Author: MichaelD
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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…
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A Tale for Anna (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Top Hat Studios What I Paid: $3.30 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is best described as a hybrid hidden object puzzle game and a point and click adventure with several unusual (and ultimately very annoying) mechanics. The overall plot is pretty banal: the baddie wants to catch you and you…
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Faircroft’s Antiques: The Forbidden Crypt Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $3.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Ocean Media put out a lot of hidden object puzzle adventure games. This is one of them. The story is…thin. The romance is…thin. The cringe is…fairly thick. The hidden objects are fairly easy to find and the minigames are the…
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The Awakening of Mummies (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Silesia Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: At first this appears to be a trivial puzzle game involving guiding a mummy from one point to another, avoiding simplistic traps. This quickly becomes much more difficult by the time you get to the second level of the pyramid,…