Judging how people were so quick to forgive them, they probably made the right move. It's sad how they are getting away with such a dirty trick.
The choice to go 3D was always baffling to me. How can games like Iconoclasts, Monster Boy, Hollow Knight and such look so damn great and run 60fps on the Switch with what I have to assume is a smaller team and budget?
I think this is a side effect of developing a UE4 game for PC and other consoles first and foremost.
They get some Switch sales and (undeserved) goodwill. Even if their next game could be skeptical on whatever platform, people can remember, "wow they really listen to community and respond quickly". With how consumers attack companies nowadays, this seems valuable.
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It's faster on PS4 when moving between areas that require loading and it only happens once. It's much more noticeable on Switch.
Most places where this type of transition is the case I found that only the first transition loads, then it's in memory and the two areas load out interchangeably if you go back and forth or up and down on PS4 Pro. Ultra handy for farming.
Switch didn't even exist when they started working on the game, how could that be the "main target"?
I think it's subjective. If it runs competently but not quite as well as the other 2, the portability factor could make it the best version for a lot of people. However if the compromises are as bad as they are atm then those compromises mean having to play in your living room is worth it for a version that doesn't run like shit.
I have a feeling this is the result of perhaps porting the code originally meant for Wii U (it was one of the stretch goals) to Nintendo Switch. And yes, Armchair was trying to get Unreal Engine 4 running on the Wii U...
This. Especially within the metroidvania genre, there are a lot of great (indie) games.
A lot of Kickstarters were heavily backed by thirsty Wii U owners since nobody was giving the platform any games.
There's not really a good solution there. They weren't going to delay the game just for Switch owners and the team spent most of the year working hard on porting it to Switch. It was a difficult port and they poured a lot of time and money into it. Not sure what they could do there. Selling it for a low price wasn't really an option.
That's absolutely fair for regular games. But kickstarter backers paid for a game to get made for the platform they bought it on, and that changed from under them. And Switch has been out for over two years now, it's not new.
I just don't think it's a good idea. The game would have been hamstrung by Wii U and Vita. It could have spoiled the whole project. It's also clear that the game was much uglier in the past and has improved dramatically. I can't imagine people really wanting Wii U to basically hold back the whole project if it meant an inferior experience for everyone.
The Switch version won't drastically change from what we have now without a complete technical overhaul, which more than likely won't happen. With how they handled the whole Switch release (including the scummy seeming delay?!), I don't feel like they deserve my money / time. It's rather simple, really. Apart from that, I only use my PS4 nowadays if I absolutely have to (e.g. for Cyberpunk 2077 or FF7R next year). If midsize devs want my support, they'll in turn have to support the Switch in a meaningful way. From what I can gather all around this is not the case with this title, so that's that.
Well yes that's the core of it. A terrible idea that went even worse than expected. I mean, the VITA, come on.
