#1 Crosswords Bundle

Genre: Compilation / Puzzle

Players: 1

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Review:

(Note: The games in this bundle are also included in #1 Pastime Bundle, along with #1 Sudokus)

#1 Crosswords Bundle is a Compilation of two Puzzle games released on Nintendo Switch in 2022, with the respective games previously released separately in 2021.

I have separately reviewed both of these games. Here is what I thought of both of the games in this collection:

Game	Genre	# of Players	Score
#1 Anagrams	Puzzle	1	C
tl;dr #1 Anagrams is a Puzzle game that has players creating as many words as they can using a selection of a few letters. The presentation isn’t great and the controls are clunky, but overall this is a decent Puzzle game, albeit one that’s widely available on mobile devices. However, if you want a version of the game on Nintendo Switch, this works.
#1 Crosswords	Crossword Puzzle	1	D
tl;dr #1 Crosswords is a Crossword Puzzle game that does just about everything wrong. Bad presentation, bad controls, bad menus, bad puzzle design, bad game design. You don’t have many good choices for Crossword Puzzles on Nintendo Switch, but even so, fans of these sorts of puzzles should avoid this game.

In short, neither of these are an especially great take on the genre in question, and #1 Crosswords in particular is miserable. Meanwhile, #1 Anagrams is decent, but nothing special – you can find numerous games exactly like it on mobile devices.

In terms of value, the $6 price is basically cutting out one-third of the overall price tag compared to the cost of getting these games separately. That is a pretty decent deal if you’re really wanting to get these games.

However, that “if” is doing a fair amount of heavy lifting here. Again, neither of these games are great, and I recommend you look elsewhere for better alternatives. However, if you really want to get these specific games (and don’t want to get #1 Pastime Bundle so you can also get #1 Sudokus), this is the best way to do that.

tl;dr – #1 Crosswords Bundle is a Compilation containing two Puzzle games: #1 Anagrams and #1 Crosswords. Neither of these games is especially great, and while this bundle does offer some decent savings over the price of getting these games separately, I don’t know that $6 for two sub-par games really sounds all that much better than $8 for two sub-par games.

Grade: C-

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