Monthly Archives: August 2023

Jets’n’Guns 2 is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Czech coders Rake in Grass. They’re a three-person crew who aren’t the most prolific studio we’ve ever seen, with less than twenty games in almost twenty years, which is evidenced a little by the fact that this sequel came 16 years after […]

Jets’n’Guns 2 – PS5 Review

August 30, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged amiga / horizontally-scrolling / jets'n'guns 2 / retro / shoot em up by Richie

The sheer scale of space is absurd. Plenty of games have aimed to capture a fraction of it but I’ve tended to give them a miss. Maybe they’re too big for comfort but I’m now in a position to have them thrust upon me. Everspace 2 is the new effort […]

Everspace 2 – PS5 Review

August 23, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged clone pilot / combat / courier / dogfighting / everspace 2 / Gear / lasers / loot / racing / rockfish games / space shooter by Mike

It started with a message from our editor. “Review this” he said. “Review what?” we asked. We initially thought it was his sort of thing, until we realised it was erroneously labelled as a football game. Let’s be clear, Legend Bowl is an NFL game in all but name. The […]

Legend Bowl – PS5 Review

August 22, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged crap kicking / gridiron / Pixel art / wide right by Ian

Quantum: Recharged is a arcade action dodging game from Atari that continues their impressively comprehensive fifty year anniversary celebrations by resurrecting yet another one of their old IPs and giving it a fresh coat of paint for modern audiences courtesy of developer SneakyBox. The original Quantum was released in 1982 and isn’t […]

Quantum: Recharged – PS5 Review

August 22, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / atari / quantum / recharged / remaster / sneakybox by Richie

Dust & Neon is a twin-stick shooting rogue-lite that comes to us from Swedish software developer David Marquardt Studios, their (or indeed his) debut effort. It’s all of the most popular indie tropes placed in a futuristic-themed Wild West setting and it’s out now on PSN. After a little bit of […]

Dust & Neon – PS5 Review

August 17, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged country / dust & neon / rogue-lite / this one's for my pa / twin-stick shooter by Richie

It’s not a genre I get into often but tactical, turn-based RPGs can certainly engage me. With some obvious homages to Heroes of Might and Magic, Crazy Goat Games has decided to take a stab at the genre with The Dragoness: Command of the Flame. Whilst the influences heavily dictate […]

The Dragoness: Command of the Flame – PS5 Review

August 13, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged city-building / crazy goat games / dragons / heroes of might and magic / resource collecting / roguelite / the dragoness command of the flame / turn-based tactical rpg by Mike

Jeffrey Koch is a porcine crime lord. And he’s in deep trouble. Forced into his safe house by hostile forces tipped off by an informer within his own organisation, he has a week to root out the mole and somehow survive against the odds. Developed by Wooden Monkeys and published […]

Save Koch – PS4 Review

August 9, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged clip clop / death by a thousand stabbings / funky porcini / pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs / the light at the end of the tunnel is the light of an oncoming train by Ian

Remnant II is a third-person action/shooter/RPG that comes to us by way of Texan studio Gunfire Games and is, of course, the sequel to their 2019 offering Remnant: From The Ashes, a decent but fairly forgettable title that mixed a bit of post-apocalyptic misery with some looter-shooter gameplay. The original game had you […]

Remnant II – PS5 Review

August 8, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged looter shooter / remnant II / rpg / souls-like / third-person by Richie

Nova Strike is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from French/Thai developers Sanuk Games. We last encountered their work when we reviewed their Tetris clone, Tetraminos, but now they’ve switched gears entirely with this rogue-like shooter. That said, they’ve dabbled in a lot of genres in the past since making Gameboy Advance games in 2006. This […]

Nova Strike – PS5 Review

August 5, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / horizontally-scrolling / nova strike / retro / shoot em up / upgrades by Richie

Akai Katana Shin is a collection of three versions of Akai Katana, a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up that debuted in arcades back in 2010 before receiving pretty much this port on the Xbox 360 in 2011. Akai Katana is one of four horizontal shooters from the legendary developer Cave, best known for their […]

Akai Katana Shin – PS4 Review

August 3, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged akai katana shin / cave / horizontally-scrolling / retro / shoot em up by Richie

Remedium: Sentinels is a top-down auto-shooter from Sobaka Studio and is set in the same universe as their upcoming twin-stick shooter Remedium. ‘But what is an auto-shooter?’ you ask. It’s a game where you run around while hordes of enemies chase you down and you shoot, automatically, at which ever enemy is […]

Remedium: Sentinels – PS5 Review

August 1, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto-shooter / mechs / remedium / sentinels / vampire survivors by Richie