"Borderline unplayable"? lol
I agree that it looks bad... but you need to chill a bit, mate.
Hah, well - I didn't say it's technically unplayable, I'm sure you can play it. But I no longer want to play it. It looks and controls worse than the Wii U version I already own. It has a new mode and co-op sounds decent, but it's far from the 'deluxe' edition I was expecting, they set a high bar with Mario Kart Deluxe, but for whatever reason decided Pikmin didn't deserve the same treatment but does deserve the same moniker and retail price.
If Nintendo had a better refund policy it wouldn't have made an angry thread about it, but they don't let you cancel pre-orders once the pre-loading has begun, they won a french lawsuit the other month fighting this, and In this case in particular, they began pre-loading on the day the pre-orders started which is even more anti-consumer. All we had at that point was footage that does not represent the 1.0 demo (and presumably retail).
It's worth noting that they
could fix it, if enough people kicked up a stink they would release a statement and likely patch in some sort of dynamic resolution, or at least an upgrade for when not playing in split-screen mode.
But we are too lenient on them as consumers, and the gaming press is too scared of getting blackballed.
Zelda's shitty frame-rate got a free pass, 3D all-stars got great review scores despite being low effort emulation, and I'm sure reviewers will overlook what a weak port this is and instead say "the Switch Pro can't come soon enough!" and frame a 7-year-old game running at 540p/30fps as some weird positive for their next hardware release.
Sorry - If I'm going to be £50 down, I'm going to rant about it, and maybe stop others from making the same mistake of giving them the benefit of the doubt.
