17/04/2024
Spear Master Nintendo Switch Review 7.5/10 "Worth a Chuck" 🏹 @OsarionGames #IndieGame #GameDev
As the Spear Master, you are guided by your father in the ways of the spear, through over one hundred levels, you – and up to three other players – will traverse the islands, popping the bubble threat that invades your lands.
Outer Terror Nintendo Switch Video Review 7/10 "A Set of Distorted Pixelated Nightmare Hellscapes" 📺 @VoxPopGames #IndieGame #GameDev
DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.
16/04/2024
West Hunt Nintendo Switch Review 6/10 🤠 @SnailGamesUSA #IndieGame #GameDev
11/04/2024
Bang On Balls - Chronicles Nintendo Switch Review 8/10 "a unique, content-packed, open-world sandbox adventure" 🚀🌌🌎 @bangonballs #IndieGame #GameDev
If so, then Bang-On Balls: Chronicles may be just what you need.
It is a unique, content-packed, open-world sandbox adventure that offers multiple elements such as combat, platforming, character customization, and a scavenger hunting experience.
05/04/2024
Saviorless Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster " A Beautiful Experience On My Creaking Switch" 📖 @jonomatusky #IndieGame #GameDev
In Saviorless Rich embarks on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons. The seasoned narrator has shared this story countless times, yet none have graced the miraculous land. Can you seize your narrative and ascend as a Savior?
22/03/2024
Berserk Boy Nintendo Switch Review 9/10 "It pretty much hits the bullseye." ⚡️ @BerserkBoyGame #indieGame #GameDev
The backstory is your basic mad scientist fare, where the bad guy wants to use Dark Energy powers to take over the world. You play as Kei, young soldier who meets a talking owl called Fiore, who leads you to a strange orb which grants you powers and abilities and the adventure begins.
Gameplay-wise we're very much in Mega Man territory, with the classic Metroidvania tropes of defeating enemies while exploring the map, using new abilities to unlock areas and so on. But this isn't just exploration - as you unlock new abilities you find yourself able to chain multiple attacks together in order to build up your Berserk meter, which lets you really let rip with special attacks.
As you beat the various bosses, you can unlock different transformations for Kei. Each defeated boss gives you a new way to smash through levels, whether it's digging tunnels, flying or even locking on to multiple enemies at once. You also build up currency that lets you use new abilities for each transformation, so there's a sense of progression throughout too.
If I had to find a drawback, it's that the game isn't massively challenging, although you can select the Retro difficulty level at the start, which gives you the traditional limited lives, so when it's game over it really is game over, whereas the modern setting is unlimited lives and you just get kicked back to the last checkpoint. This is nowhere near a dealbreaker though, as the game is just so much fun.
16/03/2024
Speed Or Death Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster Gameplay 🏎️💨 ☠️ #IndieGame #GameDev @Dolores_Ent
Rich jumps in the driving seat to play Speed or Death where he will need to cross a city infested with enormous monsters, dodge the fiery breath of a dragon, find how to escape an alien invasion... all without getting eaten by a worm.This is Speed or Death, a frenzied racing game where the most important thing isn’t reaching the finish line, but surviving the chaos around you. Unlock the different cars and live to tell the tale another day. What apocalypse shall we race through today?
12/03/2024
AdventureQuest 8 Bit: Dungeons & DoomKnights | Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster🐉 @ArtixKrieger #IndieGame #GameDev
Can Rich defeat the DoomKnight and his army of the evil undead? Explore a huge world and battle vampires, ghosts, deathknights, liches, ancient evils, giant flying eyeballs, chicken cows... and other unspeakable horrors in this retro gaming delight.
🕹️ GAME LINK: 🔗 https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/AdventureQuest-8-Bit-Dungeons-Doomknights-2506693.html
11/03/2024
Fearmonium Nintendo Switch Gameplay | Ten Minute Taster 🧠 @RBSpade @RatalaikaGames @pr_hound #GameDev #IndieGame
06/03/2024
A Void Hope Nintendo Switch Review 8.5/10 "An enchantingly melancholic game with a world class soundtrack" 🌲👻🌳 @EldenPixels #IndieGame #GameDev
The team that brought us Alwa’s Legacy and Alwa’s Awakening has returned with A Void Hope, a 2D narrative adventure with a soundtrack provided courtesy of the monolithic skills of Waveshaper.
