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Arise: A Simple Story – Definitive Edition
Arise initially appears to be a cute indie platformer from Barcelona based developer Piccolo. Originally released in 2019, it has recently made its debut on the Switch, where a few longer-than-expected load times aside it makes a solid fit. With some interesting time-based mechanics, you guide an old man through an edited highlight reel of…
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Headland
Headland is an action-adventure title originally released as a mobile game at the end of 2020 and now available on the Nintendo Switch. You play a young boy who escapes into a daydream with his robot friend, only to have his robot’s imagination stolen (we’ll get to it) and with it his ability to manipulate…
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The Lightbringer
Puzzle-Platformers have been a staple genre of video-games since the first cartridges crawled out of the primordial ooze, and Rock Square Thunder’s 2021 offering, The Lightbringer, seems on the surface to be a solid example of the genre. Playing through its relatively short run time, however, left me distinctly aware of the evolution and innovation…
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Haven Park
The easiest way to sum up Haven Park would be “offline Animal Crossing”. Three words that pretty much tell you everything you need to know about Fabien Weibel’s little game, down to whether or not you think it’s something you’ll enjoy spending a few hours on. I’m not sure it’s entirely fair, as this game…
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Xuan Yuan Sword 7
Xuan-Yuan Sword 7 (XYS7) is the latest in a thirty-one year old series of RPGs based on early Chinese history and mythology. While long established in its home market the series has only recently begun to be translated and distributed in the West, with spin-off title The Gate of Firmament releasing in 2016. Unfortunately, while…
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Tails of Iron
UPDATE 30th November: Tails of Iron has received a large content update, which is now available to download. Rather than produce a separate piece, we have added our own DLC to the end of the review giving our thoughts on the new additions to the game. Feel free to read the full review, or if…
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Golf Club: Wasteland
Golf Club: Wasteland is a strangely compelling experience. I found the gameplay frustrating, yet your protagonist isn’t playing golf through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Earth to “win”, and to get the most from this game neither should you. At a Glance Scores Visuals 7 /10 Sound 10 /10 Gameplay 5 /10 Overall 7…
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Minute of Islands
Minute of Islands is a narrative-focused puzzle-platformer from German developer Studio Fizbin. You play as Mo, an engineer of sorts, who wakes one day in her underground hideout to a worrying quiet- the machines have gone silent. From here you guide her exploration of a post-apocalyptic archipelago on a mission to wake the giants who…
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WitchSpring3 [Re:Fine]
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WitchSpring3 is the third of a long running series of mobile games, and the first to come across to the Switch. Originally released in October 2017 for mobile and ported to the Switch in late 2020 for Korean and Japanese markets, the English translation and western release arrived in August of this year. To what…
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Cris Tales
Cris Tales, a tribute to classic JRPGs from Columbian developer Dreams Uncorporated, is a game that I find myself wanting to like more than I do. Instead I’m left somewhat unsure of who the game is for. The nostalgia factor seems designed to attract those raised on the early Final Fantasy games of the late…
