Don’t worry, participation in this particular riot is OK. Today, it’s a Samurai Riot. Specifically, it’s Samurai Riot Definitive Edition a mostly 2D, side-scrolling beat-‘em-up that’s built to scratch that arcade action itch.
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If you like a shmup for the joy of blowing things up, this one serves up a bit of what you want: lots of bullets, level-ups to lots more bullets, bombs, baddies, and bosses.
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With the Hybrid H3PRO Hybrid Wireless Closed Acoustic Gaming Headset, EPOS gives Switch gamers the ability to simultaneously hear the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app in one headset.
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The unquiet dead are back and you must set things aright. It’s a tall order, I know, but we all have faith you can do it in this RPG action platformer. After all, you have your trusty sword and a can-do attitude!
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In Flat Kingdom Paper’s Cut Edition, you are a small, shape changing hero in a 2D world. Long ago, a magician used some enchanted jewels to keep the chaos of 3D from unleashing despair. Now, however, 3D is starting to break into your world.
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Another game, another chance to ask “Who’s the tank?” Defend the Rook looks like a mélange of game types—a scoop of rogue-like, a handful of tower defense, a dash of RPG, and there you have it. It’s also quite good.
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When first checking out Aztech Forgotten Gods, I was pleased to see the theme centered on a version of the Aztec empire which didn’t involve certain foreigners coming in and wrecking up the joint. I’m sorry to say, however, that this review is not a happy one.
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Castle Morihisa is a rogue-like-card/deck-building-turn-based game. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, but while many elements will look familiar, the game’s depiction and characterization of feudal Japan make it something interesting all on its own.
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Welcome to the Tower, brave adventurer. It’s your happy task to ascend the Tower and claim all the rewards which await you. Guild of Ascension combines turn-based RPG and rogue-lite elements with (if we’re being completely honest) a lightweight story element.
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Tunnel of Doom is a rogue-lite, tower defense mash-up. And while it is a good combination of the two genres, it doesn’t seem to be as well executed as it could have been.
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Howdy gamers. We’re serving up some old west excitement with Lone McLonegan: A Western Adventure. Let’s see what the most wanted outlaw in the land is up to these days.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy comes with good design elements, a cool soundtrack, and very good dialogue and voice acting. The Switch’s cloud version, however, comes with connection issues I can’t just overlook.
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Welcome to Monomals, a game in which you are a DJ going fishing for exotic critters you can use to make your music. I know it sounds a bit odd, but it’s a video game, so let’s go with it.
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Hail and well met, good sir-knight. Put on your plate armor, don your helmet, and pick up your….gun? Well, that’s a bit different. Knights & Guns is a 2D action game where you run back and forth shooting the invading monsters, and you can only shoot straight up.
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Good news—the prince has ordered your release from Crucis Prison. Bad news—you have to travel across a frozen land to go see him…immediately. Bundle up, buttercup; it’s going to be a chilly ride through this turn-based strategy RPG.
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Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle is a turn-based card strategy game. A really well-done card battle game. You get the usual mechanics, but how Shadowverse goes about utilizing them is quite clever.
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Unavowed is a bit dark and includes some crude imagery and language, and there are a lot of “shades of gray” versus obvious black and white / good versus evil interactions. Is it worth finding your way through this retro adventure/puzzle game from Wadjet Eye?
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As a single player game, the arcade racer Crash Drive 3 can feel a bit empty. But it’ll very likely be a real hoot for the kids who just want to explore and goof around. As a multiplayer game, it can be a free-for-all blast.
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