Role-playing

Undermine is the latest game in what’s starting to feel like a flood of roguelikes (or really, ‘roguelites’) hitting the market.  While it’s not pushing the boundaries of innovation, it’s a polished experience and one that stands out in an increasingly crowded genre. The cadre of miners that the player controls get a pickax and bombs.  The pickax can be swung or thrown and to avoid damage, you can jump.  Jumping is what provides the crucial invincibility frames in a…

Nintendo had an Indie World Showcase video today. Check it out below and then please come back here for some thoughts on the Showcase! Wow! That was a really good Indie World Showcase. A lot of cool games were shown and some of them are coming out today! Spiritfarer and A Short Hike especially grabbed my attention and I will be getting those for my Switch later today for sure. I was also impressed by Hades, Hypnospace Outlaw (demo later…

Tomorrow, there will be a brand new Indie World Showcase for games coming to the Nintendo Switch! We have the details below. Nintendo announced on twitter today that there would be an Indie World Showcase tomorrow, August 18th. According to Nintendo, “The next #IndieWorld Showcase is headed your way! Tune in on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 9 a.m. PT for roughly 20 minutes of information on indie games coming to #NintendoSwitch.” 20 minutes! That could be a lot of indie…

Originally released for PS4 in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn is a blockbuster action RPG developed by Guerrilla Games. This Friday, August 7th, Horizon Zero Dawn PC Complete Edition will release and will be the first chance PC gamers will get to experience this truly exceptional game. It is a fairly rare occurrence for successful games that were previously PlayStation exclusives to make their way over to PC, and we should all be thankful that Horizon Zero Dawn is included in this list. 

Paper Mario: The Origami King is the latest entry in the long running RPG series. It is also the first of its kind to come to the Nintendo Switch. Is Paper Mario The Origami King a fun game or is it as paper thin as its hero? Time to find out once and for all. Welcome to our review of Paper Mario: The Origami King!

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?…

Thanks to Nintendo Canada, I’ve been playing Paper Mario: The Origami King. I have beaten the first big area, including the first two major bosses, and now I’m onto a brand new area. This article will not spoil any major plot points for the game, but if you don’t want to know anything at all about the Origami King, please don’t read on. I do talk about the game’s wonderful fishing mini-game and some other cool stuff. Paper Mario: The…

Paper Mario: The Origami King comes out tomorrow for the Nintendo Switch. Need more reason to be hyped for this game? Check out the Nintendo Treehouse Live footage from last week! Paper Mario: The Origami King comes out tomorrow (7/17) on the Nintendo Switch. We will have a preview article on the game this weekend and a review of it next week! I’m pretty excited for the game. If you remember, I gave Paper Mario: Color Splash a 10 out…

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…