We take a look at AngerForce: Reloaded. A vertically-scrolling, bullet hell, roguelite shoot ’em up. Check out our YouTube channel and subscribe if you’re feeling awesome.
Angerforce: Reloaded is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic 1942/Dodonpachi style that comes to us as the debut from Beijing based coders Screambox Studio and it is out now on PSN. When creating games in this genre the recipe for success is no secret and yet often indie […]
It’s not everyday that you get a bullet hell shoot ’em up inspired by Korean mythology but Shikhondo – Soul Eater is one such game thanks to it coming to us from Korean developers DeerFarm. They recently introduced the game on the official PlayStation blog which really set up it up as […]
From Secret Location comes a new VR shooting gallery. Yawn! I know right? Well with Blasters of the Universe there is a slight deviation from the norm in that it’s influenced by bullet hell shooters. Instead of moving a little spaceship through waves of bullets however you’re moving your face. […]
The long-running one-man Touhou Project has been delivering games for over 20 years. Fluctuating between bullet hell shooters and fighters, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle arrives on the PS4 to give fans in the west another look at the long-running series. The bullet hell aspect translates surprisingly well to battle. […]
Already out in the open on the PC since 2016, Rabi-Rabi makes the transition to the Playstation 4. Indie platformers with Metroidvania elements are now ten a penny. Can CreSpirit and GemaYue’s effort stand out from the crowd? Rabi Rabi is a tale of two companions. You control Erina who […]
Ghost Blade HD is a bullet hell shoot ’em up in the vertically-scrolling tradition and at first viewing you’d swear it was Japanese given that your three choices of pilots are all anime girls. In fact, this game comes by way of German coders Hucast but they’ve definitely done their […]
Being a fan of shoot ’em ups is sometimes at odds with being a fan of games that are just enjoyable. Ikaruga, for example, is polished as hell and a widely respected shoot ’em up but it’s also vindictively hard and therefore a game I just cannot ever seem to […]
Part twin-stick shooter, part roguelike. Indie developers seem to be flirting with these genres a lot these days (throw in 2D retrotastic Metroidvania games and platformers about feelings and that’s pretty much the entire indie scene). Enter The Gungeon combines both genres, a little bit like The Binding of Isaac. […]