Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published November 15, 2024 · Updated June 3, 2025

Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast Review, Goblin Slayer arrives on consoles, from the hands of the original creators! Creator of the series Kumo Kagyu concocted the original concept and series composition; Noboru Kannatsuki, who also worked on Goblin Slayer, designed the main character for this new story set in the Four-Cornered World. In keeping with the style of the Goblin Slayer universe, the game is a tactical RPG where players will have to consider battlefield positions, specific unit abilities, and the weaknesses of their enemies.

Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
2.6GB download size.
20 save slots.
Japanese and English language choice.
Two game difficulties – Story and adventure.
JRPG gameplay.
Anime-style art cutscenes with voice.
Japanese voice.
Interactions are in-game and can be skipped or set to auto-scroll.
The tutorial game manual in the menu is available at any time.
Cutscenes and interactions are a mix of in-game and art avatars.
Isometric viewpoint.
Turn-based combat.
You can inspect enemies and learn weaknesses, etc.
A grid is shown and helps with aiming shots and knowing your movement allowance.
When doing attacks or certain actions, you can roll the dice to maybe make it stronger.
Each character has action points (AP), which dictate how many actions or attacks you can do.
The enemy turns are fast, the animations show them as sped up.
You can end your turn whenever you want.
Enemy health bars show above their heads.
Swap units is a simple button press to make it easier and faster.
If you have ever played an RPG or JRPG, then you will slide right into it; it’s very familiar and aligned with the genre.
Recruit and create your own party of adventurers.
Very much a 90s-style JRPG and one for enthusiasts.
Use the terrain and environment to your advantage.
The Story is good, but it is just so slow. The characters are memorable and well told, but the pacing is.
Storytelling is a mix of standard storytelling and a narrated choose-your-own-adventure style.
Full-party management for actions like gear, hiring, firing, along promotions.
Buy and sell gear and items with workshops and vendors.
You can upgrade weapons and gear with resources, materials, and cash.
The Guild is where you go to get main quests, normal quests, training quests, sub-quests, and sub-stories.
Each quest will show victory and defeat conditions, rewards, and any special requirements.
At times, you may have to do certain quests or finish X amount of them until the next story beat unlocks; either way, the Guild will tell you what needs to be done.
Before any combat, you get to prepare and save or load your game.
Traps are a big part, and you can place these before a battle or trigger enemy ones.
Once the game finally gets going, it is rewarding and deep, but it’s just a slog.

Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast Review Cons:

You cannot remap the controls.
There are not a lot of game options.
A slow starter with a huge story dump at the beginning, I’m talking a good 20 minutes of text.
You cannot actually skip the opening story dump. And in fact you cannot skip any of the interactions and cutscenes, and they are long and drawn out.
For some reason, my save never registered, and I had to rewatch all the opening story segments again.
No English voice choice.
The controls are fiddly and awkward.
It is a long time from the start until you have any mention of the game saving.
It’s not a game for traveling on public transport.
When getting story or character interactions you cannot save your game.
The tutorial pop-ups are more vague than helpful.
It took just over an hour until I could perform my first game save with no auto-save options.

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