A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: switch
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Infectious beats.
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What is a Metroidvania? [flings his wine glass aside] A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!
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Oh my god, I feel SO ninja right now.
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Image & Form have done it again.
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This Switch WipeOut-alike is frying my mind.
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Forget the Final Fantasy VII remake, let’s keep it old school.
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The JoyCons, by contrast, are a bunch of arse.
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This WiiWare classic is back and better than ever on Switch.
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Hold on, haven’t I played this before?
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It’s a mix of genetic implant pottery, psychological bartending and a great big dollop of conspiracy theory. Lovely.
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The N64 game, despite its crude polygons, holds up surprisingly well in this Switch port from Nightdive Studios.
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Review is this. Puzzler is good. Confused is reader. Game is genius. Baba is brilliant.
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A puzzler with hidden depths – but perhaps an offputting level of initial complexity.
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This is a game you watch, rather than play. And that’s fine if you’ve never seen the anime it’s based on – but if you have, get ready for some deja vu.
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A short but charming suburban adventure based on New Zealand folklore.
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The fourth in the underrated Momodora series from Brazilian developer Bombservice is packed with satisfying exploration.
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Forget bridge-building games – ski-gondola construction is far more fun. And hilarious.
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A compelling Metroidvania that’s also a love letter to the NES games of yore.
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Sundered makes its debut on Switch with a ton of new features. But how does it compare with its wonderful predecessor, Jotun?
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This spiritual successor to the venerable Wonder Boy series manages to massively improve on the games that inspired it.
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Twisted Pixel’s Xbox Live Arcade classic gets a new lease of life on Nintendo Switch.
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To celebrate the company’s birthday, here’s a classy collection of SNK classics with beautifully polished presentation.
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TowerFall makes it to the Switch with all of the content from the previous two games, as well as some cracking multiplayer options.
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The Gardens Between is bloomin’ marvellous. Buy it now!
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A minimalist puzzle game that’s perfect for playing on the subway. Or bus. Or plane. Or train. Or…
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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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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.
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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.
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Jotun has arrived on Nintendo Switch – so now you can slay beautifully hand-drawn Norse gods on the bus. Praise Odin the All-father!
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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.
A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME 