Reviews

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

SUNSOFT is Back! is a retro compilation featuring three games from the kind-of-legendary-ish Japanese arcade and console developer. Okay, we’re not heaping a ton of praise on them but, they were never up there with Capcom, Namco and others but they did have some moments. Now, while their work might not […]

SUNSOFT is Back! – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / retro / sunsoft by Richie

Antstream Arcade is a retro game streaming service that launched in 2019 as a PC application but has finally landed on PSN. The idea is simple. It takes well over a thousand retro games, from multiple formats, and lets you play them via streaming. But given the failures of services like […]

Antstream Arcade – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 tagged antstream / arcade / community / emulation / streaming / the speccy is king by Richie

Mining Mechs is an exploration/mining game from developer Delayed Victory and it comes to us from eastasiasoft. The game sees you digging down into the Earth searching for valuable minerals much like the Steamworld games or even Terraria. Presented in the same 2D style as those games, Mining Mech offers a simplified experience. You […]

Mining Mechs – PS5 Review

September 4, 2024 in PS5 tagged 2d / digging / exploring / mining / mining mechs by Richie

Tennis games feel few and far between and it seems like an age since they were truly great. Top Spin might be back on the menu these days but, aside from that, Big Ant Studios appear to be the only studio available to bring a licensed version of the racquet […]

Tiebreak: Official Game of the ATP and WTA – PS5 ...

August 31, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged big ant studios / career mode / creation tools / novak djokovic / online multiplayer / sports / tennis / tiebreak official game of the atp and wta by Mike

Valfaris: Mecha Therion is the latest effort from Texan studio Steel Mantis and it follows on from their work with the heavy metal inspired Slain and Valfaris, the former being a hack and slasher while the latter was a run and gunners. Both of which had an emphasis on chunky pixels, blood, […]

Valfaris: Mecha Therion – PS5 Review

August 26, 2024 in PS5 tagged mecha / ps1 / retro / shoot em up / steel mantis / therion / Valfaris by Richie

It’s been a long, long while since I’ve ventured into a classic adventure game. It was never really a genre that was on my radar and I prefer my games to be more action packed and visceral. On top of that, I was never a PC gamer when the genre […]

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered – PS4 Review

August 20, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged detective work / episodic / gumshoe / hard boiled / lucas arts / point and click adventure / sam & max the devil's playhouse remastered / supernatural / telltale games by Mike

From Warsaw-based developer Gruby Entertainment and publisher Crunching Koalas comes cyberpunk themed FPS Deadlink. As has become vogue, or de rigeur if you will, it has roguelite elements. The schtick is that you’re the blunt instrument sent by the Corporate Security Agency to keep the megacorps by cracking open a […]

Deadlink – PS5 Review

August 20, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arena shooter / deadlink / fps / rng / roguelite by Ian

I do enjoy racing games that focus heavily on self improvement. Give me a marker to beat and I’ll happily bang my head against it for enough time to be annoyed. Coming from Ghosts, Phantom Spark looks to tap into this compulsion and, whilst it really nails the controls and […]

Phantom Spark – PS5 Review

August 16, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged chill vibes / ghosts / local multiplayer / Momentum / online leaderboards / phantom spar / racing / time trials / trackmania / wipeout / zen by Mike

From developer Coal Supper (aka James Carbutt and Will Todd) and publisher Panic, comes game of the moment, Thank Goodness You’re Here! deliberately released on 1st August 2024, to coincide with Yorkshire Day. Superficially similar to Panic’s 2019 hit Untitled Goose Game in terms of the being a miscreant to […]

Thank Goodness You’re Here! – PS5 Review

August 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged barnsworth / coal supper / everything's ten bob / matt berry / on ilkla moor baht 'at / panic / the marrow song / this is yorkshire people are sensible by Ian