Latest Reviews
It’s a tragedy that the only MLB-licensed baseball game exists as a Sony exclusive. If you’re seeking a good video game where you can play as the Yankees or the Dodgers, get a PlayStation 4 or go dig up a copy of MVP Baseball 2005, a 15-year-old game that still...
Assault Android Cactus+ doesn’t quite reinvent the twin-stick shooter wheel, but it has a few cool tricks and absolutely does the genre justice. Challenging bosses, fun gameplay, and solid controls make this a tough one to pass up. The remixed Campaign+ might not be enough of a reason for previous...
Even without prior knowledge of the Persona series, it’s hard to walk away from this game without criticizing the quality. A boring story, uninteresting characters, and a soundtrack that begs you to play with the sound turned off are just a sample of the myriad reasons to avoid The Caligula...
Warplanes: WW2 Dogfights is a perfect example of how not to port something to Switch and is somewhat damning to the mobile game environment in general. You cannot simply throw a freemium cell phone game on the eShop, break the progression system, and expect it to meet the expectations of...
Ape Out
Admittedly, the gameplay can feel a little repetitive, and even though environments change, your abilities and method of traversing each stage do not. There are also no boss fights or unique encounters; you are fighting about seven different types of guards, and that’s it. These issues aside, the overall experience...
Ace Attorney remains one of my favorite franchises of all time, and I have loved the opportunity to play through the trilogy again on Switch. Though it lags a little in the middle with some less-than-stellar cases in the second game, the Ace Attorney Trilogy is still an incredible story...
That’s all to say that despite some apprehensive dalliances with repetition, I loved ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove. The sublime style drips with funk, and the cadence of roaming through floors using my presents to try to avoid failure and find my ship parts is one that made...
In the end, Anodyne feels as though it was made to have a subversive mechanic functioning as a late game surprise for the player, but if there isn’t an interesting game on the path to said mechanic, most players will not have the motivation to get to that surprise. It’s...
X-Morph: Defense is a terrific pick up for someone who enjoys twin-stick shoot-‘em-ups but is looking for some more variety other than just blasting everything on screen. The tactical strategy required to complete levels added solid replayability and allowed me to try multiple ways to creatively destroy the human race....
RemiLore just doesn’t have enough variety to stay interesting for more than a few minutes. Though the characters are mildly entertaining with an impressive amount of dialogue to flesh out their interactions, there’s just too much you need to put up with to get to the good parts of the...
Trials Rising
Even with a few issues, Trials Rising is an excellent experience on Switch, filled with a slew of creative levels and a lot of reasons to replay and tweak your experience. Sure, the version on Switch might not be as pretty as other versions, but it’s just as playable, aside...
Tetris 99
Although Tetris 99 was likely conceived as a joke at the start, the badge mechanic helped it develop into a proper battle royale experience boiled down to its most basic core elements. The feature set is sadly lacking, but data miners that dug deep into the game’s code found...
