Switch Galaxy Ultra

Critic reviews

• Game Informer

  Joe Juba · Jan 27, 2015

  5.0

  Switch Galaxy Ultra is a revamp of the PS Mobile title Switch Galaxy, which itself was a follow-up to the iOS/Android game called Switch. This successor offers more impressive visuals and more levels, but the flawed structure, controls, and general repetitiveness result in a wreck on the track.
• GameSpot

  Don Saas · Jan 26, 2015

  6.0

  The game's humor is sophomoric at best, and alien characters come off as unfortunate appropriations of real-world cultures, including your sultry and clearly Russian boss and a smug alien in a dive bar that reeks of awful Hispanic stereotypes. With some cheap titillation in the art on a planet with naked alien priestesses, SGU tosses casual misogyny into its grab bag of cheap writing. If you're willing to block out the story and to seek out the challenges that SGU provides too many ways to avoid, a deceptively fun and enticing arcade racer is there for the taking.

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• The Vita Lounge

  Liam Langan · Jan 05, 2015

  5.8

  There is certainly a good game in Switch Galaxy Ultra, it is rather addictive and fantastic on a visual level, but it's likely that you won't want to spend much time with it as it is a fairly repetitive game with not much variety on offer. Perhaps use your reflexes and scoop this up when it's at a cheaper price point.

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• VGChartz

  Xavier Griffiths · Jan 16, 2015

  7.0

  So it's certainly not light on content, but it is light in variety. If you sense a similarity to the WipEout series then you are picking up on the fact that members of the now-defunct Studio Liverpool had a hand in crafting the game, particularly the illustrated comic and galactic city designs, but don’t let these superficial similarities fool you; this is not a racing game in the traditional or WipEout sense of the word. That said, Switch Galaxy Ultra does have its moments of beauty and an absorbing sense of speed that makes it worth checking out.

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• Pocket Gamer

  Matt Suckley · Jan 02, 2015

  7.0

  Overall, Switch Galaxy Ultra has some pretty smart ideas. And, when it all clicks into place, it's a fluid and enjoyable experience. However, over the long haul, it can begin to feel somewhat pedestrian for a game about piloting a sci-fi mega-ship.

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