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Developed By: Rainbite Publisher: Eastasiasoft Categories: Adventure, Twin Stick Shooter Release Date: 07.29.21 Trigger Witch reminds me a bit of Bullet Witch. That is to say, the only things that link them are you controlling a Witch who shoots at…
Continue readingI should be a bigger fan of the boss rush genre than I am. The idea of a game cutting out the filler and focusing totally on the most challenging and memorable portion of the gameplay has an inherent appeal, I just haven’t yet found one that I’ve connected with. I do enjoy a good Souls-like now and again, though, so when the Souls-like boss rush Eldest Souls popped into the review code list, I was certainly intrigued. Ultimately, I’m not sure the combination works out, however there was a lot I really liked about Eldest Souls – but it has its warts, too.
Continue readingI am not a fan of party titles. They don’t appeal to me or my taste in gaming. To be frank, I am not really a massive fan of multiplayer titles. That said, there is something captivating about a game that allows me to spend time with my kids.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Grasshopper Manufacture Published By: NIS America Categories: Adventure, Visual Novel Release Date: 07.06.21 The Silver Case, the first game to developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, the third game in the Kill the Past series of games. If you’ve played…
Continue readingOut of Line – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Nerd MonkeysPublished By: Hathinh InteractiveCategory: Puzzle Platform, AdventureRelease Date: August 18, 2021 The power of the latest consoles has allowed developers to create beautiful and detailed 2D worlds which were previously thought impossible….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Igor Sandman Published By: Digerati Categories: Action, Adventure Release Date: 07.15.21 Guild of Darksteel is a tad interesting. I cam in expecting a Castelvania-like game from screenshots, but then found myself playing something closer to a cinematic platformer…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Krams Design, Daedalic Entertainment Published By: Daedalic Entertainment Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.30.21 Anna’s Quest immediately pulled me in once I saw who was involved with it. Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the Deponia series, a more…
Continue readingWhen I first saw Pecaminosa for the Nintendo Switch, I was intrigued by the possibility of combining my love of gritty noir detective stories with my love of retro-inspired pixel graphics.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Light Brick Studio Published By: LEGO System Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.22.21 Leave it to a Lego game of all things to have an emotional journey with a father and son. But here we are with Lego…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nintendo EAD Tokyo (Original), Tantalus (Remaster) Published By: Nintendo Categories: Adventure Release Date: 07.16.21 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword is my favorite game in the Legend of Zelda series. It’s been that way since 2011 when it…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hidden Fields Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: First Person Horror, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date: 05.27.21 Mundaun is a different kind of game. It’s almost hard to really review it, or in my opinion give it a proper score….
Continue readingTurnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Snoozy KazooPublished By: Graffiti GamesCategory: AdventureRelease Date: April 22, 2021 It may not look it, but Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion may be the best game there has ever been about…
Continue readingI’m not even sure I can accurately calculate the number of hours of my life that have been spent exploring isometric RPG adventures. So when a game like Beautiful Desolation for the Nintendo Switch comes around, at the very least it will have my curiosity.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Flight School Studio Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: Adventure Release Date: 06.01.21 Stonefly is an odd game for me. It has so much that I adore, but then unfortunately stumbles in a really vital part, but we’ll get…
Continue readingVaporum: Lockdown is the prequel to indie dungeon-crawler hit Vaporum, which originally released in 2017. It hit the Switch about two years later, and we were pretty impressed with it. The sequel doesn’t do anything to besmirch that legacy, but I did have one minor gameplay quibble and the game does suffer from one personal pet peeve.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Application System Heidelberg/ASHGames Categories: Idle, Adventure Release Date: 04.14.21 Gamers are usually the kind of folk who want instant gratification. You do something, you get rewarded, it feels good, repeat. However, there’s a world of games…
Continue readingHitchhiker could be a Twilight Zone episode in it’s own right. If you enjoy games like Firewatch and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, this game will not disappoint you. Hop in the passenger seat and allow Hitchhiker to take you on a ride down memory lane.
