On the surface, the Direct was pretty cool. They announced a whole bunch of titles that were coming to the Switch including a port of Dark Souls and (another) remake of The World Ends With You with a new extra campaign bit stapled on the end which kind of made me a little excited. But that's exactly the problem, there's nothing new on the Switch AT ALL. It's either ports, sequels or ports of sequels getting released and that goes for the direct and the current library of games.
Think for a second about what you're getting excited for here. Just taking the two games that I'm the most interested, Dark Souls came out originally in 2011, that makes it nearly 7 years old. TWEWY came out in 2007, that's over 10 years ago!!! Not that remaking or remastering these games (depending on how you view it) is a bad thing but is it really worth sucking the Switches dick for doing so? I've been playing this game for a long as time and the system is going to have to do more than that to sell me.
Now I understand that some people haven't played these games, especially TWEWY, so for some it's a reason to be legitimately excited but I get the impression that if you've been gaming for a long time and you have eclectic tastes then the Switch right now just isn't for you. It's a shame too because it's a really cool piece of kit that I WANT to own but I just can't quite justify the purchase yet.
All that said though, Shin Megami Tensei 5 will be dropping at some point and despite it being a sequel I'm an absolute sucker for that series so I'm going to HAVE to buy one at some point. I just wish the system had a bit more originality going for it. I'm sure one day it'll happen and when it does I'm going to run to the nearest shop with a fat wad of cash and buy it all.
What excited you the most about the Direct? What games from the current library are you enjoying? Leave a comment and let me know!
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