This classic-style JRPG has an excellent battle system – and invites favourable comparisons with Chrono Trigger.
Tag: Nintendo Switch
Review: Pato Box (Switch)
Yep, it’s a duck-based, film noir Punch-Out. Holy quack!
Review: Bomber Crew (Switch)
Don’t let its cutesy looks fool you – Bomber Crew is a hard-as-nails wartime experience.
Review: SpiritSphere DX (Switch)
It’s hockey crossed with Zelda and a dash of Street Fighter II – and it’s a lot of fun with a friend.
Review: The Banner Saga 2 (Switch)
The Banner Saga 2 improves on the battles of the previous game, but like the first one, it’s really all about the story.
Review: Pode (Switch)
Pode is a co-op Nintendo Switch game with a cutesy looks but fiendishly difficult puzzles. And you can hold hands. Awww.
Interview: Suda51 on Travis Strikes Again – No More Heroes
Superstar designer Suda51 told me all about Travis Strikes Again on Nintendo Switch, as well as remakes of Killer7 and Flower, Sun and Rain – and possibly Michigan: Report From Hell.
Review: West of Loathing (Switch)
Comedy stick-figure RPG West of Loathing has made its way over to Switch, with all the funny walks and googly-eyed horses intact. And it’s a absolute beaut.
Review: The Banner Saga (Switch)
Stoic’s beautifully written Nordic saga has finally found its way over to Switch, and the storytelling is as electric as ever.
Review: Super Chariot (Switch)
The ghost of your dad is badgering you to lug his coffin to a suitable burial spot. Welcome to one of the Switch’s most unusual and brilliant platformers.
Review: The Fall (Switch)
The Fall has been out for a while, but this eerie tale of an AI spacesuit on a desperate quest to save its ailing occupant has now found its way to Nintendo Switch. And it’s still really good.
Review: The Adventures of Elena Temple (Switch)
The Adventures of Elena Temple painstakingly recreates the feel of playing a game from the 1980s on a Game Boy or Apple II – complete with blurry bedroom backgrounds. Welcome to the new nostalgia.
State of Mind is a slick-looking low-poly thriller
State of Mind is a promising techno-thriller from point and click experts Daedalic Entertainment, with a distinctive low-poly look.
EGX Rezzed: first impressions
It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.
Review: Flinthook (Switch)
Who can resist the allure of becoming a gun-toting, hookshot-wielding space pirate? The Switch port of Flinthook might be the best yet, simply because you can take it with you everywhere.
Review: Last Day of June (Switch)
What if you could go back and change the past? Last Day of June is an intriguing game all about reclaiming a lost love, and fixing what went wrong.
Review: Clustertruck (Switch)
The Steam hit has crossed over to the Switch – and it’s lost none of it’s charm. Look out, the floor is lava!
Review: Toki Tori 2+ (Switch)
Don’t let the cutesy looks put you off – this game provides an ingenious challenge. And the Switch version has a few very welcome improvements.
Review: The Trail: Frontier Challenge (Switch)
The Trail from Peter Molyneux’s company 22cans has crossed over onto Nintendo Switch. But it’s still a mobile phone game at heart.
Spiffing Reads: Roman Numerals and Giant Beetles
This week: the definitive ruling on whether it should be Black Ops IIII or IV, a massive mushroom beetle is found in No Man’s Sky, a man plays Nintendo Switch using a 1986 pocket TV, and where it all went wrong for Atari.