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ICEY Switch NSP Free Download Romslab Take one look at the ever-growing library of Nintendo Switch eShop titles and the term ‘2D side-scrolling action game’ crops up more often than not. Nintendo Switch is already home to many and fans of the genre certainly have a great and extensive range to choose from. Developer FantaBlade Network adds its futuristic slasher ICEY into the mix and although the title won’t take more than a couple of play sessions to get through, its odd yet unique spin on the genre offers an experience that’s more than worth its asking price. You play as ICEY, a robot humanoid that wouldn’t look out of place in any sci-fi anime past or present. She’s armed with a sword, a hefty amount of agility and a distinct lack of speech. ROMSLAB.COM Best Switch Games

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The omnipresent voice you do hear in this game is the ‘developer’ who explains the goings on around ICEY, and it’s a voice you’ll need to get used to quickly as it’s there until the credits roll. It’s quickly made apparent that the main objectives here are to take down the evil and powerful ‘Judas’, defeat Judas’ mini-boss comrades and to try and piece together the reasoning behind ICEY’s existence in the process. Without the constant metacommentary, this title would easily fall into the bargain bin of cookie-cut sci-fi hack ‘n’ slashers out there. However, with the narrator continually bugging you to follow his every instruction and direction.

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It’s increasingly difficult to refrain from sticking two fingers up and going your own way – like when you were told to stay put at the shopping centre but couldn’t help but run off to go on your own adventures. When I first played ICEY on PS4, I was pretty excited to check out what people called the “indie 2D revengeance”. I love Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (LINK TO XBOX JP GAMES) and having played ICEY on PS4, it blended what I liked from it with the meta narrative style from The Stanley Parable quite nicely. The PS4 port was almost perfect with a few slowdowns and I was hoping to see this on some portable in the future when I reviewed it a year ago. Keen: One Girl Army Switch NSP

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The Switch has allowed this to become a reality and the port is excellent. When it comes to Switch specific features, while there isn’t HD Rumble the vibration feedback is great and this makes the finishing moves even more satisfying. Visually, things look great in both modes and the only complaint I have when it comes to looks is the game icon on the home screen. This isn’t a problem for most people but it looks out of place compared to many of the other nicer looking icons. Overall, ICEY on Switch is a great port. While I may sound like a broken record for wanting touch screen support for the UI, the real big missing feature here is video recording.

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Games like this that have you feeling like a badass in combat should have video recording so those special moments can be shared easily. I hope a future patch adds this. If you skipped ICEY before, this is a great way to experience it. ICEY plays brilliantly in both docked and portable modes. Plastered over the beautifully detailed high-tech backdrops – and forcefully pointed out by the narrator – there are glaringly obvious arrows showing the way towards Judas’ whereabouts. It’s push/pull factor of seeing these and hearing the narrator almost shout at you to go in the said direction that makes this title more about playing against the rules than rushing to the finish line. Wander off and he’ll get agitated. Kerbal Space Program PS5

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Get back on track and he’ll turn smug. It’s a nice touch and certainly makes the experience more immersive with a cleverly reactive voice constantly hovering over you explore deeper in. There’s hidden cash to help upgrade your move-set, humorous dialogue to be subjected to and other incentives (no spoilers here!) to tempt you away from the main story focus. This isn’t to say it’s all plain sailing, though. At various points, we find ourselves reaching for the option to turn the voice off entirely and instead opt for text only. Yes, the narrator does a thorough and often playful job of dishing out context to ICEY’s actions, but it does have a tendency to become irritating.

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The moment you start the game for the first time, you’ll think to yourself that there is absolutely nothing innovative in ICEY. The setting, despite boasting beautiful hand-drawn visuals, looks a lot like what you’ve seen in Nier: Automata, including the character design and the whole “desolate and abandoned world inhabited by machines” schtick . You’ll fight a few enemies and a boss in this initial section, just enough for you to get used to the controls and the slight input delay present in the combat. Despite this issue (which can usually be devastating in most games), the combat mechanics are still awesome, full of combos and possibilities for you to rack up a nice big score.

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The game will only really begin once you defeat the tutorial boss. It will basically revert back to the beginning of the level, with the difference being that this time around, a narrator accompanies you throughout the rest of the game, acting just like the narrator in The Stanley Parable. He basically tells the story in a way that encourages you to follow his orders, but you can pretty much disobey you as much as you want resulting in an increasingly irritated narrator who’ll proceed to break the fourth wall and… well, I don’t want to spoil what happens next. Let’s just say that the game has tons of different endings, all of them being pretty inventive and thought-provoking. Kid Ball Adventure Switch NSP

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