Review: Baseball Riot (Nintendo Switch)

Help Gabe Carpaccio take vengeance on the unholy alliance of his former team and a corrupt energy drink manufacturer, Explodz Inc.

Pros:

• Hand drawn cartoon graphics.
• Gameplay is a physics puzzle game. You hit a baseball at enemies, Bouncing the balls of the walls and floor.
• 55.6MB Download size.
• Opening tutorial.
• Simple easy to use controls. Aim with the stick and press A to fire.
• Touchscreen support for controls and menu.
• Great time waster.
• Sensitivity slider.
• Really easy to get into.
• Collect stars in a level to unlock further levels.
• Bonus optional side mission for the area to earn bonus stars.
• Earn extra balls in the game.
• Literally 100’s of levels. Each square if the map has a dozen or so levels in each. And with a load of squares, You won’t be finishing this game anytime soon.
• Many enemy types bringing a more puzzle feel to the game. Some enemies can only be hit from behind as well as other enemies who can catch the ball.
• Precise aiming bar.
• Multiple save slot support.
• Clever level design.
• Humour throughout.
• Addictive.
• Full stats screen complete with time played and levels won/lost.
• Over 100 levels.
• Can replay levels.

Cons:

• Repetitive gameplay.
• Three starring levels is kind of a non-starter as it is not that important.
• Feels like a missed trick to not have ball powerups for yourself.
• Difficulty spikes.
• Proper online leaderboards would at least add more competition to it all.