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Indie platformers are a dime a dozen and it can be hard to sort the diamonds from the rough. Especially if they don’t initially appear to stand out visually or heavily lean on a gameplay hook. Still, I enjoy a good one and Guin Entertainment’s hoping to provide with Adventures […]

Adventures of Chris – PS4 Review

July 10, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2D Platformer / adventures of chris / Balloons / fat children / globe-trotting / guin entertainment / metroidvania / thanks chris / vampire by Mike

From Lowtek Games and Ratalaika comes Parasite Pack. As the name might suggest, this is a couple of smaller games that being thematically similar, made sense to release together. The two games in question are Flea and Tapeworm Disco Puzzle. Flea was originally coded in the Nesmaker game engine with […]

Parasite Pack – PS5 Review

July 8, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged flea / lowtek games / nesmaker / not the rhcp bassist / pull the tapeworm out of your ass / ratalaika / tapeworm disco puzzle by Ian

From longtime developer Rainbow Studios and publisher THQ Nordic, comes the latest iteration in the venerable MX vs ATV series that we first encountered back in the Xbox 360 days. We guess that they’re running out of suffixes as we’re greeted by MX vs ATV Legends this time. At least […]

MX vs ATV Legends – PS5 Review

July 2, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged bink video / buggy mess / mx vs atv legends / rainbow studios / thq nordic by Ian

Puzzle games might be the only genre these days that gets my brain in full gear. Not to say that other games don’t have puzzle elements but I do like sitting in front of something that is entirely focused around testing your mental fortitude. System of Souls comes from Spanish […]

System of Souls – PS4 Review

June 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged boxes / chaotic lab / first person / platforming / portal / puzzle / robots / Spain / switches / system of souls / test chamber by Mike

Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover is the latest bite-sized effort from our pals at eastasiasoft. As is becoming increasingly familiar, what we’ve got here is a seemingly slight effort, though with more polish than the itch.io stuff punted out by Ratalaika. It’s a sequel to Drunken Fist, oddly enough. That […]

Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover – PS5 Review

June 25, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged billy butcher / drunken fist 2 / eastasiasoft / why is it always zombies by Ian

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is a top-down, multi-directional shoot ’em up based on a 1992 SNES game that was itself a sequel to an arcade game called Kiki Kaikai from Taito. The game has been given the remake treatment by Tengo Project who developed Wild Guns Reloaded and The Ninja Saviors for modern consoles […]

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined – PS5 Review

June 24, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / pocky & rocky / retro / run and gun / shoot em up / SNES / top down by Richie

It’s been a pretty good time recently if you are a retro gaming fan on the PS4. There has been a ton of great content coming out, what with the excellent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Cotton Fantasy with all its charm and a myriad of retro collection releases, […]

Final Vendetta – PS4 Review

June 22, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Bitmap Bureau / brawler / final fight / Final Vendetta / nineties / nostalgia / ps4 / retro / review / streets of rage / Utah Saints by Grizz

From developer 24Frame and original publisher Kadokawa Games by way of western publisher PQube, we have METAL MAX Xeno Reborn. That’s the branding, so we’ll go with Metal Max otherwise. This is actually the sixth game in the mainline series, just not one we’ve seen in the Occident otherwise. Metal […]

Metal Max Xeno Reborn – PS4 Review

June 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged best boi / even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch / jrpg / metal max xeno reborn / pqube / tanks for the memories by Ian

Destroy All Humans! is a series I’ve never delved into but their homage to the 50’s B-movie aesthetic did seem charming. Since their heyday on the Playstation 2, THQ Nordic has acquired the rights in an effort to bring some attention back to the murderous grey invaders. Before the repackage […]

Destroy All Humans!: Clone Carnage – PS4 Review

June 19, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged abduction / aliens / coop multiplayer / destroy all humans clone carnage / online / racing / rampage / third-person shooter / thq nordic by Mike

There is something just so intriguing about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise isn’t there? Despite being fad material from the late eighties and early nineties, the Turtles have managed to endure the test of time, whether that be in comics, movies and of course, video games. With over twenty […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – PS4 Review

June 18, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Beat em up / mutant / ninja / revenge / shredder's / tee lopes / Teenage / turtles by Grizz

Thunder Kid II: Null Mission came out on PC a couple of years ago and now lands on PS4 and PS5 courtesy of eastasiasoft. Grizz reviewed the first game here not too long ago and this seems to very much follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. You play as […]

Thunder Kid II: Null Mission – PS4/PS5 Review

June 17, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / null mission / retro aesthetic / short / thunder kid by Gareth

From developer The Bworg (aka Paris Joachim-Farrow) and prolific indie publisher Ratalaika, comes Ten. Or to give it it’s full name, Ten Rooms, Ten Seconds. So you’ll excuse us if we stick with Ten. The title is pretty indicative of what to expect. You’ve ten seconds to survive ever more […]

Ten – PS5 Review

June 17, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged death gauntlet / ratalaika / ten / the bworg by Ian