Lackluster presentation and performance issues on Switch and PC
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Your aim in Mr. Shifty is to make your way gradually up the world's most secure facility. You are quite literally making your way up, several floors at a time, taking down enemies and avoiding to take any damage at all.Played from a top down...
With the Nintendo Switch just under two months old, it's been great to have a steady amount of quality indie titles release for the console. Mr. Shifty just so happens to be one of those games. The premise is pretty straight forward. You play as a...
Mr. Shifty is immediately reminiscent of Hotline Miami. Shift into a room, punch Mr. Mc Pistolman twice, shift out before his friend can get a bead on you. Repeat until...
There's not enough substance to Mr. Shifty to leave a lasting impression, but the moment-to-moment gameplay is certainly enough to get your blood pumping for a bit. In this case, that was certainly enough for...
Mr. Shifty is a top-down action game that has you infiltrating the base of Chairman Stone, a man that has shady ties to the underworld and is in possession of ‘Mega Plutonium'. Your goal as Mr. Shifty is to make your way through over 100 levels that...
Mr. Shifty knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat yet tentatively conserved all the same. Whether it’s using that last crucial shift or dealing with enemies in a frantic manner, the basic premise masks a surprising strategic depth. While its lack of challenge in the early parts, not to mention the somewhat disappointing length of its total run-time, may feel underwhelming, don’t let the bare, stripped-back design of its environments fool you.
Mr Shifty makes an incredibly strong first impression with its unique teleporting twist on top-down brawling action. But it's a game that overstays its welcome, with a dry well of ideas that struggle to evolve past their basic premise.Mr Shifty was...
Mr. Shifty is fast-paced and challenging. Its intense level design and soundtrack will have your heart pumping. Parts of the game, including the story, will leave you wanting more, but that is because the bits of it you get are solid and...
Mr. Shifty's influences are easy to identify. In one sentence, it's "Hotline Miami meets that opening Nightcrawler sequence in X-Men sequel film X2. " It's high-concept, but Mr. Shifty lives up to the expectations that description might instill.You play...
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