Mr. Shifty

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...

A blissfully fluid action game with a compelling twist, let down occasionally by tedious...

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...

Having completed the story, I'm still not sure if Mr. Shifty is supposed to be a straight up superhero or more of a troubled antihero, but does it matter? He provides us with a rousing round of action setpieces and, as far as I'm concerned, that's making the world a better place. There's nothing shifty about it.

The elevator pitch for Mr. Shifty, a new Switch eShop game from tinyBuild, sums up the game succinctly: it's like Hotline Miami if you played as the X-Men's Nightcrawler. To elaborate, Mr. Shifty is a top-down brawler where you play as a teleporting...

Slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy this game, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled. How we score:  The Destructoid Reviews...