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It’s quite a decent gaming content you’ll get for around $9.99 The story and and gameplay is well balanced to keep you interested throughout progression. The ‘pipeline’ combat mechanics have several variables that keep you guessing for better strategies. RPG elements such as character building progressions keep the beauty within this ‘diamond in the rough’ game.
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Due to the developers intentions of bottleneck situations which keeps the player pondering about ‘which strategy would suit the best in this scenario’, every minute or so can become a challenge for the player. In other words, you could consistently experience the best feeling when your intuitions actually work. Even if you’re not a veteran in the platformer action genre, the upgrades you get while progressing and adjustable difficulty can be of use to make your gaming experience to the fullest. There are no proper ‘scoring’ systems to show off your skills to other gamers but it’s not much of a fuss when you think of the affordable price range for this game.
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It’s a definitive revival of the popular Streets of Rage game as a form of a new sequel. The idea of always being either ganged up or going against an overpowered AI opponent is a blessing and a curse as you try to find the best character that’s suitable for every situation. As you raise the bar on difficulty, it feels as if the number of enemies doubles up, where your normal strategies may become useless once you try to play through the game by yourself. It remains questionable if the game is designed to be fair to the newcomers but it’s an acceptable challenge for the long running fans of the series.
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The original was released back in 2007. Thus Nintendo Switch was more than capable of porting the original in its perfect quality. It utilizes the best feature about the Switch, where you’re able to play 2 player contents with just the single pair of Joycons. Some of the additional music makes this classic arcade shooter even greater than usual. The Nintendo Switch iteration of Raiden IV is well worth the time even after so many years.
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With so many enemies filling the screen, players get to utilize your best weapons and abilities to plow through the enemy forces. Once you keep destroying everything in your path, you’ll get to see the ending relatively easily. Once the first playthrough is done, you can continue to farm for items and level-up your character for more additional content, where some of the strategy elements will kick in while you’re trying to align the perfect shot through the mob of monsters. Some of the gross looking creatures are all expressed in blocky fashion so they aren’t as visually disgusting to some viewers.
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The gameplay has not been altered since the original release 10 years back but since the fighting game mechanics were top notch at the time, all of the great action and battle systems are still intact. All of the graphical enhancements such as stages and user interface were upgraded so there’s our eye candy. General online playability have also improved and unlike the original old-gen console versions, there are no region restrictions in match making, but the delayed netcode would greatly decrease some of the combat experience if the players are geographically too far apart. The single player and tutorial modes also seem a little lack luster and we hope for a patch to be deployed soon as they’re available.
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If you lived in the era of the 80’s and 90’s arcade games by Capcom, this is a must have collection. While its lack of online co-op is questionable, the offline experience allows its individual games’ maximum player capacity. This means you can invite your friends over for some old school retro gaming action. Some of the new features include player eccentric settings and modern user interface for a more flexible gameplay experience. All of the games are gems of the past including Progear, a port into the modern consoles since 20 years from its original release.
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While the cinematic procedures required some aspects of time travel - which also is part of the combat in this game, it has been well presented as it was mostly inspired from many existing JRPG titles. Some of the dialogues are not recommended to be skipped as there is no other way to determine the outcome of the given context. Customization of equipment also feels a bit lackluster. Despite these little hiccups, it would serve to become a genre pioneer for tags such as ‘Cris Tales like’ games due to its uniqueness in mechanism among many other RPGs out there. Visuals that look like popup artbooks and fully voiced dialogues allow you to enjoy it to the fullest.
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is the game that captures the best of the original book series of ‘Pierre the Maze Detective’. It breathed life into the paperback maze craze of the original. The overall gameplay time is relatively short but you will get the best animated and memorable experience and interactions that aren’t like any other puzzle solving, maze revolving games out there.
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The visuals are a delightful match to the classic Game & Watch. There are some reimagined mechanics of a flight shooter that may not be best presented in the modern graphics, thus some of the elements are acceptable to acknowledge in this unique old school visuals. The game allows the use of the frontal touch-pad so if you want to make the digitized black and chrome graphics feel just like the old days, you can enjoy the entire game without the Joycons attached on each side. For the price range, you’ll get the most out of what the gameplay and the visual elements would provide for your average gamer. Even the audio effects resonate some of the old classic chip-tune themes. The game definitely portrays the love and passion from the Game & Watch era.
