| CGMagazine |
Cody Orme |
4.5 / 10 |
04-19-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is like Nightcrawler from X-men starred in a boring Hotline Miami ripoff. |
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| COGconnected |
Louis Stowe |
75 / 100 |
04-21-2017 |
All in all, Mr. Shifty was a lot of fun to play for the first few hours, but towards the end of the game it stopped introducing new challenges and started to stagnate. |
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| Critical Hit |
Alessandro Barbosa |
6.5 / 10 |
04-18-2017 |
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. |
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| Cubed3 |
Greg Giddens |
8 / 10 |
05-01-2017 |
Mr. Shifty’s shifting is one of the most satisfying and enjoyable combat mechanics ever conceived. Teleporting through offices, smashing furniture and enemies in a flurry of kicks and punches is a wonderful visual spectacle, as well as an adrenaline-fuelled treat. Allowing the story to take a back seat so the action leads the way certainly feels like the best move in this case, but there’s certainly some room for a more thought-out and quirky narrative. Meanwhile, some frustrating checkpoints can make the more frustrating fights that bit more annoying. |
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| Destructoid |
Peter Glagowski |
6 / 10 |
04-12-2017 |
While the combat may have some depth and the game is certainly tongue-in-cheek, it just doesn’t present enough new ideas to sustain itself. I think it’s worth a playthrough, but I don’t believe we’ll be talking about Mr. Shitfy for years to come. Just as quickly as Shifty himself enters and leaves a room, so too does this game enter and exit your mind. |
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| Digital Chumps |
Eric Layman |
6 / 10 |
05-07-2017 |
Mr. Shifty begins in the same place it ends; by punching a man through a window. Defenestration is appealing, especially when it’s preceded by short form teleportation, but the first instance is more gratifying than the last. Mr. Shifty deals in scale, quantity, and strategy in the wrong order, assuring its sharp edge dulls after an auspicious opening. |
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| Eurogamer |
Jeffrey Matulef |
Recommended |
04-13-2017 |
Mr. Shifty’s action-packed adventure about a teleporting hero offers a similar adrenaline high as Hotline Miami and Superhot. |
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| Expansive |
Ray Willmott |
7.5 / 10 |
04-16-2017 |
Mr Shifty is a fun, fast-paced experience, that stutters and stammers on Switch |
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| FingerGuns |
Sean Davies |
7 / 10 |
07-30-2017 |
Mr Shifty is an intense and gratifying experience that has its tongue pressed firmly into its cheek. It’s not quite on the same level as some of its contemporaries but it makes the most of what makes it unique and introduces new ideas from the ground floor to the penthouse. The occasional section of trial-and-error and the mountain-esque difficulty spike towards might be enough to make some players rage quit, but if you can push through the frustrations, there’s a funny, exhilarating game to be found underneath. |
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| FNintendo |
António Branquinho |
6 / 10 |
04-26-2017 |
While Mr. Shifty brings an interesting and fun gameplay, thanks to its mechanics that emphasize fun over everything else, it suffers from technical issues that can harm the overall game experience. |
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| Game Informer |
Javy Gwaltney |
5 / 10 |
04-12-2017 |
Mr. Shifty has a lot of potential, but is marred by technical issues and a dull endgame |
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| GameGrin |
Calum Parry |
8 / 10 |
06-09-2017 |
In contrast to Hotline Miami’s brutal difficulty, you’d think Mr Shifty would be Hotline-lite, but you’d be far from wrong as it can stand tall as being one of best top-down brawlers. |
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| GameMAG |
ACE |
5 / 10 |
04-16-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is a game with a great idea and an interesting first levels, which is sorely lacking variability and rebalancing of gameplay in the later stages. Repetitive interiors and almost endless waves of heavily armed enemies begin to disappoint in the middle of the game. Which is very sad. |
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| GameSpot |
James O’Connor |
8 / 10 |
04-17-2017 |
A scrappy underdog of a game that will send you on a short but glorious power trip. |
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| GameZone |
Steve Knauer |
7 / 10 |
05-04-2017 |
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 dead. |
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| GBAtemp |
Thomas Hugh |
8 / 10 |
04-12-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is a fantastic debut title from Team Shifty and a perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch. I look forward to seeing what the developers come up with next. |
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| Geeks Under Grace |
LJ Lowery |
5.7 / 10 |
04-17-2017 |
Mr. Shifty boasts some unique combat and gameplay elements that has the player getting creative throughout its 18 stages. Unfortunately, even with a cool comic book-inspired art style, the game feels plain. At a length of only 4 hours, players will likely teleport through this one and never come back. |
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| God is a Geek |
Andy Corrigan |
7.5 / 10 |
04-21-2017 |
A solid riff on Hotline Miami, but with its own, fun spin. |
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| Hardcore Gamer |
Jordan Helm |
4 / 5 stars |
04-20-2017 |
Mr. Shifty knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat yet tentatively conserved all the same. |
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| Hobby Consolas |
Alberto Lloret |
79 / 100 |
04-22-2017 |
It’s not as long or hard as Hotline Miami, but it manages to grab you until you finish it. Hooray for a well balanced dificulty. |
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| IGN |
Jose Otero |
6.2 / 10 |
04-25-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is an okay brawler that uses a stylish warping ability as a cool way to get the drop on unsuspecting foes. While it’s fun to smack down security goons with quick melee skills, the horrible framerate of the final act will test your patience. If you do endure and manage to drop the final boss, Mr. Shifty doesn’t present enough reasons to replay it. |
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| IGN Spain |
David Soriano |
5.5 / 10 |
04-19-2017 |
A failed attempt to copy the Hotline Miami formula. |
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| Kotaku |
Stephen Totilo |
Recommended |
