Author: MichaelD
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Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Here we have another Artifex Mundi Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. In this one, you are an unnamed healer who is summoned to a distant kingdom to heal a mute queen. The story promptly about-turns and you find yourself pursuing their son…
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Pachi Pachi On A Roll (Switch 2)
Publisher: Dolores Ent What I Paid: $2.20 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Pachi Pachi On A Roll is a hentai pachinko game. For those that are unaware of pachinko, pachinko is a game (popular in Japan) where you drop balls from the top of the screen. They make their way downwards, with…
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Canceled! Super Puzzles Dream (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: FuriouSoftPhoenix What I Paid: $1.80 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Canceled! (their spelling error, not mine) Super Puzzles Dream is a timed jigsaw puzzle game. 20 puzzles are available in 4 difficulty levels. The bottom row is pre-completed, and pieces come falling down from the top of the screen. The faster…
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One Night: Burlesque (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: REDDEER.GAMES What I Paid: $8.98 (Base Game + all DLC) Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. SE Spamming. What I Say: One Night: Burlesque is a short but visually pleasant visual novel set in a burlesque club. You are a burlesque dancer with the unique ability to read peoples’ minds. You become aware that your…
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Factotum 90 (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: RAINYFROG What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it (I think). What I Say: The central mechanic of Factotum 90 is that you control two “walker’ robots (boxes with 4 legs – basically friendly spiders). You are on a ship in space which has been invaded by a foreign entity which is sucking…
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Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This is a fairly typical entry into the Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure genre. A few things differentiate it: there is an unusual kitten mechanic involved in solving some of the puzzles, and the story is better than is typical for this genre…
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Stories in Glass: Winter (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $3.75 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This game is basically a series of jigsaw puzzles with a few twists: The game is Christmas-themed and replete with cloying Christmas instrumental tunes which do tend to wear thin as the game progresses. There are 5 different Christmas tales…
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Path of Sin: Greed (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Artifex Mundi publish a lot of Hidden Object Puzzle Adventures and this one varies little from its standard formula. You are a rookie detective tasked with investigating the potentially suspicious death of a security guard on a secluded island. It…
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Ghost Files: Memory of a Crime (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: In this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure, you are a former police office who is now a private detective who is on the trail of a mysterious serial killer. The overall structure of this game is fairly similar to others in the genre…
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Escape game & Card search game R01M (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: AlignmentSharp What I Paid: $1.39 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: I debated for a little while about whether I’d let this title slide by without earning the “Shovelware” moniker, but in the end there were too many characteristic Shovelware features to let it go. In this laboriously-named game, you explore the insides…