Nintendo Switch News, Reviews, Videos, Opinions – Big Boss Battle (B3) Gaming News, Reviews & Opinions Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:05:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/29090054/cropped-B3-Fav-32x32.jpg Nintendo Switch News, Reviews, Videos, Opinions – Big Boss Battle (B3) 32 32 Neopets – Mega Mini Games Collection – The Neopian Arcade Odyssey – For the nostalgic, not the fans https://bigbossbattle.com/neopets-mega-mini-games-collection-the-neopian-arcade-odyssey-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/neopets-mega-mini-games-collection-the-neopian-arcade-odyssey-review/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:00:39 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=90984 Neopets is that nostalgic, internet website that I feel everyone my age played when they were a child. It’s a website that I feel like most people have heard of, if not for it’s strange past than for the forums and ways that the website was played. I actually still play Neopets daily – I’ve […]

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Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown Review – There’s Coffee in That Nebula https://bigbossbattle.com/star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown-review/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:00:21 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=90787 “There’s coffee in that nebula.” Few lines capture the spirit of Star Trek: Voyager quite like that one, and it’s a fitting starting point for Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, a strategy game that puts you in command of the legendary USS Voyager as it attempts the long and dangerous journey home across the […]

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Battle Puzzle 2048 Queens of the Abyss – Technically a Puzzle, but not fit for Royalty https://bigbossbattle.com/battle-puzzle-2048-queens-of-the-abyss-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/battle-puzzle-2048-queens-of-the-abyss-review/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:00:26 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89918 EpiXR Games is at it again with another technically playable game with little to no instruction. Battle Puzzle 2048 – Queens of the Abyss (By the grace of the editors, now shortened to BP2048) is a reimagining of the 2048 game everybody was obsessed with a few years ago. If, like me, you were somehow […]

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Zumba Marble Candy Rush – Sweet Surprise, or Gut Rot? https://bigbossbattle.com/zumba-marble-candy-rush-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/zumba-marble-candy-rush-review/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:30 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89910 I was a huge fan of the Zuma titles back when they first released, so when Zumba – Marble Candy Rush (ZMCR, please Ed?) crossed my desk I was excited — despite the obvious copycat behaviour. A good game is a good game, right? Even when the title is a smattering of buzzwords and search […]

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Capes – Crime Fighting Ain’t Pretty https://bigbossbattle.com/capes-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/capes-review/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=90077 Capes is a turn based strategy RPG set in a world not unlike ours. A shadowy corporation rules the streets, punishing those who try to do good whilst controlling the narrative and labelling them terrorists. The key difference? They have superpowers. Capes runs like XCOM without the extra gumph (this is no shade on XCOM, […]

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Everwarder – Not Quite a Glowing Success https://bigbossbattle.com/everwarder-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/everwarder-review/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:19:17 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=90306 I want to like Everwarder, I really do. If I had to give it a genre label, it would be tower-defense/rogue-like… It doesn’t quite capture what the game is about, but it’s the closest box I can find. Everwarder drew me in with its simple but charming pixel graphics and tinkly soundtrack, and kept me […]

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I Hate this Place – Strong words https://bigbossbattle.com/i-hate-this-place-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/i-hate-this-place-review/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:14 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=90085 This wouldn’t be so bad if melee was viable, but it’s unbelievably janky. Swinging your bat at enemies seems to damage them, but there’s little feedback, and the same is true of enemies attacking you. I thought I was holding off a giant spider well enough, only to realise in the aftermath that I’d lost ninety percent of my health.

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Street Racer Collection lacks the enthusiasm of its original idea https://bigbossbattle.com/street-racer-collection-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/street-racer-collection-review/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:00:40 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89264 Street Racer Collection on Xbox is a nostalgic throwback that revives Ubisoft’s quirky 1990’s kart-racing series, offering a bundle of chaotic, combat-heavy racing games that are fun in short bursts but uneven as a package. As a personal aside, I recently found some pictures of my walls from this era, and I was reminded that […]

