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Having played through the full campaign of Strange Brigade with my daughter on PC, and having a terrific time with it, I was overjoyed to see this announced for Switch...
While there are certainly more modern takes on bullet hell shmups from the past it’s always interesting to see an OG classic come to the system and show people how it's done...
While the original Pokemon Snap wasn't particularly well executed, the idea it brought to the table was at least a novel one...
Throwback budget action platformers are pretty well a dime a dozen on Switch, and of relatively uniform decent quality, so clearly differentiating yourself in the space is a challenge...
As a fan of Wave Race, the Tony Hawk series, and multiplayer shooting, in theory all of the building blocks going into Wave Break should make it a sort of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of a hybrid game for me...
Having been a fan of the Ninja Gaiden series in its vintage incarnations I'd always heard good things about the modern series but hadn't ever had the pleasure...
It has been interesting to watch how the various players in the puzzle game making space have differentiated themselves...
It’s weird how at times in certain genres when it rains, it pours, and exploration-based discovery titles are currently out in force...
The point-and-click adventure has been around since roughly forever and the sort of renaissance the genre has enjoyed over the past few years, care of indie developers, has thoroughly proven it can still have legs...
As a classic arcade shooting fan the Metal Slug series has always had a place in my heart for its intensity, variety, and explosive fun...
Ah, there’s just something fun about a crazy shooting arcade throwback, and while saying DnJ gave me a few Narc flashbacks in some respects (don’t get too excited)… this doesn’t get to those heights but it has some common DNA at least...
Decent budget puzzlers are pretty common on the Switch so any factor that can differentiate is a boon...
I tend to have a love/hate relationship with retro throwback games of various kinds...
While there’s no doubt that the likes of Celeste and Super Meat Boy tend to steal the spotlight when it comes to challenging platforming, some smaller titles have managed to make an impression as well...
While interactive fiction doesn’t tend to suit my tastes most of the time there are instances where I can at least step back and acknowledge when something a bit more special comes along in the space...
Very simplistic budget games that come from the mobile space and are designed to use touch controls are sometimes tricky to evaluate fairly, often having working but wonky controls if you want to play the game in docked mode...
There's a difficulty in evaluating games that are budget-friendly that don't play it safe but don't quite get everything together...
While I typically look to games to provide some action and excitement there are sometimes games that come from less hardcore roots that can still be very entertaining...
People familiar with my tastes from my many reviews are likely well aware of my love for more unusual fare, so with that in mind I found Sludge Life to be a bit of quirky fun...
Over my time playing games on the Switch I’ve become a sort of connoisseur of weird games, enjoying the unexpected journeys they tend to take you on...