Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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Publisher: PQube What I Paid: $22.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: There isn’t a great deal to differentiate this title from numerous other JRPGs out there. You are a Demon Lord. After almost being killed in battle, you awake…
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South Park: The Stick of Truth (Microsoft Xbox Series X)
Publisher: Ubisoft What I Paid: $0 ($24.98 for South Park: The Video Game Collection) Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Do you like South Park? Fancy playing a turn-based RPG which feels like an interactive South Park episode? Then South…
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Grandma Cleaning Simulator – Family Business Tycoon (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: GOGAME CONSOLE PUBLISHER What I Paid: $4.50 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: “Made by Unity”. I am starting to dread seeing this message when starting up a game, since Unity seems to be the engine of choice of Shovelware…
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Fantasy Saga Frenzy (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RuWaMo Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This game’s title is quite misleading. I was expecting some sort of RPG. What it actually is is a bit of a mash-up between Tetris and a…
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Digimon World: Next Order (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment What I Paid: $19.95 Verdict: Not Shovelware. More than 100 hours. What I Say: Full disclosure: I like Digimon, but for some reason I loathe Pokemon. Not sure why, but it is what it is. I…
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…