Kate Robinson
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SteamWorld Build is gratifying down to its very core, and its accessible city-building gameplay is broken up by a strategic and robust take on the Dig formula that lives up to a franchise known for its seamless design. The larger ambitions of Build occasionally cause cracks to form in its otherwise impeccably solid foundations, but these moments of instability are offset by a structurally sound experience that truly innovates on its respective genres.
There's a lot to talk about in just the first quarter of such a gargantuan game. The world design and attention to detail are stunning, strategic gameplay in both exploration and combat scenarios is sure to keep anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy settings engaged, and the writing is so good that even the EULA agreement is worth reading. I can't attest to the conclusion, but if Larian manages to keep this momentum throughout, it'll be hard to see Baldur’s Gate 3 as anything other than the definitive fantasy RPG for this generation.
So, is it worth getting Embr if you only have a Switch? As someone who has had experience testing games in pre-alpha states, I probably have a stronger tolerance to bugs than a casual player, but for the average player, a lot of these problems would be hard to stomach for long. that said, I could imagine this chaos being subsided to a degree in a friendly multiplayer setting where such issues can add to a hectic environment. And while there’s no other game on the Switch quite like Embr, the game is also on other, better-suited platforms. Overall, it’s probably worth waiting until a sale occurs or some of the major bugs are ironed out at the least, though be aware that some of these issues, such as the sluggish controls, are likely tied to the limitations of the Switch’s ageing hardware rather than the causation of annoying but fixable bugs.