Rezumat SwitchArcade: recenzii cu „Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II”, plus lansările și vânzările de astăzi

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 13th, 2022. In today’s article, we’ve got reviews for a couple of recent releases. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords from Aspyr Media and Orașul Lumină from Application Systems Heidelberg get their time in the chair of judgment, and both of them come out relatively unscathed. There are a few new releases to look at, but two of them are extremely dubious. We’ve also got a decent list of new sales to check out. Let’s get going!

Recenzii și miniviziuni

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords ($15.00)

While it was once a near-heretical opinion, I think the common consensus is now at least willing to entertain the notion that Cavalerii Vechii Republici II is better than the first game. Less iconic, certainly. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s a more enjoyable RPG with more satisfying mechanics and a better written story. The only thing holding it back is the rather troublesome fact that its development was rushed to get it to market, resulting in a lot of bugs and a fairly obvious cut-short ending. It was later modded to fix up a lot of those issues, and with that Restored Content mod applied it’s a far better experience.

That speaks to the odd state of this Switch port of the game at launch. The Restored Content update is coming to the game at a later date via DLC, but it isn’t here now. Moreover, your saves in this base version can’t be transferred to a Restored Content playthrough. There are also quite a few bugs here, and they’re not all old ones. Aspyr has had a consistent issue with this in its Switch ports, and to its credit it usually follows through on fixing things. But that’s yet another card stacked against playing this game right now rather than later. I suppose I’ll have to split the difference in my evaluation.

Is Cavalerii Vechii Republici II worth playing in the default state it’s in at launch? Well, yes. It’s a fine enough game even without the Restored Content mod. But it’s a far mai bine game all around with that mod applied, and as we know that it is coming it’s hard to emphatically recommend playing this game until then. That’s particularly the case with the somewhat buggy nature of this launch version. This will be a must-play RPG and likely the ultimate version of a game that deserves more appreciation, but right now it’s just a good one.

Scor SwitchArcade: 4/5

Orașul Lumină (14.99 USD)

Add another excellent point-and-click style adventure game to the Switch’s pile. From publisher Application Systems Heidelberg and developer Grundislav Games comes this cool detective game. Apart from its immediately striking atmosphere, it starts off normal enough. By the time you finish the first case, both the story hooks and the unusual ways it goes against the typical adventure game grain are apparent. The plot really pulled me in, and it kept me engaged all throughout the game. The protagonist initially comes off a little too ordinary, but circumstances force him through a ringer that really takes him on a journey.

On the gameplay side of things, this is an adventure game where you can fail. That could be a positive or a negative thing depending on how you feel, but I think the presence of real consequences forced me to actually think about my detective work and how I was treating NPCs instead of just brute forcing my way through like I do in some other adventure games. You can do things early in a case that will absolutely leave you in a walking dead situation as far as reaching the optimal outcome goes. Save frequently and keep a number of different saves going. There are multiple endings to this game and the outcome for our hero can vary quite wildly.

Orașul Lumină is a compelling, challenging adventure game that has made the transition to the Switch quite nicely. The game is obviously designed around a mouse interface, but I never found it hassle to control and the text is actually readable in handheld mode. The story was interesting enough that I wanted to see how each case would end and where the overarching plot would go. The gameplay required some proper thought, and that was welcome as well. While the possibility of failure may turn off some players, I appreciate that the developers weren’t afraid to wander off the well-trodden adventure game trail for the sake of their vision.

Scor SwitchArcade: 4/5

Lansări noi

LumbearJack ($12.99)

This bear has an axe to grind with humankind! Haha. That was pretty good. I should write ad copy. Oh right, the task at hand. Um, this game sees you playing as a bear with an axe who wants to take nature back from the humans who are wrecking it. He’ll do that by wrecking lor stuff. With wild glee, I might add. Chop up all the machinery and other environment-damaging stuff you come across, solving the occasional puzzle by using the things around you and the assistance of your animal pals. Upgrade your chopping abilities to take on even bigger messes. The evil corporation will soon realize that this lumberjack is loaded for bear. Can’t stop, nu va Stop.

JUMANJI: The Curse Returns ($18.99)

Jumanji seems like such a natural fit for a video game it’s surprising we don’t see more of them based on it. Anyway, this one mashes up the board game premise with some card-based strategy and is ideally meant to be played with others. Up to two players can play locally, or up to four online. If you don’t have four players, the AI will take over the other roles. This one comes from the folks at Marmalade, who also made the Switch versions of The Game of Life 2, Battleship, și Cheie. I expect this to be of similar quality.

Ignatius ($4.99)

Silhouette figures covertly battle depression and trauma in this puzzle-platformer. I could be taking about a dozen different eShop games, but this time I am talking about Ignatie. This one has a silent movie theme that helps it stand out a little, and it’s not bad as these go. It’s a thing you could play.

Prison Life Simulator 2022 – World Fight Battle GTA Ultimate ($14.99)

Wow, yes. Get into the sea, you absolute piece of prostii. Literally no basement to the garbage Nintendo will allow on the eShop these days. None whatsoever.

Vânzări

(EShop din America de Nord, prețuri din SUA)

The most interesting thing going on in today’s list is Jupiter’s anniversary sale, giving us some strong discounts on a bunch of Picross games and one non-Picross title. Fill your boots, you’ll get around to all those Picross puzzle într-o zi. Pinball fans may want to take note of Zombie Rollerz, which hits a new low price with its latest sale. Finally, Căderea omului plat has a new update and is having a sale to coincide with it. Nothing too exciting in the outbox, so feel free to focus on the new sales.

