Justin Nation's Reviews
While it may be hard to believe, there's a dedicated subset of the gaming community that takes great enjoyment in the challenge of completing or (even crazier) trying to speedrun titles that are deliberately difficult...
It's always a bit tougher with revered classics to return to them long after they were originally made, worried about whether they'll continue to retain their classic qualities that made them shine when they were released...
Perhaps it’s the pandemic or the challenges of parenthood talking, but as much as I enjoy blowing things up or slashing them to pieces there’s real power in games that help you calm things down and find some inner peace...
I’ll freely admit to having a bit of a weakness for weird and quirky games, so I’d keep that in mind with my thoughts on Epic Chef...
I’ll admit the first thing that completely drew me in with this game was the look of the road racing itself, completely putting me in the classic OutRun space...
Treasures is a pleasant surprise of a game, to some degree delivering an experience that’s familiar with its platforming style, but then throwing in a serious twist with its unusual story and time reset mechanic...
This is a bit of an interesting one...
Games that have been brought back from the dead are always going to be a risky proposition, especially ones that were never completed...
With release timing that isn't ideal in such close proximity to the latest Mario Party, and having been let down by many titles attempting to steal even a sliver of its oxygen, Playground is actually a pleasant surprise...
OK, a very quick admission here that I don't know much about the world of anime and that can make "getting" games like this one more of a challenge I think...
The number of city-building sims on the Switch is admittedly quite thin, so when a new one comes along, particularly one with a unique hook, it's sure to raise eyebrows...
Simplicity in games is always a bit of a double-edged sword...
Oh, endless runner games that would work perfectly fine on mobile devices, how you tend to baffle me on the Switch...
Life is hard, there's no question...
Bullied and frustrated in his somewhat rural town, a young boy encounters an alien and decides to help it, resulting in him getting some quite different lessons on how to get things done in the process...
This was a weird one for me, bringing back all sorts of memories with it's retro graphic presentation, it's overall simplicity, and its very oddball sense of humor...
There’s nothing quite as satisfying in the indie games space than to stumble onto something that immediately feels pretty special that you’d previously never seen or heard of...
Considering the abundance of puzzle games on the casual-friendly Switch, including many from the mobile/tablet space it’s getting tougher to find something that feels new and unique...
As a die hard roguelike fan I’m always eager to check out something new in the space, and Skeletal Avenger has some merits that help it at least get off to a reasonably good start...
Sometimes you play games where you can't help but be frustrated by their missed potential...