Switch Effect - Guest review for Revenant Saga

I recently did my first review for The Switch Effect, Revenant Saga on Nintendo Switch. Go check it out and crawl around the page. They have more reviews and some interviews to peruse. Whenever I post an article over there, I'll be sure to provide a link here, as well.

Revenant Saga on The Switch Effect

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