Yearly Archives: 2023

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

You might think Mr. Run and Jump is another rehash of an Atari 2600 game. You’d be partially right, barring the fact that it was made in 2021 by a chap at Graphite Lab rather than in 1981 as the graphics might suggest. In fact, it even got a limited […]

Mr. Run and Jump – PS5 Review

July 28, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2600 / atari / dude where's my dog / graphite studio / kombinera / realms of colour / vvvvvv by Ian

The beat ’em up renaissance has been interesting to see. Whilst it does play on people’s nostalgia, the higher profile efforts have been of a pretty good quality. Next to return to the fray is Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of The Dragons. The series itself hasn’t always hit the right […]

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – PS5 Review

July 27, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2D brawler / Beat em up / crime / double dragon gaiden rise of the new dragons / jimmy and bimmy lee / kingpin / local co-op / melee combat / secret base / trash pyramid by Mike

Twisted Metal: World Tour is the second game in Sony’s long-running vehicular combat series which stretches back from 1995’s original and was last seen in 2012 with the PS3 exclusive reboot also called Twisted Metal. The games always enjoyed some degree of popularity, enough so that there’s actually a TV […]

Twisted Metal: World Tour – PS5 Review

July 26, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged destruction derby / port / ps1 / retro / sony / twisted metal / vehicle combat by Richie