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The beat ’em up renaissance has been interesting to see. Whilst it does play on people’s nostalgia, the higher profile efforts have been of a pretty good quality. Next to return to the fray is Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of The Dragons. The series itself hasn’t always hit the right […]

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – PS5 Review

July 27, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2D brawler / Beat em up / crime / double dragon gaiden rise of the new dragons / jimmy and bimmy lee / kingpin / local co-op / melee combat / secret base / trash pyramid by Mike

I don’t envy the job Volition have of taking the Saints Row series to new places. Over the course of four games, the crew began in Stillwater and became masters of both time and space. Just how do you follow that? On paper, a reboot seemed like a sensible idea […]

Saints Row – PS5 Review

September 5, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bloody millennials / crime / driving / empire building / gang warfare / open world / saints row / third-person shooter / volition by Mike

I do love spy fiction. I love the subterfuge and espionage and when a game gives me stealth or a heist to pull off, I’m all ears. Way Down is a hastily put together videogame tie-in for 2021 movie The Vault. Coming from Mediaset Studios, this is the latest effort […]

Way Down – PS4 Review

December 17, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bank robbery / crime / heist / mediaset games / mini games / PlayStation Talents / spanish gold / stealth / the vault / way down by Mike

I don’t know what I expect from visual novels any more. I keep wondering if I’m ever going to be given one that’s got more intrigue and a story that will actually grip me. I came into this genre well aware of the stereotypes and Angels with Scaly Wings hammers […]

Angels with Scaly Wings – PS4 Review

May 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged angels with scaly wings / crime / dating simulator / dragons / narratively-driven / radical phi / romance / sci fi / visual novel by Mike

The sequel to This Is the Police has arrived on PS4. This Is the Police 2 continues the story of Jack Boyd and has similar management gameplay, but most elements have seen substantial improvements. Without spoiling too much of the plot from the first title, Jack finds himself hidden away […]

This Is the Police 2 – PS4 Review

September 25, 2018 in PS4 tagged crime / management / story / strategy / tactical / this is the police / xcom by Gareth

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game out now on the PS4. You play as Jack Boyd, a police chief who’s being forcibly retired by the mayor. You play out the final hundred and eighty days on the job as you try to raise $500,000 to retire on. […]

This Is the Police – PS4 Review

March 31, 2017 in PS4 tagged crime / mafia / simulation / story / this is the police by Gareth

Danganronpa 1-2 Reload is a remastered compilation of the first two Danganronpa games for the PlayStation 4, the first game was originally released on the PSP back in 2010 although it was only the later Vita port which made out of Japan. The games were then ported to the PC […]

Danganronpa 1-2 Reload – PS4 Review

March 22, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / crime / Danganronpa / japanese / visual novel by Steven

Yakuza is one of those backlog series for me. By this I mean that I own pretty much every English localised entry but I have yet to invest time into the franchise due to a number of factors. These reasons include the aging hardware that they also seem to […]

Yakuza 0 – PS4 Review

February 12, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged crime / Kiryu / Pant man / ps4 / yakuza / Yakuza 0 by Grizz