Justin Nation's Reviews
This is one of those more unusual titles where on the one hand the core gameplay is pretty solid and works well, but on the other it feels a bit unpolished as it kind of drops you into the deep end with next to no direction...
When you're looking to emulate a known quantity, especially when it's a Nintendo franchise on a Nintendo system, you know the risk you're taking...
Even as someone who could be considered a true connoisseur of weird games on the Switch I’ll admit I wasn’t prepared for About an Elf...
Retro shooters are always a bit of a challenge to evaluate through modern eyes, especially when they're ones you didn't happen to check out back when they were in their heyday...
Budget titles that veer off into less comfortably known subgenres tend to be a risk, ones that are even up-front about being decidedly "lo-fi" in their look even moreso...
I'll admit that the promise of this game had me quite intrigued when I first saw it...
While I normally think of games coming over to the Switch from mobile roots as being puzzlers or some more commonly-casual genre, every once in a while you get a surprise...
While I’ve never been too much of a fan of wrestling itself as a sport, I’ll admit that at times I’ve dabbled in them in game form...
I've been fascinated to see the variety of ways developers have tackled handling interactive story-telling, helping to take complex or emotional characters and events and use gameplay to suck people in further...
Given the overall lack of sports-oriented titles on the Switch in general, let alone from indie developers, it’s always a blessing to get something new to check out on the system...
The Switch has been a real boon to fans of co-op gaming with the convenience of the joycon baked into even the base console, and that has yielded some interesting and very different experiences...
Games that have either come from, or at least simply feel more suited to, the mobile space on Switch are always a bit trickier to evaluate...
Since the time I graduated from high school in the early 90s the world has changed substantially, and the traditional ways people have socialized and kept in touch has been revolutionized (and not always for the better) by the Internet...
Games that are heavily driven by stories can take a lot of different forms and also tend to be a mixed bag...
While I often fail to really "get" some of the titles that come my way that are driven by weirdo sensibilities and characters, every once in a while there's at least one that amuses me...
Perhaps the mistake here is in the attempts at marketing, but when you throw out the likes of Ghosts n' Goblins or Castlevania as inspirations for your game you're kind of teeing people up to expect a certain standard...
Undoubtedly one of the most well-known literary figures of all time, the name Sherlock Holmes carries some clout with it, though over time it doesn't feel like the game world has done him much justice...
There's something to be said for games driven by a novel design, and sometimes they can be breakout hits, but more often than not the novelty can feel like a crutch...
The roguelike has certainly come into its own in this console generation, slowly moving from the fringes with a smattering of attempts in different genres to legitimacy now with a host of top-tier titles... but getting the formula right isn't always an easy task...
Making budget games that in some way feel familiar when compared to beloved classics is always a bit of a gamble, but when they’re pulled off reasonably well and offer just enough to make them distinctive it can work out nicely...