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Realistic all-terrain driving games are an odd breed that has emerged in popularity in more recent years, and to date hasn’t been represented too well on the Switch...
Usually focusing on more hardcore or even the semi-sophisticated casual market, developers don't always put much care into trying to appeal to the next generation of gamers...
Stealthy action games have had their ups and downs over the years and actually haven't been that strongly represented on Switch, leaving fans a bit thirsty for their handheld fix...
Especially when games are budget priced it can be unfair to be too tough on them for looking more simplistic but with what I would call a "crayon-drawn" look perhaps Rabisco may look a bit too simple for its own good...
Budget-friendly titles can often tend to be difficult to evaluate when their competition carries a higher price tag and something like Space Commander highlights the problem well...
Fans of the "good old days" of FPS shooting will no doubt raise an eyebrow seeing shots of Exodemon...
Games based on existing properties I'm unfamiliar with are always a bit of a challenge to fully appreciate but in the case of Grimm Eclipse I think my issues with it are deeper than that...
There's no doubt that the Switch, in general, is pretty starved for decent real-time strategy games...
Fans of strategy RPGs with a more classic 16-bit style will likely be drawn to Rise Eterna on looks alone, but beware that the vintage look comes with some quality of play issues that also feel a bit out of date...
With a pretty cute protagonist, a generally steampunk look, and a mix of puzzles and combat that at least feel novel, Retro Machina has some things going for it...
Much like it's predecessor on the eShop, Palindrome Syndrome, Tested on Humans brings the escape room experience, at least conceptually, to the video game sphere...
Ungh's Quest is one of those games that on the one hand I appreciate finding its place on the Switch but on the other it's hard not to be a bit frustrated by...
As someone who celebrates games that take chances to do something new, to a degree Flowing Lights feels like a game made just for me...
Cobbling a few ideas together that have shown up in other shooters on the Switch, Blink: Rogues at least seems to have some ambition going for it...
Coming over from the mobile space, there's no mistaking the visual simplicity of Infestor...
With an abundance of retro shooters on the Switch it can be a challenge to differentiate them, but for old school arcade fans the Raiden name should be enough to grab some attention alone...
Roguelikes... the tendency is you'll either love them or hate them, and I've been on both sides of the fence, sometimes against the popular grain even, when it comes to the category...
When I think of skating titles, flashes of things like Tony Hawk or the X-Games come to mind...
OK, so there are games that have an obvious broad appeal as well as those with more narrow niche-y target audiences and in the case of CyberHive I'm feeling the niche vibe...
OK, so when I review games like this the creep factor always tends to come into play and I almost feel guilty for checking them out, but that's what I'm here to do so here goes...