Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

Critic reviews

• Nintendo Insider

  Alex Seedhouse · Aug 05, 2013

  8.0

  Dividing your attention between each alternates the gameplay scenario nicely, although overall there just isn’t enough to differentiate The Last Ranger from its predecessor. An entirely touch-geared control scheme will aggravate those fonder of button-based alternatives, whilst the repetitive three-day cycle for each will certainly prove tiresome to most.

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• IGN

  Lucas M. Thomas · Apr 24, 2013

  6.7

  Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger comes up short as a sequel, as it spends too much time retreading the same territory we saw in the first game and addresses none of its flaws. The fusion of the action and tower defense genres is still sound, but the few new ideas here mostly fall flat due to bad A.I. pathfinding and simplistic minigames. This a franchise that needs a major infusion of fresh creativity, but there's none in sight.

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• Game Revolution

  Daniel Bischoff · Apr 24, 2013

  7.0

  There's more than enough value in this downloadable for the asking price, and gorgeous, colorful 3D graphics and textures make it an easier sell. Nintendo made sure to polish The Last Ranger to a shine, the kind you expect from the house of Mario and Link, but just be prepared for small frustrations.

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• Destructoid

  Jonathan Holmes · Apr 19, 2013

  7.5

  Like a lot of country music, The Last Ranger suffers from being repetitive and overly simplistic at times. Thankfully, it's very well performed, infectious, and packed with plenty of personality. If you play in occasional 20-30 minutes burst, you may never grow tired of this composition, but if you try to marathon through this album of outlaw armadillo hits, you'll be tempted to put the thing down for good.

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• NintendoLife

  Philip J Reed · Apr 14, 2013

  6.0

  When the first Dillon's Rolling Western game debuted, the appearance of such an ambitious game in the young eShop was a breath of fresh air. Now, however, with a large number of great games available — and often with a much smaller price tag attached — it makes it that much more difficult to recommend.

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• Game Informer

  Kyle Hilliard · Apr 10, 2013

  7.8

  Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger stands alone with very few comparable games. It’s an original title that blends genres well with fantastic music and appealing characters.

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