Save the Ninja Clan is a low priced release on the Vita and PS4 (but not cross buy). It promises a less sadistic Super Meat Boy style platformer and a couple of ways to approach the game. That’s a high bar to aim for but how close does it get? […]
Platformers with a cooperative slant aren’t new but can still provide ingenuity and compelling gameplay. The latest to try their hand at this is Thin Ice’s Twin Robots. Guiding two mechanical compatriots through a deathtrap laboratory, can this experiment prove a success? Your objective in Twin Robots is to escort […]
Twin Robots – PS4 Review
1 JYDGE is the latest in the unofficial trilogy of distopian twin-stick shooters from 10TonsLtd and comes hot on the heels of their previous one, Time Recoil. Borrowing heavily from both that game and Neon Chrome (which we really learned to love after we reviewed it), JYDGE follows is a mixture […]
JYDGE – PS4 Review
Ninja Shodown is the latest effort from Bitmap Bureau, the Southampton-based devs who brought us the enjoyable 88 Heroes. Much like that game, Ninja Shodown is an arcade/action platformer of sorts with a better-than-retro aesthetic and it sees up to four ninjas tearing around single screen levels slashing their way […]
Ninja Shodown – PS4 Review
Battle Chasers Nightwar is a crowdfunded game based on the comic of the same name. I doubt I’m alone in not knowing anything about the comic but apparently this was well respected. The game then has been created by the same person behind the comic and is a perfect jumping on […]
Battle Chasers Nightwar – PS4 Review
Minimalism and Independently developed retro style games go together like Peter Molyneux and over promised gameplay features that never make the cut. Not a month goes by without us seeing some kind of promise for a retro revival or charming 2D aesthetics with a core gameplay gimmick to mix things […]
INK – PS4 Review
1 I have a love/hate relationship with survival games. On one hand they can be interesting, with extra considerations taken into mundanities that would otherwise be glossed over in other games in the name of accessibility. On the other hand, they can often be laborious and downright petulant regarding how […]
The Solus Project – PS4/PSVR Review
Coming from a small outfit called Lost in the Garden, Lightfield is a futuristic racer looking to take nods towards it’s contemporaries whilst providing it’s own take on movement and navigation. Is the aesthetic charm worth the effort? The visual treatment on offer is a nice, clean and futuristic look which […]
Lightfield – PS4 Review
It’s not easy reviewing FIFA games. The subtle changes between iterations often leaves reviewers clutching at straws looking for something different to say from last year’s reviews. And anyway, everyone already knows if it is a good game. Of course it’s good. They’ve been simulating the sport of football accurately […]
FIFA 18 – PS4 Review
Compile Heart, probably best known for the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, have a new title on the Vita in the form of Mary Skelter: Nightmares. There are similarities with the presentation but it tries to do its own thing and mostly succeeds. You play as Jack, a prisoner in the Jail, […]
Mary Skelter: Nightmares – Vita Review
RUINER is the debut title by Polish dev squad Reikon Games and it combines twin-stick shooting with a cyberpunk aesthetic, which is a combination that PS4 gamers, and reviewers, are more than familiar with. The game stands out though thanks to developers’ commitment to the Blade Runner-esque style of the […]
RUINER – PS4 Review
1 End Space is a PSVR-only space shooter from Canadian VR specialists, Orange Bridge, and it has plenty in common with other space-based titles for the headset such as Space Rift and the Eve games. It all has reminds us of the VR mission in Star Wars: Battlefront. It’ll be no […]