Travis Bruno
Fairy Tail’s magical combat is a delight while some of its story handling and repetitive requests can be a bit of a grind even on longtime fans of the franchise.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen finally brings the original game to the West with an amazing storyline hampered by simple tactical combat.
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town oozes with charm and great gameplay mechanics that allow for an enjoyable farming simulator that remains a bit too simple at times.
The Last of Us Part II has the great combat and stealth that fans have come to love but also a one-note storyline more obsessed with being dark than telling a well-written tale.
Time hasn’t been kind to some aspects of Ys: Memories of Celceta but a great combat system, now free of technical issues, combined with an amazing soundtrack brings this action RPG together into a great package once again all these years later.
Shantae and the Seven Sirens successfully dances back onto consoles with a gorgeous performance marred by being a bit too light on story for its own good.
Maneater is a bloody good time filled with great comedic pieces and tons of marine and human life to tear through but is a bit too repetitive for its own good.
Saints Row: The Third Remastered may not offer any new content but its strong writing and crass humor hold it together through a graphical upgrade that brings the 3rd Street Saints back to life once again.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix offers traditional rhythm gameplay alongside a highly enjoyable motion based Mix Mode in a package featuring some of the best Vocaloid songs available finally making their debut on the Switch.
Predator: Hunting Grounds has solid legs but repetitive objectives and poor balancing muddy what could have been a new take on asymmetrical multiplayer.
Deliver Us The Moon will keep players hooked with an interesting mystery and new mechanics at a regular pace but predictability and performance issues hinder journey into space.
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories is an absurd game that is rough around the edges but manages to pull itself together nice enough to tell a survival story unlike any other.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 captures the crazy abilities of the One Piece world and translates them perfectly into a brawler that has its issues but will be great for fans of the series.
Code Shifter is a solid enough action platformer for fans of Arc System Works' properties but doesn't deliver much in the way of original content.
Langrisser I & II may have seen some poor graphical improvements but this pair of SPRGs offer some great challenging gameplay and plenty of content.
Resident Evil 3 turns the action up but diminishes the Nemesis and loses some of its luster in the process but still delivers a solid remake that will likely divide fans of the franchise.
Persona 5 Royal takes everything that made the original great and polishes it to another level with great improvements and extra story content that fans will adore.
My Hero One’s Justice 2 makes surprisingly few changes to its predecessors’ style but brings nearly double the roster to its flashy fights in what remains a solid arena fighter.
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows lets players have access to the signature world of Saitama with solid combat and character designs but ends up lacking in many areas.
Two Point Hospital fills the large shoes of its ‘90s counterpart with a humorous simulator that players will easily sink hours into at a time.