Author: MichaelD
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Grandma Cleaning Simulator – Family Business Tycoon (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: GOGAME CONSOLE PUBLISHER What I Paid: $4.50 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: “Made by Unity”. I am starting to dread seeing this message when starting up a game, since Unity seems to be the engine of choice of Shovelware creators. The suspicious key word spamming is another clue. Anyhow, this “game” is awful. The…
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Fantasy Saga Frenzy (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RuWaMo Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This game’s title is quite misleading. I was expecting some sort of RPG. What it actually is is a bit of a mash-up between Tetris and a 2048 game. Falling objects accumulate at the bottom of the screen. Matching objects results in…
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Digimon World: Next Order (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment What I Paid: $19.95 Verdict: Not Shovelware. More than 100 hours. What I Say: Full disclosure: I like Digimon, but for some reason I loathe Pokemon. Not sure why, but it is what it is. I was therefore very pleased to see this title come to the Switch and even more…
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Construct Farm (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Nerd Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: This is one of the worst Shovelware titles I have ever had the displeasure of reviewing. Firstly, the A and B buttons are reversed in their usual actions. This is always annoying. Secondly, there is no actual gameplay as such. You pick from…
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Tales of the Orient – The Rising Sun (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: JoinDots What I Paid: $5.99 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is fundamentally a match-3 game with a few rather interesting twists which sets it aside from the vast majority of me-too match-3 games out there. Firstly, it supports moving the pointer with the controller I use (the Nintendo Switch Pro…
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Good Guys (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: DillyFrame What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is a comic. Read the image. Press ‘A’. Repeat. The story is short and…bizarre. Read “What They Say” below – it truly is that weird. There is a second story – entirely black-and-white – which is conveniently not shown in the…
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Hentai Solitaire (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RedDeer.Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: This is a bare bones solitaire game with two modes of play. The “Hentai” label comes from the tiny “Hentai” pictures on the back of the cards, of which there are 10 choices only. When the most titillating image in this game is the…
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Agent A: A puzzle in disguise (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: YAK What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This is a really enjoyable adventure game with a range of puzzles that are neither too simple nor too hard. Being Australian-made and with Australian sensibilities, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Well worth it (and frequently on sale making it even more…
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Steam Engine (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RandomSpin Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: RandomSpin Games have a ton of Xxxxx Engine games available on the Nintendo eShop. All of them have the same premise: click ‘Y’ for a bit to build up an Xxxxx Engine. Soon after starting, the clicking becomes optional.…
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Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Beamdog What I Paid: $14.99 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: I’ve had many attempts to finish Baldur’s Gate over the years, mainly on PC. It’s an old school RPG based on slightly modified AD&D rules to accommodate real time combat. As such, there’s a LOT of missing and a LOT of dying. Save…