guard, but I don't know why it would. That's definitely a strong reminder of why we're never getting free online play again from any console.
I found the chart on Eurogamer, but readers there are commenting that it doesn't give a correct view as it only shows the income to Sony, not the income of physical sales to 3rd parties. So that 3% includes only their own 1st party games of which there haven't been too many, and the cut they take from 3rd party sales. Physical games apparently constitute 24% of all game sales when you just count the units sold.
Then again, if that is so, you'd still expect the percent points for physical and digital to be more in a ratio of about 1:3?
Damn SH is already next week. I still need to beat Silksong and MGS3. Also started my RE series playthrough. Oh and Ghosts comes out the week after, ahhhh stop with the releases.
Silksong is totally kicking my ass, it crossed the line into just being mean and dumb but I just got past the part I was stuck on so I'm enjoying it again. Its a masterpiece to be sure but that difficulty is a bit much and ruins any flow I start to have. I think its better designed than the first but maybe not as enjoyable to play. Still right up there with E33 as my GOTY.
It's a lush green planet. Started to really enjoy the game. It's a simple pleasure, but sneaking into an Imperial base, stealing from them, then blasting stormtroopers on the way out, then jumping onto your speeder bike to escape.
It's just fun. As is swaggering into a seedy bar on a far off planet.
I probably wouldn't enjoy it without motion aiming, but since its there the base shooting is fun.
Not sure I like the spaceship combat. At first it was this light traversal and fun.
Now I seem to always be wanted and have to fight tooth and nail to escape. I finally got past one section only to hyperspace my way to escape. Only to end up in another area where I'm wanted and have long dogfights.
The ship you use isnt as manoeuvrable as the fighters which attack you. The lock on system is sketchy. There's no motion aiming as far as I can see even with motion steering turned on. The controls can be a bit odd.
And the lock on sometimes drags you into space debris. You can just turn on easy mode to get through it though.
Network "services" has got to be almost entirely profit, too.
To think that I bought my Xbox Series X in March of 2023 I paid $599.99 for it. And that was Canadian. Insane.
They are really making the Switch 2 seem like a sweet deal.
I sneak into an Imperial excavation site, take down 4 or so enemies, then a camera spots me that isnt even projecting a cone of vision so you don't even know its there.
Then im swarmed with Storm Troopers which I despatch. You would think that there are a set number of enemies to defeat. But no, now a shuttle lands and even more show up.
I'm killing them, bodies are piling up and Im thinking that this has to end at some point right? After all I came to this area to investigate and retrieve something from a chest.
Instead I realise this is an unwinnable Call of Duty style situation where the enemies will NEVER stop coming.
Suddenly I've achieved the Empires Most wanted level. So they send Death Troopers to find me.
They never really explained this mechanic. Now I jump on my bike to escape and Im chased. I race towards this red marker to eliminate this death marker by taking out a death trooper base.
I expected 1 or 2 enemies there. Instead its a whole camp of Death Troopers. Since Im still being chased I run towards the target thinking I will take him out quick and escape.
Nah, you can unload a fully loaded clip point blank into a Death Trooper and it wont kill him. Then you realise you're surrounded by these assholes.
At this point I just want this Wanted system to end. Enemies shouldn't be omniscient, different camps and villages shouldn't have some mass surveillance system that makes everyone attack you on sight in different places - including fucking SPACE of all places.
You're living in a space covering more than a few different planets, including the vastness of space. Yet you're recognised like walking between different rooms in your house by your own family.
Isn't this sci fi? Shouldn't your main character do something as simple as donning a mask before attacking random people?
Rant over I just reloaded an earlier save.
Fast travel restricted on SW OUTLAWS is ridiculous.
It isnt even for active contracts and you can't disable or abandon the contract via the menu.
The game doesn't do a good job of explaining what's going on and why. So I've been manually driving around trying to work out what's happening.
I did all the contracts for the world Im on thinking that fast travel would now be okay. It's still locked.
Do I have to go do the fast travel restricted contracts on OTHER worlds before I can fast travel again?
Or is it a story mission blocking it? The game wont tell me
Edit: just cancelled at a broker
Probably story related.
In its revised and patched, updated form, with gyro aiming.
It has its flaws for sure. Some roadblocks, some annoying crap. But once you figure out the way the gameworld works, at its core its a fun game.
I'd 8/10 it.
There seems to be lots of content and I haven't even tried the dlc yet.