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quality if those drawbacks allow for a version in a

form players may honestly enjoy more. I’m not

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some poor soul with no other options. I work in

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gaming rigs on the market. I have the current

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on Switch just because I like the cool intimacy of

holding a huge world anywhere in my hands.

Handheld gaming has real, proven value. There’s

an entire new nifty retro machine, the Analogue

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handheld play. So I appreciate the Switch

bringing those strengths to games you wouldn’t

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along the way.

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Wild Hunt on the handheld. Having heard the

highest praise for this game for years, my

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started playing, I couldn’t stop hearing Geralt as

Solid Snake and noticing all the gameplay

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character writing, deep action role-playing

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game side mode, and lush open fantasy worlds to

explore for hours and hours. Yes, lush worlds to

explore, even on Switch, where it’s an uglier yet

clearly recognizable (and nicely stable) version of

the same massive game.

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