I remember those mini-reviews in the back of the magazine back in the day. Electronic Gaming Monthly did it, I think Game Informer still does it. Mini-reviews are super helpful. Good stuff guys.
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Wartales isn't the type of game I would usually play, but after seeing this review, I genuinely think I might have to pick it up - it looks like a lot of fun! Great video, as always 👍🏻
Warning: Wartales is in fact currently in an unplayable state. It crash every 15-20 minutes and sometimes you're locked because some menu are not visible or not closable. I would wait for a patch
If you're a fan of XCOM or the Divinity Original Sin games I highly recommend giving Wartales a shot. It's like Balders Gate and XCOM had a one night stand, and that baby turned out....not as good as Balders gate 3 admittedly but still as good as XCOM. It's a lot of fun
I miss those magazines with cheat codes and reviews, and the manuals. Not looking forward to the all digital future, especially after Playstation getting hacked right after Microsoft.
Wartales look sick, but I'd love Wartales to be with physical copy so my brother and I can pass back and forth whenever we want to progress the game. 40$ for no-physical games makes it hard. Wishlisted still.
Great little series, 3 quick, but still very well covered and detailed reviews. As you said, it definitely reminds me of video games magazines back in the day. How lucky are this generation btw, getting to see games in motion. We had to wait for a glimpse on Gamesmaster or Bad Influence.. I still remember the Donkey Kong Country special at Rareware studios. I recorded it on VHS and watched it over and over, blown away by those graphics. Looking at fresh screen-shots every month built the anticipation and excitement for release day. Ah great times 😅
Definitely keeping my eye on a Patched Up episode with Wartales. The game is great but it could use some patches. Plus I’m holding off on a playthrough because I’ve also heard people say they’ve had the game crash, deal breaker for me.
@@SwitchUpYt totally agree. It really won me over on the direct, plus youtuber chessrook44 is doing a let's play of the PC version that just really delighted me. (His reaction to bee bombs is priceless.)
Definitely picking up Days of Doom the second it goes on sale, love me some Darkest Dungeon type of game. Will you be doing reviews for Baten Kaitos HD and Gloomhaven? Nice looking workplace btw.
Wartales has crashed so many times here during my 10 hours of gameplay that im gonna wait for patches before playing... Hope they consider cross progression with Pc (like Divinity 2 with time as well...)
I grabbed Paleo Pines since it seemed right up my alley, but man does it start slow. That, combined with some janky/annoying controls, is making it hard for me to drag myself back to it. It probably gets better later on, but atm it's definitely one of my less enjoyable purchases. That said, Days of Doom looks interesting. I may have to add it to my wishlist and keep an eye out for a sale. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Nice series, you guys are the only ones that can make even the brief sponsor clips interesting to watch! Good job on reviews as always, I'll save Wartales for when it will drop in price, looks interesting 👌
Looks like Mineko's Night Market will be the sim I pick up. As an avid dino fan, I'll be picking up Paleo Pines on a good sale in the future. Farm sim fans are definitly getting spoiled recently and I am here for it! Thanks for the vid!
Man, I just want one Dino game that's good This year, Capcom makes a dino game, but it's a full price multiplayer that would likely die in a month. Now just a very, average farm sim with dinos. Guess I gotta wait
With so many varieties of these cosy sim type games recently it would be awesome to find out which ones are the best value for money/cream of the crop. I don't think I want to just play just an alright one. Maybe you dudes could do a video in the future highlighting the great ones or something? Just an idea.
#switchup : That was actually me who emailed you Guys! 🙂 Thank you again for the quick answer and instant fix! I have been able to place my new order and use my rewards points without any issue 😁
Assuming backwards compatibility (which it better have or I'm out), I really hope that the next Switch from Nintendo magically fixes all the performance problems of all the awful money-grab ports. Of course, that won't fix microscopic text and other UI elements lin handheld mode, but it would make a whole lot of unplayable garbage instantly playable.
