I'll definitely be picking up BioShock and Borderlands
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Bioshock: The Collection, Borderlands: Legendary Collection, XCOM 2 Collection coming to Nintendo Switch on May 29
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Well, as shitty as this all is... I was probably going to download Borderlands for quick access anyhow. And in Bioshock's case, I'll be able to offload the extra download when I'm done playing through them. I just hope it's possible to download content piecemeal there so that I can play through them one at a time.
Overall I'm just glad to see these games coming, and am excited to return to them and have them always within reach in portable mode. Here's hoping the ports deliver.
Overall I'm just glad to see these games coming, and am excited to return to them and have them always within reach in portable mode. Here's hoping the ports deliver.
Bioshock is over 70GB ON Xbox one. Explain how to get that onto a single switch cart. Or do you expect 2? And you want the pricier 32GB carts with a $49.99 price?
Lets be realistic.
XCOM ON SWITCH HELL YES
I don't post here very often so I miss new regularly. Still, I check in occasionally just to see if there have been any Xcom to Switch announcements. Some good news today!
Also I love Bioshock lol
I don't post here very often so I miss new regularly. Still, I check in occasionally just to see if there have been any Xcom to Switch announcements. Some good news today!
Also I love Bioshock lol
User warned: "lazy devs" rhetoric
Those games compress considerably with non ultra HD textures and most companies are just lazy as fuck when it comes to compression anyway, so those high numbers are not always indicative of a "true total." Every single Bioshock was one disc on last generation on the 360, which means we're talking less than 24 GB total. This is absolutely something that could have been done with more work and effort, and if they're charging $50 for their collection, it sure as hell should be using the pricier carts because the collection still retails for like $20 max these days elsewhere.
This isn't some ridiculous ask.
WELP, guess I'll go with my original plan of getting the Pre-sequel on Ps3.It gets far worse.
Same. We are in year 4 of the Switch. This is well known at this point. The Spyro Collection was the same. I can lend that out which makes it a much better product physically.
If you prefer physical media for preservation purposes you arent getting that on the Switch. It is what it is.
Interested in Borderlands and BioShock (agian) but I have two concerns:
1.) How will these games run on Switch? How will they play and look in handheld mode?
2.) I am not paying $50 for BioShock again lol. I will wait for a sale or price drop.
I don't care that the full set of games isn't on cart. I knew that was never really feasible.
1.) How will these games run on Switch? How will they play and look in handheld mode?
2.) I am not paying $50 for BioShock again lol. I will wait for a sale or price drop.
I don't care that the full set of games isn't on cart. I knew that was never really feasible.
These aren't the 360 versions with 0 alterations. Even if they could cut the size in half for simple remasters that wont sell tons they wont take a loss that big. There also isn't anyone using 32GB carts for $50 games.
Umm, what? If anything, Bioshock 1 and 2 are better than Infinite. Infinite is a good game but lacks a personality when compared to 1 and 2.
These are all but certainly going to be the worst place to play those games, except for maybe Borderlands 2 vita (lol). I hear XCOM 2 runs like a dog on PS4/Xbone (and the PC version isn't exactly far behind) so I don't have high hopes for the Switch version, especially on handheld. Plus imagine end-game WOTC soldiers with like a dozen active abilities on the hotbar on a handheld.
I'm in for Borderlands but I wish I could buy just Bioshock 2 as that's the only one of those I've yet to fully play (well that and the Infinite DLCs but I've not heard great things).
I'm shite at strategy games of all kinds so XCOM 2 is a complete no-go. I found Mario & Rabbids hard, I know for sure I wouldn't be able to handle that.
I'm shite at strategy games of all kinds so XCOM 2 is a complete no-go. I found Mario & Rabbids hard, I know for sure I wouldn't be able to handle that.
Infinite is the worst of the three and imo Infinite is just genuinely not a good game period.
It gets far worse.
I guess that's one way to make sure your games can't be resold.
Clever, but also incredibly malicious.
Couldn't agree more.
I really don't understand their thinking behind that decision.
I don't think we know either way yet. There's been a trend towards doing free dlc for physical games, maintaining the ability to be resold. Fingers crossed.
That implies it isnt a one time download code. It sounds like spyro why you have a mandatory install.
The Bioshock one is being made by Virtuos!!
I also hated the Collection on consoles due to the terrible job by Blind Squirrel. They've butchered the visuals while also deliveeing terrible performance.
I'm pretty sure that Virtuos will just be porting the terrible collection and its changes to the Switch, but I'm hopeful that at least they will get the performance right
All great games, but I've played all three series many times and own many of the games on two or in some cases more platforms, so won't be investing.
I'm saying a $50 collection of games that are 7-13 years old at this point should be on the cart when they could absolutely fit on there, yes. This shouldn't be controversial or a huge ask.
But they can't all fit on a cart. That's a fact. It's 3 games. Remastered. They will not fit on a cart. They will not fit on the biggest 32GB cart. They are charging $50, not $60, which is about $16 a game.
Yes, they can fit! DOOM was 70 GB on other platforms and it released as a 16 GB cart with an 8 GB download for the multiplayer. You can absolutely compress data down and you don't have to worry about as much space because you aren't as worried about as high quality textures as you would be with a PC release with 4K support! Listen to me for crying out loud instead of just being intransigent about the fact they "can't fit on the cart" when these games fit on 360 discs originally and didn't have that much DLC to send the numbers soaring. They're all 3 fairly linear shooters from last generation, this is not impossible with compression in mind.
DOOM is one game, this is 3. It can not fit on cart. It will not fit on a 32GB cart at retail for $50.
Studios want to make money, not provide a charity.
What are you on about? The number of games has nothing to do with this and they could charge $60 if it was a problem to have it all on cart or they could charge $50 and put them all on the cart because you'd still be making profit and paying for the port job. DOOM was harder to port and required much more work because of the hardware change if anything. I'm saying the entirety of Bioshock fit on 4 Xbox 360 discs back in 2013, which is exactly 32 GB if all the space on those discs were fully used and no compression was done.
not this download bullshit. i would have been interested in the bioshock collection if all three games were on cart, but meh. skipping.
Xcom 2 was a technical disaster on my PS4. I dread to see how it would run on my Switch. I can't even imagine the load times. Hopefully they've done a better job with this version.
Same. My excitement plummeted after I saw the download required on the box art.