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Dave the Diver is an exceptional adventure — but do darker themes linger beneath the surface? https://bigbossbattle.com/dave-the-diver-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/dave-the-diver-review/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:19 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89148 Dave the Diver on Xbox is a vibrant, genre-blending adventure that combines deep-sea exploration with restaurant management, delivering one of my favourite experiences of recent years. It’s colourful, funny, and packed with content — but beneath the humour and charm lies a more complicated theme: the ocean as a resource to be exploited, where almost […]

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Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch is an ambitious tactical roguelite https://bigbossbattle.com/lost-eidolons-veil-of-the-witch-review/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:00:22 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88437 Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch is a bold and atmospheric spin-off that reimagines the tactical RPG framework of its predecessor through a roguelite lens. Developed by Ocean Drive Studio, it trades the sprawling narrative and persistent campaign of Lost Eidolons for a leaner, more modular experience — one that’s built around iterative runs, strategic […]

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Grindstone – Gems, Guts, and yes, plenty of Grinding https://bigbossbattle.com/grindstone-review/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:00:34 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89898 Grindstone originally began life as an Apple Arcade exclusive back in 2019, then an Epic Games Store exclusive in 2022. It eventually landed on Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023, and by god I’m glad it did. I technically slept on this game for three years, until I finally mustered up the courage to grab […]

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Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a triumphant piece of 80’s nostalgia https://bigbossbattle.com/marvel-cosmic-invasion-review/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:00:35 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89170 Marvel Cosmic Invasion on Xbox is a vibrant, retro-inspired beat ’em up that combines the chaotic fun of classic arcade brawlers with a fresh tag-team mechanic, delivering a short, challenging and highly entertaining romp through the Marvel multiverse. Developed by Tribute Games and published by Dotemu, Marvel Cosmic Invasion follows in the footsteps of TMNT: […]

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Axis Football 2026 is a massive step forward for the series https://bigbossbattle.com/axis-football-2026-review/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:00:47 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88290 This is, by far, the best football game they’ve ever produced. Period.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Threads A Needle Through My Heart https://bigbossbattle.com/hollow-knight-silksong-review/ https://bigbossbattle.com/hollow-knight-silksong-review/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:57 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88352 Unlike a lot of games I play or review, it almost feels like Hollow Knight: Silksong requires no introduction. Its massively successful prequel, Hollow Knight, came out over seven years ago, and immediately impressed with its world building, sense of dread and despair, and most of all, its bone crunching difficulty. I didn’t catch onto […]

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Knight with Tactics – A Medieval Sliding “Puzzle” https://bigbossbattle.com/knight-with-tactics-review/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:00:49 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=89275 Knight with Tactics is listed as a “puzzle & trivia” game. If the trivia question is “how fast can you get 1000 gamerscore?” then I can advise the answer is approximately three minutes. Gameplay in Knight with Tactics takes the form of a sliding puzzle. You control a knight who can only move in the […]

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Powerwash Simulator 2 – Cleanin’ up https://bigbossbattle.com/powerwash-simulator-2-review/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:00:55 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88374 Other changes are minor, but welcome. You no longer need to buy soap if you want to use it. Instead you have a reserve that refills over time which means you don’t have to waste money on replacing it. This is nice considering soap really speeds up the cleaning process. In fact I did pretty much the whole game by soaping everything first as it almost always ensured no spots were missed.

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All Will Rise is a conversation-based card battler about avenging a murdered river https://bigbossbattle.com/all-will-rise-preview/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:48 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87140 When it comes to picking apart an enemy, or defending the indefensible, sometimes you have to change the battlefield in order to win. All Will Rise is a narrative courtroom deckbuilder that puts you at the helm of a team of idealists who are trying to challenge the law for the betterment of the public. […]

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Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition – Match 3 magic https://bigbossbattle.com/puzzle-quest-immortal-edition-review/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:00:53 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88037 One of the selling points of Puzzle Quest was that it was a match-3 puzzle game with an RPG style plot, and whilst it certainly has that, it’s pretty standard fantasy fare with you having to save the kingdom from an evil lord and their forces of darkness.

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Tiny Bookshop – Add it to your library https://bigbossbattle.com/tiny-bookshop-review/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:00:03 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87297 You need to pay attention to what sells in each venue, as this helps you determine what to put on your limited shelf space. Kids books tend to sell better at the beach, so making sure you have plenty on hand would be smart, whilst the pier tends to have more people looking for travel books. It’s a nice little feature that gives you a little more work to do than simply turning up and selling everything.

