Topic: The Switch Recommendations Thread

@FishyS Nope never heard of them! (mine is just a low effort username I keep meaning to change.) Who is the musician out of interest?

Hah, ok, it seemed unlikely but the name and mentioning Sephiroth made me wonder. The musician is Pealeaf - she primarily streams music on Twitch although has lots of good covers and a few originals on YouTube as well, including plenty of Final Fantasy covers.

@Plusle_and_Minun @CJD87 Sorry for the late response but thanks a ton for your advice! I think what I'm going to do is pick up all the Pixel Remasters (plus Collection of Mana for good measure XD) but not play them immediately. Instead, I'm going to try and pick up the physical Twin-Pack of FFVII and FVIII: Remastered that's available on sites like Amazon as it's only slightly more expensive than getting both games individually on the eShop, even during the current sale, and have FFVII be my first FF game before going back to the beginning with FFI and making my way through the series in chronological release order. I've got plenty of RPGs that I need to make my way through as is like Baten Kaitos, Paper Mario and Octopath Traveler so I don't mind waiting a while before I tackle the behemoth that is Final Fantasy XD

@Fizza That it a good shout IMO.

I always appreciate anyone wanting to play through a series of games, and have their roadmap governed by chronology, but I'd agree that VII is a great starting point.

For many people, myself included, OG VII was the 'gateway drug' into the FF series - and really put JRPGs on the map in terms of genre prevalence in the mainstream discoure.

I hope, and believe you will(!), love your time with it

I loved Xenoblade chronicles 3 and just beat it, can I play future redeemed before one?

@OctolingKing13 Haven't played a Xenoblade game myself but I've heard that Future Redeemed contains MASSIVE spoilers/fanservice for pretty much every single Xenoblade game prior to 3 so I'd personally advise you to work your way through 1, 2 and Torna before tackling it.

Future Redeemed is currently on sale in UK/EU for €20 though if you want to nab it for....well, future reference XD

@Fizza NOOOOOOOOO NOT THE CRINGE PUNNNN
anyways, thanks for the advice! one will probably be the next switch game I get, but I’m currently saving up for a PlayStation. Also why does the uk get so much more sales than the us ☹️
by the way I highly recommend to get Xenoblade Chronicles 3 when you get the chance probably in my top 3 of all time lol. unless you’re not a fan of huge jrpgs. thanks again!

Looking to decide between Outer Wilds and Death's Door. OW looks incredible, even on switch, and I love finding secrets in games, but I also loved Hollow Knight a lot, which DD looks pretty similar to. Any idea which I should pick?

I also really loved Astral Chain in the past, but AFAIK it's the only action game that's not mature-rated. Do you know any games like that that aren't Bayonetta or Nier? Switch is the only platform I have currently.
Thanks in advance! I hope this is the right thread for this.

@sunny63 3D action? Secrets? Non-mature rated?

I never pass an opportunity to recommend Risk of Rain 2.

But if you want more exploration and not straight action, there are smaller budget games like Ultra Age or Anima: Gate of Memories.

@Magician Extremely appreciated! I've seen RoR in the library before anyway, so that's very convenient. Thank you!

I am recommending you send out your Nintendo Switch OLED to get a modchip installed. It'll be the best hundred dollars you ever spend.

HANDHELD

• Persona 5 Royal 720p 60fps 5+ hrs battery
• MH Rise 720p 30fps 4+ hrs battery
• Hogwarts Legacy 720p DR 30fps locked
• SMTV framerate issues GONE
• Ys IX framerate issues GONE
• Zelda Links Awakening framerate issues GONE
• Ni No Kuni 2 framerate issues GONE
• MH Stories 2 framerate issues GONE
• Borderlands 3 720p 30fps locked
• Darksiders 3 720p 30fps locked
• Cap framerate of any game at any FPS.
• UNcap framerate of any game and raise it to any FPS
• record video 720p 60fps 20 mbps bitrate
• backup saves to SD
• Mods and cheats for countless games

TRIALS FREAKING RISING IN 720p 60fps LOCKED IN HANDHELD MODE

ZELDA LINK'S AWAKENING IN 720p 60fps LOCKED IN HANDHELD MODE

Portable Mode Screenshots

The Real Final Fantasy VII Remake Final Fantasy VII Omnislash developed for Switch as a remakester in the vein of Metroid Prime Remastered, Mario RPG and Mario vs DK. Same game, nothing has changed, but a modern makeover.

https://youtu.be/Tefdf1QLBpk?si=71rHtjfoZ55Xpdvl

Must Watch Release Trailer On YT
[CopyAfterThis:]https://youtu.be/1hPD1u5pia8?si=c62HSEv4pE5-P0Rj

I'm just so intoxicated by this thing I'm shouting from rooftops to anyone who will listen. Need a recommendation? I give you the highest I've ever given.

