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Weapon of Choice DX is a run and gun shooter from one-man studio Mommy’s Best Games. As with the recently-released Shoot 1UP DX, from the same developer, the game started life a long time ago on the now-defunct Xbox Indie Games service back on the Xbox 360 in 2008. This […]

Weapon of Choice DX – PS4 Review

September 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / humour / indie / run and gun / weapon of choice dx / xbox indie by Richie

Blightbound is an online-focused co-op hack and slasher with RPG elements and it comes to us from the fabulous Devolver Digital and was created by Dutch dev crew Ronimo Games. It started life as a PC early access title in 2020 but has now landed on all the consoles. Set after […]

Blightbound – PS4 Review

August 4, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / blightbound / brawler / rpg by Richie

Cris Tales is an RPG from Colombian developers Dreams Uncorporated and Syck. Although it doesn’t originate from Japan it’s in the style of a JRPG, similar to how Sword and Fairy 6 is a JRPG but from China. Thankfully Cris Tales is a better game than that technical mess. You […]

Cris Tales – PS5 Review

August 4, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / colombian / cris tales / jrpg / random battles / stylised / talking frog / time mage by Gareth

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

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

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a 2D roguelike hack and slash platformer from Canadian coders LABS Works which is run by Matt Kap, the developer of Castle in the Darkness. Set in a dying, post-apocalyptic world the game comes with its fair share of lore. Three explorers are wandering […]

Astalon: Tears of the Earth – PS4 Review

June 4, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / astalon / metroidvania / retro / rogue legacy / roguelite / tears of the earth / the lost vikings by Richie

Ah, Super Meat Boy, an Xbox Live Arcade classic if ever there was one. It was such a finely crafted game with tight controls and excellent level design which was incredibly tough but fantastically rewarding. And the music! So here we have Super Meat Boy Forever on the PS4, which […]

Super Meat Boy Forever – PS4 Review

April 27, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / autorunner / difficult / forever / super meat boy / xbox live indie games by Gareth

Are you a fan of challenging 2D platformers? Maybe you have a fondness for ActRaiser? Smelter, just released on PS4, hopes you are and does a pretty good job across the board of providing for both. The game opens with Adam and Eve. An apple drops from a tree and […]

Smelter – PS4 Review

April 22, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / actraiser / bosses / difficult / mega man x / platformer / smelter / trials by Gareth

Outbuddies DX is an old-school Metroidvania-esque explorer/platformer/shooter from one-man developer Julian Laufer that tells the story of Nikolay Bernstein, a maritime archaeologist who unwittingly becomes trapped in Bahlam, an underwater fortress (not the South London town on the Northern Line) that was home to the Old Gods, but now harbours […]

Outbuddies DX – PS4 Review

April 8, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / 8 bit / indie / metroidvania / outbuddies dx / platforming / retro by Richie

Although it’s not a deck builder, my experience with Slay the Spire and the recently reviewed Neoverse has helped me no end with Star Renegades which is new to the PS4. The combat has a lot in common with that style of game and it’s another Rogue-lite. It brings plenty […]

Star Renegades – PS4 Review

March 23, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / long / roguelite / rpg / slay the spire / star renegades / tactical / timeline / turn-based by Gareth

The run and gun genre has been about for so long that when a game comes along that tries to bring some originality to it I take notice. The best of the genre have really tight controls and make you feel like a badass despite actually being really fragile. Bite […]

Bite the Bullet – PS4 Review

March 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / all you can eat / bite the bullet / rock / run and gun / skill tree / synthwave by Gareth