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Switch Ports you should avoid

Work in progress... These won't all be terrible ports but certainly not good enough ones. let's begin with the metro 2033 and last light ports. While these are very good games the dynamic lighting is completely absent from these ports (understandably so, the Switch doesn't have the processing grunt of the 360/ps3 era).The downgraded visuals just aren't good enough without that lighting: robbing the game of its ambiance and atmosphere, even on the small screen. Demon Turf: this is a small indie game so it's probably unfair to bad mouth this game for it's bad draw distance but it bugs me. The control isn't great either, the biggest problem with the game is the infuriating checkpoint system. I have a soft spot for 3D platformers and 3D enviroments with 2D sprite characters too, so the fact that i still didn't like this really says something. This is mostly a dislike of the game itself, then the port but I'm not putting more money into this game to find

Keith Courage in Alpha Zones

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It’s become popular to hate on this game, I’m not really sure why. The worst you can say about this game is it only pretty good. It has nice graphics, good music and it’s gameplay is fun. Good but definitely not great. You can’t do much better on the turbo for $15 these days. If you’re wondering why this isn’t on the mini consoles it’s because this was based on an anime license in Japan. With all the praise crap like dungeon explorer and legendary axe get its mystifying why people don’t like this, maybe my nostalgia is skewing my opinion but I highly recommend this game. Pro tip: you have to grind for coins, any time any enemy drops one back track until they respawn and they’ll drop a second coin when you dispatch them (from the second Keith level on). While it’s not on the same level as the best action games for the TG16 (ninja spirit, the bonks) give it a try, it’s much more enjoyable than these other reviews give it credit for. B Retro Raider