Review

Visual novels are very hit and miss and hard to get someone sucked in from the get-go, especially if you aren’t a natural die-hard fan of this genre. I have …
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I played most of my way through Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl feeling confident I would give it a broadly positive review. I’ve seen criticism that I understand, but …
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Okinawa Rush is a fun arcade-style beat ’em up. It features three playable martial artists Hiro, Meilin and Shin. The second the game starts, you’re dropped in this 2D platformer …
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Nira is an action-adventure role-playing game that was developed by Baseline Games and published by Graffiti Games. If you have played games such as Minecraft or Terraria before, the mechanics …
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So, imagine a classic retro platform shooter-style game in a GI Joe-like setting BUT you start as the vampire leader of an anti-terror squad that includes Nosferatu, who is named …
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When I first heard that World War Z was coming to Nintendo Switch, my first response was, how? World War Z’s key selling feature is the sheer amount of zombies …
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Circa Infinity is a puzzle platformer from Kenny Sun and published by Red Deer Games. Originally released on PC in 2015, it is now available on the Nintendo Switch. The …
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster hits heavy from the beginning. It opens by cutting between your mother’s funeral and you reading the last letter she ever wrote for you. Every …
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A Boy and His Blob is a reimagining of the NES game of the same name. I’m a fan of David Crane (thanks Pitfall) and have a lot of memories …
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I didn’t grow up playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, or KOTOR for short, but I played it for the first time about five years ago on a …
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Space Crew is a very interesting game. Its charming visuals don’t truly convey just how much the game will hand your butt to you. It’s hard, brutal, unforgiving, and yet …
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Hoplegs is a platformer developed by WhyKev, with a simple – at first – premise. The aim of Hoplegs is to move a box that has four retractable legs from …
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A visual novel needs a few elements to make it worthwhile: a good story, a protagonist you can connect with, and mechanics that allow making decisions that influence the outcomes. …
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A dystopian point-and-click title from a one-woman team, The Sundew delivers a story that’s sticking with me. It does a lot right, but there are a few areas that could …
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Mario Party Superstars is the second entry on the Nintendo Switch, one that proudly proclaims, “The Mario Party series is back with 5 classic boards”. Since I find the older …
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As a fan of twin-stick shooters, I have to give the original Black Widow some credit. I’ve played it on the Atari Flashback Classics collection for Switch, and while it …
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Park the space fighters and put the guns back in the safe. Instead, grab your broom and wand and prepare to be destroyed by cuteness! Cotton 100% was a Japan-only …
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Admittedly I do not play a lot of first-person shooters, as I usually find them too gory and realistic. I like to play Nintendo because it brings me back to …
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