Baseball Riot

Push SquareSimon Fitzgerald

7/10

Baseball Riot is a sequel to the popular physics puzzler Tennis in the Face, however this time around you won't be serving the balls – you'll be striking them. You play as the ex-professional baseballer Gabe Carpaccio, who threw his whole career down the toilet when he became addicted to the energy drink known as Explodz. Now returning from his rehabilitation he is seeking revenge on anyone associated with the enticingly delicious sodas that ruined his bright future.

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

7/10

Baseball Riot is a humorous, physics-based puzzle game.

COGConnectedAlex Everatt

60/100

Another day, another Nintendo Switch port. This time around, we’ve got the 2-year-old game, Baseball Riot, from 10tons Ltd. arriving on Nintendo’s latest console. In fact, you might recall that we reviewed Baseball Riot for Xbox One last year and was less than impressed. If you’ve played previous ports of this game, then you might be disappointed to learn that there is absolutely nothing new added to this version – no new levels, amiibo support, online functionality or anything. Is this port a home run for the Nintendo Switch? Let’s take a look.

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

4/10

Overall then, Baseball Riot is more of the same from 10tons Ltd, only this time with added frustration and a whiff of staleness. Hardcore fans of their previous games will undoubtedly find some entertainment, but they’d be blinkered if they didn’t see Baseball Riot’s shortcomings, especially with regards to its broken Explodz container game mechanic.

More than anything, it’s the crushing lack of originally that really does let down Baseball Riot. I don’t think it’s that hard to do something original, even when sticking to proven ideas. Heck, Tennis to the Face did just that, and the lack of innovation from that game to this one makes Baseball Riot seem like a cheap cash in. And a cheap cash in on a cheap mobile-style game is not a good combination.