Indie

Tis the season! Not much going on here at GamesReviews.com at the moment because of the holiday, but we wanted to wish you all a happy holiday and give you a preview of what you might find next week on the site! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our readers. No matter what you celebrate (or don’t), we are grateful for each and every one of you. We don’t have much planned for the rest of this week but…

If you read our review-in-progress of Chained Echoes, then you already know how impressed we are by Chained Echoes. What about our final review though? What score would we give this game? Let’s find out in our full review of Chained Echoes for the Nintendo Switch! Chained Echoes is an epic 2D rpg set in a kingdom once torn apart by war and now trying to put itself back together. Of course, outside forces want to stop that. Our heroes…

Broken Universe Tower Defense is what it sounds like: a tower defense game. Add in a raccoon and you get a cartoon-y tower defense game for the Xbox Series. Is it any good? Broken Universe Tower Defense features a racoon who trying to fix a broken universe. The story is quick and okay, but once the game gets going, it doesn’t really matter. The tower defense gameplay is the focus here. There are a lot of levels and different objects…

Aka is a game about a red panda who was solider and decides to retire from war. He goes to retire to a small island and the player gets put into a world where they can do whatever they want.  Is Aka a good game? Let’s find out! Here’s our review of Aka for the Nintendo Switch. Aka is about a red panda who retires from war and goes to live on a small island. There he finds a peaceful…

Lil Gator Game is all about play. Set a gator kid loose on a big island full of animal friends who just need your help defeating pretend monsters, pots, or fetching things for them. Is Lil Gator Game fun? Check out our review of Lil Gator Game for the Nintendo Switch! In Lil Gator Game you play as an alligator child who wants to play with his big sister, but she’s way too busy being a grown up. So he…

I had heard about Eastward when it came out on the Nintendo Switch. I thought it looked like a really good game. But, as always, lots of other games came out and I forgot about it. Then, the game came to Xbox Game Pass. So now I’m finally playing the game and I have something thoughts on it. Let’s talk about Eastward! Eastward is an indie game where you play as John, a miner, and Sam, his adopted daughter. The…

Tanuki Sunset is a game about a raccoon who skateboards down Mario Kart-like tracks and visits a cool skateboard shop. It’s a pretty neat game, but is it a good game? Here is our review of Tanuki Sunset for the Xbox Series S! Tanuki Sunset is a skateboarding game featuring a raccoon that plays a bit more like Mario Kart than a regular skateboarding game. You don’t race against other players nor do you get to choose who you play.…

There was a brand new Indie World Showcase from Nintendo today! Check it out below and then come back here for some thoughts on it. Today’s Indie World Showcase was really good! A lot of games were shown and most of them looked excellent. Here are the ones that we were blown away by: Sports Story: The final game shown during the Showcase. We knew about Sports Story for awhile but had no idea when it was coming. Now we…

Live By the Sword: Tactics is a strategy rpg in the same vein as Mercenaries Saga and Final Fantasy Tactics. Who is this game for? Is it a good game? Here is our review of Live By the Sword: Tactics for the Xbox Series S! Live By the Sword: Tactics is a strategy rpg in the same vein of the Mercenaries Saga games. The story is very simplistic: two brothers band together with other heroes to try to solve their…

Lonesome Village isn’t what you think it is. Instead of an action/adventure game like Zelda, Lonesome Village is an adventure game with simulation and puzzle elements. Is it a good game though? Here is our review of Lonesome Village for the Nintendo Switch! Lonesome Village is a cozy adventure game where you rescue a town full of animals by solving puzzles in a massive tower. As you get more villagers for the town, things start to unlock like buying furniture,…