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Spiders are a French developer most well known for action RPGs like the enjoyable Greedfall. They’re generally not the most polished titles but they’re reasonably ambitious. Steelrising is also an action RPG, but this time taking a far greater influence from From Software titles. That’s aiming very high, but how […]

Steelrising – PS5 Review

September 7, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / automaton / bloodborne / metroidvania / paris / rpg / Souls / steelrising by Gareth

A few years ago I reviewed Sword and Fairy 6 for PlayStation Country. I still hold it up to this day as the most technically broken game I’ve reviewed, even though the game itself was fairly competent. You can read the review to get the details (though testing it on […]

Sword and Fairy: Together Forever – PS5 Review

August 4, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / chinese / real time / rpg / sword and fairy / together forever by Gareth

I love a good rhythm-action game. Of all the genres of games I play, this is by far the one that keeps me coming back for more, such is the moreish nature of short-lived experiences that offer immense replay ability. After all, my formative gaming years would be nothing without […]

Beat Souls – PS5 Review

February 25, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged action / beat souls / game eastasiasoft / music / rhythm by Grizz

Despite the ‘cover’ art and name suggesting this might be a Bomberman/Dynablaster clone, Dyna Bomb isn’t quite what we expect. This one comes to us from 7 Raven Studios and is a 2D arcade-action puzzler that doesn’t have any strong comparisons with other games and there might be a reason for that but […]

Dyna Bomb – PS4 Review

February 23, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / dyna bomb / platformer / puzzler by Richie

I do sometimes quiver in fear whenever a visual novel comes my way. Thankfully, Eternal Radiance is perhaps more JRPG than visual novel with a focus seemingly split between the two. Visualnoveler successfully kickstarted a PC release in 2020 and they’ve billed it as an action RPG first and foremost. […]

Eternal Radiance – PS4 Review

January 25, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged action / combat / eternal radiance / jrpg / knights / quests / skill tree / visual novel / visualnoveler by Mike

When Vaas Montenegro, the charismatic psychopathic bad guy from Far Cry 3, talked about the definition of insanity, there was a certain irony that he was a creation of Ubisoft, the publishing behemoth behind such series as Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed and Rainbow Six. We’re all well-used to their tried and tested formula built […]

Far Cry 6 – PS5 Review

October 15, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / far cry / far cry 6 / fps / open world / sandbox 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

Capcom have been on a bit of roll with the Resident Evil franchise in recent years. After the excellent remake of Resident Evil 2, they followed it up a year later with a remake of Resident Evil 3. That was maybe too quick a turn around as it felt far […]

Resident Evil Village – PS5 Review

May 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / first person / horror / mercenaries / re:verse / resident evil / treasure / village by Gareth

We’re self-confessed fans of 10Tons Ltd and their range of twin-stick shoot ’em ups and have been covering their reappearance as PS5 titles happily. It started with Jydge which got a surprising re-release as a PS5 launch title and since then we’ve given positive reviews to Undead Horde and their new joint Tesla […]

Tesla vs Lovecraft – PS5 Review

December 30, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd. tesla vs lovecraft / action / arcade / retro / twin-stick shooter / upgrades by Richie

Arguably the highest profile release at the start of this new generation is Demon’s Souls. How it’s come to this I don’t know, a remake of game that at one point wasn’t even going to be released in the West has come to spearhead the exclusive line up at a […]

Demon’s Souls – PS5 Review

November 27, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / dark souls / demon's souls / difficult / online / pure bladestone / remake / remaster / rpg by Gareth

Foregone is an action game with RPG elements, as well as Metroidvania leanings and is obviously influenced by the excellent Dead Cells. If you’re going to be influenced by something it might as well be one of the best but with it comes a tough comparison. So how does it […]

Foregone – PS4 Review

October 24, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / action / combat / dead cells / foregone / metroidvania / platforming / rpg by Gareth

When I first downloaded Dogurai I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the name actually tells you quite a bit, at least about the character you play as. You play as a samurai who is also a dog. One of the those ‘Ooooh’ moments you get when playing games, but […]

Dogurai – PS4 Review

April 9, 2020 in PS4 tagged action / dog / dogurai / game boy / Mega Man / platformer / samurai by Gareth

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