Game Builder Garage review | Nintendo Switch
63Game Builder Garage is going to inspire some truly fantastic creations. I was less than an hour into the experience when I first said “wow” out loud. It was during the first level tutorial, and I was almost aghast at the possibilities. That early creation is called “Tag Showdown” and it’s fairly rudimentary. But it’s the tools; the creation suite that had my jaw on the floor. They’ve thought of everything. No, seriously… everything. From the simplest of ideas such as changing the colours of characters in a two player mode so it’s not confusing. And then all the way to changing a respawn, or retry timer to balance things out. It’s remarkable.
Game Builder Garage is typically brilliant Nintendo, but it’s also frustrating when it comes to the online. The tools here are such that time will tell if it truly has legs. Without months of testing and a list of “best” levels to test out, I’m stuck here with my own creations and just a mind full of possibilities. The greatest compliment I can give, however, is that I genuinely had moments where I thought “this is the one that finally gets me”.
There’s been titles before, like LittleBigPlanet or Dreams that I respected and admired. But I always know that I’ll be a player, not a maker. The issue here is that if you’re not a maker, there’s limited fun based on the built-in lessons and challenges. The broader issue is that if you’re not getting online with communities, there’s no way for you to find other people’s creations. What you’re left with is a brilliant creation toolset full of the charm and wit you’d expect, but with no way to share it other than your Twitter feed. That said, I spent hours creating a football game with my son, and I don’t think I can say that about any other game.
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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Lessons on creation
2:23 - Smaller scale puzzles
3:10 - Tools for the job
4:05 - Online community
5:02 - Typically Nintendo
5:55 - The Verdict
6:07 - Outro Gameplay
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