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Minimalist platformers can be fun on a budget, no doubt, but their wide availability on the Switch as well as down to even mobile devices makes them a challenge to get attention with...
When it comes to budget games that have come to Switch there has been a really mixed bag of decent games down to pretty horrible ones...
As an old school arcade gamer I'm actually an enormous fan of the classic top-down racer...
This new entry in the budget-friendly puzzle series is the first to feature the seemingly simple but sometimes maddening line mechanic...
When it comes to games packing in some weirdness on the Switch I'm typically a big fan...
Aside from some AA and AAA conversions, the first-person shooting genre hasn't seen a tremendous amount of representation on the Switch to date...
If you say the words "roguelike shooter" you can assume my ears will perk up and I'm down to party...
As a huge fan of shooters, the twin-stick variety in particular, XenoRaptor on paper is absolutely up my alley...
Of course, if you’re a bit younger it all may feel a bit dated or some people may prefer not to turn the clock back quite so far...
Dungeon-crawling RPGs are very much just their own thing, and they're not for everyone, but for a budget title Drawngeon takes a fair stab at providing a decent experience...
Mixing together gameplay from a few distinct action puzzle styles Funny Bunny Adventures manages to be unique on Switch but that that doesn't make for a ringing endorsement either...
Pinball is absolutely a cornerstone of retro gaming so I'm always excited to see what people come up with to celebrate it...
With adventure game series like this it is somewhat difficult to think of them or review them as stand-alones when, in order to really appreciate them, they're meant to be played as a series...
If you're a big fan of the bygone heyday of the point and click adventure games the Deponia trilogy is well worth checking out...
Try to imagine what two hippos racing each other on only two legs would look like... it likely wouldn't be pretty...
Conceptually Regions of Ruin has the elements of what could be a rewarding and deep mix of RPG and city building mechanics...
Are elements like artistic flair, heavy metal bombast, and solid narration enough to buoy humdrum gameplay and somewhat clunky mechanics? That's unfortunately a question to struggle with while playing Down to Hell...
At this point in not only the Switch's lifespan, let alone taking into consideration the whole of modern gaming, a game like Mushroom Quest begs the question "Do we really need another box pushing puzzle game?" There's a nice retro pixel art vibe, mechanically what little there is to the game works well, and the puzzles offer up a reasonable enough challenge...
Strategy games are woefully under-represented on the Switch but perhaps the bigger issue is the lack of high-quality entries for the genre...
When you're trying to make an impression in an eShop absolutely swimming with games of all types and degrees of quality, doing something new and/or different is always a plus...