Board 8 > transience's video game topic 55: it's '18 and Final Fantasy XV still isn't done

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BTW I love that the Switch is smart enough to boot the TV to the proper input channel even if its on another one.

AppleTV is the only other thing that does that I know of
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your PS4 should do that. enable HDMI-CEC support in the settings.
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Maybe Ive just never turned it on before the TV <_<
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yeah, Hdmi ports isnt the issue, my entertainment stand was just starting to get cluttered

no point in keeping something hooked up Ive touched maybe once in the past year, especially now that I have the switch versions of the two games I actually bothered to play during said year
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I still have my WiiU hooked up just in case I get the desire to finish XCX
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Oh, and play Tokyo Mirage Something (I forget the last word of the title)
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I'm probably going to put mine away too. Mario Maker doesn't have much pull for me so it's basically Mario 3d world and we already have Odyssey.
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i sold mine
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I have my U plugged in but not hooked up (I asked about HDMI splitters in the last topic, I think, but havent gotten one yet). Been working on finishing up 3D World via the joys of gamepad usage. Unfortunately not all my unfinished U games will let me do that, but for a while thisll do.
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JonThePenguin posted...

I asked about HDMI splitters in the last topic

I got the one that was mentioned last topic. It's worked pretty well so far
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I have an auto switching 3-port hdmi splitter that works well. the only thing that's weird is if the ps4 is on and the Wii U (now switch) are being played portably.
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yeah I posted the amazon link to the one I have on post 500 of the last topic. I dunno if you saw it before it purged, but it has worked just fine for me about a year and a half into owning it.
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The Mana Sword posted...

yeah I posted the amazon link to the one I have on post 500 of the last topic. I dunno if you saw it before it purged, but it has worked just fine for me about a year and a half into owning it.

I think I sent the link to my wife, since she has our Prime account. We just havent had a chance to order yet.

This one, right?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BV1XBIY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_cf6pAb0JAN8YP
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yeah thats it
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i complained about mario odyssey's motion controls and said i expect to love them game when i get around to playing it but that derailed the goty topic i was extremely excited to be working on and doing writeups for

so now that that's ruined, here are my top 20 games of the year without writeups

digi's top 20 game of the year 2017

20. Snake Pass
19. F1 2017
18. Immortal Redneck
17. Flinthook
16. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
15. Disc Jam
14. Songbringer
13. Middle Earth: Shadow of War
12. Slime Rancher
11. Nidhogg 2
10. Tacoma
9. What Remains of Edith Finch
8. SteamWorld Dig 2
7. Cuphead
6. Horizon: Zero Dawn
5. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
4. Pyre
3. NieR: Automata
2. Night in the Woods
1. Nioh

also over at destinationandroid.com, I put together a top 31 Android games of the year list if anybody is interested

to make it clear i'm not just driving page views, here's the top 31, with the caveat that i didn't beat a normal lost phone or bury me, my love, both of which i imagine would place on this list

best android games of 2017

31. Sonny
30. A Girl Adrift
29. Burgle Bros
28. DATA WING
27. Passpartout: The Starving Artist
26. Cityglitch
25. Laytons Mystery Journey
24. Disjoint
23. Linelight
22. Tokkaido
21. Home Behind
20. The Witchs Isle
19. Milkmaid of the Milky Way
18. Cosmic Express
17. FRAMED 2
16. Miracle Merchant
15. Spaceplan
14. Fowlst
13. Old Mans Journey
12. Underhand
11. Sidewords
10. Love You To Bits
9. Card Thief
8. Cat Quest
7. Slayaway Camp
6. Million Onion Hotel
5. After the End: Forsaken Destiny
4. Thimbleweed Park
3. Iron Marines
2. Monument Valley 2
1. Reigns: Her Majesty
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I hate the motion controls, too, personally and it caused me to quit sooner than expected.

Like Nintendo managed to take all their games this year and make one really shitty game design choice that, while doesn't ruin them, actively hurts the games.
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top 10 motion controls of 2017
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i picked up cat quest and i'm not so sure about that game

it's cute, but that might be all i like about it
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i think i watched like 5 minutes of the quick look for that and it was already too many cat puns for me.
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tell me about songbringer. it's been on my wishlist for a bit.
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transience posted...

tell me about songbringer. it's been on my wishlist for a bit.

Inspired by Zelda 1, you have a number of dungeons to go to and power-ups to earn, and the world itself is generated by a seed you input so it's a bit different every time. The gameplay is just real solid top-down action adventure stuff, good feeling on the items and weapons, it feels really well put together.

What makes it special, to me, is how kind of trippy it is. The game is way more psychedelic than I expected, and it was easy to get really, really sucked into the world even with limited or unclear narrative. Great art, great music, fun writing for the little bit that exists. You eventually get like a hub you can teleport to where you can fuse elements onto the items.

Oh and instead of a boomerang you throw a top hat. I don't know why, but that's where they went with it and I kind of love it. The boss battles are pretty intense, though there's only a couple of them throughout the game.

Took me about 8 hours to play through one run, though I don't really remember how much backtracking and walking around aimlessly I did, because I was very high.
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Zelda 1 + drugs

sign me up
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100% finished Mario Odyssey, aside from grinding out about 19,000 more coins to get the last few outfits

The Final Moon is really something. Took like a combined 4 hours to finally conquer it. Not sure if I loved it or hated it.

The harder version of the final boss it unlocks was a piece of cake though.

What a monstrous amount of content this game has.
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In case youre wondering what the late game coin grind is like if you know where to go, in the 70 minutes since I posted that, Ive grinded out half of what I need
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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180104005222/en/

Some fantastic US sales data here for big hitter Switch games.

