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Ya know what kinda bugs me about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (specifically the remake)? Normally I have no complaints about games running at 30fps as long as it is consistent and doesn't dip below that. Of course 60fps would be ideal, but I can deal with 30. But this Paper Mario remake was confirmed yesterday to be running at 30, when the original on GameCube was a locked 60. I feel like when you are tasked with remastering or remaking a game, you should aim to match the fps of the source material, or improve upon it if it was sub-60 to start with, but not cut it in half. I know the Switch is old hardware at this point, but it shouldn't be breaking a sweat with this game.

Ewww really? That’s despicable by today’s standards. Hellblade 2 is also making console versions locked to 30fps. Luckily that I’ll just be getting game pass for a month to hit and quit it though so that’s really no love lost but spending $60 on a remake, first of all, only for them to have the original perform better is beyond baffling not to mention frustrating.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
That seems strange to me. I don't know that much about hardware, but I would think that the switch is more powerful than the and while that doesn't necessarily mean that a remastered game would automatically be a simple thing to capture the same fps, it's surprising to me that it would go from 60 to 30. Personally, as long as there's no lag I don't mind. But still. Surprising to me.

Nintendo is waiting for Switch 2 sothey can charge $70 for that 60fps port of a Switch 1 game.

I wouldn’t put it past them. I’m sure they’re already salivating at the idea. They already started flirting with the $70 price tag with Zelda TOTK at launch.

Nintendo's favorite game to sell you is one you've already bought at full price.

Alright with two low scores in a row I’m def not winning this year haha, but maaaaybe top 5?

Kicking myself for taking Animal Well off my list. I had it last year but news about release dates was lacking so I decided not to have it. Looking to be like mid to high 80s so far

Really looking forward to Animal Well. I’ve been enjoying Dunkey’s Daily random video updates too about the countdown to the Animal Well update.

Animal Well is up for PS+ Extra subscribers today. I have it downloading now.

I don't know if anyone other than me has it on their list, but Little Kitty, Big City reviews are out too, it's at 78.
https://opencritic.com/game/16635/little-kitty-big...

Opencritic updated and it's 89 wow. I knew it was going to be good, just didn't trust the release dates xD

Animal Well looks pretty good. Had no clue about it until today. It's interesting to me how certain games I know about long in advance but certain games I hear next to nothing about.

I guess never doubt The Dunkey!!! 7 million subs for a reason. Did anyone have Animal Well on their list?

:'( sadface

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Pretty sure I saw it on one or two lists this year.

TalonJedi87 wrote:
It wasn't even remotely on my radar. Pretty sure I didn't hear about it until today on this site.

The art style (at least of the gameplay I watched) reminds me of Undertale, Celeste, and Omori.

Best part is we get the game freeeeeeeee with PS+ Extra woooo

sefjwm wrote:

Oh man great call there!!!

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Just updated the OP with scores for Little Kitty, Big City. Thanks for the heads up!

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Just @scott and he only had it as an alt.

Well he'll get it since Silksong is somehow still unlikely xD

OP updated with scores for Homeworld 3. It's currently sitting at 80 on OpenCritic from 16 reviews.

https://opencritic.com/game/16052/homeworld-3

So, uh, is everyone going to have Hades 2 next year xD

If it leaves Early Access next year.

While I liked Hades 1 it exhausted me. Rogue likes just aren’t for me sadly.

Dude same. I got through it twice and had zero interest in playing any more. But I understand the appeal for sure. It’s objectively a damn fine game.

Oh snap guys I totally forgot about guesses for games this month. Should we do Hellblade 2 and Paper Mario? Both are out in about a week

Hellblade 2 - 85
Paper Mario - 85

Hellblade 2 - 86
Paper Mario - 82

Hellblade - 88
Paper Mario - 88

Hellblade 2 83
Paper Mario 87

Hellblade 2 - 86
Paper Mario - 86

Hellblade 2 - 69
Paper Mario - 91

Hellblade 2 - 77
Paper Mario - 84

Yep I put in my two cents on those earlier on a few weeks ago...I would be SHOCKED if Hellblade 2 was in te 60's and 70's but if it is good call on that, gents.

Hellblade II: Senua’s Sacrifice - 89
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door - 86

Too bad Hellblade will sell poorly since no one will buy it because of LamePass

Kommie wrote:
But that wouldn't affect the scoring though.

You make a good point about game pass. I'm speculating that Microsoft's financial team has data to support that enough revenue comes in from either game pass or other sources in order to offset actual copies sold.

Paper Mario - 89
Hellblade 2 - 83

If I had known that remakes were allowed, Paper Mario would likely have been on my list. That game was great.

Yeah I have no intention on buying Hellblade II since its gonna be on GP. And I’m in no rush to play it as I have a bunch of stuff ahead of it. Perhaps MS should rethink their strategy and push out new 1st party releases on GP for like 6 months post launch as I’m sure everyone who isn’t a kid anymore and has real world responsibilities isn’t lining up to play it on launch day. That's like half their demographic right there. So it might mitigate frequent GP price hikes too and boost overall sales near a game’s launch window at the same time.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

It's MS, it's gamepass, prepare for disappointment.

Paper Mario - 87
Hellblade 2 - 89

Hellblade - 88
Paper Mario 84

Hellblade 2 84
Paper Mario 83

Hellblade 2 - 86
Paper Mario - 84

Paper Mario 86
Hellblade 2 91

Paper Mario - 90
Hellblade 2 - 87

Last day to get guesses in, guys. I think reviews drop for Hellblade tomorrow.

If Hellblade II gets a 67 it’s gonna cause a huge upset. I think the majority of folks including myself have it pegged in the high 80’s, low 90’s.

