Dead Ground

Deathground, from the independent studio Jaw Drop Games, builds on a solid foundation that undoubtedly offers a lot of fun when playing with friends, though it falls a bit short in single-player mode. If you have at least one friend, love survival games, and want something a little different, I can definitely recommend Deathground. If you’d like to enjoy this game solo, I’d recommend waiting a bit to see if the developers come up with a better-optimized single-player mode—preferably one that’s playable without an internet connection. However, if you can live with the fact that you can’t save your progress, pause the game, or that you’ll have to start completely over every time you quit, feel free to pick up Deathground. Just be prepared to set aside at least two hours for each mission. Seven and a half out of ten.

Games in recent years are becoming more of a hodge-podge of genres and that, in my opinion, is a good thing. Take Dead ground, for example, layout a tower defence game, spread it with an even layer of rogue-like and sprinkle it with a little bit of twin-stick shooter. Hmmm, tasty. In all fairness, though I do like developers to try new things and I commend them for doing so. These weird, risky decisions mainly come from the indie space of video gaming and that is why I like indie games so much. They are not afraid to push the proverbial boat out.

Since the Switch works very much like a tablet when in handheld mode it's not a surprise that a great number of tower defense games (ranging from great to meh) have come to the platform...