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I’ve always found that visual novels are tough to evaluate for general audiences as either their art style, themes, general background, or characters are typically geared in a niche direction of some sort… making them, by nature, hit or miss depending on your appreciation for that niche...
I'm all about run-n-gun shooters that play with intensity, and if you can get one on a budget all the better...
Look no further for the top-of-the-line beat-em-up on Switch!
Harkening back to earlier days with a gameplay style reminiscent of the likes of classics like Prince of Persia, Ministry of Broadcast is a throwback I can really appreciate...
Ever since Diablo hit the scene dungeon-crawling action RPG action has never been the same...
Pretty well immediately loading this one up its familiar sounds drew me in, in terms of games that I used to hear amidst the chaos of sound in an arcade G-LOC was one of the most effective at getting your attention...
While there are a few solid survival games on the Switch they’re a pretty eclectic bunch, ranging from more action-oriented to more strategic and each with their own degree of challenge and some other unique qualities...
While fighting games have been around for quite some time, and in many iterations, as a whole I'd say my experience with them (prior to Switch) in handheld mode was always dodgy to say the least...
I deeply appreciate indie titles that dare to try things that are different and StarCrossed absolutely tackles that challenge head-on...
While the Overcooked series is famously (or is it infamously?) known to many fans of local multiplayer I'll admit that I consider one of its weaknesses to be broad approachability...
Probably one of the things I appreciate most in an indie game is for it to surprise me, and with its unwillingness to be constrained by a clear single genre Indivisible absolutely does that...
While the genre had pretty much died before the indie revolution brought it back from the brink the Switch has been blessed with a pretty wide variety of middling to excellent point-and-click adventures...
Let’s face it, while there have been quite a few titles out there that have decided to try to take on the likes of X-Com and its well-regarded tactical strategy combat, none have really come close...
Somewhat blending the feel of an old arcade-style gun game with some elements that are a bit more like an FPS Dixie Dash is an odd bird...
Sometimes it's the games that, on paper, seem the simplest that turn out to be pretty damned challenging as you dig into them...
I'm going to put one of my heavy biases out there right in front to better explain how I feel about Sunless Sea and games like it...
Put simply, there are a load of puzzlers of all shapes, sizes, and even budgets on the Switch...
Indie games, with their smaller budgets and lower price tags, have the luxury of being able to do things that are unexpected, combining styles of play and elements that don’t necessarily make sense on paper...
When looking at an eShop full of puzzlers and story-based experiences it can be difficult to separate the merely average from the exceptional...
Ah, games with a cat theme... as an entire segment of the Switch audience perks up at the mere suggestion...