Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is, first and foremost, a tech demo. Thinking of it in terms of a tech demo it is really rather good. It demonstrates the functions of the Switch 2 really well and offers a lot of information on the design and technology that has gone into the console. Welcome Tour is, however, a paid piece of software. A game. As a game, it is shallow at best. The mini-games offer a little light fun but that is all. If this was a free or bundled game you could probably consider it a good introduction to the switch 2 and then move on. Given there is a price attached it suddenly becomes more akin to a cynical cash grab except the whole experience isn’t even good enough to call it that.
Atomfall, for all its charm, is on the shallow side in terms of gameplay but that doesn’t mean it’s poor. We have been spoiled by intricate systems and high octane games recently. The slower overall pace is welcome and when the dial does go up it more than satisfies. Atomfall is fun and engaging from the first moment. A beautiful, atmospheric adventure awaits you when you boot up the game and it keeps going along pleasantly with each and every choice you make.
Sonic X Shadow Generations is, simply, brilliant. It does everything you want it to and then some. Is it perfect? The answer is no, it isn’t, but heck it’s fun!
Waves of enemies, unique skills and tactical gameplay coupled with exploration, dungeon crawling and flexible character development. Tower of Time is a game that takes a mix of tower defense combat mechanics with some classic tactical elements and adds them to a dungeon-crawler set, in a tower. Seems interesting enough in concept but does it work?