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With a pretty unique mix of some monster collecting concepts with real-time strategy, Adore has appeal but it isn’t all upside
Undoubtedly delivering a full-featured dungeon-crawling experience, its complexity can also be its weakness depending on tastes
If you’re in the market for a responsive, challenging, and tough-but-fair platformer to obsess over, this delivers
An interesting mix of story and management sim elements that just doesn’t come together in a satisfying way
One part exploration of culture, another puzzles in the form of food prep, Venba has a fresh feel but requires some patience
A workable mix of time management and beat-em-up action, but far more enjoyable and balanced with friends
Keeping things simple works to a degree for this title, but you really need to buy into the hook to get mileage out of it
The classic early beat-em-up has gotten a decent upgrade, better than the usual for it, but it has a weird flow overall
While it may have had a chance to shine on mobile, with solid roguelike competition it comes up short
While it has a great animated look, and some positives, there’s just not enough variety and depth to take it further
While it starts out slow, once you start unlocking new weapons and game elements it does pick up some steam quite nicely
Looking to work your way through a lightly-interactive sci-fi visual novel in a dystopian corporate-controlled world? Here you go!
While the presentation is nice and clean, and the puzzles are reasonably tricky, there’s pretty even competition out there
Comes to the Switch feeling like another rushed budget offering trying to jump in before the arrival of Vampire Survivors on the system
Though it has a blend of real-time strategy and some action, defensive placements feel finicky and variety is limited
Sadly it’s another simulator where your time is more often spent on minutia and finicky controls and placement than something engaging
There’s a very approachable quality to the boxing controls here, but in practice they’re at the expense of precision and feel inconsistent at best
A brilliant mixture of puzzles and turn-based strategy make this a standout title fans of both genres should give a look
Decidedly old-school in look and execution, it’s the dark and sometimes disturbing nature of the journey that holds appeal
Aside from featuring the fantastic city of Baltimore and a wonderful rotoscoped style, there’s an intriguing story to enjoy here