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Kristof81 on 21 July 2017

I'm picking it day one. It will fill the BOTW void until the second DLC in December.



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Slownenberg on 21 July 2017
Locknuts said:
While it's cool to have a portable Skyrim, as a Nintendo fan I haven't found a reason to even consider getting a switch yet. I never buy handhelds so I guess the portability thing is lost on me. Maybe when Metroid Prime 4 arrives.

I haven't had a handheld since the gameboy. Was never interested in them except having the gameboy as a kid 25 years ago. But the Switch immediately interested me. I got rid of all my video games a few years ago and this was the first generation that I didn't buy anything and didn't have any plans to get a system again...until I heard about the Switch. The thing is just beautiful. Just got mine last week. Haven't even played in console mode yet, I'll mostly just play in handheld mode, even at home. Having a console experience in a portable is a pretty amazing thing!

Skyrim is kinda old but I think it'll probably have pretty good sales from fans who would love to play through it again on the go, plus it's a solid third party pickup to start to convince some of the ps/xbox crowd to pick up a Switch to play such titles anywhere. It's exactly the type of third party game that you never expect to see on a Nintendo console.



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 21 July 2017

Is Skyrim a third person action rpg ?



Nuvendil on 21 July 2017
Mummelmann said:
Will it have mod support?

Anyway, those loading times are something else, that's one of the worst things about console gaming in general. 16 seconds loading to enter a dungeon and 10 seconds for a house is unacceptable to me.

That's in many ways just a Bethesda problem.  I think it is engine related, like many of the rough edge type problems that Morrowind, Obilvion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, and Fallout 4 have.  They've made a valiant effort to keep the engine upgraded with the times but it's going on 15 years old now, they really need to move on.



Nuvendil on 21 July 2017
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:
Is Skyrim a third person action rpg ?

Either one (first or third person) though I think you knew that :P



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Oneeee-Chan!!! on 21 July 2017
Nuvendil said:
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:
Is Skyrim a third person action rpg ?

Either one (first or third person) though I think you knew that :P

I’ve always thought  only first person view. Thanks.



fedfed on 21 July 2017

Looks good.... still not sure!



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fedfed on 21 July 2017
Locknuts said:
While it's cool to have a portable Skyrim, as a Nintendo fan I haven't found a reason to even consider getting a switch yet. I never buy handhelds so I guess the portability thing is lost on me. Maybe when Metroid Prime 4 arrives.

As a nintendo fan you should get Switch for Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey + Mario and Rabbids.

 

I pass Zelda BOTW and MK8 as I assume that as a Nintendo fan you own a WiiU!.



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Mr Puggsly on 21 July 2017

I wouldn't play through this again, but its an easy game to recommend for those that missed it.



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Locknuts on 21 July 2017
Slownenberg said:
Locknuts said:
While it's cool to have a portable Skyrim, as a Nintendo fan I haven't found a reason to even consider getting a switch yet. I never buy handhelds so I guess the portability thing is lost on me. Maybe when Metroid Prime 4 arrives.

I haven't had a handheld since the gameboy. Was never interested in them except having the gameboy as a kid 25 years ago. But the Switch immediately interested me. I got rid of all my video games a few years ago and this was the first generation that I didn't buy anything and didn't have any plans to get a system again...until I heard about the Switch. The thing is just beautiful. Just got mine last week. Haven't even played in console mode yet, I'll mostly just play in handheld mode, even at home. Having a console experience in a portable is a pretty amazing thing!

Skyrim is kinda old but I think it'll probably have pretty good sales from fans who would love to play through it again on the go, plus it's a solid third party pickup to start to convince some of the ps/xbox crowd to pick up a Switch to play such titles anywhere. It's exactly the type of third party game that you never expect to see on a Nintendo console.

Did u have a Wii U. The 2 games I would buy on switch (BOTW & MK8) are both on Wii U so the incentive just isn't there. Skyrim just seems like the same thing: a game I already own, now with portable mode.