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This is a case where you have a game with a very cool sense of style, a compelling set of main characters who have some great interactions, and a sometimes pitch-black sense of humor… mixed with puzzle platforming that ranges from inspired to merely ordinary...
While I've seen quite a variety of takes on the classic adventure formula that has enjoyed a rejuvenation in this last generation with indie developers I've not seen something quite like Buck Bradley...
I definitely think this is one of those titles that will have pretty heavy-duty pendulum swings in the range of opinion from the people who play it...
I’ve truly enjoyed the diverse set of indie titles that have come to the Switch under the category of rhythm and music...
At this point in some regards it is tough to make a meaningful splash running with a humorous classic adventure title simply because there's a ton of competition out there on the Switch to compare with...
Have you ever been kept up at night pondering what it would be like to do incredible things in places filled with wonder and excitement?
While I’ll open by admitting that, in general, any game with the word Pinball in the title gets my attention, in the case of Zombie Rollerz there’s so much greatness here it had no need to tap into my silverball nostalgia to make me happy...
Breaking from the trend towards more strange and silly point-and-click styled adventures on the Switch, Primordia instead strikes a more serious tone with both its more brooding art and sci-fi environs...
There has always been something intriguing with exploring a post-Apocalyptic wasteland, whether it being the sense of isolation, how it can make you reflect on your own current life, or any number of other reasons...
Picking up roughly where the original FAR left off, and generally offering up a very similar (though longer and refined) experience, Changing Tides doesn’t reinvent the post-Apocalyptic wheel but it also didn’t need to...
Having always been a fan of beat-em-ups, despite their tendency to get bogged down to some degree with repetition, I’ve been thrilled to see new ideas brought to the table...
I’ll just open with the fact that I truly despise pretty well all forms of alcohol, so in theory I’m a tough sell for a game heavily concerned with the intricacies of making wine since I have no built-in love for it...
Ahh, the classic run and gun… it’s a timeless arcade-style staple that has been around forever...
While I was excited to see a retro racer in the vein of classics like Super Sprint and its ilk coming to Switch, I knew it could be tricky...
OK, so let's get down to the case of mobile game conversions on the Switch...
While movies and TV shows tend to make the idea of being a cop seem to be packed with danger and excitement, I have no doubt that the vast majority of time spent on the job is filled with some degree of tedium getting from Point A to Point B or filling out paperwork...
Whether or not my reaction to Edge of Eternity is a bit clouded by playing another very stylish RPG around the same time or not I can't say, but despite the obvious efforts put in to make Edge of Eternity impressive more often than not I found it fell flat for me...
If you’re an old-school arcade shooter fan the Nintendo Switch was already bordering on a dream console...
I’ve got to admit, there are games that I review that I don’t really get, but sometimes they can still make quite an impression on me… though maybe not always with the hook that would grab other people...
I'm not sure that in any other generation before now I've ever seen a greater number of or variety in tactical strategy games...