Short reviews so you can decide whether a game is worth your hard-earned cash.
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Publisher: Parallel Studio What I Paid: $2.40 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Disturbing and atmospheric. Based on the reading that I have done, this was originally conceived as a VR title. In that form, it must have been terrifying…
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Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Here we are with another Artifex Mundi hidden object game. The set-up for this story is that two brothers are at war over magic and your son…
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Jigsaw Ice Princess (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Bigboot Studios What I Paid: $2.99 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Made by Unity Logo. What I Say: There hasn’t been a lot of effort put into this collection of Disney Frozen generic ice princess jigsaw puzzles. There are 45…
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Faces of Illusion: The Twin Phantoms (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.19 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Game-Breaking Bug. What I Say: On the face of it, this is simply another Artifex Mundi Hidden Object game. You are tasked with investigating the kidnapping of a theatre star…
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Galaxy Mania (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RuWaMo Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. Asset Flip. What I Say: Galaxy Mania (release date 27-July-2024) is an asset flip of Fantasy Saga Frenzy (release date 29-June-2024), so in the spirit of asset flipping, I’m just basically…
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Editor’s Hell – Newspaper Story (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: 404 Games What I Paid: $1.99 Verdict: Not Shovelware. Made with Unity Logo. What I Say: The premise sounds interesting: you have just taken over running a newspaper in a fictitious Eastern European country with a despotic ruler at…
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Cannon Dancer – Osman (Nintendo Switch)
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,…