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There's no doubt the Switch has become the ideal platform for retro and throwback titles of all kinds...
Over the past few years in particular there has been a movement towards using games as a vehicle for telling semi-interactive stories as opposed to using more traditional forms of media...
With a visual pixel art style that does have a creep factor but has elements reminiscent of the developer's previous release, My Big Sister, I found it hard not to have a bit of deja vu playing this title...
Early in the Switch lifespan, when the pickings were sometimes a bit more thin, there were some core Nindie titles that helped occupy my time...
Though it may look pretty simplistic, and is in terms of mechanics, there's something deceptive about the light action in Witch & Hero 2...
Though I’m old enough to recall, with some fondness even, the days of playing purely text-based adventure games the likes of Zork and others I can’t say I was initially thrilled at the prospect of returning to that style of play...
It's always interesting to see games used as a medium for storytelling and in the case of Self rather than working through a pre-destined story to reach a static conclusion you'll find that it has many branching paths to encourage replay to discover its different outcomes...
Oof...
Budget puzzlers may be a bit of a dime a dozen on the Switch but it's always nice to see ones that offer up something different...
On paper this is a title that should be a slam dunk for me...
Local multiplayer shooters are a bit of a dime a dozen on the Switch so it can be hard to make an impression and stand out in the space...
Mixing together elements of the likes of either Marble Madness or Super Monkey Ball, and throwing in some puzzle mechanics to boot, we have Technosphere Reload...
This is one bizarre mix of elements to make a game...
When it comes to budget-friendly multiplayer gaming the Switch has quite an assortment of options...
This is just one of those titles where I'm not certain what to say in many regards...
When it comes to shooters minimalist looks can work nicely, but with quite a number of budget shooters already in that vein on Switch it can be hard to make an impression...
Minimalist platformers can be fun on a budget, no doubt, but their wide availability on the Switch as well as down to even mobile devices makes them a challenge to get attention with...
When it comes to budget games that have come to Switch there has been a really mixed bag of decent games down to pretty horrible ones...
As an old school arcade gamer I'm actually an enormous fan of the classic top-down racer...
This new entry in the budget-friendly puzzle series is the first to feature the seemingly simple but sometimes maddening line mechanic...