In the U.S:

-over 60% Nintendo Switch owners have Super Mario Odyssey,
-over 55% own The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
-over 50% own Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
-over 20% own Splatoon 2

US - SMO (2.88M+) Zelda (2.64M+) Mario Kart (2.4M+) Splatoon 2 (960k+)

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Kinda surprised SMO toppled Zelda so soon. Zelda's still the better selling game if you account for Wii U sales, but only just.

Watched the GB QL for Blossom Tales this morning. It looks like a cool little LttP-alike. There's an entire category of surprisingly competent eShop games that look like RPG Maker trash dating back to the 3DS.
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yeah I'd play that game. it'd need to be cheap, though, and I feel like there's a Switch tax on everything. that game is probably $5 on Steam but more because it's on console.
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It has price parity on Steam and has never dipped below $10! But yeah that's where I'm at with it too.
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iiicon posted...

Kinda surprised SMO toppled Zelda so soon. Zelda's still the better selling game if you account for Wii U sales, but only just.

Mario traditionally stomps everything (pun intended) sales-wise on a platform except Pokmon, right?
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Jakyl25 posted...

iiicon posted...

Kinda surprised SMO toppled Zelda so soon. Zelda's still the better selling game if you account for Wii U sales, but only just.

Mario traditionally stomps everything (pun intended) sales-wise on a platform except Pokmon, right?

2D Mario does, definitely.
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blossom Tales did look neat, I might give that a go once I get bored of replaying actual Zelda

my gaming queue is pretty light until secret of mana anyway. theres a few January games that half interest me, but Im not sure if any of them are going to make me want to spend $60
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I think the last time mainline Zelda has been close to a 3D Mario was the Gamecube.

I just thought that this Zelda, with all the surrounding launch hype, would be a little different.
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also yes! this year starts off light, thankfully. The only games that catch my eye in the first three months (that I know about) are Monster Hunter, Yakuza, a Civ expansion, and Iconoclasts.
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yesss pictopix just got a free update with 45 new puzzles going up to 40x40.
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where's the next Matthew Brown game btw
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Oh shit, Civ VI and 2 DLC packs are the early unlock for Humble Monthly
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Nintendo put out a list of the top 20 most played games on the Switch in North America, by total hours played

1.) Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2.) Super Mario Odyssey
3.) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4.) Splatoon 2
5.) Minecraft
6.) Stardew Valley
7.) Mario + Rabbids
8.) ARMS
9.) Skyrim
10.) Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
11.) NBA 2K18
12.) DB Xenoverse 2
13.) Fire Emblem Warriors
14.) LEGO City Undercover
15.) Sonic Mania
16.) Pokken Tournament DX
17.) 1-2-Switch
18.) FIFA 18
19.) Disgaea 5 Complete
20.) Rocket League

LOL 1-2-Switch
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They must be including the demo units at stores for 1-2 Switch to make the list.
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Surprised not to see Sonic Forces

Did Mania hurt it??
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Nothing hurts Strange Eric. Not anymore...
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iiicon posted...

They must be including the demo units at stores for 1-2 Switch to make the list.

Is it a big surprise the local multiplayer game isn't played as often as the epic single player or online games?

It's a fun game. The fact that it's on the list compared to the other titles is telling.
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I think what it tells is that it was a first party launch title
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Archers in Fire Emblem Echoes might be the most overpowered class I've seen in a strategy game. There are classes in other games that are more ridiculous, but Archers offer so much effectiveness and have no weak points. In a game where enemies love to hide behind walls and are often made up of squishy mages, having six attack range and high killing potential is nuts. This is probably why the game barely gives you any of them!
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finally beat zelda

switch says it took around 50 hours. iirc, it was maybe between 25-30 hours when i got through all 4 divine beasts. if i had gone straight to ganon afterward, i think i would have had a much lower opinion of this game, because even all the way to the end, i still hated the combat.

none of the main quest elements was particularly exciting, except maybe getting through hyrule castle. i would have also not given a single shit about zelda's plight if i didn't go out of my way to get all the memories and the master sword.

so i'm glad i set off to explore the rest of the world before i faced ganon! it's 100% the best thing about the game, just moving around in that space and finding stuff. i don't really remember any one specific place, puzzle, or challenge that resonated with me strongly, and i don't have any funny stories or clips to share. in fact, i just remember being annoyed at points like navigating the lost woods or anytime it was raining.

but it's just fun and chill to get up to a high point, look around for something cool in the vicinity, plot out where you wanna go, and just go there. i totally get now why people demand this level of freedom of exploration for all open worlds moving forward.

and hey, i grew to tolerate zelds's va the more cutscenes i saw. i actually ended up empathizing with her story. i kinda hate the fact that nintendo set up this arc for her too, knowing full well that the next game will still have her playing a similar role while this mute cipher called link still gets to be the hero.

so yeah, having never played a single zelda game before this, i appreciate the fact that i cared about the titular character by the end.

dream game: the openness, the systems-driven world, the restraint in presentation, and exploration mechanics of botw; the visuals, combat, qol smartness, and narrative ambition/cohesion of horizon; and the scale, character development, and worldbuilding of assassin's creed origins. hell, throw in the production value that rockstar puts into gta.

that would be dope
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Due to hitting a slab in stasis just enough to lift it up a little and have it fall back and kill me, I got autosaved in such a spot that when it loaded I was placed inside the slab
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First game of 2018 beated: NieR:Automata
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First game beaten in 2018: Titanfall 2

That game's pretty good
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Getting into AC:Origins. I didn't know the AC and Watch_Dogs games were so closely linked
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What's the connection in Origins? I know an Abstergo employee is in Watch_Dogs
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In a laptop you can access, you can look at a CCTV photo of Aiden from the first game killing an abstergo employee
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