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Recommend a good Switch game, ASAP!

jon bones

jon bones

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I am headed out on vacation in like... 4 hours.

Need a game to download ASAP! I have all the First Party games already.

-Something that looks & runs very well handheld.

-Maybe a nice ensemble a la Mass Effect or Persona? Or maybe something with a compelling plot?
 
Viale

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Hollow knight is always excellent.
DQ 11 would be good.
I've just started but atelier ryza might fit. I'm having a good time.
 
takoyaki

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ai: The Somnium Files

(Compelling story, great cast of characters, nice mix of detective gameplay ala Ace Attorney and a fully-voiced visual novel, runs well in handheld apart from some longer background loading times. It helps if you don't mind an anime presentation with some of the typical tropes, but you should be good since you mentioned Persona)
 
Bear Patrol

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Hmmm...based on your criteria:
  • Tales of Vesperia
  • One of the Atelier games
  • Rune Factory 4
  • Dragon Quest 11 DE
  • Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
 
phant0m

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Dragon Quest XI. Runs great (also has a great 2D mode) and is an excellent game to sink into on vacation.
 
NioA

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Astral Chain, is perfect on handheld and it's a masterpiece
The same can be said for DQXIS
 
piratethingy

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Some great picks already, I'd choose something like:

Hollow Knight
Civ 6
Into the Breach
DQ11
Stardew Valley
Fell Seal
 
SenseiX

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Puzzle Quest if you're into match 3 games. Expect a truckload of matching. Very addicting.
 
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jon bones

jon bones

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Bear Patrol said:
Hmmm...based on your criteria:
  • Tales of Vesperia
  • One of the Atelier games
  • Rune Factory 4
  • Dragon Quest 11 DE
  • Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
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The One Who Knocks said:
Dragon Quest XI, Tales of Vesperia, Valkyrie Chronicles 4, Atelier Ryza
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is tales fully voiced over?

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I just want you to stay safe OP.
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Thanks! We just rented an airbnb on the shore with groceries and stuff - so we are driving down and will remain fairly locked down.
 
killer7

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- Hotline Miami Collection
- Cuphead (it's hard!)
- SuperHot

I never played it on switch, but someone could suggest:

- Devil May Cry Collection
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Thumper
- Katana Zero
- My Friend Pedro
- Dark Souls Remastered
- Bayonetta 1 and 2
- Resident Evil and Resident Evil ZERO
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- DOOM
- Crysis
- Wolfenstein
- The Witcher III
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Bioshock Collection
- Final Fantasy VII

and many others...
 
Aleh

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Spyro Trilogy, Dragon Quest 11S, Cuphead, Celeste, Ori, Final Fantasy 9 if for some reason you never played it
 

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N++ plays like Super Meat Boy but the aesthetic's glorious, pretentious minimalism. It is my fav platformer of all time. Literally thousands of masterfully crafted levels. Small download size
 
WestEgg

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VA11 Hall-A is a pretty good visual novel with a neat gameplay mechanic and fun characters.
 
Redcrayon

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For summer vacations, I recommend Ys VIII. Action RPG set on a deserted island, with a castaway village as a hub and lots of beaches. It always reminds me of summer.
 
9-Volt

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Looks good & runs well on handheld: Crysis, Bulletstorm, Saints Row 4, Metro Redux, Alien Isolation, Brigandine, Burnout Paradise

Something amalgamation of Persona and Mass Effect: God Eater 3, Star Ocean, Shining Resonance Refrain, Cold Steel 3, SAO Fatal Bullet

Compelling Story: Steins;Gate (both of them), Brigandine, Grandia, Metro Redux, Cold Steel 3, Tales of Vesperia, Valkyria Chornicles 1&4
 
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jon bones

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atelier always looked like niche jrpg but the ryza one has some uh compelling screenshots

9-Volt said:
Looks good & runs well on handheld: Crysis, Bulletstorm, Saints Row 4, Alien Isolation, Brigandine, Burnout Paradise

Something amalgamation of Persona and Mass Effect: God Eater 3, Star Ocean, Shining Resonance Refrain, Cold Steel 3, SAO Fatal Bullet

Compelling Story: Steins;Gate (both of them), Brigandine, Grandia, Metro Redux, Cold Steel 3, Tales of Vesperia, Valkyria Chornicles 1&4
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i've been told not to start with cold steel 3, but thank you for this list
 
criteriondog

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jon bones said:
I am headed out on vacation in like... 4 hours.

Need a game to download ASAP! I have all the First Party games already.

-Something that looks & runs very well handheld.

-Maybe a nice ensemble a la Mass Effect or Persona? Or maybe something with a compelling plot?
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Do you own Tokyo Mirage Sessions? It's like Persona quite a bit, but it is it's own thing too. No English dub, though.
 
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jon bones said:
i've been told not to start with cold steel 3, but thank you for this list
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Cold Steel has a text summary of first two games and it's not likely for them to come to Switch anyway. While it's needed to know what happened in those games to get familiar with cameos in the game, as a whole CS3's own story can be enjoyed without playing them at all.
 

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jon bones said:
is tales fully voiced over?



Thanks! We just rented an airbnb on the shore with groceries and stuff - so we are driving down and will remain fairly locked down.
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Not fully, iirc (at the very least the skits aren't voiced) but key scenes are all voiced and battles have some canned voice recordings that play.
 

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Skyrim. Yes, it's old. Yes, you've already played it three times and own it on two other consoles. Yes, it's vanilla, and there's no mods, and it's still got some bugs and all that jank that it was criticized for in 2011 is still there.

But it's bloody Skyrim! On a handheld. And it runs great, and all the content is there, and you can play it for another 80 hours and still find new things. Also, it's currently "half price" on the eshop, so you're only paying a like 100-150% markup on the bargain bin disc price of other versions that you could find literally anywhere, instead of 300%+ markup that it normally is. In spite of every reason that you shouldn't buy this game again for the tenth time, I'll counter your argument with: "but it's Skyrim in your hands!"

You know what to do. You know you don't want to do it. But you should, and you will, and you won't regret it.
 
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