Gaming So, where are the GREAT games?

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Im not making this thread to say that there isnt any good games on the Switch, there are dozens, but overall Im feeling unsatisfied. I cant think of many deep/meaningful games besides Mario, Zelda and some jrpgs.

So I guess Im asking what are your favorite single player games that has dozens or hundreds of hours of deep gameplay?
 
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Divinity Original Sin 2 and soon Witcher 3. Although they are both RPGs. For other genres you're looking at like old ports like Resident Evil and Assassin's Creed.
 
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By some Jrpgs do you refer to DQ XI in that? If not that game, as bad as this will sound I’ve put 50 hours in the last 6 days on that game.... great
 
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By some Jrpgs do you refer to DQ XI in that? If not that game, as bad as this will sound I’ve put 50 hours in the last 6 days on that game.... great
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Im not really a fan of jrpgs, but i did finish that DQ game on 3DS....by using cheats. I do plan to try DQXI, but Im not holding my breath that I will enjoy it.

Personally I prefer my action/western rpgs.

Divinity Original Sin 2 and soon Witcher 3.
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Ive tried Divinity on PC before and didnt like the controls. Looking forward to Witcher 3 but Im afraid the HUD might be tiny in portable mode.
 
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Other than Mario I haven't seen much reason to have my Switch yet. Hopefully they will fix the framerate issue in the new Zelda soon.
 
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Other than Smash Bros., Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is my favorite game on Switch. I don't know if that speaks to how good that game is or how bland the rest of the lineup is.
 
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If we're talking exclusives, there are at least seven really great ones.

Smash Ultimate
BotW
Mario Odyssey
Astral Chain
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Super Mario Maker 2
Link's Awakening

Five I'd consider "good."

Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
Mario Tennis Aces
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Obviously a number of games which are highly recommended for those that never owned a WiiU (most people). A few of my faves.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Bayonetta 2
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

And plenty of great cross-platform/eShop games.

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Celeste
Stardew Valley
Rocket League
Sonic Mania
Golf Story
Wargroove
Ace Attorney Trilogy

Really looking forward to Luigi's Mansion 3 this month too. This generation of consoles has been slow to produce high quality exclusives in general, but Switch is already passing PS4 in that regard.
 
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Xzi said:
If we're talking exclusives, there are at least seven really great ones.

Smash Ultimate
BotW
Mario Odyssey
Astral Chain
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Super Mario Maker 2
Link's Awakening

Five I'd consider "good."

Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
Mario Tennis Aces
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Obviously a number of games which are highly recommended for those that never owned a WiiU (most people). A few of my faves.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Bayonetta 2
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

And plenty of great cross-platform/eShop games.

Blasphemous
Celeste
Stardew Valley
Rocket League
Sonic Mania
Golf Story
Wargroove
Ace Attorney Trilogy

Really looking forward to Luigi's Mansion 3 this month too. This generation of consoles has been slow to produce high quality exclusives in general, but Switch is already passing PS4 in that regard.
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The majority of those games arent what Im looking for....What Im wanting is a game like Breath of the Wild or Skyrim.
 
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burial said:
The majority of those games arent what Im looking for....What Im wanting is a game like Breath of the Wild or Skyrim.
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Then you should play those two because there's nothing else like them on the Switch. Don't like it sell it no one really cares.
 
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isn't one of the demons/dark souls games for the switch? I could be remembering wrong. I've never played any games in that series, but I've heard that they're highly addictive games that offer countless hours of gameplay. the only reason I remember the game (assuming I'm remembering correctly) is it's one of few games that's not compatible with cloud saving.
 
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godreborn said:
isn't one of the demons/dark souls games for the switch? I could be remembering wrong. I've never played any games in that series, but I've heard that they're highly addictive games that offer countless hours of gameplay. the only reason I remember the game (assuming I'm remembering correctly) is it's one of few games that's not compatible with cloud saving.
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yes dark souls is
 
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burial said:
The majority of those games arent what Im looking for....What Im wanting is a game like Breath of the Wild or Skyrim.
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Well we know BotW 2 is in the works, but great open-world RPGs don't come along that often. I'd highly recommend Witcher 3 if you haven't played it yet, and The Outer Worlds looks like it'll be good too. I prefer to play these types of multi-platform games on PC, but there's definitely some appeal in being able to play them on a portable system too.
 
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speaking of dark souls, I personally wouldn't play a game with no cloud saving. my first switch died somehow from NAND corruption. it was a legit system, and I hadn't subscribed yet to Nintendo online, so I lost all saves including one Mega Man X6 with 100%. that game is just too brutal to go through again. the bosses are pretty easy, the stages are hard but not impossible, but saving all those reploids. ugh.
 
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Xzi said:
Well we know BotW 2 is in the works, but great open-world RPGs don't come along that often. I'd highly recommend Witcher 3 if you haven't played it yet, and The Outer Worlds looks like it'll be good too.
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very true, btw lmao Witcher 3 has been being sold in Walmart’s recently (it comes out on the 15th lol) did not know Outer Worlds was coming to switch that’s great news

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speaking of dark souls, I personally wouldn't play a game with no cloud saving. my first switch died somehow from NAND corruption. it was a legit system, and I hadn't subscribed yet to Nintendo online, so I lost all saves including one Mega Man X6 with 100%. that game is just too brutal to go through again. the bosses are pretty easy, the stages are hard but not impossible, but saving all those reploids. ugh.
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that’s tough man, I wish there was cloud saving years ago. You don’t know how many game saves my youngest brother deleted :(
 
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You want hundreds of hours and deep gameplay and yet you don't like JRPG?
Then get a PC or PS4 and stop complaining, the switch cannot handle new western RPG, that's why all they can do is porting the old games or go cartoonish style.
 

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