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.
