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Post by Sarge on Feb 6, 2023 20:10:37 GMT -5
I'll snag it at some point, especially since it's getting a lot of positive reviews. I was hoping it would turn out great, and that appears to be the case. I'm crossing my fingers the Switch port is good, though - I bought my GF a Switch for Christmas, so it would be her platform of choice and she's a huge Harry Potter fan.
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Post by anayo on Feb 7, 2023 18:37:40 GMT -5
Oh yeah I'm def getting Hogwarts Legacy for my daughter right when it launches for the Switch this summer. I had no idea there was a Switch version. I must have assumed it was next-gen only.
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Post by Sarge on Feb 7, 2023 18:43:45 GMT -5
I'm not expecting great things, honestly. Hopefully they have a good team porting it - they can get it on there, but it's going to likely take some big cuts to do it. I know it's also on PS4, so I'd assume they'd scale down from that version.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 7, 2023 22:04:49 GMT -5
Harry Potter is like Pokemon to me. Somehow I'm a rare 80-90's kid that sidestepped it entirely and I don't have any interest in checking it out now. I was more into Lord of the Rings at the time I guess. But now... just give me DARK SOULS.
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Post by Ex on Feb 7, 2023 22:22:08 GMT -5
I couldn't care less about Harry Potter either, but a lot of people are excited for the new HP game: Even myself as a non-HP fan have to admit it looks interesting. I may get the PS4 version eventually. I can't see how this would run on a Switch without considerable compromise though. LotR still holds respect, but these days I'm about The Black Company. It's far more Dark Souls than LotR ever was.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 7, 2023 23:33:09 GMT -5
Yeah, it looks pretty neat and like a big deal - easy to see how long time fans are getting hyped about this. LotR still holds respect, but these days I'm about The Black Company. It's far more Dark Souls than LotR ever was. Is that Garrett on the cover? Epic fantasy following a group of mercenaries. I like the sound of that.
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Post by Ex on Feb 7, 2023 23:39:40 GMT -5
Epic fantasy following a group of mercenaries. I like the sound of that. You can get the books that matter via 4 omnibuses: www.amazon.com/dp/B074CJP9QSI own all four of those via paperback format, but they're digitally available for Kindle also. I've not read it all yet, but what I've read so far has been hardcore and grim. I'm betting you would like it.
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Post by Moulinoski on Feb 8, 2023 18:16:39 GMT -5
The new Zelda was shown on today’s Nintendo Direct. Link was driving some kind of car! I don’t know what that’s about but it shocked me. I’m genuinely unsure of what’s going on in this newest trailer and that’s actually good in my opinion. Means less spoilers.
Sea of Stars looks neat. It’s a retro-style turn based RPG. In my opinion, it looks better than Octopath Traveller.
I also liked how charming the new Mickey Mouse game looks. Illusion forest or something like that. It looks like an actual cartoon but it’s a video game. I guess like Rayman and Cuphead.
I’m not going trip over myself getting any of these except Zelda, though.
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 8, 2023 19:13:45 GMT -5
I'll catch up on the news in a bit but did they just like shadow drop the Metroid Prime remaster with so little fanfare? Barely seeing any articles about it. Is it not getting a physical release?
Physical release later this month. BUYING IT! Even though I just replayed the trilogy via Dolphin with graphic mods and all, I gotta support my Metroid.
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Post by Sarge on Feb 8, 2023 21:17:10 GMT -5
Sea of Stars is one I've been following for a while. It's pretty obvious they're trying to tap into what made Chrono Trigger special, and I hope they hit it. I mentioned some of the other ports over in the ports/remasters thread. Baten Kaitos getting a remaster is pretty trippy. Now we've got Symphonia and that, so Skies of Arcadia needs to be next to complete that holy trilogy of fantastic Gamecube RPGs.
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