Author: MichaelD
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Bike Courier: Bistro Express Delivery (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: GOGAME CONSOLE PUBLISHER What I Paid: $4.74 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: Steer a bicycle around from circle to circle in a very small open world area which all looks much the same. Rarely see cars on the road. See pedestrians. Earn $10 per “delivery” for bike “upgrades” that cost a huge amount of…
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So Much Stuff Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $4.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Ocean Media publish a ton of games in this genre, some with storylines and some without. This one has no storyline and is basically a variant on the standard Hidden Object genre. Variants include matching pairs, finding all instances of…
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Clunky Hero (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: chaosmonger studio What I Paid: $5.74 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Game Breaking Bug. What I Say: Third wall breaking humour, sarcasm, wit, and poking fun at your own genre are all very well, but Clunky Hero mostly falls flat with its attempts. The grammar implies that English isn’t the first language of the developer here…
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AAA PRO CLOCK 2023 (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: DEZVOLT GAMES What I Paid: $1.59 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: 3 clock types. 9 digit colours. 5 or 6 backgrounds. I forget. Can’t be bothered going back to look. Clock. Alarm. And…that’s all. No game. Reading through the description of this title took longer than actually exploring all of its features. Starting with…
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Beauties Unveiled (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Somequest What I Paid: $3.00 + $1.50 + $1.50 including all the DLC Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it (why?). What I Say: I’ve played a small number of “hentai” games on the Switch. Mostly they are trivial games, the rewards of which are inevitably pictures of improbably proportioned women. Beauties Unveiled makes you work…
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A Fold Apart (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Lightning Rod Games What I Paid: $6.74 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This puzzle game’s conceit is to “fold” your screen in such a way that the protagonist can get to their objective. Perhaps there is a gap in a path – simply “fold” the screen to get rid of the…
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Romeow: in the cracked world (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Silesia Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: In this game, you guide a kitten through a series of ever-increasingly complex puzzles to get to your beloved ball of string. The exit from one segment of the screen will take you to another on-screen segment, not necessarily contiguous.…
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.dog (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: GAME NACIONAL What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware but not a very good game. 100%ed it nonetheless. What I Say: Derivative and uninspiring platformer. A very poor man’s Mario. Very little else to say about this game, even though I slogged through it to the end. What They Say: This is the dog…
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My Name is Mayo (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Green Lava Studios What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: In short: tap B on a jar of mayo 10,000 times. That’s it. Along the way the mayo dons several costumes and you get to follow several fairly simplistic storylines associated with the achievements you earn as you click…
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Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom PRINCE’S EDITION (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment What I Paid: $12.79 Verdict: Not Shovelware. More than 100 hours. What I Say: You play as King Evan, a youthful king who is quickly usurped. You need to establish a new kingdom, unite the world and defeat the BIG BAD. There are many diverse systems on offer in this game,…