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Starlink: Battle for Atlas Xbox One
- Thread starter Mr Allen
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I'm looking at some reviews of this, and there's some interesting things to say about it. Like, there's a "physical version" (that one is 30, so says the Ubisoft store anyway, different at other stores probably, and that's because it's half off right now for Christmas) and a digital-only version (as in, not requiring the physical toys for anything) for 60. Looking at Kotaku's review, they mention that there are scenes in the game where the difficulty spikes brutally, and it kinda sounds like the idea is to get people to buy more of the toys (to have more "lives") because if you run out of ships, you do a very looooooooooong sequence over again just to get back to the already long boss fight. In a game that's fairly grindy to start with (nothing wrong with that though).
I mean, a "use the toys with the game" experience is kinda expected to have that sort of issue. They want to sell the toys, after all. So it's not like that's unusual. The digital version of the game though... the more expensive one... doesnt use the toys and instead gives you four ships to use (and chances are, just those 4, unless more DLC later). So right away, you have four "lives" to use. It also will probably be missing some content though.
I mean, I dunno. Normally I'd like to either advise buying or not buying, but this is a tough one. Even I think this looks like fun, and it aint like I dont have a bazillion random toy-like things around my room... Heck, the way the toys are actually used with the game is a very unique idea.
You do realize this is a very Nintendo-ish game, right? Even without Fox, this REALLY looks like something right out of Nintendo's book. Though the actual ships somewhat remind me of No Man's Sky's ships... interesting. But other than that... this is almost a new version of Star Fox. Okay the Switch version actually involves the Star Fox crew also... what.
So I guess there's the question: Do you like this sort of thing? I mean, you dont sound like the type that's into toys and that sort of geeky thing at all, and this game clearly has a focus on it.... it's definitely meant to be part of the experience. This is DEFINITELY meant for the "toy collecting geek" sort of person. I will say the actual toys look nicely made from what I've seen of them, so that's good. You could buy the digital-only version, but it's more expensive and again, probably missing some content here and there (no way to know for sure).
I dunno. I might actually try this bloody thing out myself. Doesnt help that I've walked past aisles full of these at Walmart like 50 times now. If I do decide to try it, I'll probably do so today, I need to go to stores anyway including Walmart and Gamestop, so I might comment on it more later if that's the case.
I mean, a "use the toys with the game" experience is kinda expected to have that sort of issue. They want to sell the toys, after all. So it's not like that's unusual. The digital version of the game though... the more expensive one... doesnt use the toys and instead gives you four ships to use (and chances are, just those 4, unless more DLC later). So right away, you have four "lives" to use. It also will probably be missing some content though.
I mean, I dunno. Normally I'd like to either advise buying or not buying, but this is a tough one. Even I think this looks like fun, and it aint like I dont have a bazillion random toy-like things around my room... Heck, the way the toys are actually used with the game is a very unique idea.
You do realize this is a very Nintendo-ish game, right? Even without Fox, this REALLY looks like something right out of Nintendo's book. Though the actual ships somewhat remind me of No Man's Sky's ships... interesting. But other than that... this is almost a new version of Star Fox. Okay the Switch version actually involves the Star Fox crew also... what.
So I guess there's the question: Do you like this sort of thing? I mean, you dont sound like the type that's into toys and that sort of geeky thing at all, and this game clearly has a focus on it.... it's definitely meant to be part of the experience. This is DEFINITELY meant for the "toy collecting geek" sort of person. I will say the actual toys look nicely made from what I've seen of them, so that's good. You could buy the digital-only version, but it's more expensive and again, probably missing some content here and there (no way to know for sure).
I dunno. I might actually try this bloody thing out myself. Doesnt help that I've walked past aisles full of these at Walmart like 50 times now. If I do decide to try it, I'll probably do so today, I need to go to stores anyway including Walmart and Gamestop, so I might comment on it more later if that's the case.
Well, I did end up buying the thing, the Switch version that comes with the Arwing. This after watching some gameplay videos and such to make sure it looked like something I'd like. Grabbed a second ship while I was at the store mostly because it looked cool.
I can say, the toys at least are pretty well made. Nice detail on them and they're not shoddy or easily broken. So that's good. There is a big weird controller adaptor that needs to be used. But it doesnt seem like it'll get in the way of anything.
I havent gotten to actually try the game yet. OF COURSE it wanted to download a gigantic freaking patch of doom. And consoles just dont seem capable of fast connections. Even something like a 20 gig download happens in about 60-90 seconds normally, but both the Switch and PS4 cant do that. So... that's like a 45 minute download instead. Feh. So I've run out of time for the night. The game looks promising though and I do like the ships/figures and whatnot, so I'm looking forward to trying it out.
I *have* heard though that there are certain areas in the game that you can only access if your ship has the right weapon element attached, and considering that this is a game based on these seperate toys, you know what that means... but I'll wait till I see how exactly that goes before passing judgement on that part. Not like it's unexpected anyway, Skylanders did the same thing.
I can say, the toys at least are pretty well made. Nice detail on them and they're not shoddy or easily broken. So that's good. There is a big weird controller adaptor that needs to be used. But it doesnt seem like it'll get in the way of anything.
I havent gotten to actually try the game yet. OF COURSE it wanted to download a gigantic freaking patch of doom. And consoles just dont seem capable of fast connections. Even something like a 20 gig download happens in about 60-90 seconds normally, but both the Switch and PS4 cant do that. So... that's like a 45 minute download instead. Feh. So I've run out of time for the night. The game looks promising though and I do like the ships/figures and whatnot, so I'm looking forward to trying it out.
I *have* heard though that there are certain areas in the game that you can only access if your ship has the right weapon element attached, and considering that this is a game based on these seperate toys, you know what that means... but I'll wait till I see how exactly that goes before passing judgement on that part. Not like it's unexpected anyway, Skylanders did the same thing.
Pending what money I have on my card, if any, I might hit Game in Meadowhall tomorrow and see if they've got the Xbox version, meh, it's £20 on Amazon so it'll be around the same price everywhere else
I bought the game from Argos in Town, it's good, was quite tricky putting the ship and all the bits to it together though.
I bought the game from Argos in Town, it's good, was quite tricky putting the ship and all the bits to it together though.
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No idea. I had a bit of trouble figuring out how to plug in the Switch one, but it turned out it was just fiddly about *how* it needed to be inserted. Once I figured it out it was quite easy to connect it.
You could actually probably find a video of someone showing how exactly it works via Youtube (google is only going to bring up a bunch of images and such). I'm sure there's a bazillion people doing like, unboxing videos of each version and such. Better to watch someone else do it and just mimic them maybe, rather than risk breaking a part.
If there's a third-party controller involved though, THAT might not work since those are often shaped differently.
You could actually probably find a video of someone showing how exactly it works via Youtube (google is only going to bring up a bunch of images and such). I'm sure there's a bazillion people doing like, unboxing videos of each version and such. Better to watch someone else do it and just mimic them maybe, rather than risk breaking a part.
If there's a third-party controller involved though, THAT might not work since those are often shaped differently.
It's the official wireless controller for the Xbox One S.
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