I remember Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed quite fondly. I only gave it a 6/10 on both the Vita and PS4 but my overall memory of it is it just being a bit of silly fun. Now Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed has come to PS4. It’s not a sequel […]
Monthly Archives: August 2021
This week’s Ratalaika effort is Bone Marrow, a puzzle game from Russian coders Huge Pixel. This one is a mixture of RPG stylings and modified 2048 gameplay. That’s the puzzle game that dominated everyone’s attention on mobile a few years back, with every uninstall being an effort to try to claim your life […]
Bone Marrow – PS5 Review
3 Despite the clear love that gamers have for the genre, the future for sci-fi racers with anti-grav ships is looking bleak. This is considering that we haven’t seen a new Wipeout entry since 2012 in the form of Wipeout 2048 on the Vita (excluding the Omega Collection) and F-Zero not […]
Ion Driver – PS4 Review
From three-man Kiwi developer Rainbite (of Vita/PS4 adventure Reverie) and prolific shoot-em-up publisher Eastasiasoft comes Trigger Witch. This reviewer was a little twitchy to start with as the title had us recalling the frankly risible 360-era third person action game Bullet Witch. Thankfully for our sanity and those with good […]
Trigger Witch – PS4 Review
Loopindex (with the oo stylised as ꝏ denoting infinity) had us baffled at the outset. You see, one of the first mechanics it introduces seems like it has the game built around it. We may have been a tiiiiiny bit drunk. Only it turns out to be pretty much secondary […]
Loopindex – PS4/PS5 Review
Apple Slash is a solo effort from Norwegian coder Agelvik and is this week’s offering from Ratalaika Games which means you get an hour or so of gameplay, an easy platinum and the chance to do it all again if you have a PS5. But is that all there is […]
Apple Slash – PS4 Review
Blightbound is an online-focused co-op hack and slasher with RPG elements and it comes to us from the fabulous Devolver Digital and was created by Dutch dev crew Ronimo Games. It started life as a PC early access title in 2020 but has now landed on all the consoles. Set after […]
Blightbound – PS4 Review
Cris Tales is an RPG from Colombian developers Dreams Uncorporated and Syck. Although it doesn’t originate from Japan it’s in the style of a JRPG, similar to how Sword and Fairy 6 is a JRPG but from China. Thankfully Cris Tales is a better game than that technical mess. You […]
Cris Tales – PS5 Review
Freddy Spaghetti was an unexpected delight from Ratalaika Games and Playful Pasta at the tail end of 2020. You might then conclude that a sequel would be more of the same. Well, it is up to a point. One of the good things about the first game was the imagination […]
Freddy Spaghetti 2 – PS4/PS5 Review
I know the market’s full of them but I haven’t played a Metroidvania in a while. When they’re good, the deliver a flowing experience that I’ll always enjoy. Exploration always appeals to me and uncovering new secrets across an expansive map. Unspeakable Pixels released Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials last […]
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials – PS4 Review
Fallen Knight is a sword-slashing, platform-jumping action game from Bangkok-based coders Fairplay Studios and it sees you playing as Lancelot and Galahad, two of the famous Knights of the Roundtable. The story has been updated a little though, putting it all in the future. In this future most of humanity’s […]