The game begins with a short prologue that sets the scene; a couple exist in a world where people are becoming ‘empty’, which is to say they slowly lose their memories, before becoming ghostly, wandering figures that ‘haunt’ the city. Whilst the female is the main character of the prologue, the narrative soon focuses on the male, who begins in a forest cabin and must make his way through the city to find out what has happened to his partner, before his memories completely elude him and he becomes one of the empty.
05/03/2024
Top Racer Collection | Nintendo Switch Gameplay "Zooom Like it's 1992!" 🏎️💨 @qubytegames #RetroGames #RetroGaming
QOMP2 | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster Gameplay | "Twisted Pong!" 🪩 @atari
Rich gets his head around this PONG inspired mashup of a game called QOMP2. An artful reimagining of Pong. Control a Pong ball aching to break free of its life stuck between two paddles. Explore a dangerous, minimalist world, armed with simple two button controls.
26/02/2024
Persona 5 Tactica Nintendo Switch Review 8.5/10 “Let me in your heart again” 👦👧 @Atlus_West #Persona5 @TransvaalGF
Luckily, I have been a huge fan of Persona and the Megami Tensei series as a whole since the PlayStation 2 era, so, just as everything seemed bleak - enter Persona 5, a game I had pre-ordered the special edition for, and it made me feel good. I spent 128 hours playing it with nothing but joy in my heart, it was the thing I needed - it wasn't just a distraction, it really felt like an old friend, and the story and the cast of characters really resonated with me, so every time this universe gets expanded, I’m always hopeful that special feeling will still be there.
23/02/2024
Golfinite Nintendo Switch Review 7.5/10 "A surprisingly moreish golf title" 🏌️♂️⛳️ #IndieGame #GameDev @pmurph0305
09/02/2024
The Monty Mole Collection Nintendo Switch Review 8/10 "Modern Monty Mole Maniacal Manoeuvring" 🐻❄️ @pixelgamesuk #GameDev #IndieGame
The 8-bit home computing platforming scene is something of a golden era to a lot of people. Filled with extremely challenging games, great music, and a very ‘British’ sense of humour (and social commentary).
Whilst I have played Monty Mole - many years ago - I associate the games more with Rob Hubbard’s astonishing score than the gameplay itself, and so I was keen to delve into this collection and experience them for the first time, on a modern system.
07/02/2024
Spider Heck Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster Gameplay 🕷️🕸️ @neverjamdev #GameDev #IndieGame
30/01/2024
Best Month Ever Nintendo Switch Review 6/10 "Looking for a unique game that stands out from the rest?" 🤰 @Klabater #IndieGame #GameDev
29/01/2024
Witch Rise Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster "I raise my wand and cast ye a spell!" 🧙♀️ @byJulianoLima #IndieGame #GameDev
Rich gets his wand out 🧙🏻♂️and makes his way through Witch Rise’s retro corridor shooter maze of pixel art madness. Beware of those pesky Bats 🦇 spinning you around in these corridors of doom and keep your eye 👀 on the compass 🧭.
24/01/2024
BIGBIG WON Unleashes the Ultimate Gaming Experience with its RAINBOW 2 Pro Translucent Frosted Wireless Controller 🎮 @BIGBIG_WON
BIGBIG WON have announced the release of their RAINBOW 2 Pro Wireless Gaming Controller. This controller is now available across multiple platforms including Windows PC, Xbox, PS4, Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch.
It's a competition grade controller that boasts an array of high-end features that cater to the needs of both hardcore gamers and casual gamers alike.
The RAINBOW 2 Pro is available for RRP £64.99 from Amazon UK and $64.99 on Amazon. It is also available as a combo with a charging dock, 3 sets of joystick caps and 2 sets of D-pad caps for RRP £79.99 on Amazon UK and $79.99 on Amazon.
23/01/2024
Uzzuzzu My Pet: Golf Dash (mini-review) Nintendo Switch 4/10 ⛳️ @RedDeer_Games #GameDev #IndieGame
Based on a popular South Korean franchise, Uzzuzzu My Pet: Golf Dash takes visual, stylistic and gameplay cues from What the Golf?
But it unfortunately fails to capture the charm and replayability that oozes from every pore of the game that it apes.