Quoting: NarcotixI played it on the Nintendo Switch (not finished yet, but not far from it). It's a pretty good Metroidvania in my opinion. The looks and feels kinda reminded me of Metroid Dread. I'd say it's not as great and complex as Hollow Knight, but pretty much on the same level as the Ori series (at least regarding the level-design/-structure and gameplay-wise). Hope that helps :D

Also: the last PoP I happened to like was Sands of Time on the GameCube - failed to have fun with pretty much every entry in the series since then, except for this one.

Seeing that it's 40% off on Switch currently, I'm curious, how's the performance? Any reason I should avoid this version over other platforms?

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As others have said, the Epic Games Store has a 12% revenue split, and yet prices on there are still the same as on Steam, on GoG, on Xbox and Playstation, and anywhere else games are sold. Valve does not set the price for games, publishers do, and lower revenue splits just mean they get more money, so why would they bother passing those savings on to the consumer? Maybe if they were somehow able to force that split on to every single distributor industry wide, but again, what's to stop publishers from taking the extra percentage for themselves?

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Quoting: pbWhat a nice idea. BTW do the skins fit both OLED and original SteamDecks?

Based on what Liam said in the article, it's a custom fitted 512 GB OLED Steam Deck, and based on the picture it's not just a skin, it's also got colored face buttons. I don't know if they're selling the skin separate but I would imagine they aren't.

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It is still endlessly funny to me that Steve went to Taiwan to purchase one of these and the clerk at the biggest tech shop around told him bluntly "you're the first one to buy one of these". Is there any handheld on the market that has even come close to comparing to even the Steam Deck LCD, much less the OLED model?

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Quoting: MayeulCI am not sure the trackpads will be comfortable to use in this location.

It's interesting that they didn't go with AMD's Z series chip. This handled will probably be more powerful and use more power, though I hope they took the opportunity to include more than one USB port.

Yeah, I have to agree, seems like they'd end up getting in the way and the thenar (area right under your thumb) would probably end up brushing against it. The D-Pad also doesn't look like it'd be particularly pleasant to use. Honestly the only positive aspect I see on this device is that they're being smart and building it with Hall effect sticks and triggers, something I cannot understand why the industry has not standardized outside of planned obsolescence.

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I'm so pleased that you mentioned the train system, as that's how I first encountered Selaco, and it's such a delightful feature. I'll have to pick the game up soon, though I've got plenty on my plate as is, particularly Ghost of Tsushima and the recently released Nine Sols (Highly recommend fans of Hollow Knight, Sekiro, and 2D platformers check it out, it's by Red Candle, the studio behind Devotion and Detention!)

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The part I find exceptionally funny about this is that the likely to be godawful Silent Hill 2 remake by Bloober Team, which got announced for PC during this same Sony event, and yet it managed to escape requiring a PSN account. Now granted, Konami is publishing this one, rather than it being Sony backed, but still. I'm glad that I'm lucky enough to live in a country that Sony accepts money from, but it's frustrating that they've clearly chosen to stick with this approach to boosting PSN numbers, presumably to look nice on some graph during an investor call.

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Has vibes of Suda51 and Swery65, which I'm all for. Plus Ikumi is an absolute treasure, so this is going on the wishlist for sure.

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I mean, let's not pretend anyone didn't see this coming. While I do certainly agree that Nintendo's litigious nature is ridiculous, when they settled the lawsuit with Tropic Haze with the requirement that they shut down operations of Yuzu and Citra, the point was to prevent further distribution of Yuzu and Citra. Folks could certainly back up a copy of Yuzu or Citra, but distributing it was only ever going to end one way.

Honestly I wonder how much consideration was put into trying to sue each individual distributor, because it's not like Nintendo's lawyers would hesitate to sue individuals into indentured servitude for the rest of their life.

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Reminds me a lot of Exo One [External Link], actually. Particularly the bit of the trailer that seemed to be showcasing maintaining and increasing your speed by using the ball form and then switching to plane form when you launch off a ramp. Speaking of which, found out they're doing a sci-fi rally game, which is neat.

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