Category: Nintendo Switch
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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…
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Encodya (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Assemble Entertainment What I Paid: $13.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Encodya is a crowd-funded point and click adventure set in a dystopian future. You are Tina, a 9 year old orphan girl who scrapes by on her own with the help of her robot guardian. You can progress through this adventure as…
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Arc of Alchemist (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Idea Factory What I Paid: $15.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: After finishing Arc of Alchemist for the first time, I read a few online reviews prior to writing my own review. This title has been savaged online with a Metacritic score of 3.6 currently. I didn’t think it was all that bad.…
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Big Adventure: Trip To Europe (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $3.60 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Big Adventure: Trip To Europe has spawned at least 5 sequels as of the time of writing this review, so clearly there is a market for hidden object games without a plot. I have previously reviewed Big Adventure: Trip To…
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A Castle Full of Cats (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Silesia Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: A Castle Full of Cats is from the same developers as A Building Full of Cats. As the name suggests, your task is to find a certain number of cats cleverly hidden in quite expansive line drawings. The overall setting…
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Paradise Killer (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Fellow Traveller What I Paid: $7.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: I’ve played a lot of quite ordinary games lately, so it was a great relief when I found Paradise Killer to be a fantastic whodunit. Your remit is to solve the mystery of a mass murder of the leaders of a rather…
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Jewel Match (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Kistler Studios What I Paid: $0.00 (part of the Casual Puzzles Bundle 8 in 1 which I paid $5.39 for) Verdict: Not Shovelware. Made by Unity Logo. Doesn’t Support Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. 100% Completed. What I Say: Jewel Match is a mobile port with little consideration given to playability on the Nintendo Switch.…
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Connected Hearts: Fortune Play Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Good: This is a surprisingly meaty and lengthy hidden object game, almost rising to the level of a decent point and click adventure game. The story is captivating with you switching between the heroine and hero frequently to progress the story…