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Forgotton Anne is an anime inspired puzzle platformer from Danish developer ThroughLine Games published under Square Enix’s Collective banner, development being significantly helped by the state-funded Danish Film Institute. You’ll be immediately struck by its beautiful graphical style as it brings to mind the artistic style of Studio Ghibli’s output, […]

Forgotton Anne – PS4 Review

May 11, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / anime / platformer / puzzle by Ian

Death Road To Canada had us interested from the outset. Retro-styled, zombies and rogue-like mechanics? Sold! The game is presented in a cute pixel art style which initially seems rather at odds with the subject matter at hand. After a while though it makes no odds and you’ll be cleaving undead […]

Death Road To Canada – PS4 Review

May 8, 2018 in PS4 tagged #ohcanada / #roadtrip / roguelike / zombies by Ian

Spacejacked is an usual cross between a side-viewed run and gun shoot ’em up and a tower defence game that is out now as a cross-buy title for PS4 and the Vita and comes to us by way of Singapore-based indie coders Rotten Mage. The game follows the exploits of […]

Spacejacked – PS4 Review

May 7, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / retro / run and gun / spacejacked / tower defence by Richie

Baseball games have been somewhat monopolised by Sony with their highly successful MLB The Show series. Whilst it does allow plenty of room for alternative to spring forth, it still feels somewhat rare for a developer to bring America’s pastime to consoles. Metalhead did just that with Super Mega Baseball […]

Super Mega Baseball 2 – PS4 Review

May 7, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged american rounders / baseball / bat / metalhead / sports / strike / super mega baseball 2 by Mike

Another week, another Rogue-lite (or two). The Swords of Ditto looks like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, plays like A Link to the Past, but it has permadeath with only minor elements carrying over. There’s quite a lot of story and simply winning once isn’t enough […]

The Swords of Ditto – PS4 Review

May 2, 2018 in PS4 tagged 2d / a link to the past / like / lite / randomly generated / rogue / the swords of ditto / zelda by Gareth

It must be quite difficult to make a competent side scrolling beat ‘em up in this day and age. Despite being a dominant genre in the 90’s thanks to behemoths like Golden Axe, Streets of Rage or Final Fight, it seems that either developers are shying away from the genre […]

Dusty Raging Fist – PS4 Review

April 29, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Dusty / Fist / ps4 / Raging / review / Rusty more like by Grizz

Devious Dungeon by Spanish coders Ratalaika Games is a port of their popular 2014 iOS game and is out now as a cross-buy title for PS4 and Vita. This simple rogue-lite platformer tasks you with saving a kingdom from an ancient evil that lurks in the catacombs under the king’s castle […]

Devious Dungeon – PS4/Vita Review

April 29, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged 2d / devious dungeon / Pixel art / platformer / retro / rogue legacy / rogue-lite by Richie

League of Evil is a port of a 2011 iOS game that for some reason has only just made the leap to home consoles. Its obvious inspiration is a super meaty game featuring a boy. Given they’re almost contemporaries it’s hardly surprising. There, glad we got that out of the […]

League of Evil – PS4 Review

April 25, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged #retro #mobileport #notsupermeatboy #honest by Ian

Sega’s Yakuza series has been going strong for over a decade now with players in the West now receiving the games at a steady rate. After a small delay, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life finally takes to store shelves with a new engine under the hood. Long-time series protagonist […]

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – PS4 Review

April 25, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / adventure / crime drama / japan / open world / sega / yakuza 6 the song of life by Mike

Megadimension Neptunia VII released back in early 2016 to pretty good reviews. The series has no doubt improved since the first release, but we’ve also seen re-releases and spin offs trying to capitalise on the popularity of the characters. According to the wiki there have only been four main entries […]

Megadimension Neptunia VIIR – PS4/PSVR Review

April 23, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged anime / dating sim / hyperdimesion / jrpg / megadimension / neptunia / scouting / summer lesson by Gareth

It’s not very often I review something that’s already had a consensus form. Iron Galaxy’s latest venture is one of those cases. A game whose quality is at odds with its price tag, just what does Extinction have to offer? First things first, Extinction‘s inspirations are worn proudly with Attack […]

Extinction – PS4 Review

April 17, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / combat / extinction / iron galaxy / platforming / titans by Mike

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is an unashamed love letter to the golden age of JRPGs, bringing to mind the Final Fantasy Tactics and Suikoden games to name a few, especially in terms of character and world design. After a successful crowdfunding campaign and an encouraging debut on Steam, Regalia […]

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs (Royal Edition) – PS4 Review

April 17, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged #regalia #jprg #challenging by Ian