Getting There Slowly
HIGH Jumping off a cliff that’s too high.
LOW Oh good, time to cross the map for an important resource again.
WTF From the recipes, it appears that this bread is made from fish oil?
Tag: Nintendo
Burly Men At Sea Review
Scurvy Will Be Patched In Later
HIGH Beards
LOW None of the control schemes are particularly good
WTF Stop being so impulsive, Hasty Beard!
Darkest Dungeon (Switch) Review
Scary Hard… On The Eyes
HIGH Deep, satisfying combat. Stellar artwork. More difficulty options.
LOW It’s tough on the eyes in portable mode.
WTF Why doesn’t the DLC come standard with the base release?
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This Is Not A Review – Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (Switch)
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z. The subject of this installment: Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star, developed and published by Marvelous and played on Nintendo Switch.
Gorogoa Review
Perpetual Motion
HIGH Impressively intricate parts coming together in neat ways.
LOW Flipping between screens for long periods without finding a solution.
WTF I have absolutely no idea what the story is about.
Opus: The Day We Found Earth Review
A Mind, Forever Peering
HIGH Pleasantly compact and poignant.
LOW The planet location system is too vague and useless.
WTF I missed 40% of the content? Where was it?
Battle Chef Brigade Review
Eat, Slay, Love
HIGH A pitch-perfect rendition of Iron Chef as a fantasy RPG…
LOW …that I wish had gone further in the animation department
WTF How is this not already an animated series?
Poi: Explorer Edition Review
It’s-A Me… An Explorer!
HIGH The controls are satisfying.
LOW It’s all a bit generic.
WTF Why do we trust children do tackle such obstacles?
Doom Review (Switch)
Hell To Go
HIGH Doom on a handheld! And it’s okay!
LOW The font size is way too small for the Switch’s screen.
WTF I’m still distracted by the “demonic voice” sounding like Dr. Claw.
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