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An absolute mixed bag, featuring 2 reasonably good and distinctive RPGs, but then 2 lesser offshoot efforts that muddy the overall picture of quality for the package
While I’m happy to see this sexier and high-octane take on the gameplay style that Vampire Survivors really defined, the Switch 2 port has some unfortunate problems that can hopefully be patched
While there can be some appeal to the game’s mix of some horror, tension, and what amounts to relatively simple mini games, it ends up feeling like it’s lacking in depth pretty quickly
While sharing its claustrophobic sensibilities with the likes of Iron Lung, its narrative side is a bit less robust, but in general its execution and playability at least feel more accessible
Takes elements of earlier titles like Boulderdash and combines them with more modern challenging elements like you’d see in games like Spelunky
A melding of concepts and styles from monster trainers, deckbuilders, and tactical strategy titles packed into a new package that works well overall
A novel idea, mixing together chess pieces and movement with a piece-switching puzzle mechanic, but it runs out of steam
While this very casual photography adventure with plenty of cats to capture has charm, it’s also a bit thin on substance
There’s a straightforward quality to how the game has the player use deduction that could make it great for beginners, but veteran mystery fans will likely find it too stripped down and simplified
While I was hoping that the game would do more to leverage actual narrative of some kind to add interest, its different heroes and the wildly different rules of their decks and cards helps make it interesting
While there have been some great action-oriented co-op games in the last generation, Big Walk takes a big swing at throwing you and your friends into a space full of varied puzzles with little direction, expecting that you’ll work things out
One of those cases where I suppose the concept the developers had in mind is implemented reasonably well, but that it’s so lacking in overall ambition and depth that it’s hard to consider much of a game
While not all of its events are of equal quality, and without friends or family to play with it loses some appeal, it’s a decent and varied sports party game package
In an eShop swimming with pretty weak tea Stardew Valley clones, Moonlight Peaks manages to be much more than merely a goth version of a farm sim
A pretty well utterly pointless experience with poor controls, and seemingly absolutely zero point of playing at all
While it has some survival horror appeal, pretty frequent long pauses, and an overall pervasive jankiness in most areas make it tough to want to stick with
Given the lack of more purist racing sims in the eShop, this does manage to reasonably help fill the void, but that isn’t without some big caveats
While visually it may have a pretty simple look, once you get into the swing of things this provides a surprising but accessible challenge
A pretty brutally challenging budget platformer that has a decent side order of some storytelling
A pretty unique roguelike strategy title that brings some creativity and challenges to bear, but the console interface and controls are unfortunately an extra hurdle to contend with