Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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.hack//G.U. Last Recode (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment What I Paid: $34.95 Verdict: Not Shovelware. More than 100 hours. 100%ed it. What I Say: I broke my rule of never buying games unless they are 75% off or more for this game. I’d experienced…
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Alien Engine (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RandomSpin Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware What I Say: This is an incremental clicker game where you gradually build up an alien structure by simply clicking ‘A’. Clicking builds up cash for upgrades, including faster cash increments.…