Jordan Biordi's Reviews
The Lonesome Guild may be a bit simple in its combat and puzzles, but its world and meta-narrative are incredibly touching and deeply captivating.
Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit is both a charming love letter to the AVGN series and a challenging retro sidescroller that is immensely fun.
Keeper takes a straightforward puzzle-based walking sim and elevates it tenfold with an unbelievable level of interactive storytelling.
Yooka-Replayee does make some much needed improvements to the 2017 original, but fails to fix the fundamental flaws its predecessor so divisive.
Disgaea 7 Complete takes an excellent game and polishes it up for the Nintendo Switch 2 admirably.
Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree has a lot of half-good ideas-each one marred by questionable design decisions.
LEGO Voyagers captures both the playful simplicity and wild creativity of playing with LEGO and transforms it into a joyful co-op experience.
Hollow Knight: Silksong takes the masterclass design of its predecessor and elevates it to set a new gold standard in Metroid-like design.
Despite not living up to its full potential on Switch 2, Daemon X Machina is still an incredibly fast-paced and fun action RPG.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar is not only a stellar remake of its DS counterpart, it may be the best entry in the series to date.
Herdling is a captivating, albeit flawed experience that never has any low points, but never hits any genuine highs either.
Mafia: The Old Country could've just been a movie-offering a great story but little else.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse was a small case of mistaken identity for me. In my haste to look it over before reviewing, the screenshots made it seem like
Ritual of Raven combines the fundamentals of farming with the language of coding for an incredibly wholesome and engaging experience.
Moonshot Games' Wildgate is as chaotic as it is focused and consistently an engaging and fun experience.
Shadow Labyrinth has a few interesting ideas, but this dark interpretation of PAC-MAN fails to deliver on the fundamentals of a Metroid-like experience.
While Patapon 1+2 Replay is a pretty straightforward rerelease of its PSP counterparts, it remains an incredibly unique and deeply engaging set of games.
I'm honestly kind of surprised I hadn't heard of Luma Island before now. As much as I love farming sims, I think part of the double-edged sword of there being
Ruffy and the Riverside is an incredibly charming game with one of the most unique gameplay mechanics I've seen in a while.
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach takes its predecessor's foundation and builds a bigger, better game on top-keeping everything that worked, and improving what didn't 10-fold.