Is there any point to buying without the HD rumble

[Vilhjálmr]

Topic

I bought Shinobi Refle when it came out on the Japanese eShop and thought it was a good tech demo for the joycons' HD rumble feature. Haven't played since new characters were added though. Is it worth picking up again now that it's on steam?

[PrimeSonic]

The use of HD rumble was so poor in the Switch release that it may as well have not even been there.
Same goes for the motion controls.

I would say to anyone who wanted to play this game, don't let the lack of HD rumble stop you.

[Vilhjálmr]

On the contrary, I thought this was one of the few "games" that proved HD rumble's viability. The entire thing is based around it, same with the motion controls.

It makes me wonder what the draw will be while playing with a KB+M/Controller, especially if there's no controller vibration at all from what I'm seeing.

[PrimeSonic]

Sorry, but I must disagree.
The HD Rumble was barely used at all. A heartbeat here and there is barely a use for it.

And the motion controls were also not very well implemented, to the point where I actively choose not to use them at all when playing on the Switch.

Heck, you can't even use the motion controls to move the hands around during the "poke and pat" sections.

With that in mind, I don't believe it's really a big loss at all.

You're welcome to try playing with the Steam Controller to see if the HD Rumble feature still works on PC.
Currently, the Steam Controller is the only non-Nintendo controller that supports the same haptic feedback technology.
I have a Steam Controller but I'm in no rush to buy this game again until it see a bigger discount.