Justin Nation's Reviews
With the abundance of twin-stick roguelike shooters on the Switch it makes for tough competition if you want to make a big splash in the space with a new title...
Since I’ve always been a big fan of classic arcade-style gaming there’s something about the simplicity meets challenge of Slayin 2 that really speaks to me...
When I go to PAX I tend to book my days to the brim with appointments but that doesn't mean I lose the opportunity to uncover some additional gems along the way...
When I got to check this out at PAX East last year I walked away happy with how it played, it taps into an old school arcade fighting platformer vibe nicely, but wondered if it would step things up...
As a "vintage gamer" who remembers playing Pong and many variants of it, whether at home or at friends' houses, this was a title that got my attention when it was announced...
80s arcade throwback racing is absolutely a genre I can get behind, as someone who was playing them before I could get behind a wheel for real I spend a lot of time with them...
The first thing that actually jumps out at me about playing this is an unfortunate, and perhaps a bit unfair thing...
I’ve always found that visual novels are tough to evaluate for general audiences as either their art style, themes, general background, or characters are typically geared in a niche direction of some sort… making them, by nature, hit or miss depending on your appreciation for that niche...
I'm all about run-n-gun shooters that play with intensity, and if you can get one on a budget all the better...
Look no further for the top-of-the-line beat-em-up on Switch!
Harkening back to earlier days with a gameplay style reminiscent of the likes of classics like Prince of Persia, Ministry of Broadcast is a throwback I can really appreciate...
Ever since Diablo hit the scene dungeon-crawling action RPG action has never been the same...
Pretty well immediately loading this one up its familiar sounds drew me in, in terms of games that I used to hear amidst the chaos of sound in an arcade G-LOC was one of the most effective at getting your attention...
While there are a few solid survival games on the Switch they’re a pretty eclectic bunch, ranging from more action-oriented to more strategic and each with their own degree of challenge and some other unique qualities...
While fighting games have been around for quite some time, and in many iterations, as a whole I'd say my experience with them (prior to Switch) in handheld mode was always dodgy to say the least...
I deeply appreciate indie titles that dare to try things that are different and StarCrossed absolutely tackles that challenge head-on...
While the Overcooked series is famously (or is it infamously?) known to many fans of local multiplayer I'll admit that I consider one of its weaknesses to be broad approachability...
Probably one of the things I appreciate most in an indie game is for it to surprise me, and with its unwillingness to be constrained by a clear single genre Indivisible absolutely does that...
While the genre had pretty much died before the indie revolution brought it back from the brink the Switch has been blessed with a pretty wide variety of middling to excellent point-and-click adventures...
Let’s face it, while there have been quite a few titles out there that have decided to try to take on the likes of X-Com and its well-regarded tactical strategy combat, none have really come close...