Selectați jocuri noi pe vânzare

Noua Terra (12.24 USD de la 24.99 USD până la 6/15)
Simulator de conducere cu autobuzul urban (4.19 USD de la 13.99 USD până la 6/17)
Detective Driver Miami Files (3.59 USD de la 11.99 USD până la 6/17)
Servicii de autostradă de benzinărie (3.59 USD de la 11.99 USD până la 6/17)
LEGO Jurassic World (7.99 USD de la 39.99 USD până la 6/20)
LEGO DC Super-răufăcători (8.99 USD de la 59.99 USD până la 6/20)
Lego minune super eroi (19.99 USD de la 39.99 USD până la 6/20)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (5.99 USD de la 29.99 USD până la 6/20)
LEGO City Undercover (5.99 USD de la 29.99 USD până la 6/20)
Super Cyborg (3.98 USD de la 6.99 USD până la 6/21)
Picross S Genesis & Master System (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Kemono Friends Picross (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross Lord of the Nazarick (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S (5.59 USD de la 7.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S2 (6.29 USD de la 8.99 USD până la 6/25)

Picross S3 (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S4 (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S5 (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S6 (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Picross S7 (6.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/25)
Zombi care lucrează (13.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/25)
Super Mega Space Blaster ST (2.49 USD de la 4.99 USD până la 6/27)
Când teleschiurile merg greșit (2.24 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
escrocheria (2.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Căderea omului plat (6.79 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Fumul și jertfa (3.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Echipa de bombardiere (3.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Pentru Regele (7.49 USD de la 24.99 USD până la 6/27)
Viteza 2X (3.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Pompate BMX Pro (2.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)

Fugar american (1.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Nuanţă (1.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/27)
Flacara in potop (2.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Managerul motorsport (4.49 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Beholder Complete (2.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Cattails (2.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
serial Cleaner (2.24 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Embr (5.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
O căutare de cavaler (4.99 USD de la 24.99 USD până la 6/27)
Doar mor deja (5.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/27)
Curse hotshot (3.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/27)
Pachetul Vampir The Masquerade (9.85 USD de la 28.99 USD până la 7/1)
Padre (3.49 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 7/1)
Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes (7.49 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 7/1)
Cripta lui NecroDancer (3.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 7/1)

Simulator de gara (2.19 USD de la 21.99 USD până la 7/1)
AER amintiri de vechi (1.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 7/1)
Wildcat Gun Machine (9.89 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 7/1)
Profeția Skylia (3.49 USD de la 6.99 USD până la 7/1)
Îngrijirea turmei grajdului de cai Sim (3.19 USD de la 7.99 USD până la 7/1)
Aventura de minigolf (1.99 USD de la 4.99 USD până la 7/1)
Suicidul lui Rachel Foster (4.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 7/1)
Borcane (1.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 7/1)
Parcarea de la Shopping Mall (6.19 USD de la 12.99 USD până la 7/1)
Simulator de parcare auto (8.44 USD de la 12.99 USD până la 7/1)
Driving World Nordic Challenge (5.59 USD de la 13.99 USD până la 7/1)
City Driving Simulator 2 (5.59 USD de la 13.99 USD până la 7/1)
Auto Driver Ultimate (6.99 USD de la 13.99 USD până la 7/1)
Dealurile Dragonului (4.00 USD de la 8.00 USD până la 7/3)
Dragon Hills 2 (8.50 USD de la 17.00 USD până la 7/3)
Extratereștrii mă înnebunesc (3.00 USD de la 6.00 USD până la 7/3)
Pyre on Fire: Zece pagini (1.99 USD de la 10.00 USD până la 7/3)
decolorate (4.49 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 7/3)

Vânzările se încheie mâine, marți, 14 iunie

Un loc pentru necondiționat (10.04 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/14)
Bateti Cop (1.99 USD de la 14.99 USD până la 6/14)
Bit Orchard: Valea animalelor (1.99 USD de la 6.99 USD până la 6/14)
Copiii Mortei (6.59 USD de la 21.99 USD până la 6/14)
nerealizat (4.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/14)
Monster Prom XXL (4.95 USD de la 15.99 USD până la 6/14)
Moon Raider (2.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/14)
Moonlighter (4.99 USD de la 24.99 USD până la 6/14)
Nișă: Joc de supraviețuire genetică (6.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/14)
Nirvana (1.99 USD de la 6.99 USD până la 6/14)
Călătoria bătrânului (1.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/14)
Pendula Swing Complete Journey (1.99 USD de la 9.99 USD până la 6/14)
Talisman Edition Digital (1.99 USD de la 19.99 USD până la 6/14)
Acest război al meu: Terminat (1.99 USD de la 39.99 USD până la 6/14)
Pachet de pinball sălbatic (2.69 USD de la 8.99 USD până la 6/14)

That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with a few new releases, a review or two, and whatever sales and news roll in. Hopefully, anyway. I have to go visit a family member in a hospital in another prefecture and I’m not sure how long it will take, so there very well may be no article at all. Surprises are fun, right? I hope you all have a magnificent Monday, and as always, thanks for reading!

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