Regarding Hellblade, for a game coming out very soon, to me there seems to be a big lack of gameplay videos.

With many games, there's lot's of gameplay prior to the release. But I'm not finding much of that here. Seems odd.

It's a very hard game to market but even then there is very little marketing behind it

So far Hellblade II is sitting at an 84 on OC from 70 critic reviews. I figured it would land in the 80’s somewhere even tho I over shot my score by a few points.

https://opencritic.com/game/16475/senuas-saga-hell...

Okay guys I just updated the OP with scores for both Hellblade II (82 OpenCritic) and Paper Mario (90 OpenCritic).

https://opencritic.com/game/16475/senuas-saga-hell...
https://opencritic.com/game/15500/paper-mario-the-...

Heavyd814life wrote:
Wow. I'm off by 1 for both of them? Now that's just a tease.

Lunar wrote:
Ha. Made me chuckle.

Is that supposed to mean that being off by 1 isn't really close at all?

Heh, just commenting on that's how slot machines/scratch offs work, always just ALMOST winning.

nonamesleft wrote:

It's not over yet. I won't finalize our guesses until tomorrow morning since scores can move up and down as more reviews come in. So there still a chance!

Lunar wrote:
:) Yeah. You're right. Being one off in the lottery really isn't close.

My lucky streak on guesses has ended haha I’m off for both. If I reversed my guesses I too would be just 1 point away from Paper Mario.

Heavyd814life wrote:
Man, now I'm off by one on Paper Mario

So are you counting 89 or 90? You updated op with 90 but OC is now at 89.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Wow PC Gamer really didn't like it.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/senuas-sag...

Frank wrote:

Scores in the OP are just whatever the OpenCritic scores were when I did the update. So the scores aren't always exact since scores can go up or down a point or two throughout the year and going in and updating it every time the score goes up or down a point is a chore.

For our guesses I go with whatever the OpenCritic score is the morning after reviews drop. So I give it a day for reviews to settle down and then whatever the score is the morning after is what I go with.

benstylus wrote:

I can understand some of their points. I honestly never imagined this would get a sequel and it sounded like they kind of had to make one since MS bought Ninja Theory's studio or else, so it kind of makes sense where some things may feel out of placed, tacked on or forced opposed to the first game's organically feeling story and story beated elements. I see a bunch of GP deals now. I may just re-up for a 3-monther code and run thru this and a few other games I had my eye on in GP over the past few months.

Hellblade has very mixed reviews, though it's holding in the 80s overall. These are going to be interesting reads (yes, you should read reviews instead of just the numbers xD)

Hellblade II: Senua's Saga - 82

1. Shane12m - 91
2. Bonham2 - 89
3. TalonJedi87 - 89
4. Lunar - 88
5. Mattyg00013 - 88
6. Frank - 87
7. DemonAlcohol - 86
8. PizzaTheHutt - 86
9. Sefjwm - 86
10. Heavyd814life - 85
11. SilverOwl - 84
12. BloodPuppetX - 83
13. Nonamesleft - 83
14. Incubus421 - 77
15. benstylus - 69

No winners for this one, but @BloodPuppetX and @nonamesleft came really close.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 89

1. benstylus - 91
2. Frank - 90
3. Nonamesleft - 89
4. Lunar - 88
5. BloodPuppetX - 87
6. Bonham2 - 87
7. PizzaTheHutt - 86
8. Shane12m - 86
9. TalonJedi87 - 86
10. Heavyd814life - 85
11. Incubus421 - 84
12. Mattyg00013 - 84
13. Sefjwm - 84
14. SilverOwl - 83
15. DemonAlcohol - 82

Most of our guesses weren't high enough. Congrats @nonamesleft. PM incoming!

Turns out that meme was for me 🤣

Congrats @nonamesleft , you hit the Jackpot finally!

What’s on tap for June?

Luigi’s Mansion 2 remake? Does that one count?

TalonJedi87 wrote:


That one didn't count because it's more of a remaster.

Ah ok. Gotcha. I don’t have it on my list anyway, but I do enjoy this guessing game for the average score even if there’s no reward this time haha.

Lunar wrote:


Cool!

Heavyd814life wrote:
Awesome!

TalonJedi87 wrote:
There are two games that I know of that are set for a June release, but I don't think anyone here has them on their list: Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance.

That second one might be a remaster though. Seems like it has some extra content, like maybe an alternate story or something, but I don't know much about it other than it's set for June.

My 3 remaining games need to be 90 or above for me to have a chance of winning.

Seeing Tekken 8 as one of my alts still hurts. And I think not having Metaphor: ReFantazio might end up costing me. But if Microsoft Flight Simulator reviews well, I think I should be in the mix when it's all said and done.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Yeah you are gonna be good with MFS.

Shane12m wrote:

We're in the perceived MS downward spiral now. Nothing they do is good enough anymore.

Don't be surprised if most reviews are disappointed that it's too similar to the previous one

MS has turned to the darkside. They’re the gaming industry’s Imperial Galactic Empire from Star Wars. Constantly devouring up studios to do nothing but strike fear into the hearts of those who oppose them. Fear will keep those local systems who they acquired in line. Fear of their layoff battle station.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Maybe? With as many layoffs as their have been in the gaming industry (not just MS) I'm sure a lot of folks are brushing up their resumes anyway. People are realizing their dream job may not be quite the dream.

That’s why I never pursued a career in the gaming industry. The closest I got was managing a GameStop but they’re probably worse or just as bad as publishers. I still refuse to buy anything from a GameStop to this day after working there and witnessing the horrors that go on behind the scenes.

Mina the Hollower update but it's still just "coming soon." Looks awesome though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5MbAFiFlOA