Justin Nation's Reviews
Roguelikes... the tendency is you'll either love them or hate them, and I've been on both sides of the fence, sometimes against the popular grain even, when it comes to the category...
When I think of skating titles, flashes of things like Tony Hawk or the X-Games come to mind...
OK, so there are games that have an obvious broad appeal as well as those with more narrow niche-y target audiences and in the case of CyberHive I'm feeling the niche vibe...
OK, so when I review games like this the creep factor always tends to come into play and I almost feel guilty for checking them out, but that's what I'm here to do so here goes...
While many people look to games to provide out-of-this-world experiences, there are also those who enjoy getting away from their own lives even if only to complete real-world tasks...
Since I grew up as an arcade gamer from their emergence into the world I'm a fan of, by modern terms, simplistic action play that's simply engaging without a need for a bunch of trappings like story or character development...
Strategy titles come in all sorts of varieties, and while the genre's representation on the Switch isn't quite as strong as I'd prefer there's at least some diversity to be found...
There's a real art and challenge to making new entries in classic arcade series...
For all of you dragon lovers out there, this may be the game for you...
In order to keep things fresh developers have a constant challenge to mix and match genres and play styles in new ways...
While perhaps not the bread and butter of the typical Switch gamer's library titles that have a bit more of a casual feel can be a great way to unwind...
While usually associated with mobile gaming, the endless runner (in all of its variations) has at times proven to be worthy of console play as well when handled correctly...
Let's face it, though the beat-em-up genre got off to a slow start on the Switch the current roster is pretty great and there are a few treats in the pipeline that will make genre representation even better moving forward...
Ah, licensed games... Though in more recent history they haven't been quite as much of a scourge as in generations past they have a tendency to either be a surprise, making terrific use of the property, or what feels like a thin coat of familiarity to slap on an otherwise lacking experience...
Taking the baton directly from the original quirky point-and-click puzzler released some time ago, Mom Hid My Game 2 definitely adopts a policy of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and that's both a good and bad thing...
Making throwback games has got to be a difficult proposition, especially when trying to find a balance between classic and modern sensibilities...
Having been a gamer all the way back to the days of Zork and text-based adventures I'm a fan of games that evoke nostalgic charm...
When you're working in the budget gaming space it can be tricky to define a fair basis for expectations, but while a lower asking price can make room for being more forgiving you can still sense when things have sort of run off the rails...
The Picross series has been around for so long at some point that it has become a sort of puzzle game staple, but that can also make people a bit numb to it...
Appropriately named, as it combines elements of multiple styles of gaming, Smelter is a game that defies a simple explanation...