Started Transistor yesterday and it feels like a much better fit on Switch than it did on PC so I might actually play it now. It's a nice looking game and the way the abilities can all be hacked together to produce different effects is fun.

It's definitely a Supergiant game though. Almost feels like playing Bastion again despite being completely different.

Fuck yeah I'm having some of that.

I pre-ordered. I never store the card though. Can the stored card be deleted in settings?

You know what else is really fucking good about the switch?  The reward system for digital games.  It seems genuinely, erm, rewarding.  I bought luigi the other day, lovely stuff btw, went back onto the shop yesterday and bought 39 days to Mars for nothing and i still have £3.50 something off credit in coins left over.  Fine days.

It helps that LM3 was double gold points but, yeah, it’s pretty decent. I’ve developed the habit of letting them build up to enough for s free game. And, of course, as you buy that free game, you’re earning rewards on it, too.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

House golf game does look good too.

Looking forward until about 6pm Friday

Also I only top up my eshop/PSN wallets when ebay do offers, just yesterday I picked up £135 of eshop credit for £121.50.

I'm sure physical would still works out cheaper and you have the huge benefit of being able to sell on though.

House Golf thingy was ready to go this morning.

Cheap and cheerful but fun to play. Bit of trial and error cos there doesn't seem to be anyway of getting an over view of the hole so sometimes it's a bit hit and hope. Also the camera defaults towards the hole but the aiming arrow doesn't which is a bit of a fiddle.

There's an aiming line but no way to gauge the distance but I guess that will come with experience. Got under par on the first set of holes despite a woeful triple bogey but the complexity of the holes ramps up nicely. Would of got a hole in one too if I hadn't hit my first stroke OB.

Art style remeniscent of the micro machines but 3d.

Overall You can't go wrong if you like crazy golf and have six quid knocking about.

Bob wrote:

Did anyone pick up
Layton on switch ?

I'll pick it up at some point in the future, I'm not caught up on the 3DS ones yet. From the sound of it the core game isn't as good as Laytons 1-6 but it's a good version of the game (it was originally released on 3DS and smartphone so this is the first version on a dedicated gaming device with the full quality graphics).

Are the dull colours and sometimes, almost grainy, screen normal for Switches?When I plug ours into a monitor or plasma, it's gorgeous. The Switch itself is quite dull in comparison.

Or is it luck of the draw depending on the panel used - as I've experienced with different DS Lites in the past?

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I like the fact that they offer an incentive to go digital with big releases.  I'll be a physical media boi until that particular avenue of pleasure is closed off, but the 5% vs 1% thing makes sense.  Wasn't there a buy one get one cheap promotion recently too? Edit: Double gold points, that was it.

Yeah I love physical media too - though now I have something approaching reasonable internet that's not the issue it has been previously

Oh yes! please do.

Based on the first 90 mins I see no reason not to hope Luigi will place respectably on my GotY list.

Bob wrote:

House Golf thingy was ready to go this morning. Cheap and cheerful but fun to play. Bit of trial and error cos there doesn't seem to be anyway of getting an over view of the hole so sometimes it's a bit hit and hope. Also the camera defaults towards the hole but the aiming arrow doesn't which is a bit of a fiddle. There's an aiming line but no way to gauge the distance but I guess that will come with experience. Got under par on the first set of holes despite a woeful triple bogey but the complexity of the holes ramps up nicely. Would of got a hole in one too if I hadn't hit my first stroke OB. Art style remeniscent of the micro machines but 3d. Overall You can't go wrong if you like crazy golf and have six quid knocking about.

Yup.  Had nine holes last night.  For £7 it's as good as I hoped it would be.  Can't decide whether to play it and learn the holes or save the whole thing for a same room mp session at some point.

Decided to plough ahead.  Cleared easy mode and played 18 holes of medium.  It's great.  Only just realised the shoulder buttons zoom in and out.