A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Reviews
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Pode is a co-op Nintendo Switch game with a cutesy looks but fiendishly difficult puzzles. And you can hold hands. Awww.
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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.
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Hey look, it’s Zelda on Switch! Sort of.
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The follow-up to SteamWorld Dig gets a fancy new Switch edition with all DLC included. But how does it compare to its illustrious forebear?
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Wolfenstein II is not only one of the best games of 2017, it’s also weirdly contemporary for a game set in an alternative, Nazi-run 1960s America.
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VVVVVV – from the creator of indie classics like Super Hexagon and Tiny Heist – finally makes it to Switch. And it’s as wonderful as ever.
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If you’re after a Zelda-style game that’s all about the puzzles rather than the combat, Ittle Dew 2+ might be the Nintendo Switch title you’ve been waiting for.
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Perception is a rare example of narrative horror on Nintendo Switch, with the unique twist that you ‘see’ the world through the eyes (or rather, ears) of a blind person.
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Numantia is a rare example of a hex-based war strategy game on consoles, in which plucky Celts face off against the Roman empire. Think Asterix without the laughs.
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Something a bit different for the Nintendo Switch – a 1970s road trip along the Italian coast with fascinating conversations and multiple endings. And jazz fusion!
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With a deluge of independent games pouring into the Nintendo Switch eShop at a rapid rate, a quick look at the weekly releases makes you realize that publishers are trying to fill gaps in the library before someone else beats them to the punch. So far it has worked like gangbusters for most; sales have…
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When the best are busy, are these 88 heroes enough to keep YOU busy?
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The Switch eShop has been filling up with ports of indie games released on other platforms, and Inversus Deluxe makes its way to Switch after having been previously seen on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Steam. The game features a minimalist design and is easy to understand just by watching it for a few minutes. You play…
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Double Dragon, but with Romans. Wulverblade is a beautifully drawn old-school beat ’em up for Nintendo Switch.
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Things are getting busy here on A Most Agreeable Pastime. We’ve got a cupboard stuffed full of brilliant writers, but we’ve found that there are just too many games coming in for us to review. We need more help. Are you a writer? Do you want to review new games? If so, then get in…
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Spec Ops: the Line (Xbox 360) – This is actually the first time that Lucius and I have written something on the same game and honestly I couldn’t think of a better game to have two separate pieces about so if you haven’t already check out his. excellent and comprehensive review of Spec Ops: The Line from…
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Michigan: Report from Hell is the worst good game of all time. Wait you say, don’t you mean best worst game? No, I don’t and let me explain why. Michigan is full of far too many good ideas executed brilliantly for it to be a steaming pile of excrement. By the same token though, it…
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It had all gone wrong. After making my way through the cruise ship incognito, taking out my targets in silence in the process, I had finally reached the top deck where the remaining members of the Gator Gang, and their leader, were awaiting their execution. Disguised as a waiter, I had made my way to…
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“People, if you want to play this game and really enjoy it, expect your eyes to burn a little on Sundays, or when you’re driving by places of worship.” That’s the warning given by John DiMaggio, the voice behind Bender from Futurama and co-commentator on MadWorld (along with Greg Proops from Whose Line is it…
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Hurrah! Another game has been knocked from The Mantelpiece! They’re falling thick and fast… I’ve worked out that if I can manage to finish one game a week, I might be able to get to the end of my LIST OF SHAME in about six months. Not bad. Although seeing as there are some pretty…
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I think the title of this post pretty much sums it all up. If you’ve played Shadow of the Colossus, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, what the hell are you playing at? BUY THIS GAME NOW. (Or even better, get the shiny new HD remake for the PS3.) While you’re…
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Enslaved: Odyssey To The West becomes the second game to fall from The Mantelpiece – at this blistering rate I might even get to the end of my ‘List of Shame’ by Christmas! (Christmas 2015 that is.) Still, if all of the games on the list are as fun as this one, it’s going to…
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Assassin’s Creed II has the honour of being the first game to be knocked off The Mantelpiece and into the velvet-lined, taffeter-embroidered bin labelled ‘Games That I’ve Completed This Year’. A rather nasty head cold earlier this month meant I was rendered incapacitated and unable to work for two days, but these rather phlegmy days…
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