Monthly Archives: September 2024

Night Slashers: Remake is an update of the well-regarded 1993 beat ’em up from Data East and is brought to us by the safe pair of hands that is Forever Entertainment who are behind a lot of remakes such as 2020’s Panzer Dragoon: Remake and 2022’s House of the Dead one. The original arcade […]

Night Slashers: Remake – PS5 Review

September 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / coin-op / night stalkers / port / remake / renegade 3 is the worst game of all time by Richie

I’m no Disney sicko but Mickey Mouse has found himself in more good games than most. The jug-eared mascot has particularly flourished in platformers and Disney Epic Mickey was received relatively kindly when it released on the Wii. 14 years later, a revitalised version has reached current consoles. Purple Lamp […]

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – PS5 Review

September 26, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged captain hook / disney epic mickey rebrushed / donald duck / fantasia / goofy / mickey mouse / oswald / painting / peter pan / platforming / purple lamp / sidescroller by Mike

Cosmic Paradox: Noire is a shoot ’em up from solo dev Aldo Slavic that appears to be the first in a series of games based around a storyline of two dimensions colliding and splintering time. Details are scant at the moment though but at least we’ve got this game to be […]

Cosmic Paradox: Noire – PS5 Review

September 26, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged auto slavic / cosmic paradox / noire / shoot em up by Richie

We have a confession. Until we started playing Aero The Acro-Bat 2, we’d not twigged the pun in the title. You see he’s a bat and an acrobat. Never mind the first game came out more than thirty years ago. The gag entirely passed us by. In the case of […]

Aero The Acro-Bat 2 – PS5 Review

September 25, 2024 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged acro bat / adobe / aero / iguana / ratalaika / shinyuden by Ian

Go Mecha Ball is a twin-stick shooter from Swedish studio Whale Peak Games. But, unlike the glut of twin-stick shooters on PSN, that description only tells part of the story as this game combines some pinball style mechanics to really craft something unique in a genre that doesn’t usually offer […]

Go Mecha Ball – PS5 Review

September 24, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged go mecha ball / isometric / pinball / twin-stick shooter / whale peak games by Richie

For over a decade, the Test Drive series had laid dormant. Now in the corporate hands of Nacon, the open-world car lifestyle simulator has returned. KT Racing have shown an aptitude for solid handling and replicating large environments, but Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, lacks the soul of the originals. […]

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – PS5 Review

September 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged always online / digital tourism / driving / festival / hong kong island / luxury cars / multiplayer / open world / racing / test drive unlimited solar crown / time trials by Mike

From Swedish dev Angry Demon Studio and publisher Wired Productions comes action hack and slash platformer Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Gori being a cute orange cat that brought to mind original Xbox game Blinx: The Time Sweeper. Only Gori isn’t the one doing the wisecracks, it’s your talking hoverboard F.R.A.N.K. That’d […]

Gori: Cuddly Carnage – PS5 Review

September 16, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cats / grind / i can't get no sleep / unicorns by Ian

Road Defense: Outsiders is a hybrid twin-stick shooter/tower defense game from Brazilian-based studio Minicactus Games. It’s set in a futuristic wild west where you’ve got to safely escort vehicles across ten waves of action while an absolute horde of enemy cowboys try to destroy the cars and you. You’ve got five […]

Road Defense: Outsiders – PS4 Review

September 16, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged minicactus / road defense: outsiders / tower defense / twin-stick shooter / western by Richie

There’s a lot I take for granted with NBA 2K25. The series has always looked authentic and kept the presentation to a high level. It’s no different here with the commentary remaining insightful, if bordering on repetitive. Arenas and players look accurate with the court-side activity remaining lively and active. […]

NBA 2K25 – PS5 Review

September 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged basketball / career mode / larry bird / lebron james / magic johnson / michael jordan / NBA 2K25 / sports / steph curry / team-building / visual concepts / women by Mike

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn is a scrolling beat ’em up from Tengo Project, best known for recently revamping old games like Wild Guns, The Ninja Warriors and Pocky & Rocky. We also fondly remember their work on the Xbox 360 shoot ’em up Omega Five, which is one of the greatest games ever made (and […]

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn – PS5 Review

September 12, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / natsume / NES / retro / shadow of the ninja reborn by Richie

I think I like the mood Atari is in. Their output from a preservationist standpoint has been cool and they have attempted to revive or reimagining some of their old classics. They don’t always hit but their willingness to try has been really admirable. Their latest attempt is Yars Rising, […]

Yars Rising – PS5 Review

September 11, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d sidescroller / alien invasion / atari / metroidvania / nostalgia / search action game / stealth / tech corporation / yar's revenge / yars rising by Mike

Star Wars Outlaws then. It comes to us from Swedish Ubisoft subsidiary Massive Entertainment, they of the Division games and more recently, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora; representing the first Star Wars game from Ubi since 2006’s Star Wars: Lethal Alliance for PSP and DS. For nerds like us for who […]

Star Wars Outlaws – PS5 Review

September 10, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged born slippy / criminal underworld / empire / kay vess / nix / open world / outlaws / reputation that's what you need / rest in peace james earl jones / star wars / the names's olo; hans olo by Ian