Justin Nation's Reviews
When I typically think of Metroidvanias I've been conditioned a bit to the point that I assume the balance is usually more on the Castlevania influences in terms of style of play...
While a great deal of my time playing games on the Switch has been focused on action, excitement, and general craziness of some kind I've come to appreciate the games in its library that go in precisely the opposite direction...
This is one of those games that's a struggle to review because it shines brightly in some areas but then struggles mightily in others...
Ah, the classic arcade light gun genre, remembered fondly for how bonkers it could be and a bit less positively for how quickly it could drain your supply of quarters...
Doing a fantastic job of mixing classic tower defense with satisfying beat-em-up action and plenty of furry friends that will allow you to play through stages whichever way you’d like, The Last Friend absolutely deserves some love to be heaped on it...
There's nothing like a relaxing puzzle game to take a break from the stresses of more action-based and intense games... but if you're looking for that sort of experience Kombinera likely isn't going to make you happy since it generally works in the opposite direction...
The world's greatest detective (or, at least the most well-known overall) is back on the Switch for another dose of sleuthing, and that's generally a good thing...
There's no doubt a great deal of nostalgia in the arcade racing community for the late 80s and early 90s games like OutRun, Daytona USA, the Cruis'n series, and some others as well...
Having had our share of classically-styled adventures on the Switch that have veered more in the direction of classic LucasArts games with their sense of humor, it's always nice to hit one that takes things a bit more seriously...
Alright, so the action gameplay type where you carefully try to reveal the majority of a closed space while avoiding various enemies goes waaay back to the likes of Qix in the arcade...
When it comes to weird games I have a tendency to give them some latitude to take a big swing in hopes that they'll connect...
Having always been a big fan of the LEGO series, mainly because they've always made for terrific experiences to share with my more gaming-challenged wife, there's always a crackle of excitement in the air when a new one is around the corner...
When it comes to adjectives I like to see associated with games, weird and funny are pretty high on my list, though I’ll concede that that doesn’t always make for a top-notch play experience necessarily...
It's always cool to see new ideas emerge in the indie space, and Flat Kingdom delivers that both visually and in general terms of gameplay with its papercraft looks and shape-shifting main character...
While I’ve been able to be objective about survival games in order to attempt to give them an appropriately fair shake reviewing them I’ll freely admit that in general I’m typically not a fan of them...
When you try to tackle coming up with a new and exciting take on the action puzzler space it's a bit of a tough deal given the already well-established big players in the space...
As a huge fan of titles like Wing Commander and some others back in the day I developed a love for dogfighting games quite some time ago (obviously)...
While I'm always down to check out games that venture out on their own towards a new type of experience there's no denying that it's a risky proposition...
When you take a classic and well-known game and make some changes to it the biggest risk you take is that you lose something in translation...
Quite some time, back in the SNES era, there were some games that featured claymation as their animation style and, at least briefly, it was a thing...