Monthly Archives: November 2018

This particular reviewer is partial to quirky retro-tinged games and indie curios, so it’s with a little alarm we find ourselves reviewing Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, a board game conversion from UK devshop Auroch Digital. Simply described in press releases as a Lovecraftian turn-based strategy game, we don’t have much to […]

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – PS4 Review

November 30, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cthulhu / lovecraft / silly / turn-based combat / ww2 by Ian

In 2018, the vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up, a genre that once dominated the videogaming scene, is something of a niche type of game and this port of a 1997 Sega Saturn conversion of a 1995 Japanese coin-op is a particularly odd choice for a PS4 release but here we are […]

Game Tengoku: CruisinMix – PS4 Review

November 29, 2018 in PS4 tagged 90s / arcade / game tengoku / jaleco / shoot em up by Richie

Brought back from the brink, the Darksiders franchise once belonged to THQ (RIP). The franchise (and THQ’s name) were bought up by Nordic Games and ex-members of Vigil Games (developers of the first two Darksiders games) formed Gunfire Games and have created Darksiders III. Whilst the first two titles were […]

Darksiders III – PS4 Review

November 28, 2018 in PS4 tagged apocalypse / dark souls / darksiders / metroidvania / zelda by Gareth

Console strategy games are still something I tread carefully around. I’m never really sure how developers will approach it, how much multitasking will be required and, unfortunately for me, I can rarely stay coordinated. Thankfully, Romino Games are trying to keep things compact and easy to follow with Sword and […]

Swords and Soldiers 2: Shawarmageddon – PS4 Review

November 27, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged demons / persians / real time strategy / ronimo games / sheep / sword and soldiers 2 shawarmageddon / tower defence / vikings by Mike

Old-school arcade genres are always popular with indie developers and so Crazyant games have teamed up with prolific PSN publishers Ratalaika Games to give us I Am The Hero which is a take on the side-scrolling beat ’em up genre and it is out now for PS4 and Vita as a […]

I Am The Hero – PS4 Review

November 26, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged Beat em up / fighting / final fight / i am the hero / ratalaika by Richie

As online games with survival mechanics go, very few licenses can apply themselves better than the world of Fallout. The gaunt, state-sized wastelands devastated by decades of post nuclear decay make an excellent staging point for this kind of title. Especially when considering that Fallout is a franchise that covets […]

Fallout 76 – PS4 Review

November 25, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged barren / dead / Fallout 76 / multiplayer / unfortunate by Grizz

The Spyro Reignited Trilogy has released on PS4 giving the PS1 games a lick of modern paint whilst keeping the levels and layouts the same. I’ll come out and say that I didn’t play these back when they were originally released but that just makes it all the more impressive […]

Spyro Reignited Trilogy – PS4 Review

November 22, 2018 in PS4 tagged 3d / collectathon / dragon / mascot / platformer / ripto's rage! / spyro / the dragon / year of the dragon by Gareth

I often wonder why mobile ports attract the wrath they do. Having covered a few, there always seems to be some substance to them, whilst simplified in controls and a little lacking in presentation. I’ve rarely seen it feel so wrong to hold it against a product. Timber Tennis Versus, […]

Timber Tennis Versus – PS4 Review

November 18, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged digital melody / multiplayer / Pixel art / sports / timber tennis versus by Mike

Before EA turned into franchising behemoths, they released a fondly remembered Megadrive game, Mutant League Football. Mutant Football League is a clear homage to that game from days of yore, updated this year with the Dynasty Edition suffix and is nothing to do with EA, we might add. At the outset, […]

Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition – PS4 Review

November 15, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged gridiron / notnfl / zombies by Ian

I’ll be honest, I’ve not had a good time with Road Rash homages. Pixel Dash Studios and EQ Games’ Road Redemption is probably the one I’ve had the most exposure to but now I have a chance to play it. It’s been out on the PC since last year and […]

Road Redemption – PS4 Review

November 14, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged combat / EQ games / pixeldash studios / racing / road rash / road redemption / roguelite / time trial by Mike

We’re big fans of D3’s epic alien ant murdering series, Earth Defense Force and how could we not be? Using overpowered weaponry to decimate giant insects and giant buildings alike is exactly the sort of thing we hoped gaming would allow us to do when we first picked up a […]

Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wing Diver The Shooter – PS4 ...

November 14, 2018 in PS4 tagged earth defense force / edf! edf! edf! / edf. wing diver / evolution faster than science is impossible / what does 'swallowed whole' mean? by Richie

If you told me a year ago I’d be finally getting into fighting games, I would’ve probably laughed. As a kid, I woefully played Street Fighter on the Amstrad CPC and could not wrap my head around the genre. I’ve seen it more as a spectator sport but now I’ve […]

Omen of Sorrow – PS4 Review

November 13, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d fighting game / aone games / legends / monsters / myths / omen of sorrow / vampires / warewolves by Mike