Review: Letter Quest Remastered (Nintendo Switch)

The grim reapers, Grimm and Rose, need your help to defeat a legion of monsters, ghosts, and evil bunnies using the power of words.

Pros:

• Cartoon hand-drawn graphics.
• 154MB download size.
• 3 Save slots.
• Two modes-Story mode and endless mode.
• Full stats screen.
• World map level select.
• Touchscreen support.
• Can replay levels.
• Every stage has 4 stars. 1 star for progress,2 and 3 for challenges and 4th star is an uber tough challenge.
• Simple controls.
• Crystals are your currency and can be earned by defeating enemies and finishing challenges.
• Comic book style story cutscenes.
• Mini-game that is like Hangman, Have a set amount of guesses at letters and guess the word correctly for bonus crystals.
• Fits the “On the go” mentality.
• Quests- 3 challenges that change upon completion and grant crystal bonuses. An example of a quest is score a word of 4 letters 5 times.
• Spell words from given letters to attack enemies. The longer the word the more damage you do.
• Selection of game-changing tiles. Ones like corrupted where the tile cannot be used or upside down tiles.
• Boss fights.
• You can pay a price to skip quests if you like.
• Store-Buy upgrades, potions, new weapons, characters and new tiles.
• Click on monsters to read bio, weaknesses, and health.
• Help section.
• Six areas to unlock and play through.
• Can rebind controls.
• Pick up and play.
• Easily accessible.
• Get word definitions.

Cons:

• No online leaderboard support.
• Doesn’t always recognize newer words.
• No multiplayer support in any way.
• Text can get a bit small.
• Difficulty spikes.