04-14-2017 |
Mr. Shifty stands victorious. The carnage was anything but cute, but it sure was satisfying. |
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| Luis Alamilla |
Luis Alamilla |
7 / 10 |
04-12-2017 |
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| Metro GameCentral |
GameCentral |
5 / 10 |
04-18-2017 |
Arguably a better follow-up to Hotline Miami than its own sequel, but it wastes its best idea on repetitive action that lacks any substantial challenge. |
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| New Game Network |
Josh Hinke |
75 / 100 |
04-26-2017 |
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 me. |
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| Nexus |
Andrew Logue |
8 / 10 |
04-17-2017 |
Mr. Shifty often feels like a low-violence, puzzle-oriented, super-powered version of Hotline Miami. At its very best, it captures the stop-start flow of the original Hotline Miami — observe, plan, and then engage in a glorious display of speed, skill, and violence. |
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| Nintendo Enthusiast |
Elia Pales |
6.5 / 10 |
04-20-2017 |
Mr. Shifty reminded me a whole lot of Hotline Miami when I first played it. I came away from my E3 demo amazed. Developer Team Shifty took the exemplary gameplay from Hotline Miami, tweaked a few things, added a new warping ability to the character to make the game unique, and ported the game to Nintendo Switch. Surely, this would be an excellent indie release on Nintendo’s newest platform? |
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| Nintendo Life |
Ron DelVillano |
5 / 10 |
04-21-2017 |
We want it to be clear that the version we played for this review was the full Switch eShop release. We’ve been told that the game runs much smoother on PC in the launch period, so you might want to make that your platform of choice if you want to check this one out – and honestly, you should. There’s nothing groundbreaking to be found here, but it’s a decent game with interesting ideas that unfortunately aren’t fully fleshed out. We just can’t fully recommend the Switch version in its initial form, and it’s disappointing that this one falls under the category of games released in a sub-par state that leave owners hoping that promised updates will save the day. |
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| NintendoWorldReport |
Neal Ronaghan |
7.5 / 10 |
04-12-2017 |
Shifty is a straightforward, focused caper with little fluff that will last you a few hours as you climb through 18 stages. What it lacks in length its makes up for with a dynamite gameplay hook. Teleporting is incredibly neat and opens up a lot of daring and rewarding circumstances where you can mow down foes. As long as you can overlook the handful of moments where the combat isn’t the focus, Mr. Shifty is a great addition to the young Switch eShop. |
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| Paste Magazine |
Jeremy Winslow |
7 / 10 |
05-03-2017 |
In quintessential evil villain fashion, what awaits you is a face-off to see who will be the only one to survive. Soon the credits roll, the overflowing confidence and braggadocio rapidly disperse, and you’re left with an overwhelming disappointment that you’re not actually as powerful as Mr. Shifty. And you never will be. But at least you had fun pretending to be. |
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| PC Gamer |
Shaun Prescott |
70 / 100 |
04-21-2017 |
A blissfully fluid action game with a compelling twist, let down occasionally by tedious encounters. |
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| PS4Blog.net |
EdEN |
8.5 / 10 |
04-19-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is a very fun and fast-paced Nintendo Switch release with plenty of content to enjoy. You’re looking at around 4-7 hours to finish the whole thing depending on skill, which makes its $14.99 price tag feel right on target. The only thing I could complain about is a couple of rooms in which the game suffered from some considerable slowdown when the area was too crowded, as well as the one time the game crashed on me. Luckily it was at the start of the final stage, so I just hit continue on the main screen and was back in action. tinyBuild has already said that Team Shifty will be working on a patch for the game to solve this, but rest assured it’s certainly not a deal-breaker as the game is very playable and entertaining in its current itineration. |
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| Rectify Gaming |
Adam Ferrero |
8.5 / 10 |
04-17-2017 |
it’s all the arcade beat-em-up fun the 90’s version of you could have asked for, without the need for hand sanitizer after. |
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| Sirus Gaming |
Hansoy Jurado |
6.5 / 10 |
07-23-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is a game you’d play whenever you are bored or you just got no other game to play anymore. If you just wanna get those braincells working, give it a GO for this game. |
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| TechRaptor |
Perry Ruhland |
5 / 10 |
05-09-2017 |
Bland, inoffensive, and instantly forgettable |
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| The Outerhaven Productions |
Keith Mitchell |
4 / 5 stars |
04-13-2017 |
All in all, Mr. Shifty is easily one of the better games I’ve played in a while. And that’s nice to see in a gaming industry that includes AAA, billion dollar to make games. It’s simply, it’s fast, tight controls and more importantly, it’s fun. The very first time I played this game, I clocked in 3 hours, without even knowing it. |
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| TheXboxHub |
Trysten Schlottmann |
4 / 5 stars |
08-08-2017 |
Mr. Shifty is a great game that has a need for some TLC to get it into shape. |
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| Thumbsticks |
Thumbsticks |
3 / 5 stars |
04-20-2017 |
You’ll have a cathartic blast with Mr Shifty, but your adrenal gland will have been worn out before you see the credits roll, and just like its titular hero, it doesn’t stay with you for long. |
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| TrueAchievements |
Cindy Minguez |
4 / 5 stars |
08-29-2017 |
All in all, Mr. Shifty is a real blast to play, and anyone who enjoys arcade action should consider giving it a try. |
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| VGChartz |
Evan Norris |
Recommended |
04-13-2017 |
Mr. Shifty might be short on content and looks, but its teleportation mechanic is so satisfying that it’s easy to look past any shortcomings and concentrate on its fast and frenetic combat. |
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| Video Chums |
A.J. Maciejewski |
5.5 / 10 |
04-17-2017 |
Mr. Shifty has a promising gimmick but the fact that you can easily exploit it makes it far too easy and tedious. |
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