Yeah, we went there. We’re still likely years away from a Final Fantasy XVI, but that doesn’t stop us fantasising (hah) about it on this week’s podcast! More practically, we discuss some of the amazing indie games released on the Nintendo Switch in recent weeks. With all the hype behind…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. There have been some truly standout indie titles on the Switch. Nintendo has clearly been branching out by more readily allowing more mature games on the eShop ranging from Gal*Gun to having shooters like Wolfenstein II and DOOM attract a whole new target market for the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We all know what we’re getting from Kemco JRPGs by now, right? We all know that they’re micro-budget games with presentation that makes RPG Maker titles look like masterpieces by comparison. That in itself doesn’t need to be a bad thing, but most of Kemco’s games,…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Thinking back to Super Mario Odyssey’s performance on the Nintendo stage at this year’s E3, it was always going to be an incredible, theatrical masterpiece. When its trailer opened with a rampaging tyrannosaurus rex before shifting into the relentlessly upbeat strains of Jump Up, Super Star…
Read MoreReviews by Matt S. There’s a never-ending stream of games coming out on the Nintendo Switch at the moment. The big ones are obvious: Fire Emblem Warriors released last week. Mario Odyssey this week. But underneath those big releases are so many games from independent developers that it’s safe to…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Getting burnout as a consumer of games is a very real thing. You don’t have to be a games journalist to feel constantly overwhelmed by the stream of titles that gets churned out by big studios seemingly every other week. The Switch has had stellar support…
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Fire Emblem and Koei Tecmo’s Musou (Warriors) franchise have always been a perfect marriage. It’s just taken too long for the marriage to actually be consummated. I’m sure some might find the mix odd; after all, the Fire Emblem games are careful tactics titles while the Warriors games are pure…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. The Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the home of many quality titles from the more powerful PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, showing that all it takes is a little optimisation to make this console sing. One of the recent examples of that is Dragon Ball: Xenoverse…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L.Note: This Nintendo Switch release is actually two games in the one package. So we’ve reviewed both, and then the score at the bottom reflects the combined purchase. Brave Dungeon Brave Dungeon is a spinoff dungeon crawler developed by Japanese indie studio INSIDE SYSTEM, building on the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Taiwanese developer, Rayark, has carved out a real niche for itself as a specialist in rhythm games. Between its three main games – Cytus, Voez and Deemo – there’s a common thread in that they are all no-frills experiences that focus entirely on the point of…
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