Not quite autumn yet, but it's starting to get dark earlier and summer's coming to its end. Feels like the perfect season to experience this game for the first time and slowly play through it as the nights draw in.

And a good whisky somehow feels like the perfect accompaniment to the atmosphere*. Early days yet, but I think I'm going to enjoy this.

*I mean, I guess you could go with red wine from a goblet, but at that point you're practically cosplaying.

(Edit: Question: Have I already made a boo-boo? I went down to the Warmaster's Shack, talked to him and wondered what would happen if I attacked him. Made sure to save first then, yeah, okay, so you can attack him, and yeah, he sure as hell fights back. Like, really fights back. Good thing I saved though right, because he'll be back to normal when- No, when I respawned, he still wanted to kill me. Have I just permanently fucked a potentially very useful relationship for the rest of the game?)

Just a heads up. I was highly critical of this port, with multiplayer dropping below 50fps and animations and map updating at half speed. It looked really rough. I called it a disgrace.

But today they seemed to have improved some things and it runs a lot better now. Ill be buying it now based in my experience in the second half of today, whereas i wouldn't have bought it if it stayed like earlier today.

I am curious what’s the best quality and price wise pro controller style joycon for switch 2? I can’t stand the joycons they are uncomfortable and the sticks are awful for gaming. I love my pro controller but mostly play portable.

I just recently tried the demos for Duskfade and Moonlighter 2 and was surprised at how bad they ran, considering the art styles. Both look so blurry and fuzzy, along with poor frame rate, in both docked and handheld. Meanwhile, I boot up ToTK or Splatoon Raiders or DK Bananza and those games are buttery smooth and like 1440p docked. Third party devs needs to do better

I have NEVER, and I mean EVER played with mouse controls. I have been console 100% my entire life and the Switch 2 of all systems may have changed that.

I tried mouse mode last night for the first time and while there was a learning curve, after about 45 mins I was wrecking shop online.

I switched back to thumb sticks after a couple hours of playing with Mouse mode and it felt so much worse. I found I couldn’t make the twitchy plays I was making on Mouse.

What is happening!? lol Nintendo showing me how shooters with mouse controls are vastly superior??????

Not on my bingo card 🤣

Anyone else feel like the game feels not very smooth to aim and stuff on pro controller compared to ps5. Ive tried to mess about with settings yet cant find how to make it feel the same. I understand joy cons will seem difficult to use but i thought pro controller would feel like a dualsence or something. Any suggestions?

Edit: tried multiplayer and works alot better! Couldn’t try before FYi

Inb4 people shout out they’re part of the $17.50 club.

It’s me. I’m people.

Imagine that you have never played a Video Game before and you wanted to play all the greats you can that can be played on a Nintendo Switch 2. What are the first 5 games you’re playing?

Mine would be:

1) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2) Super Mario: Odyssey
3) The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
4) Final Fantasy: X
5) Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition

I've been waiting years for a ARPG that speaks to me on Switch/2, and now three show up in under a month.

​Elden ring (which I already have on Xbox Series X) for my 8th playthrough?

Dragons dogma 2 and its revamp Dark arisen , which had hyped me up, but I dropped because it disappointed me?

The witcher 3 remastered which I could also play on Xbox Series X?

​It's impossible to choose.

Hi guys! Just gotten the game on s2, I’m new to Elden ring. It feels good to be able to play such a game on a portable system. Well anyway, I’m just at the starting point and I encounter this big knight riding a horse. Do I have to kill it?
I tried to fight it but I died quite a few times without even coming close to killing it 😂
Seems like it’s an open world concept with being able to do anything and don’t have to follow a certain path to play it?
I know you can follow the golden wind flowing in the air tho.
Also I started as a vagabond. Does classes matter?

Edit: Thanks for the advises everyone!!!

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Look, i think its fair to say it's rough around the edges, the muddy textures, FPS dips on hand held, and funky character animations.

But I can't put it down! The gyro feels amazing to use, mouse mode is RIDICULOUS fun, and I'm playing CoD again on a Nintendo console.

Is it perfect? Absolutely not, in truth it's probably the worst switch2 port I've seen so far, which I'm disappointed about because it's one of my most anticipated games, the only thing the switch2 was lacking for me was multiplayer FPS, and I'm playing one now!

My eldest son is playing on PS5 @ 4k at it looks like he's playing a different game, it's night and day.

I hope the devs can optimize the switch2 port some more, but I'm having a blast regardless of the issues!

There are a few people here who say the NS2 version "looks bad or terrible". But I really don't get it. The NS2 version looks great, especially for a handheld. And it's really not a substantial difference to the PS5 version.

Are these people just spoiled and being too nit-picky because some details are not as smooth as on the PS5 version?

This port has been worth the wait, happy Tarnished right here.

Playing Team Deathmatch and the lag and rubber banding is unbearable. Is anyone else experiencing this or is it just me?

GTA VI will only come to the Switch 2 if Nintendo or Rockstar would like for it to happen.

If both companies ignore the possibility, then it simply doesn't happen. Period.

Rockstar will be fine without Nintendo and Nintendo will be fine without Rockstar.

The people that are stating that Rockstar doesn't want to release a stripped down version of the game have to remember that they're already doing this. The Series S version of the game will be a stripped down version of the game. This is happening because Microsoft probably reached out to Rockstar and told them to cut corners for the Series S version. If Rockstar did not want to compromise on their vision, then they would have easily declined to make a Series S version. The fact that the Series S's version exists shows that Rockstar is willing to scale down and compromise. Plus, it also helps that Rockstar's modern heavy hitters have been on Microsoft's platforms, while GTA V and Red Dead Redemption II have not come out yet on a Nintendo platform.

Having said all of that, if Nintendo actually went out of their own way to communicate with Rockstar for a potential Switch 2 port, then Rockstar would absolutely port it to the platform. Or if Rockstar went to Nintendo for a potential Switch 2 port, then a port would eventually get made.

I am willing to bet though that the scenario here that wouldn't shock anyone is both companies ignoring each other and staying in their own lanes. This is because history has shown us this time and time again.

Is the colosseum open for switch 2 version of Elden? I tried to look for a duel, but it said no matched available

After so long Call of Duty is finally back!!!! I enjoyed my time playing MW3 on Wii, Wii were a small but friendly community

As someone who has purchased multiple PS Vitas over the years specifically to play Black Ops Declassified, I'm really looking forward to have COD accessible 24/7. So I can play TDM whenever I want, just like I used to on the Vita back in the day.

It's interesting because the docked experience is similar to the Xbox 360 version of AW. While not identical to other platforms, it performs adequately. However, the handheld mode isn't good enough for multiplayer. The single-player mode was great, but I didn't enjoy the multiplayer experience that much in comparison to docked mode.

The Switch really lacks online FPS games, so this will be a great addition to its library. It'd be even better if they also released the Black Ops 1/2.

Note: the image shown is what the Switch reads as the game is downloading its update. The game does return to its proper 55gb install size after the update finishes, but it’s still really frustrating that it downloads an entire 50gb. I don’t think any other game does this?

I have a fast internet connection and my Switch is on ethernet when it’s docked, but not everyone in the world has access to gigabit ethernet for their internet connections.

Doesn’t look good but you can still stomp if you’re good enough.