Justin Nation's Reviews
As a former employee of a pizza place for a number of years I've always had a bit of a soft spot for slinging pies...
While I always love and appreciate the efforts of developers that experiment in generally unexplored experiences there's no mistaking the risks involved with doing so...
Who knew that even after all this time I could get sucked in by a cute game that has elements of Breakout and maybe some Bust a Move and their ilk...
When it comes to racing titles on Switch there's definitely a fair amount of room at the top for competent titles to fill in the generally empty space...
Taking on the task of making a game that feels like it's intended to occupy the same space as the likes of the Legend of Zelda series, even removing Breath of the Wild from the table, is a rough road few manage to make significant headway in...
Starting out with an admission I’ll say that, in general, I’m not typically an automatic fan of survival games...
While there have been a few stabs at taking on Game Freak and the Big N’s mega-franchise they’ve tended to be at the higher-dollar level with other big companies trying to jumpstart their own franchises-to-be with visions of dollar signs dancing in their heads...
OK, so these days not all games are meant to be action-filled and there are even subgenres like visual novels where "play" is replaced by sometimes limited interaction to drive the story...
I'll admit that initially I was pretty excited for this...
Though I consider the concept of giving a delayed payoff for a slow burn type of game a big risk, I've learned to give indie games, in particular, a fair deal of latitude...
Since both dating sims and pet sims can be a little light in overall gameplay the concept of combining them makes quite a bit of sense...
This new entry in the collection of fresh (though minimalist) word puzzle games visually implies one thing but plays very differently...
There’s no doubt that Witcheye has a certain odd charm to it, with you literally controlling an eyeball that’s inclined to move in straight lines until it rebounds or it stopped or redirected by you directly...
Games like this one are a challenge to review since they're so consumed with satisfying a central hook that they risk your enjoyment on whether it may appeal to any given gamer...
A post-Apocalyptic world...
I'll just admit it, most simulation games like this simply baffle me in their appeal...
While there are many roguelike shooters on the Switch (and quite a few of them are absolutely terrific) none of them plays quite like West of Dead...
One of the more overall neglected flavors on the Switch has been single-player experiences I would consider to be both appropriate for people of all ages as well as accessible...
While this may look like a cute and relatively straight-forward puzzle platformer Glitch's Trip wastes little time before smacking you around and letting you know it's here to kick your ass and chew bubble gum, and it's all out of bubble gum...
Free-to-play games are always a bit of a challenge to formally review, but luckily I'm not in the formal biz so I can just get on to breaking down the situation and leaving it at that...