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Jackbox Party Pack 11 – New Games and a lot of fun https://bigbossbattle.com/jackbox-party-pack-11-review/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:04:23 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=88014 Jackbox Party Pack 11 has all new games in a variety of different forms which are fantastic to play with your friends. With ten party packs under their belt, for a total of thirty products on Steam, it was just a matter of times before they got around to Jackbox Party Pack 11. For those […]

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Ratatan – The Beat Goes on and on and on… https://bigbossbattle.com/ratatan-review/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:48 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87547 Ratatan is a rhythm roguelike that has you build a small army of cute musical creatures that react to your lead in a musical adventure to take down hordes of enemies, room by room, on the journey to find their goddess.  You can either take this journey on alone with your own personal army of […]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown offers turn-based cartoon combat in small slices https://bigbossbattle.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tactical-takedown-review/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:58 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87662 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a visually and mechanically striking reinterpretation of the TMNT formula. Rather than the arcade brawler that we’ve become used to, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is much more of a tactical skirmisher. Developed by indie studio Strange Scaffold and released on Xbox One, it’s the first turn-based […]

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Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar – Another lovely escape https://bigbossbattle.com/story-of-seasons-grand-bazaar-review/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:00:24 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87004 It is an incredible year. A new Rune Factory and a new Story of Seasons? Wonderful. The gist is that while there are some caveats, Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar is another lovely farming slash life simulator from the original creators of the genre, stuffed with charm and beauty.  It looks better than ever. Characters […]

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Discounty puts you at the helm of a supermarket franchise expanding into a new town https://bigbossbattle.com/discounty-review/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:00:16 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=86915 A month doesn’t pass by without some twist on retail simulation or slice of life city-to-town life releasing. Discounty takes you away from the big city, to a job in a town that’s been left behind by the world. Ah, that moment as you first arrive, full of hope, at a new town — one […]

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Dead by Daylight – The Walking Dead Chapter – All Hail Rebar Jim https://bigbossbattle.com/dead-by-daylight-the-walking-dead-chapter/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:00:38 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=87056 Dead by Daylight continues to churn out content, and as you may have read from my previous review of DbD and its Five Nights at Freddy’s chapter, I am a huge, huge fan of this franchise. I’ll do my best to set my bias aside in this review, because oh boy have we got a […]

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Foretales is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure with Upside! https://bigbossbattle.com/foretales-is-a-choose-your-own-adventure-with-upside/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:29 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=86482 Here at B3, we love a narrative adventure game with cute, anamorphic creatures and a divergent narrative. Foretales, developed by Alkemi and published by Dear Villagers, is one of those rare titles that manages to feel both narratively rich and mechanically tight. It’s a card-based adventure that leans heavily into storytelling, choice, and the consequences […]

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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping – Simply Quackers https://bigbossbattle.com/duck-detective-the-ghost-of-glamping-review/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:00:37 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=86303 Story-based adventure games have always been something that interests me. While I usually prefer to play more high octane shooters and others, there is always something very comforting about playing a game intended to be taken at a walking pace where you can truly soak in the story. Duck Detective is exactly this, and — […]

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Moorhuhn Kart 2 – Crazy Chicken, Crazy Physics https://bigbossbattle.com/moorhuhn-kart-2-review/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:53 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=86020 Moorhuhn Kart 2 – Or Crazy Chicken Kart 2, as it’s called outside of Germany — came to me after a conversation with a friend. They mentioned that Moorhuhn was very popular in the early 2000’s, and after some digging, I found some quite surprising deep lore about this funky looking chicken. Moorhuhn started life […]

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Nico Saves The State – And My Boredom https://bigbossbattle.com/nico-saves-the-state-review/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:53 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=86012 Nico Saves The State slid into my inbox this week, and it initially made me suck air between my teeth. I’ll be one of the first to admit that puzzle games, platformers and me usually don’t mix. I can rarely handle anything more complicated than Tomb Raider, and the number of times I’ve been left […]

