Monthly Archives: February 2022

We shouldn’t need to tell you what Breakout: Recharged is. Aside from the screenshots which give it all away immediately, the original Breakout is really one of the cornerstones of classic gaming. Space Invaders had the shooting covered, Pac-Man was the mazey collect ’em up and Breakout was the classic bat and ball versus wall game. The natural […]

Breakout: Recharged – PS5 Review

February 12, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arkanoid / atari / bat and ball / breakout recharged / remaster / retro by Richie

It’s another day in the visual novel dungeon for me and this might be the first time a direct sequel has landed in my queue. Kansei: The Second Turn HD is the middle chapter of Sakevisual’s Green Tea Line narrative. Following on from Jisei: The First Case HD, our nameless […]

Kansei: The Second Turn HD – PS5 Review

February 9, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged green tea line / kansei the second turn hd / Murder mystery / narratively-driven / police procedural / sakevisual / visual novel by Mike

Indie game devs love the retro scene. That’s reflected in visuals more often than not, but gameplay can also be heavily influenced by games from the past regardless of the genre. Rise of the Third Power is one such game, with developer Stegosoft basically making a SNES JRPG but it’s […]

Rise of the Third Power – PS4 Review

February 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / jrpg / retro / rise of the third power / SNES / turn-based by Gareth

OlliOlli World is the third game in Roll7’s famed skateboarding series, one that is known for cool visuals, cooler music and intricate skating gameplay. Arriving some seven years after the previous title, this game arrives with a mixture of familar gameplay concepts but married to a very different looking game. For […]

OlliOlli World – PS5 Review

February 9, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / olliolli / olliolli world / skateboard / skating by Richie

Okinawa Rush is a 2D beat ’em up from London-based Sokaikan Limited. Released on Steam back in May 2021, it garnered decent reviews before reaching a wider audience thanks to a Switch release in October the same year. But now it’s here on PS4 and we have to say, we […]

Okinawa Rush – PS4 Review

February 7, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / coin-op / fighting / karate / okinawa rush / shinobi / street fighter 2 by Richie

Let’s talk about unfinished business for a moment. I’m sure I am not the only one in this crazy world that has that one game where completion has proven elusive, where the subject matter, story and tone resonates so fiercely yet for reasons in or out of your own control […]

Shadow Man: Remastered – PS4 Review

February 3, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged dreamcast / n64 / nightdive / ps1 / Remastered / Shadowman / studios by Grizz

I’ve come across a few cooperative puzzle platformers in this job. Whilst it never quite feels like there’s a surge behind it, they seem to trickle through every few months and largely prove to be decent. Kinduo comes from Nibb Games, a three-person studio that’s been fairly prolific on Steam. […]

Kinduo – PS5 Review

February 2, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / boxes / cooperative / keys / kinduo / lifts / nibb games / Pixel art / puzzle platformer / switches by Mike

From three-man Kiwi developer Rainbite (of Vita/PS4 adventure Reverie) and prolific shoot-em-up publisher Eastasiasoft comes Trigger Witch. If you’ll excuse us, this is a revised take on our review from last August, since this is fundamentally the same game with a 120Hz option and adaptive trigger support. We can’t comment […]

Trigger Witch – PS5 Review

February 2, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 120 Hz / adaptive trigger support / ballisticism / eastasiasoft / guns guns guns / ps5 port / rainbite / tonz 'o' gunz / uzi lover / witches by Ian