shooter

I’ve come around to the idea of rogue-likes, though I prefer a rogue-lite if I’m honest, I like to see some sort of progression. It’s taken some classics to convince me that losing your progress every time you fail isn’t always a bad thing but that means newcomers have a […]

Fury Unleashed – PS4 Review

6 May, 2020 in PS4 tagged 2d platforming / comic / fury unleashed / rogue-lite / shooter / upgrades by Gareth

Gun Crazy is a run and gun, side scrolling shooter that comes our way from Ratalaika Games, cheap and easy platinum trophy specialists. Gun Crazy ticks all those boxes but there is no Vita version, at least for now although there seems to be one in the works, so you […]

Gun Crazy – PS4 Review

29 Apr, 2020 in PS4 tagged bleed / bosses / easy platinum / ratalaika / run and gun / shooter / short / side scrolling by Gareth

In this job you see games of all sizes and origins. As well as the big hitters, you get smaller efforts that have sometimes seen a prior Steam or mobile release. Some even find their way on to web browsers before an eventual console release. Random Heroes: Gold Edition is […]

Random Heroes: Gold Edition – PS4 Review

9 Apr, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d platforming / random heroes gold edition / ratalaika / shooter / somepx / weapons / woblyware / zombies by Mike

A PS4 and Vita review, that must mean it’s Ratalaika time! Thunder Paw is this week’s release and as usual it’s cross buy with both versions having their own, easily obtainable, platinum trophy. What genre is it this week? A quick look at the images in this review will tip […]

Thunder Paw – PS4/Vita Review

21 Mar, 2020 in PS4 / Vita tagged 2d / knock back / platformer / ratalaika / shooter / thunder paw by Gareth

Shoot ’em up fans are well-catered for on Sony’s store and Iro Hero, a vertically scrolling shooter from Spanish devs Artax Games, is the latest addition to the genre. It sets up the story with some screens that explain that humanity is being exploited by aliens who want to us as […]

Iro Hero – PS4 Review

22 Dec, 2019 in PS4 tagged easy trophies / ikaruga / shoot em up / shooter / space / vertically scrolling by Richie

We’re a little late to the Ghost Recon Breakpoint party but we’re here with our review of Ubisoft’s latest open-world ’em up and we do have a long history with this series that we owe, in some part, to this website even existing (thanks to the peerless Xbox 360 titles […]

Ghost Recon Breakpoint – PS4 Review

10 Nov, 2019 in PS4 tagged breakpoint / co-op / ghost recon / military / shooter / squad / still not GRAW / warfare by Richie

Retro-inspired run and gun shooters seem to hit the PSN schedule pretty regularly and Finnish publishers Ratalaika Games have been responsible for a few of them but here we are again reviewing another one, Deep Space Rush. As ever with Ratalaika this is a cross-buy with two very easy platinum […]

Deep Space Rush – PS4 Review

26 Oct, 2019 in PS4 / Vita tagged 16-bit / deep space rush / retro / run and gun / shooter / traps by Richie

Back in 2002, Jedi Outcast, stood out as being one of the few truly good Star Wars games and with the franchise currently faltering in the hands of EA, we were as pleased as we were surprised to see the game was getting a current-gen remastering. Being one of the […]

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast – PS4 Review

1 Oct, 2019 in PS4 tagged first person / jedi outcast / lighsabers / port / remaster / shooter / star wars / third-person by Richie

Inferno 2 is a twin-stick shooter from Radiangames, a one man developer from Illinois, which has been around on mobile formats for five years now and is the first game in the series to land on consoles. Now that might be a cause for concern for you, because who wants […]

Inferno 2 – PS4 Review

29 Sep, 2019 in PS4 tagged arcade / inferno 2 / shoot em up / shooter / top down / twin stick by Richie

Dark Souls gets thrown around as a comparison far too much these days. Any game which has the audacity to kill you (in game, obviously) is automatically compared to From Software’s now classic series and as such it’s lost most of its meaning. Annoyingly I now have to compare Remnant: […]

Remnant: From the Ashes – PS4 Review

4 Sep, 2019 in PS4 tagged dark souls / diablo / difficult / Left 4 dead / loot / multiplayer / remnant: from the ashes / shooter / third-person by Gareth

Control comes from the makers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainment. Those familiar with their games know them for their third person shooters and that they are rarely straight forward. From Max Payne‘s film noir story and use of bullet time to Alan Wake‘s light based gameplay and […]

Control – PS4 Review

26 Aug, 2019 in PS4 tagged alan wake / control / destruction / max payne / metroidvania / powers / remedy / shooter by Gareth

I’m a sucker for a good beat ’em up and Subaka Studio came good with Redeemer‘s release in 2017. Two years on, a comprehensive edition has landed on current consoles and I now have the opportunity to see what I’ve missed. The tale is pretty simple. Our hero Vasily, is […]

Redeemer: Enhanced Edition – PS4 Review

20 Aug, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged brawler / military soldiers / redeemer enhanced edition / russian monks / shooter / subaka studio / top-down beat 'em up by Mike