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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…
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Dark Days (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Parallel Studio What I Paid: $2.40 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Disturbing and atmospheric. Based on the reading that I have done, this was originally conceived as a VR title. In that form, it must have been terrifying indeed, as you can hear your nemesis but not look directly at it or you…
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Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Here we are with another Artifex Mundi hidden object game. The set-up for this story is that two brothers are at war over magic and your son has been kidnapped as a result. What follows is fairly standard Artifex Mundi fare; simple…
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Jigsaw Ice Princess (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Bigboot Studios What I Paid: $2.99 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Made by Unity Logo. What I Say: There hasn’t been a lot of effort put into this collection of Disney Frozen generic ice princess jigsaw puzzles. There are 45 puzzles to solve, many of which look very similar. There’s a timer which is so…
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Faces of Illusion: The Twin Phantoms (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Game-Breaking Bug. What I Say: On the face of it, this is simply another Artifex Mundi Hidden Object game. You are tasked with investigating the kidnapping of a theatre star by a mysterious illusionist. The usual assortment of hidden object screens, item combining and mini-game…