Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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Publisher: ININ Games What I Paid: $7.99 Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: It’s fair to say that I am not a fan of brawler games, of which this is one (technically two). That likely colours my opinion of this release.…
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Ball Rush (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Entity3 What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Game-Breaking Bug. What I Say: I wanted to like this game, but it is ruined by a game-breaking bug on Level 33. You are the titular ball, rolling through colourful obstacles…
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Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ripstone Publishing What I Paid: $9.37 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: I enjoyed Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics. Based on a table-top game, this is a turn-based 4 member squad warfare simulator with your elite (and ethnically diverse) team infiltrating…
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Agent Walker: Secret Agent (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This is a surprisingly violent Artifex Mundi Hidden Object game. It departs little from the typical formula for these games, but several puzzles involve guns and violence,…
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A Day Without Me (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: indie.io What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. Game-Breaking Bug. Very Short. What I Say: This is surely a pre-alpha concept demo inadvertently released as a “game”. Super low rez graphics. Aimless wandering around. Not only a game-breaking bug, but…
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A Lost Note (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: 404 Games What I Paid: $1.99 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: You are a cat. You walk around several barely different environments (they all have much the same low resolution sparse emptiness but have different…
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Big Adventure: Trip To Europe 4 Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Ocean Media publish many Hidden Object games. This is but one of them. Clearly they must be popular, as the series goes up to at least 5.…
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Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Artifex Mundi publish many, many hidden object puzzle games. This one is Christmas-themed, which makes it even more syrupy and cheesy than usual. Santa’s voice has been…
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9th Dawn III (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Valorware What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Normally the death-knell for any game is to mention the word “mobile”. Combine this with “solo developer” and you quickly develop a sense of dread. NOT SO for…
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The Case of the Golden Idol (Microsoft Xbox Series X)
Publisher: Playstack What I Paid: GamePass Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Look at and examine the images carefully. Read the text carefully. Slowly unravel the mystery of the Golden Idol. The graphics may not be state of…