Recently I've been enjoying Snake Pass, a game that feels like something Nintendo and Rare would've made back on the N64. The charming cartoon visuals and mystical David Wise soundtrack remind me of vintage Rare, while the innovative mechanics and sim-like focus on play control reminds me of experimental Nintendo titles like Steel Diver and Star Fox Zero (and I mean this as a compliment).
How's Oceanhorn?
Voez is just a picture of a girls face isn't it?
Snake Pass is a fantastic game. But consider this thread a fair warning about the home menu icon.Neitio is the GAF king of selling games. Even when it's a complaint he's selling me on a game lol. I didn't even want Snake Pass.
Voez is just a picture of a girls face isn't it?
Eh, I guess I can understand. When Final Fantasy Brave Exvius' icon changed into a picture of Ariana Grande for a month, I let out an exasperated sigh every time I launched it.
Oh man, GoNNER's icon is NICE. But I don't know anything about the game itself. Good stuff?
Which IMO is pretty awful as well. But at least it uses soft and neutral colors. It kind of fades into the background, while Snake Pass glaringly stands out.
Pretty Meh.
That is however a port of a Smartphone game and it looks better in comparison to the new icon used for Snake Pass.
This could've worked as an alternate cover:
Oh my god. What the hell is wrong with Square Enix?
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Alright.
I must say I regret getting Snake Pass to some degree. It's charming but eh.
Wish I had bought that Gunvolt game instead. That looks good.
speak for yourself.
Come to think of it - this would be a huge improvement.
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How's Oceanhorn?
Yeah, we were just marveling over Gonner's home menu icon earlier in the thread, haha.PokéKong;242636137 said:I noticed this, I am not as bothered as you but I did find it quite odd how they would change it like that.
But you want some nice art to hang on your Switch home menu? I highly recommend picking up GoNNER.
Not sure what the Voez Switch icon looks like (is it the square one above?), but the painterly face with its textured shading, coupled with the title over the neck, would look nice.
This analogy may be a bit crude, but it's kind of like if you had a fun room in your house, and you knew fun stuff was inside, but the doorknob on the door was covered in shit.
Yes, I had forgotten about it. It's a great game, but the icon looks out of place. I'm also not a fan of that anime aesthetic. It's also annoying that it appears in the game list when the console is docked, since it can only be played with touch controls.Voez is just a picture of a girls face isn't it?
This analogy is great. Totally grasps the situation.This analogy may be a bit crude, but it's kind of like if you had a fun room in your house, and you knew fun stuff was inside, but the doorknob on the door was covered in shit.
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Oh my god. What the hell is wrong with Square Enix?
It's ugly, it probably focus tested better with kids because all F2P smartphone game icons look like that... but it drags down your enjoyment of the game?
Come on man.
You should have seen the terrible box art we had in the '80s and '90s, and we played the games regardless.
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They did during a promotion.Wait a minute, did Square-Enix really change a game's icon to a real-life pop star, or is there a joke I'm missing here?
I'd honestly disagree. When looking through your library thinking of what to play for a bit, a bad icon can make me less likely to play because it just doesn't spark "fun" from a glance. Mario Kart looks like fun at a glance of the icon, Zelda looks like an adventure from the icon, etc. Snake Pass just looks.... like a bad image that tells me nothing other than "It has a goofy snake."
speak for yourself.
Come to think of it - this would be a huge improvement.
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I chuckled.Sumo: "We've heard your feedback and we've changed the Snake Pass icon to what the fans want"
*you turn your Switch on and download the patch*
If it sucked from the start I think people would just shrug it off. But it was changed to something dumb. So the contrast has been made available for people who would not otherwise have given it as much thought.It's ugly, it probably focus tested better with kids because all F2P smartphone game icons look like that... but it drags down your enjoyment of the game?
Come on man.
You should have seen the terrible box art we had in the '80s and '90s, and we played the games regardless.
He's talking about the times where he's not sure what he wants to play, though. In those cases, the games with the appealing icons will win out, and the games with the obnoxious icons will fade into obscurity.Sorry but what? Just pick what you want to play!
Ha, this is crazy. I didn't mind Cup Noodles in FFXV (I found it rather amusing, actually), but this is pretty annoying.They did during a promotion.
Well, given that we're posting on the gaming section of a video game forum, the term "first world problems" is the obviousness of the century. We're not talking about hunger in Africa here.OP, really?
That are some big first-world problems you're facing with.
Seriously, just enjoy the game, it's just an icon, the world ain't perfect!