Announced during Nintendo’s Indie Showcase this week, Loop Hero is finally making its way to the Nintendo Switch. It was originally released for PC at the start of the year, and quickly garnered tons of praise and critical acclaim as one of the best indie games we’ve seen in 2021 so far. Now that it’s been confirmed for the Switch, here are three reasons why we think it’d be a great fit for Nintendo’s hybrid console.
Loops Are Around the Length of a Commute
When the game first released, there was no way to save and quit in the middle of an expedition. However, the developers have since pushed out an update that allows you to suspend the game during an expedition, making it a great pick up and play experience.
Sure, you could always just put the Switch to sleep, but the suspend feature is great if you need to quit out of the game entirely.
In addition to that, a single loop in an expedition can take around eight to 10 minutes, especially as you put down more cards and tiles. This makes Loop Hero a great game to play around in for a bit when you’re on your commute, and you can pick up where you left off anytime you want.
It’s an Idle Clicker Game
The brilliant thing about Loop Hero is that the controls are extremely simple. You’re just dragging cards around and placing them on a map, that’s all there is to it. Everything else is out of your control. This might sound a bit terrifying at first, but once you get into the zone and familiarize yourself with how the game works, you’ll find that it’s actually a great game to have on in the background while you do other things.
Loop Hero allows you to farm loops for more resources, which can be put towards upgrading your village. Once you’ve got a good loop going, you can literally just leave it on while you watch TV or even play another game.
You Can Invest As Much or As Little As You Want Into It
Loop Hero’s mechanics may be simple, but there’s a lot of depth to its cards, classes, and the various village upgrades you acquire throughout the course of your journey. It’s easy enough to beat the game once with just one class (though it’ll likely take you a few tries), but learning the ins and outs of all three classes can take some time.
The three classes are wildly different in terms of play styles, though, and can help add a lot of replay value to the game. There are also tons of easily missed enemy types and card combinations that will take a lot of time to discover, as long as you’re willing to experiment with all the cards in your deck.
With how deep the rabbit hole goes, Loop Hero feels like yet another Perfect Switch Game (TM) because of how easy it is to pick up and just get sucked into all it has to offer. You can play it super casually in handheld mode while commuting or sitting on your couch watching a TV show, then dock it and play it on your big screen when you really want to get into it and properly study its intricacies.
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