Author: MichaelD
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B.O.O.L: Master labyrinth puzzles (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Michael Wührer What I Paid: $6.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Made with Unity logo. What I Say: B.O.O.L: Master labyrinth puzzles is a fairly short, mostly monochromatic simple maze puzzler. There are 125 levels in total, plus you get a level designer if you want to prolong the experience (I didn’t). Most of…
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment What I Paid: $6.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Suicide of Rachel Foster was challenging on multiple levels. As a horror/ghost story, the creaks, groans and atmospheric wheezes are sufficient to put you on considerable edge – I played this with conventional audio, despite the title encouraging you to use…
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Windmill Engine (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RandomSpin Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: I thought 8 minutes to complete Cyber Engine was bad. Windmill Engine took 5 minutes. 5 minutes to complete a clicker game where all you do is mash ‘Y’ and then progressively select additional menu elements to build a…
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Cyber Engine (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RandomSpin Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: 8 minutes. 8 minutes to complete this drab and uninspiring shovelware, and some of that was wasted time whilst I clicked ‘A’ instead of ‘Y’. What They Say: Earn your first money by pressing a “Y” button. Increase your…
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Hard Racing (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Nikita Alexeevich What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: I will admit that my first impression of Hard Racing was that it was going to be shovelware: cars which LOOK like their expensive European counterparts but which inexplicably are called something entirely different – the BMW called a Piranha…
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Sea Battle Minimal (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Hook Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: I debated for a while about whether this was Shovelware or just simply a very basic Battleship game. It has 3 modes of play; you vs someone online, you vs the Switch, and you vs someone else locally. The AI is phenomenally stupid,…
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Racing Car Chaos: Extreme Stunt Showdown (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: VRCFORGE STUDIOS What I Paid: $1.99 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: This is shovelware at its finest (?!). All the hallmarks are there; the “Made with Unity” logo (nb not Unity’s fault), the keyword spammy title, the over-the-top description. 5 cars, 10 tracks and a random cash spin wheel. That’s…
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Dry Drowning (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: LeonardoInteractive What I Paid: $7.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Dry Drowning is a detective story in visual novel format set in a dystopian future. You have multiple choices to make during the story which change the way the story pans out. There are no “good” choices: it seems as if all your…
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Death end re;Quest 2 (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Idea Factory What I Paid: $18.75 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: I really liked Death end re;Quest, so I was delighted when Death end re;Quest 2 went on special and I added it to my collection. I finished it, but didn’t really enjoy the experience for a number of reasons. Firstly, this is…
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Kakurasu World (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Hook Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Kakurasu is a fairly minimalist maths puzzle game. The instructions are…brief. It took me quite a while of frustrating trial and error to figure out how the game actually played, but once I’d figured it out I got considerable enjoyment…