Yearly Archives: 2018

GUNGRAVE VR has just released for PSVR. GUNGRAVE VR U.N has also released (read the review here) and you can buy both with the GUNGRAVE VR: Loaded Coffin Edition bundle. Based on the anime and using the PS2 titles as a framework this is another shooting game for VR, though […]

GUNGRAVE VR – PSVR Review

December 9, 2018 in PSVR tagged arcade / bullet time / first person / gungrave / shooting / third-person / u.n / vr by Gareth

Arca’s Path is the debut console release from Dream Reality Interactive, a London-based developer staffed by ex-Sony coders and is a PSVR title that isn’t exactly easy to classify. On the face of it, it shares common traits with Super Monkey Ball. You view the action from behind and have […]

Arca’s Path – PSVR Review

December 7, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged arca's path / monkey ball / platform / PSVR / puzzle / spindizzy by Richie

Having recently reviewed the remaster containing the original three Spyro games when another remaster of a platformer arrived in the PlayStation Country mailbox I volunteered my services. Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Misson: Las Vegum was released on the PS2 back in 2006, the Xbox 360 was already in people’s […]

Asterix & Obelix XXL2 – PS4 Review

December 6, 2018 in PS4 tagged 3d / Asterix & Obelix XXL2 / brawler / platformer / ps2 / references / the matrix by Gareth

While you rarely see split-screen, competitive shoot ’em ups – indeed we can only recall SNK’s Twinkle Star Sprites as an example – there is something comforting and familiar about Rival Megagun, the latest release from Vancouver’s Spacewave Software. Right from the off the game wears its retro influences on […]

Rival Megagun – PS4 Review

December 4, 2018 in PS4 tagged 16-bit / PVP / retro / rival megagun / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

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