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Old Skies – Time’s arrow https://bigbossbattle.com/old-skies-review/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:00:20 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85965 Wadjet Eye, a developer that any fan of pointing and clicking should keep close to their hearts and wallets, has returned with another gracefully told story about flawed humans. Old Skies is, it seems, a less flexible game than previous titles such as Unavowed — but that doesn’t make it a lesser experience. We have […]

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Sunderfolk – Sundertale? https://bigbossbattle.com/sunderfolk-review/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85876 Control works very nicely too, with everything being done on your phone screen. When moving, you drag your finger across your screen and you can see the path your character will take, following your finger around the hexes. It’s a little clunky at first, but doesn’t take long to get the hang of, though it is better on larger screens than smaller phones.

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Snowsquall Grip – Frostbite https://bigbossbattle.com/snowsquall-grip-frostbite/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:00:54 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85496 You can’t be away from a heat source for more than thirty seconds before your display starts getting distorted as you suffer from the effects of the weather. I can understand why this is done when the play area is so small, but trying to find a small item on the ground with a distorting screen is very irritating.

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Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is still one of the best management simulators ever (even on console) https://bigbossbattle.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-3-review/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:40 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85235 As far as remakes and remasters go, we’re now firmly into the realms of remasters of re-releases of remakes that often came out ten or more years ago. This concept is strange to me, since whilst I often feel like I’m still a spritely teenager, I often go on to realise that I am playing […]

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Moving Houses – Changing rooms https://bigbossbattle.com/moving-houses-changing-rooms/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:00:20 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85594 But then the house changed, with rooms being added and entirely new floors appearing. The first time this happened, I genuinely started second guessing myself and thought I simply hadn’t spotted that door, but then more and more turns up, and the friendly instructions become more passive aggressive, and then overtly aggressive.

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Centum – Actual Intelligence https://bigbossbattle.com/centum-review/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:00:36 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85370 I describe Centum as being more akin to a visual novel, as really there aren’t any serious puzzles to solve, inventory items to manage, or information to carry from area to area. This isn’t a knock on the game as it’s designed in this way, but if you’re looking into playing, it’s worth noting that the majority of the game won’t challenge your puzzle solving skills.

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Deep Deep Deep Nightmare – Charmingly Simplistic https://bigbossbattle.com/deep-deep-deep-nightmare-review/ Wed, 28 May 2025 13:00:32 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85613 If your parents were anything like mine then, as a kid, they used to tell you various little white lies that you can still remember even now. You know the ones: Don’t go swimming thirty minutes after you’ve eaten, carrots are good for your eyesight, it’s illegal to drive with the interior lights on in […]

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Monster Train 2 – To hell and back https://bigbossbattle.com/monster-train-2-review/ Thu, 22 May 2025 18:00:48 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85955 If you played the original, Monster Train 2 is more of that but with a few new twists. For the uninitiated though, your job is to complete eight fights on the way to the centre of heaven, picking up new cards and abilities between each battle. Battles take place in a carriage on your strangely vertical train. The lower three floors have space for monsters to defend the carriage, with your pyre on the top floor being the target of your enemies. Each round, new enemies will enter the train on the bottom floor, and you’ll play monster cards to hold them off, bolstered by spells to boost your power and directly attack enemies.

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CarGo! – Car Gone? https://bigbossbattle.com/cargo-review/ Wed, 07 May 2025 13:00:21 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85363 In CarGo!, you and your co-op buddies are tasked with delivering goods from location to location, with a goal of selling a product for profit. Make enough profit and you’ll earn stars that will unlock more levels for more silliness. You’ll drive to a venue, pick up an item, and deliver it somewhere else, which is as simple as it sounds until it isn’t.

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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a Sci-Fi Nightmare No-One Is Ready For https://bigbossbattle.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-review/ Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:16 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85237 I first became interested in I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream about ten years or so ago when it had its first re-release on Steam (having originally been released almost thirty years ago on MS-DOS). I didn’t persevere for very long when I played the game on Steam, but I love classic point-and-click […]

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The Backrooms 1998 – This makes me feel old https://bigbossbattle.com/the-backrooms-1998-review/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:00:16 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=85096 Lost and alone, you find yourself stalked by a horrifying monster that seems to link to your past. The only option is to solve the riddles within to try and find a way out alive.

