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Freddy Spaghetti was an unexpected delight from Ratalaika Games and Playful Pasta at the tail end of 2020. You might then conclude that a sequel would be more of the same. Well, it is up to a point. One of the good things about the first game was the imagination […]

Freddy Spaghetti 2 – PS4/PS5 Review

August 4, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged lazy sequelitis / pasta / ratalaika / this joke isn't funny anymore by Ian

I know the market’s full of them but I haven’t played a Metroidvania in a while. When they’re good, the deliver a flowing experience that I’ll always enjoy. Exploration always appeals to me and uncovering new secrets across an expansive map. Unspeakable Pixels released Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials last […]

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials – PS4 Review

August 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / batbarian: testament of the primordials / companions / light-hearted / luminous bat / metroidvania / Pixel art / puzzle platforming / rpg elements / secrets / unspeakable Pixels by Mike

Fallen Knight is a sword-slashing, platform-jumping action game from Bangkok-based coders Fairplay Studios and it sees you playing as Lancelot and Galahad, two of the famous Knights of the Roundtable. The story has been updated a little though, putting it all in the future. In this future most of humanity’s […]

Fallen Knight – PS4 Review

August 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / 2d / fallen knight / hack and slash / megaman / retro / swords by Richie

Back in 2015, we reviewed Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours, which was the latest entry in the famed Darius series of horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em ups from Taito that dates back to 1987. That game earned a solid 7 from us with our take away being that it was decently polished shoot ’em up but one […]

Dariusburst: Another Chronicle EX+ – PS4 Review

July 29, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / dariusburst / horizontally-scrolling / shoot em up by Richie

Urban Trial Tricky is a 2.5D motorcycle-based Trials-esque game from Polish dev crew Tate Multimedia. That is to say that while the action all takes place on a 2D plane, the visuals are polygonal and as for the Trials comparison, this game is more focused on stunts than shaving off seconds from speed […]

Urban Trial Tricky – PS4 Review

July 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / motorbikes / stunts / trials / urban trial tricky by Richie

From boutique developer Ametist and prolific Spanish indie publisher Ratalaika, comes Within the Blade. Previously known as Pixel Shinobi, we’re glad of the name change at least. At the outset you’ll be asked to pick a difficulty level: easy, normal or permadeath. We went with the middle option, though we’re […]

Within the Blade – PS4/PS5 Review

July 22, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged ninja / Pixel art / ratalaika / ronin / stabby by Ian

Review of the base game can be found here. The third DLC for Graveyard Keeper has been released and it’s the most involved yet. It adds new quests, items, locations and story and is worth checking out. The first aspect you’ll probably see from the new content is that the […]

Graveyard Keeper – Game of Crone DLC – PS4 Review

July 20, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged breaking dead / daed bodies / dlc / game of crone / graveyard keeper / management / refugees / simulation / stranger sins / vampires by Gareth

Graveyard Keeper has been out on PS4 for a couple of years so why review it now? Well a new DLC has released, Game of Crone, and it just made sense to cover the game in its entirety and then tackle the DLC separately. All three DLC integrate into the […]

Graveyard Keeper – PS4 Review

July 20, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / breaking dead / construction / dead bodies / dlc / farming / game of crone / graveyard keeper / management / simulation / stardew valley / stranger sins by Gareth

Cotton Reboot! is, as the name suggests, a reboot of the popular cult shoot ’em up, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. The original was a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up, developed by Japanese developers Success. This reboot however comes by way of a dev team called Beep and they’ve done quite a lot with […]

Cotton Reboot! – PS4 Review

July 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Classic / cotton reboot! / horizontally-scrolling / retro / shoot em up / witches by Richie

Survival games have never really clicked with me. The idea of planning a run out is appealing but I’ve never enjoyed the meter management that comes with it. On top of that, some feel perpetually in a state of early access and I’m never sure when a survival game is […]

Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah – PS4 Review

July 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged barbarians / bases / bosses / combat / conan exiles / crafting / funcom / isle of siptah / loot / settlements / survival / trading / vaults by Mike

Indigo 7: Quest For Love is a puzzle game by Spanish studio Dolores Entertainment but one that offers both a fairly unusual puzzle gameplay mechanic and also a fairly sizeable story about musicians and love triangles all done in a cartoony style. This gives the game two sides to its […]

Indigo 7: Quest For Love – PS4 Review

July 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indigo 7 / music / puzzle game / puzzler / story / teen drama by Richie

I recently reviewed the Mass Effect Legendary Edition and pointed out that minus a couple of features it was a collection done right. Now it’s the turn of the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, also three games from the previous generation packed together. Things aren’t as straightforward here, which I’ll get […]

Ninja Gaiden Master Collection – PS4 Review

July 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2 / 3 / action / character action / difficult / hack and slash / master collection / metroidvania / ninja gaiden / razor's edge / sigma by Gareth