I want to want Shovel Knight... but I can't

[DivinePaladin]

Megaoverlord12 said:

the_dengle said:

I dunno. I bought the game before any of this stuff was announced. They made a game, I bought it, I played it, I liked it. What do I care if they re-released it on another platform with more stuff? In the same vein, even though amiibo implementation like this has annoyed me in the past, I feel like I have no reason to be bothered by it since it wasn't even announced until long after I had already finished the game. Plus there's all the upcoming free DLC that didn't factor into my decision to purchase the game; that stuff is all just icing on the cake.

Nintendo fans. Yeesh. Third parties give us the extra-special editions of a bunch of PS3/360 games, we complain they're just late ports. Shovel Knight is a late port on Sony & MS platforms, we complain we didn't get the extra-special edition. Hey, guys. This game is either missing content or a late port on virtually every platform it's available on. Don't play the victim.

For what it's worth, the 3DS version does have an exclusive StreetPass mode. It's light, but they still made the effort of giving the system something unique.

Also, I'm calling the OP out. You say you heard great things and you want the game, yet you offer no explanation for your failure to buy it in the six-month window between its Nintendo release and its announcement (along with that of the exclusive boss) for PlayStation platforms. I would assume you're one of those people who is allergic to digital games, but you mention Shovel Knight costing $15 on all platforms. If you were solely interested in the physical release, you would have used the physical version price of $20.

Alright, what extra-special editions are you talking about besides Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Darksiders II, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, because I'm legitimately curious. I complain about Nintendo fans not buying third party stuff all the time, but I don't endorse people paying full price for lesser versions of the same game. I've really never minded getting a late port if it's feature complete, but I don't think third parties have much right to complain when said late port doesn't sell super well.  My failure to buy it in that time period? I don't have money. I'm getting money soon. Quite simple.

Deus Ex Director's Cut is supposedly the best version of the game on console. Arkham Knight Armored Edition was supposedly pretty good too. Technically Bayo1 is also a late super special edition since it's not only the strongest technically speaking but it has the extra Nintendo content. Other than those, there weren't any to my recollection that were special/updated. Well, Mass Effect 3 at the time was the best version in terms of value because the DLC was included, but obviously EA didn't care after that much was added, so that's not a special/definitive version by any means.

 

I did hear a lot of complaining about games like NFS/Batman/Deus Ex/Darksiders being delayed ports from Nintendo fans when in reality in those cases we got the best versions at the time. Nintendo fans do like to play the "we're getting shafted" card quite often and quite quickly as soon as something goes wrong. It can get a little pathetic at times when fans complain for no reason about getting third party support and then when we do get third party support all we hear is whining.