I been waiting for a wartales review. Still not sure though until there's a sale. But at full price I'm not sure. But looks and sounds like something I'd like for sure
Gutted about Paleo Pines, had me eye on that one! Hopefully a future patch and maybe DLC would go some way towards improving the experience but it should be decent from launch… probably wait for a sale to satisfy those dinosaur farmer dreams 🤟
I probably wait for sale. I like the dinosaurs after playing the demo I felt something was missing, there's limited area for decoration the house can't be entered. I started playing RF3 the game play is better although dated. Otherwise, I'll wait for Fantasy Life, Girl who steals time as I really enjoyed first game on 3Ds.
Paleopines is undergoing various updates to fix several crashes that happen when you have too much going on on your farm. Hopefully they come super soon!
I really like how a lot more farming sim games have come out but I also believe that none of them can compete to Stardew Valley. Closest I’ve seen that gave me the same feeling is Graveyard Keeper.
I don't know if you already saw this game, but Bilkin's Folly will be out next Monday. It looks really nice. It's an adventure/puzzle games. The art style + the animations are really beautiful. PS: you can pet the dog. 😁🐶
I never knew the history. My gf recommended you guys. Been watching for about two years. I actually always thought o a collab with felix weird, where is buffpro
The thing that didn't work for me with Paleo Pines on steam is the font size when you are talking to characters. This is likely very much a me thing--I'm legally blind--but the text size gave me a headache. It looks better here, but I'm not sure if that's how the video is set up or a font difference on the Switch. My bf bought and returned it because the character designs for making a guy were not appealing to him.
Wartales looks right up my street, I might leave it a few patches and then grab it when I have to take a long trip and need to exercise the old brain. Looks a lot nicer graphically than Kings Bounty II(which was still a good game if a little janky). Would be a good one to see in an all patched up video down the line maybe eh?
Look forward to Digital Foundry doing their buy or avoid video to follow up their all patched up video. Can't think where their inspiration came from😂.
@@SwitchUpYt I’m so glad!! - it’s a banger! I say that, even though I’m averaging two crashes in a four/five hour session, the auto save is pretty robust so it’s never more than say ten minutes lost. P.S. Think of Gloomhaven as Wartales with a card based move/combat system that adds sooo much strategy to every move. What with Redemption Reapers and the seventh “Mercenaries” series title earlier this year, I mean you wait forever for a Merc Troop and turn four turn up at once etc etc 😄🫶
How do you two find the time for all these games it’s insane seriously. Anyway, thank you for doing so because your content may be the best on this platform when it comes to video game coverage. God speed boys
I grabbed Wartales and love the gameplay but I've had it crash to many times to count. I even lost a save because every time it loaded it would immediately crash.
Wartales is borderline unplayable for many of us - crashing every 5-20 minutes, graphical glitches and artifacts that bring the whole game down. I always rely on Switchup as my go-to for game and performance reviews, and I bought it based on this video, but I think it's important that people know how bad Wartales is. Until it gets better patches, I HIGHLY suggest people do not buy it.
I love the Videoseries and a big OOOFFFF Avoid goes to Vampire the Masquarade Swansong. Really graphical more sluggish than the MK 1 port. When I was first saw the screenshots in the e shop, I was like wtf is that😱😭 So I watched a gameplay Video and it goddamn hurts to see that poor port...😐😐Hope the patched the game really up. Mortal Shell by the way got a new patch, where the performance seemed a bit more stable and graphicalwise a bit better with a bit less dithering, fade ins from the enemies, but the dynamic resolution is a bit too much, better than before patched up but it could work better🤔
@@SwitchUpYt It hurts, my eyes, my ballz and my nerves. And really graphical bombastic wasn't the game on PS5, when I was watching some Videofootage and I don't know how bad or well was the PS4 Version including the differences. But yah this Switchport is really a dissapointment for an more slower based game...gotta wait your review on this.
It seems like only GOOD ideas fail these days. Why make a charming farming game where you raise and befriend dinosaurs when it's so much easier to make a game about humans slaughtering everything that doesn't look like them?
I don't see it as a failure - I am sure the game will do very well. I also don't see a game about humans slaughtering everything that doesn't look like them? You've confused me a little there mate :D - Mark
Do kids like farming sims? Pretty sure my kid would get bored in minutes. I thought farming sims were made for grown ups trying to escape the existential dread that comes with being trapped inside a capitalist dystopia