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NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 has 10 of its popular games that were ported to be played on the Nintendo Switch. Each game has different language versions and also emulates the slight differences of the game versions based on certain regions. Some of the contents include 3D renders of the actual game cartridges that you can tilt and turn to see from different angles. Multiplayer features that required the original to have link cables between the two portable machines are now comfortably allowed to be played in local multiplayer. The selected games were rightfully some of the best games at its time so now’s the chance if you weren’t able to live those days back in the era of the OG portable gaming sensation.
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A cute graphics mix up that views the apocalypse and the last girl left in the world. This roguelike game allows you to decorate Toriko and the Terrarium they’re living in. Dungeons are always a thrill along with the short but shocking story that will make you focus on the game even more than usual.
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The graphics are simple but it’s enough to present the changes of the environment and climate with its colorful visions all while flying around the world. Players will emerge into the immense world of secrets and follow its interesting story. You may feel a little bit of emptiness after you’ve solved the mysteries and find yourself with nothing else to do in the end.
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Tails of Iron tried its best to oppose the stereotypes of ‘Souls-like games are always hard’. Still it’s merit heavily relies on precise and reactive combat, it definitely feels more of a breeze than the traditional Souls-like titles out there. The story of a forgotten decedent, trying to rebuild its kingdom is very touching and boosts the heartfelt sincerity with the help of its colorful illustrations and graphics. If you’ve never tried or feared to play a Souls-like genre in the past, perhaps this game was meant for you. Could be a gateway to a new perspective to this style of genre.
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It’s hard to believe that this game was built by just one person, considering the level of polishing and the amount of contents are extremely well made. This horror-adventure game had set a semi-rogue-like aspect of randomizing the item placements each time you’d restart from each death, whereas in normal horror games, it just becomes a memory test, everytime you’d restart the same level. The visuals aren’t the highest of its calibur but it fits right in with the whole concept of the atmosphere. Sound quality is also top notch. Since the controls are strictly keyboard & mouse so there may be some clunkiness to the movement. Nonetheless it serves as one of the best horror-adventure games for the fans who are in for a challenge.
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It’s been 8 years since its original release and has been revived with an upgraded content with its righteous title to reflect its new beginning as ‘EXTRA’. Extra graphics, soundtrack and system has all been powered up for the better gameplay experience. If you’re into Dungeon crawlers similar to ‘Wizardry’, or haven’t even delved into it’s genre, it’s a great introductory title to act as a stepping stone into the grand world of RPGs
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You can’t really help the fact that older games lack flexibility in terms of user interface and system mechanics, but the sooner you accept how they’re supposed to be, this great remastered JRPG provides the best of all JRPG quality you’d ever experience.
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It’s about time that Deathsmiles I・II had made a comeback. These titles have had one of the highest reputations in the bullet hell genre but their marketing wasn’t really up to par at the time. It’s also a great title to make your entry into this specific genre. Once beating the AI enemies become the norm, you’ll have endless enjoyment in getting the highest score possible as well as comparing your skills with other players around the world. Even if you think you’re not that into bullet hell style of gaming, the amount of consideration that this game pours over the players is something that you’d feel appreciated.
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With Embr, you get to be in the shoes of a firefighter. The game allows up to 4 players in multiplayer and various modes that support it. One tedious bit is that you need to grind the game for a while to earn in-game currency in order to actually extend more features. There's also noticeable frame drops throughout gameplay. Other than the technical hiccups, the game is well fit for all ages to enjoy.
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You’ll get the impression that this is more of a narrative progression rather than playing a game, but the actual story itself is quite impressive so no complaints there. Fuzzy little graphics and the sound design are well fitting as well as some of the items you can collect that will bloom your reminiscent times. You’ll enjoy the wholesome 6 hour-ish play time while collecting coins to operate gacha machines and witnessing dialogs that would only occur in conversations back in the 80’s and such.
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