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While the Switch and independent developers have certainly helped bring about the full return of local competitive multiplayer action the result can, at times, feel like a very mixed blessing...
One of the more interesting aspects of the full-on return of the classic point-and-click adventure genre is that indie developers have really explored using it as a vehicle for using that base and telling interesting stories with it...
Going old school can be a risky proposition at times, but when it is done right the results can be rewarding as well as nostalgic (at least for people like me)...
If you're into horror games or at least watching streamers play horror games there's a good chance you're already familiar with at least one of the titles in this collection...
The lack of raw numbers, let alone variety, in the sports game genre has no doubt been a letdown...
While the Switch certainly has some noteworthy family-friendly titles that isn't to say they're available in great abundance...
Filling in a somewhat unique and unusual space between casual and classic arcade style action we have Ritual, a game that feels like it would be well-suited to a twin-stick shooter but plays with less intensity...
There has been a real run of Lovecraftian horror titles coming to the Switch of late, no doubt making horror fans quite happy, and among them The Sinking City is the one doing it's best to swing for the production values fences...
Music and rhythm games are always fun to check out in general, and with Super Dodgeball Beats the promise of manga-style visuals and the world's best playground sport getting involved only added to its potential...
From first glance during a Direct there was no question that Blasphemous, visually, was something pretty special...
Here we go with another entry in the darker corner of the Switch library where you can find all kinds of "unusual fare"...
With Creature in the Well there’s just so much to like and appreciate...
With it being that time of year where people are looking for an experience that'll get them on edge and throw in some scares with a game like Remothered checks multiple boxes...
Falling into the category of "Uhm, I'm not quite sure what's going on here" we have Himno, a title that seems to be trying to go for a randomly-generated platformer vibe, but that ends up just being kind of flat and uninteresting in the process...
While the beat-em-up genre was absolutely a staple of both the arcades and the early console days more recently titles have been few and far between...
Part of what makes me a huge fan of indie titles is walking into new experiences that take me by surprise...
Being put in charge of choosing the headlines that will run for a big city's major source of news must be a weighty responsibility...
This is one of those titles that is obviously laser focused on a specific demographic that's looking for a casual game to relax with but I don't have a problem with that...
Never having played this series, but having heard stories, I wasn't ready for the WTF factor to this game...
As someone who isn't terribly familiar with visual novels, and can find them a bit too plodding with not enough to do, Root Letter is a bit of a surprise...