Yearly Archives: 2017

Platformers with a cooperative slant aren’t new but can still provide ingenuity and compelling gameplay. The latest to try their hand at this is Thin Ice’s Twin Robots. Guiding two mechanical compatriots through a deathtrap laboratory, can this experiment prove a success? Your objective in Twin Robots is to escort […]

Twin Robots – PS4 Review

October 7, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2D Platformer / co-operative / laboratory / thin ice / twin robots by Mike

JYDGE is the latest in the unofficial trilogy of distopian twin-stick shooters from 10TonsLtd and comes hot on the heels of their previous one, Time Recoil. Borrowing heavily from both that game and Neon Chrome (which we really learned to love after we reviewed it), JYDGE follows is a mixture […]

JYDGE – PS4 Review

October 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged 10tonsltd / jydge / neon chrome / shoot em up / top down / twin stick by Richie

Ninja Shodown is the latest effort from Bitmap Bureau, the Southampton-based devs who brought us the enjoyable 88 Heroes. Much like that game, Ninja Shodown is an arcade/action platformer of sorts with a better-than-retro aesthetic and it sees up to four ninjas tearing around single screen levels slashing their way […]

Ninja Shodown – PS4 Review

October 3, 2017 in PS4 tagged arcade / local co-op / nina shodown / ninjas / party game by Richie

Battle Chasers Nightwar is a crowdfunded game based on the comic of the same name. I doubt I’m alone in not knowing anything about the comic but apparently this was well respected. The game then has been created by the same person behind the comic and is a perfect jumping on […]

Battle Chasers Nightwar – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 tagged Battle Chasers / comic / Fantasy / random / rpg by Steven

Minimalism and Independently developed retro style games go together like Peter Molyneux and over promised gameplay features that never make the cut. Not a month goes by without us seeing some kind of promise for a retro revival or charming 2D aesthetics with a core gameplay gimmick to mix things […]

INK – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Ink / platformer / ps4 by Grizz

I have a love/hate relationship with survival games. On one hand they can be interesting, with extra considerations taken into mundanities that would otherwise be glossed over in other games in the name of accessibility. On the other hand, they can often be laborious and downright petulant regarding how […]

The Solus Project – PS4/PSVR Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 / PSVR / Reviews tagged Project / ps4 / review / Solus / vr by Grizz

Coming from a small outfit called Lost in the Garden, Lightfield is a futuristic racer looking to take nods towards it’s contemporaries whilst providing it’s own take on movement and navigation. Is the aesthetic charm worth the effort? The visual treatment on offer is a nice, clean and futuristic look which […]

Lightfield – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged exploration / futuristic / lightfield / lost in the garden / racer / time trials by Mike

It’s not easy reviewing FIFA games. The subtle changes between iterations often leaves reviewers clutching at straws looking for something different to say from last year’s reviews. And anyway, everyone already knows if it is a good game. Of course it’s good. They’ve been simulating the sport of football accurately […]

FIFA 18 – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 by Richie

Compile Heart, probably best known for the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, have a new title on the Vita in the form of Mary Skelter: Nightmares. There are similarities with the presentation but it tries to do its own thing and mostly succeeds. You play as Jack, a prisoner in the Jail, […]

Mary Skelter: Nightmares – Vita Review

September 29, 2017 in Vita tagged blood / compile heart / dungeon / dungeon travellers 2 / mary skelter: nightmares / operation abyss / rpg by Gareth

RUINER is the debut title by Polish dev squad Reikon Games and it combines twin-stick shooting with a cyberpunk aesthetic, which is a combination that PS4 gamers, and reviewers, are more than familiar with. The game stands out though thanks to developers’ commitment to the Blade Runner-esque style of the […]

RUINER – PS4 Review

September 29, 2017 in PS4 tagged cyberpunk / isometric / ruiner / twin-stick shooter by Richie

End Space is a PSVR-only space shooter from Canadian VR specialists, Orange Bridge, and it has plenty in common with other space-based titles for the headset such as Space Rift and the Eve games. It all has reminds us of the VR mission in Star Wars: Battlefront. It’ll be no […]

End Space – PSVR Review

September 25, 2017 in PSVR tagged end space / PSVR / shooter / space / vr by Richie

The third visual novel entry in the Danganronpa franchise has hit PS4 in the form of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. If you’ve played either of the previous two titles then you’ll have a pretty good idea how things are going to go down. I was a little disappointed, expecting a […]

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – PS4 Review

September 24, 2017 in PS4 tagged anime / battle royale / Danganronpa / goodbye despair / school / style / trial / trigger happy havoc / v3: killing harmony / visual novel by Gareth