Continue readingDeveloped By: MONKEYCRAFT Published By: G-Choice (digital), ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games (physical) Categories: Adventure, Platformer, Retro Release Date: 05.28.21 Lets get this out of the way. I am a huge fan of the Wonder Boy/Monster World series. You can…
Continue readingOnce of the earliest known examples of the cyberpunk genre was Neuromancer, by William Gibson. In the novel, a hacker is requested for “one last job” which leads him to an exceptionally powerful artificial intelligence. I am of the opinion that many things we see and experience today is often inspired by things that came before. Synergia is no different.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Sketchbook Games, Fourth State Published By: Modus Games Categories: Narrative, Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 04.06.21 How do you deal with grief? In Lost Words: Beyond the Page, the main character; Izzy writes. Well, she doesn’t write her story…
Continue readingGenesis Noir – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Feral Cat DenPublished By: Fellow TravellerCategory: Point and Click Adventure, Narrative AdventureRelease Date: March 26, 2021 When you begin Genesis Noir you’re presented with a profound opening statement: sometimes reality is too complex for…
Continue readingDeveloper: RedRuins Softworks Publisher: Hypetrain Digital Genre: Adventure, Simulation, Action, Role-Playing, Survival Released: 6th April 2021 In space no one can hear you scream… with canned laughter.
Continue readingDeveloper: Asmodee Digital Publisher: Asmodee Digital Genre: Adventure, RPG, Strategy Released: 23rd March 2021 The name Arkham has a long and storied history in fiction dating back all the way from H.P. Lovecraft’s works to the more recent and superhero…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Studio Koba Published By: Team17 Categories: Adventure, Action, Retro Release Date: 03.30.21 In Narita Boy, you play as a young gamer sucked into the game Nartia Boy, tasked with stopping HIM from deleting the creator’s memories. You’ll go…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Wayforward Technologies (original), Limited Run Games (port) Published By: Wayforward Technologies (digital), Limited Run Games (physical) Categories: Adventure, Platformer, Retro Release Date: 04.22.21 You can play every Shantae game outside of the Apple Watch game on the Switch….
Continue readingBlack Legend for the Nintendo Switch is a game that has basically every element I’m looking for in a game, but has too many warts to fully satisfy.
Continue readingEl Hijo – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Honig StudiosPublished By: HandyGamesCategory: Stealth AdventureRelease Date: March 25, 2021 There needs to be more games like El Hijo, where the stakes are high but it isn’t about kill or be killed. Many other…
Continue readingBattle Brothers for the Nintendo Switch is a strategy game that doesn’t really have much in the way of innovation. Instead, it is a testament to the power of exceptional execution.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Pavel Kostin Published By: HeroCraft Categories: Adventure Release Date: 02.04.21 Odysseus Kosmos is a funny, good looking, and rather lengthy adventure game. It has one big issue that kills my entire experience with it though. Odysseus Kosmos is…
Continue readingI suppose I could spend some time talking about the backstory of Noble Armada: Lost Worlds. I could talk about the tabletop RPG setting it is based on, Fading Suns. Or I could go into how it was successfully funded on Kickstarter.
Continue readingBenjamin Franklin once said, “A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.” This game takes that idea and crafts it into a master class adventure.
Continue readingI can’t recall a game that I have more mixed feelings about than Summer Catchers for the Nintendo Switch. It’s an interesting take on the classic infinite runner with a cool visual aesthetic and a cute story.
Continue readingDeveloped By: The Game Bakers Categories: Adventure, RPG Release Date: 02.04.21 A couple, away from it all, hiding from those who search to tear them apart and force them to live a selected life. Soon their ship, their home is…
Continue readingSet in 2048, use cunning, stealth and strategy to discover the corrupt agenda hidden within the cyberpunk future of New York City.
