@dmcmaster Well if people use Amazon Prime to get the free Twitch Prime sub a month, that alone is $60 of the subscription fee each year, so all they have to do is spend enough on other Prime purchases through 12 months to make up or overtake the rest of the subscription fee to be worth it. So it could still be worth it for some, but sad to see them getting more stingy with this. I have to think this is because Games Club at Best Buy went under, so they no longer have any competition on that front.

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@dipset said in That's News!:

Yes, I want Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but I haven't had a big group of friends over to justify paying $79.99 plus tax on a old game.

Not sure if these deals are available to you, but I remember a friend recently bringing it up.

@DMCMaster I guess. I just don't find it appealing, especially when it is the kind of game I feel I gotta convince others to get, so I have people to play it with.

@dipset Price is kind of steep for such an old game, but it does include all the DLC at least I guess. Still probably a skip for me.

@yoshi said:

i'd prefer Tails or Eggman over Shadow any day of the week. at least Tails and Eggman would actually be unique instead of just being yet ANOTHER Clone/Echo.

The whole point is that Shadow would be an Echo, so he wouldn't require much more development time to implement. I doubt Sakurai is going to give Sonic series two real reps in Smash, even if Eggman would be hype as hell. I think Bowser Jr. has stolen some of his thunder though. Maybe Eggman could work as a Bowser Jr. Echo though?

why are clones suddenly cool now?

Sure, everyone would still prefer to have full character additions, but it just isn't realistic. The roster is already huge. Echoes just allow extra flavors for a character that would've been restricted to unplayable assist trophy before. Basically, it's better than nothing.

@bam541 Probably a gun taunt at best, and even that I don't see happening.

@bigdude1 Yep, they're such a ripoff, but sometimes you just need one

for DOOM

@bigdude1 said:

even having a gaming laptop is very cumbersome because you still have to carry around a mouse and a fuckhuge laptop

Yeah, that's why you need a huge laptop bag. Laptops are also overpriced as hell and their batteries get shot so fast.

Not going to lie, the first time I saw this game I thought it was a throwaway indie cashgrab banking entirely on the style. Last time I saw it the game seemed to have much more mechanically going on to it, but this is definitely one of those games I'm going to wait on reviews with.

@bigdude1 Sure, just unless you've got a top of the line laptop, you're not exactly bringing the same thing on the go. I'd rather just play the original games on my phone or whatever, not that they haven't done their best porting the newer Doom games to Switch, just that there's only so much you can do. Having the option there is a nice novelty though, same with Dark Souls on Switch. I'm kind of afraid the newer game will run even worse on Switch than the last did with those big open areas they showed us on top of all the frantic new movement options, but maybe their experience with porting the first game will allow them to get more out of the Switch's hardware this time?

I agree with El-Shmiablo though, Sony really needs to step up their game and offer gyro on PS4 as well. It is stupid when you have a controller that can support it already and don't, when it is a massive improvement to most shooters played with a controller, even if not quite as precise as keyboard and mouse. It is easily the next best thing, and even if they'd be seen as "copying Nintendo", who cares just do it! Copying Nintendo has never stopped them in the past.

Edit: Also, as nice as portability is, the new Doom has those invasions that you'd need a stable internet connection to enjoy, and I don't think you'd find that so much while "on the go".

Let's be honest. If you aren't playing Doom on PC, you're kind of doing it wrong to begin with. Switch, PS4, or Xbone. They're all compromised.