@OctolingKing13 Will confirm Future Redeemed is basically a sequel to the ENTIRE Xenoblade series. A lot of context will be lost if you haven't played all of the games. ESPECIALLY the original, which this expansion is very nostalgic over lol.

But hell yeah, dude, love seeing more people realize what an incredible game XC3 is. Legitimately my all-time favorite JRPG, and a top three game overall for me as well.

@JaxonH The performance overhead allows you to sort out SMT V's chunky framerate? I'm a little jealous lol. Although maybe once SMT V: Vengeance is out, I'll be able to play it at 60fps on my Steam Deck anyway.

@Ralizah
Oh ya. Can't run it at 60 without a mod to drop resolution but stable 30 is more than fine, and at a higher resolution at that. Steamdeck is always my fallback for Switch games with performance issues and will continue to be until Switch 2 drops, but now being able to run most of them on Switch with satisfactory performance is just so nice. Don't get me wrong- I love Deck OLED. But Switch OLED is lighter, thinner, has those nice removable Mobapad M6 HD joycon with tabletop play and easily docking to TV... the traits of Switch that make me love the system really get a chance to shine when more of its games are running without low res and framerate issues.

I may start an "Official Overclock Thread" and start sharing results of various games on Switch OLED in handheld and docked using anywhere from light to aggressive-but-not-too-aggressive clock speeds (cause if you gotta max CPU and GPU well beyond the 18W power draw limit, it's not really worth it- not only can it damage the system, degrade the shelflife faster, it sacrifices optimal gas mileage for battery life, like ya, we can juice it a little more and get a bit better results, but at an extreme cost of battery life).

Then if you or anyone else wants to know how a game runs, can just drop a request.

Just saw there's a Portal 1/2 side Loader that runs Steam mods. So Still Alive and Portal Reloaded can run on Switch.

It's like this Christmas morning never ends

@JaxonH Oh yeah, just avoiding the sickening lows in later areas would be worth it. I loved SMT V, but it was running closer to 20fps most of the time than I cared for.

The adaptive resolution was also pretty aggressive in undocked mode, as I recall. Can you address the image quality issues?

Speaking of Portal, have you seen Portal Revolution? I saw my nephew playing that a few days ago. Genuinely the highest-quality fan content I've ever seen. It's pretty much Portal 2.5.

Can anyone recommend whether to get Outer Wilds or Death's Door? I think I'd enjoy Death's Door more, having loved Hollow Knight previously, but Outer Wilds looks really cool, and I want to try building stuff from it in lego.
I also have a little brother who wants to play everything I play. Maybe I should go for the lower ESRB rating?
I appreciate the help I got already, and I do plan to borrow Risk of Rain 2. Hope this doesn't bother anyone!

@sunny63 Personally, I loved death's door. I wouldn't say it feels much like Hollow Knight though since it is level-based rather than being a big open metroidvania.
But very fun little action adventure game. Read the NintendoLife review if you haven't.

@FishyS Thanks, and that's actually good to hear! I liked HK for combat rather than the exploration, although that was lovely too. So one more mark towards DD...

@sunny63 I haven't played Outer Wilds or Hollow Knight (yet), but did really enjoy Death's Door and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

Hey folks! I just wanted to pop in here to get some feedback regarding a certain series that's currently on sale for some WILD discounts: SteamWorld. I've never had any interest in the series prior to seeing the sales it's currently experiencing (though I've definitely liked what I've seen of it in the past) so I'd like to ask those who are familiar with the franchise: would SW be a good purchase? I'm thinking about grabbing Dig 1+2 and Heist if so but I have no idea if the series is worth it or not so I'd love some input from those who have played them if possible. Thanks in advance!

@Fizza I grabbed dig 2 for $5 a couple years ago which was a good deal. Although I wouldn't quite rate it 9/10 like NintendoLife did, it has nice graphics and good gameplay and overall is a fun short cute little semi-linear metroidvania. Would recommend. I've never played the others.