Continue readingDeveloped By: ROBI Studios Published By: Graffiti Games Categories: Platformer, Adventure Release Date: 02.04.21 3D Metroidvania seems like the best way to describe Blue Fire. Go on an adventure in a somewhat open path, going area to area. Getting upgrades…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: The Irregular Corporation Composer: Christopher Larkin Categories: Adventure, Point and Click Release Date: 01.28.21 Quirky and Adventure games seem to meld together well, yeah? TOHU is particularly quirky. It’s cute, it’s strange, and much like other…
Continue readingIt’s pretty hard to check off more boxes on my genre preference checklist than Dry Drowning. It’s a hard-boiled detective cyberpunk dystopian adventure visual novel.
Continue readingHeaven’s Vault – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: inklePublished By: inkleCategory: Narrative Adventure, Point and Click AdventureRelease Date: January 28, 2021 inkle’s latest narrative adventure Heaven’s Vault is set in a futuristic world and yet deals with common issues which society struggles…
Continue readingI’m not the world’s biggest fan of the horror genre. I mean, sure, I’ll spend all day with a Resident Evil, but that’s about as far as I go with it. Today’s game, Silver Chains for the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t do much to change my opinion of the genre.
Continue readingI’ve made no secret of my love for games that marry a gorgeous, retro, pixel art aesthetic to smooth, modern gameplay. Today’s game, Olija for the Nintendo Switch, feeds that obsession marvelously.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Orange Pixel Categories: Retro, Adventure Release Date: 12.08.20 Loot, loot, loot, loot, loot. Collect that loot. Go deeper into the dungeons. Make sure you don’t die. Call Heroes of Loot something to the likeness of Gauntlet…
Continue readingAlwa’s Legacy – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Elden PixelsPublished By: Elden PixelsCategory: Adventure, Platforming, MetroidvaniaRelease Date: September 29, 2020 The Alwa franchise is in its infancy but is moving fast. It has taken an almost generational leap in only a few…
Continue readingI had some personal problems with today’s game, Unto the End, from a gameplay perspective, but its biggest issue is that it just doesn’t take advantage of one of the Switch’s biggest strengths. It ends up being a good example of the difference between a good game, and a good game for the Switch.
Continue readingWork with Raposa as “the Creator” using the character you design to discover what mysterious constructs are causing two worlds so much trouble.
Continue readingDeveloper and Publisher: Skunkape Games Categories: Adveture Release Date: 12.2.20 Since my childhood I’ve been a fan of Sam and Max, the cartoon being the main culprit. Though I never did play the original games, I did play the Telltale…
Continue readingDid you ever watch Blade Runner? Did you ever look at the towering spires and flying cars and think to yourself, “Man, it would be super awesome to explore a city like that?” I know I did, and I think I can say with a great degree of certainty that the fine folks at ION LANDS feel the same. Their first release, Cloudpunk, has finally made its way to the Nintendo Switch, and piloting my hover car around the neon noir city of Nivalis has proven to be every bit as satisfying as I hoped it would.
Continue readingWhen you first at the screenshots for today’s game, Wartile for the Nintendo Switch, in the eShop, the crisp, detailed graphics on display are sure to be the first thing that catches your eye. I’ve been fooled by screenshots before, so it was a remarkable surprise when I booted the game up for the first time and the game looks almost exactly as good as promised – as long as you’re playing docked, that is.
Continue readingI have a definite soft spot for the point and click adventure games of eras past. That’s something I have in common with Stuck In Attic, the developers of today’s game, Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure.
Continue readingAs I obsessively made my way through today’s game, 9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil for the Nintendo Switch, I was continuously amazed by the fact that it was put together by just one guy.
Continue readingDeveloped By: NExT Studios Published By: Team17 Categories: Adventure Release Date: 10.16.20 Crown Trick is more in line of what I expect a traditional roguelike to be. Turn based, everything is on tiles, and of course, incredible difficulty. After seeing…
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