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Warriors: Abyss – Dynastic https://bigbossbattle.com/warriors-abyss-review/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:00:08 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84852 When you complete a combat encounter, you’ll get to choose which path to take next, much like in Hades. Many of these will lead you to a tree which will allow you to form an alliance with one of your unlocked heroes. Each hero has a different set of emblems that will power up your chosen character for the remainder of the run. For example, Hanzo Hatori will improve your speed and evasion, whilst Zhang He can improve your ice attacks.

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Under Defeat – Helicopter hero https://bigbossbattle.com/under-defeat-review/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:00:14 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84730 At a glance, this appears to be a fairly by-the-numbers shooter. It does have a neat twist in that your helicopter can pivot. Now, this isn’t the only game to do this by a long shot, but it does play into the manoeuvrability of choppers, and allows you to aim your shots somewhat in a 180 degree arc in front of you.

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Luck be a Landlord – Spin to win! https://bigbossbattle.com/luck-be-a-landlord-review/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:00:03 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84668 Gameplay is somewhat like the more recent Ballionaire, with you getting a set number of spins in which to reach your target. After each spin, you get to add a new symbol to your reels so that you have a greater chance of winning big money. This isn’t a standard slot machine where you want to line up a row of 7s to score big though.

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The Thing: Remastered is a triumph that repairs the biggest flaw of the original https://bigbossbattle.com/the-thing-remastered-review/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:00:07 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84437 It’s been 22 years since The Thing released for PS2 & Xbox, which is actually longer than the time between the launch of the game and the movie that its story was based on: John Carpenter’s The Thing. When I heard that The Thing: Remastered was coming, I had to be the one to review […]

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Cursed Feed – Frightening footage? https://bigbossbattle.com/cursed-feed-review/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:05 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84390 The spooky scenes are a mixed bag. Some of them are some basic flickering lights or some blood trickling from the ceiling, which are fine, if generic. The interesting ones were when seemingly live-action footage was placed into the action. I really liked this, as it evoked campy horror games like The 7th Guest and Night Trap from years gone by.

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(Giveaway) Self-Delusion – Who are you kidding? https://bigbossbattle.com/self-delusion-review/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:15 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84256 Lena’s night in the cabin is split into hour-long segments, with each hour introducing a new monster. The monsters themselves are based on Slavic folklore, which is something I found enjoyable. Each creature features the tale that it’s based on, as well as a mechanic loosely based on that story.

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Doors: Paradox – Before The Room, there are Doors https://bigbossbattle.com/doors-paradox-review/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:00:26 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84263 Much more enjoyable were the puzzles. Each level presents you with a door floating in space. Your job is to find a way to open the door and move on. This should be simple enough, but every door has various points of interest around it, from simple things like cabinets to open and find new items, to computer screens that can be tampered with to reveal a secret code.

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The Fine Art of Murder – Let me paint you a picture https://bigbossbattle.com/the-fine-art-of-murder-review/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:29 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84250 The Fine Art of Murder works exactly as you’d expect a choice driven book to work. You’ll read a passage and sometimes be presented with a choice of what to do next. Some of these decisions have wider reaching consequences than others, but ultimately you’ll still end up in the same place, though with a slightly different ending.

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Dog Man: Mission Impawsible fully captures the energy and character of the comics https://bigbossbattle.com/dog-man-mission-impawsible-review/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:00:40 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=84432 I’ve been playing platforming games for most of my life and my daughter Robin loves Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man comic series. So, what could go wrong with the two of us giving Dog Man: Mission Impawsible a shot? As it turns out, not much. Dog Man: Mission Impawsible looks like a pretty barebones platformer when […]

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Fear the Spotlight – Stage fright https://bigbossbattle.com/fear-the-spotlight-review/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:48 +0000 https://bigbossbattle.com/?p=83972 You play as Vivian, a nerdy girl who volunteers at the school’s library. She and her rebellious wild-child friend Amy are breaking into that very library one night so they can perform a séance, something that Amy is keen to try out. Things obviously go awry and ghosts happen, resulting in Amy’s disappearance and Vivian attempting to find her through a twisted version of the school.

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