Monthly Archives: May 2021

It’s hard to think of a fanbase that has had it rougher than those of us who like Terminator. With Salvation, Genisys and Dark Fate all disappointing in their own ways, it’s been a series that we’d quite happily leave in past. But there have been some brief moments where […]

Terminator: Resistance Enhanced – PS5 Review

May 9, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fps / prequel / remaster / Resistance / sci fi / Terminator by Richie

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

We’ve been quite excited about R-Type Final 2 ever since it was announced a couple of years ago (as a Kickstarter project) and it’s finally arrived. If you don’t know, R-Type is shoot ’em up royalty. A series that goes back to the golden age of the arcades with the first game hitting […]

R-Type Final 2 – PS4 Review

May 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / difficult difficult lemon difficult / horizontally-scrolling / r-type / r-type final 2 / shoot em up / space by Richie

Ratalaika have taken a break from scraping the bottom of the visual novel barrel for this week and gone with a point and click adventure, Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew. It was released on itch.io a couple of years ago and has now made the jump to […]

Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew – PS5/PS4 ...

May 2, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged british / humour / one man dev / point and click / ratalaika / rotoscope / The Tomb of Thomas Tew / Trails and Traces by Gareth

Gravity’s a sure-fire fact of life but, in terms of games, mechanics around the force seem to becoming more commonplace. It’s a relatively quick way to reconsider how a level and encounters are designed but not everybody seems to get it right. The latest to attempt it is Brazil’s Studica […]

Gravity Heroes – PS4 Review

May 2, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2D Platformer / brazil / bullet-hell / gravity heroes / local co-op / robots / shooter / studica solution by Mike

From Belfast based Blackstaff Games, we have Buildings Have Feelings Too! They might do, but what we actually have here doesn’t really go into that particularly. It’s a cute title for the game at least. BHFT, if you’ll excuse us the acronym, is an urban planning game with a quirky […]

Buildings Have Feelings Too! – PS4 Review

May 2, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged blackstaff / boys from the blackstaff / buildings / urban planning by Ian