For others who have recently made the switch over, what was your experience like? Any issues? Any tips or helpful suggestions to share?

Switched from Win10 to Kubuntu a few months ago. Had a pretty easy transition, but I work in software development so I'm quite familiar with Linux as a server which helps.

I think it still needs too much fiddling with terminal + config files to be able to recommend it to less tech-savy family members, but that's not a problem for my own usage. Went with the LTS version initially which was a mistake - almost all problems I had were solved my migrating to 25.10.

Biggest annoyance right now is the poor support for fingerprint readers. I got the hardware to work by installing drivers from Dell, but I'm banging my head here trying to get it working in both Login and Unlock screens - I get one functioning and the other breaks, would really appreciate some help with this. But even then it's awkward and inconsistent as you can't just put you finger on the reader like you do in Windows, you have to move mouse/press a key (in the unlock screen) or press enter in the password field (in the login screen) before it responds to the reader.

One very impressive thing was Steam+Proton - it works way better than I expected and got me more interested in a Steam Deck or similar device.

Overall I'm very happy with the migration and can't see me going back to Windows for my personal PC - the annoyances are fairly minor compared to stuff like "oh, here's Windows Defender eating a ton of resources once again".

I agree, there's a lot of good ideas in Prime 4 that could turn into cool things if developed properly in a future game. Bike is a good example, it's very fun to ride but also tied to some of the worst aspects of the game like the empty desert and the crystal collection.

The tutorial for the bike felt so disconnected, why am I playing F-Zero in Metroid now?

I forgot to mention but that section felt really out of place. Why the hell does Samus need a driver's license for a bike in a post-apocalyptic world?

Well, 8 is good. As long as game is fun some flaws can be ignored. Though hope the take the feedback and improve it in next game. Did you use amiibo? Miss anything?

Didn't use amiibos, though I'll admit that some good music would've made the desert portions less boring. Ended up with 100% items and 92% scans, which almost certainly is my highest collection rate for any Metroid game. There's some "Scout Bots" that you can activate late-game that will tell you the locations of items you missed, which is a really nice QOL feature.

Haven’t checked the spoiler, but should I play Tsukihime before Witch on the Holy Night? The latter is on my wishlist on your recommendation, but not the former.

Nah, Witch on the Holy Night chronologically takes place before Tsukihime so it's a good starting point.

Finished Metroid Prime 4: Beyond!

It was nice having a fully free weekend to play this game right after launch. 😀

This is almost certainly going to be a controversial game - it as ton of flaws, everything people are saying about linear dungeons, empty desert, annoying chatty NPC and padding is real. I also agree with most people that this feels more like Zelda than Metroid, with isolated dungeons connected by a big overworld. But you know what? I had a ton of fun with this game and it left me wanting more, which I think is a good indicator the game is still great despite those problems.

I must include some praise for the technical aspects - asides from some occasional long loading times the games runs flawlessly even on Switch 1 and it's possibly the best looking game in the system. Controls are also spotless, and I love the huge amount of customization options Retro Studios added, from button remapping to allowing motion controls and inverted axis setup independently for different situations (like "regular" aiming, using the control beam, or when riding the bike).

I'd say the 8 rating most sites are giving it is fair. This is not a masterpiece-level game like Prime 1, but is still solid and worth playing.

Playing Islets!

A game announcement a few months back got me to learn about Kyle Thompson, an indie developer who has worked on a few metroidvanias with really good reviews. Since I'm a fan of the genre I wishlisted his games on the eShop and got Islets and Crypt Custodian during a recent sale.

So far I'm loving it, it's fun, charming, looks and plays great. I also love the concept of this world, there's five islands in the sky who used to be one but broke apart, and people are trying to get them to become one again. In gameplay terms this means that you start exploring each island as an isolated map, but eventually they connect with the others and become a bigger unified map which opens more paths to exploration.

The game is not too challenging, but a few bosses still took a few tries to beat. The bullet hell bosses fought while flying in the sky have been generally harder than the ones on-foot, but there's not a lot of them.

Playing Witch on the Holy Night!

After a long break I finally resumed this game, managing to finish Chapter 4 and first part of Chapter 5. This last stretch of the story was an action-focused part which once again highlights how good the presentation for this VN is, and it finally started to connect the stories between the two main POV characters (Aoko and Shizuki). I ended up my last play session yesterday on a big cliffhanger, so really looking forward to playing more today.

On a related topic, I knew this game takes place in the same universe as Tsukihime and the Fate series, but had not realized until yesterday a certain connection which had me stunned for a minute.

Didn't have time for Super Robot Taisen Y this week, but will continue with it soon.

Played a lot of these in the last two years, with Ender Magnolia and Nine Sols being my favorites among them.

All-time I think I'd still go with Super Metroid, despite its age and having completed multiple playthroughs I still end up playing for hours anytime I boot it.

Honorable mentions for Rabi-Ribi (don't let the cutesy anime artstyle fool you, this is a fantastic non-linear game with some of the best boss battles in the genre), the recent Momodora games and the Team Ladybug games (with Touhou Luna Nights being my favorite of the three).

The Switch 2 launch felt oddly rushed.

Lack of details, initial backward compatibility list having only ~20% of games with basic testing finished, the need for SD Express cards that are hard to find. Even the GCK situation is probably due to cost/availability issues that will improve over time.

This DevKit situation looks to me like another example of this.

Like others said, it's not just Gen-Z.

Funny enough, the main reason I'm spending far less is not the shitty economy, but rather the gaming industry's push to kill physical copies.

I used to buy a lot of physical games at full price because they would be much harder to find later on, but if I'm forced to go with a digital copy this is no longer an issue, so I just let them sit on my wishlist until they're massively discounted.

This controversy is pretty much "You're having fun in a different way from what we intended. This is not allowed so we blocked it.".

Which is a very "Nintendo" thing to do. But hopefully they'll change things in the future and give a "classic" option or something similar.

Not surprising considering that most 3rd party games are:

1. Ports of old games so anyone who has a PS5/Xbox/PC can get them for cheaper.
2. Overpriced ports as well, and in a system that is already rather expensive.
3. Game Key Cards which won't appeal to collectors who could still buy them despite #1 and #2.

There's a lot of videos and articles like this one discussing how Stage 1-1 of Super Mario Bros for the NES is a cleverly designed tutorial for the core game mechanics.

So if it were clearly written on the Steam page, I don’t really get the complains.

It was optional for several months and the info on the PSN page contradicted that, so there was a lot of room for confusion.

Not surprisingly that PSN page was edited earlier today, but there's a million screenshots floating around already, plus you can check the previous version in the Wayback Machine.

And even if it was clearly written on all places, it's still a "too bad you didn't read the fine print, now you're past the limit time for a refund, so either let Sony track you or lose access to the game" situation which is very shitty. There's also the fact that they sold the game to people in countries where is PSN is not available, which should not have happened if that requirement was going to be enforced in the future.

Not hard to see why people would get pissed and lose trust in the developer. I also think that players have been annoyed for a while with this type of requirement (not specifically in this game), and they are now getting a good outlet with a lot of publicity around to vent about it.

The review chart is hilarious.

Doubt Sony or the developer expected this would happen.

Edit [May/04, 14h UTC]: Updated chart. More than 70k negative reviews already.