Yearly Archives: 2021

It’s not very often I sit down to write a review and have to really consider the value proposition on offer. I’m no stranger to dealing with shorter experiences but I tend to see most of them as appropriately priced. With all this in mind, Gutwhale arrives from Stuffed Wombat […]

Gutwhale – PS4 Review

May 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d shooter / frogs / gutwhale / roguelike / sealife / speedrunning / stuffed wombat / underwater by Mike

RetroMachina from developer Orbit Studio and English indie publisher super.com, is a sci-fi action adventure. If we had to elevator pitch it, we’d call it Not Ratchet But Clank. You see, you also play as a defective robot. Only rather negotiating than a 3D environment, you’re in an exquisitely illustrated […]

RetroMachina – PS4 Review

May 16, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged clank / glorious art / kill 'em all / Robot by Ian

Comedy video games are a sub-genre with a laboured past. You either get the games that are built around a story and great gameplay with comedic elements like the Sam and Max series; games that are purposefully bad, yet fun like Octodad: Dadliest Catch or they end up being bottom […]

Protocol – PS4 Review

May 15, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / click / comedy / game / point / protocol / sci fi by Grizz

Capcom have been on a bit of roll with the Resident Evil franchise in recent years. After the excellent remake of Resident Evil 2, they followed it up a year later with a remake of Resident Evil 3. That was maybe too quick a turn around as it felt far […]

Resident Evil Village – PS5 Review

May 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / first person / horror / mercenaries / re:verse / resident evil / treasure / village by Gareth

WarDogs: Red’s Return is an old-school 2D beat ’em up in the tradition of games like Renegade, Double Dragon and, most notably, Final Fight. It comes to us from QUByte Interactive and Brazilian coders Mito Games. In it you play as Red, an anthropomorphic fighter (human body, dog’s head) as he returns home […]

WarDogs: Red’s Return – PS4 Review

May 13, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / arcade / Beat em up / final fight / too much story / wardogs by Richie

From D’Avekki Studios aka Tim and Lynda Cowles, we have episodic FMV game Dark Nights with Poe and Munro. Played respectively by Klemens Koehring as John Pope and Leah Cunard as Ellis Munro, naturally you’ll spend most of your time in their company. The cast is fleshed out by a […]

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro – PS4 Review

May 11, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged august / fmv / poe and munro by Ian

Infestor is a 2D puzzle platformer which comes to us via the ever-prolific publishers Ratalaika and developers Woblyware who previously released a few games that we’ve reviewed such as Devious Dungeon, Omega Strike and League of Evil. Much like those games this is a 16-bit looking, retro-styled affair but it has a relatively interesting […]

Infestor – PS5 Review

May 11, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews by Richie

Skate City is, as you can probably guess, a skating game which comes to us from Canadian mobile game specialists Snowman. Originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive in 2019, it is a 2D skating game that has some initial similarities with OlliOlli. We love Roll7’s iconic games and so we had […]

Skate City – PS4 Review

May 11, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / minimalist / skate / skate city / skating by Richie

There is a palpable weight of expectation that comes with being one of the first exclusives out for a new PlayStation generation. This is usually the time when you see those shots in the dark, the one-offs that exist primarily as technical showcases or ideas that are purposed into being […]

Returnal – PS5 Review

May 10, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged exclusive / housemarque / PS5 / resogun / Returnal / review by Grizz

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