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70.7 average score
71 median score
44.0% of games recommended

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Dec 24, 2019

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...

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Dec 24, 2019

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...

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8.2 / 10.0 - Demon's Tilt
Dec 23, 2019

Pinball is absolutely a cornerstone of retro gaming so I'm always excited to see what people come up with to celebrate it...

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7.3 / 10.0 - Goodbye Deponia
Dec 23, 2019

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...

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7.1 / 10.0 - Deponia Doomsday
Dec 23, 2019

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...

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7 / 10.0 - Clumsy Rush
Dec 23, 2019

Try to imagine what two hippos racing each other on only two legs would look like... it likely wouldn't be pretty...

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6.7 / 10.0 - Regions of Ruin
Dec 23, 2019

Conceptually Regions of Ruin has the elements of what could be a rewarding and deep mix of RPG and city building mechanics...

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6.3 / 10.0 - Down to Hell
Dec 23, 2019

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...

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6.3 / 10.0 - Mushroom Quest
Dec 23, 2019

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...

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6.3 / 10.0 - Farabel
Dec 20, 2019

Strategy games are woefully under-represented on the Switch but perhaps the bigger issue is the lack of high-quality entries for the genre...

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7.5 / 10.0 - Melbits World
Dec 19, 2019

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...

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6.1 / 10.0 - Gensou Skydrift
Dec 19, 2019

While its novel style has some charm the bland and uninspired play leave it a bit flat

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Yet another collection of pretty diverse top-tier tables awaits

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Dec 16, 2019

Even as consistently as indie titles have managed to surprise me, there are times when I’m almost taken aback by a title out of left field...

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8 / 10.0 - Dead End Job
Dec 13, 2019

As a huge fan of twin-stick roguelike shooters, and with plenty of excellent ones already on the Switch, my interest is always piqued by a new contender in this space...

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Dec 13, 2019

If you're looking for a space shooter with a decent dose of strategy thrown into the mix this may be an option for you...

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8.6 / 10.0 - Jamestown+
Dec 12, 2019

The Switch has most certainly been blessed with a wide variety of excellent shmups since its release and with the release of Jamestown+ there's now another strong contender on the pile...

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Dec 12, 2019

A somewhat cute and funky visual style? Check...

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8.5 / 10.0 - Cardpocalypse
Dec 11, 2019

While deck building and battling games were never something I got into physically, I’ll admit that in the digital space they’ve managed to get me pretty hooked...

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Dec 10, 2019

While I haven’t formally reviewed any of the previous Shovel Knight games I’ve been a quiet fan of the series since it started...

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