Indie

Cris Tales, an indie rpg, received an unexpected demo today on the Nintendo Switch eshop. I checked out and have some impressions below! Cris Tales is an indie rpg that borrows from the jrpg genre while also creating its own unique look and feel. The graphics in the Cris Tales demo are amazing. This game is beautiful! Everything has so much detail to it. The characters and environments are really great. Here’s hoping the full game continues to look this…

Nintendo had a Direct Mini today. Take a look at it and let us know what you think. The Nintendo Direct Mini today was pretty short and really didn’t show too much. What was your favorite announcement for this Direct Mini?…

Panzar Paladin is a 2D action/adventure/platformer thats coming to the Nintendo Switch next week! Are you excited about it?! You should be! Take one part Shovel Knight, one part Bloodstained Curse of the Moon and one hundred parts mech action and you’d sort of get an idea of what Panzar Paladin is all about. Next week, on July 21, Panzar Paladin is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The game is already listed in the Coming Soon section of the eshop!…

Banner of the Maid is strategy rpg thats coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 12, 2020. A new trailer has been released for the game! Please check it out and then come back to GamesReviews.com for some thoughts on Banner of the Maid. Banner of the Maid is a a strategy rpg that looks like Final Fantasy Tactics on the surface, but its not completely like that game. The graphics and the initial turn-based strategy in Banner of the…

CrossCode is an action adventure game coming to the Nintendo Switch this week! I’ve been playing it a bunch and now I’m ready to share my opinion of this game. Is CrossCode worth checking out? Here is my review! CrossCode is set in a fictional MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) world. Note: this game is not a real MMO but at times, you can be fooled. The main characters and the NPCs all make the world of CrossCode seem like a…

Do you like Contra? Do wish there was a new game like Contra where you could run and gun? What about Saturday Morning cartoons? What if there was a game that took Contra gameplay and Saturday Morning cartoons and fused them together? It might be Clash Force for the Nintendo Switch! But does Clash Force live up to that hype? Clash Force is going for a Saturday Morning cartoon vibe and its succeeds. Everything from the graphics to the gameplay…

E3 is dead, long live E3. Well, okay, E3 is dead this year. We don’t know if it’ll be back next year or not. What we do know is that some companies still want to show off their games. And so we got digital events this month. I want to talk about a couple of them!   There was no E3 this year but we did get several digital only events like Summer Games Fest, whatever IGN was doing, and…

Radio Squid for the Nintendo Switch is a shooter that just happens to star a squid. The concept is strange and unique but is the game fun? Let’s take a look! Radio Squid stars a squid thats shooting his or her way through multiple rooms in a very linear, yet cool take on the shooter genre. The story here is ok, but the gameplay is what you want to pay attention to. What makes Radio Squid cool? It has a…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water - Megaquarium's Freshwater Frenzy DLC is ready to take a serious bite out of your free time! Released in Fall 2018, Megaquarium is a wonderfully delightful sim/management game where the player builds their dream aquarium, while managing their food, staff, water quality and fish compatibility needs. While the base game focuses only on saltwater marine life, fans of river fish will be delighted to hear that freshwater frenzy (unsurprisingly) features an entire array of freshwater fish and habitats!

Summer in Mara is an adventure simulation indie game for the Nintendo Switch (also PC, and later, Xbox One and PlayStation 4). It wants to be Harvest Moon with a mix of Wind Waker and its own unique story. The question is…does it succeed? Is Summer in Mara a good game? Let’s find out in this review of Summer in Mara for the Nintendo Switch! Summer in Mara wants to be a great game. Its graphics and game play have…