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There's no doubt that the Switch, in general, is pretty starved for decent real-time strategy games...
Fans of strategy RPGs with a more classic 16-bit style will likely be drawn to Rise Eterna on looks alone, but beware that the vintage look comes with some quality of play issues that also feel a bit out of date...
With a pretty cute protagonist, a generally steampunk look, and a mix of puzzles and combat that at least feel novel, Retro Machina has some things going for it...
Much like it's predecessor on the eShop, Palindrome Syndrome, Tested on Humans brings the escape room experience, at least conceptually, to the video game sphere...
Ungh's Quest is one of those games that on the one hand I appreciate finding its place on the Switch but on the other it's hard not to be a bit frustrated by...
As someone who celebrates games that take chances to do something new, to a degree Flowing Lights feels like a game made just for me...
Cobbling a few ideas together that have shown up in other shooters on the Switch, Blink: Rogues at least seems to have some ambition going for it...
Coming over from the mobile space, there's no mistaking the visual simplicity of Infestor...
With an abundance of retro shooters on the Switch it can be a challenge to differentiate them, but for old school arcade fans the Raiden name should be enough to grab some attention alone...
Roguelikes... the tendency is you'll either love them or hate them, and I've been on both sides of the fence, sometimes against the popular grain even, when it comes to the category...
When I think of skating titles, flashes of things like Tony Hawk or the X-Games come to mind...
OK, so there are games that have an obvious broad appeal as well as those with more narrow niche-y target audiences and in the case of CyberHive I'm feeling the niche vibe...
OK, so when I review games like this the creep factor always tends to come into play and I almost feel guilty for checking them out, but that's what I'm here to do so here goes...
While many people look to games to provide out-of-this-world experiences, there are also those who enjoy getting away from their own lives even if only to complete real-world tasks...
Since I grew up as an arcade gamer from their emergence into the world I'm a fan of, by modern terms, simplistic action play that's simply engaging without a need for a bunch of trappings like story or character development...
Strategy titles come in all sorts of varieties, and while the genre's representation on the Switch isn't quite as strong as I'd prefer there's at least some diversity to be found...
There's a real art and challenge to making new entries in classic arcade series...
For all of you dragon lovers out there, this may be the game for you...
In order to keep things fresh developers have a constant challenge to mix and match genres and play styles in new ways...
While perhaps not the bread and butter of the typical Switch gamer's library titles that have a bit more of a casual feel can be a great way to unwind...