[Review] Time Loader – Nintendo Switch
June 28, 2022
In Time Loader, players assume the role of a plucky robot, tasked with finding and averting the events that led to its creator’s paralysis.
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In Time Loader, players assume the role of a plucky robot, tasked with finding and averting the events that led to its creator’s paralysis.
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