Beat em up

The beat ’em up renaissance has been interesting to see. Whilst it does play on people’s nostalgia, the higher profile efforts have been of a pretty good quality. Next to return to the fray is Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of The Dragons. The series itself hasn’t always hit the right […]

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – PS5 Review

July 27, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2D brawler / Beat em up / crime / double dragon gaiden rise of the new dragons / jimmy and bimmy lee / kingpin / local co-op / melee combat / secret base / trash pyramid by Mike

Fight’N Rage is a side-scrolling beat ’em up from Uruguayan developer, and fighting game enthusiast, Seba Games Dev and it is very much inspired by the classics of the genre, a genre which arguably had its heyday back in the late ’80s and early ’90s but repeatedly gets dipped back […]

Fight’N Rage – PS5 Review

March 19, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 90s / Beat em up / fight'n rage / final fight / retro by Richie

Sometimes it’s good to be late to the party. When Sifu originally released I was knee deep in review mania and I always have trepidation tackling a game where the difficulty is a keen selling point. Sloclap’s been tinkering with combat systems since their debut Absolver. Whilst that focused on […]

Sifu – PS5 Review

December 4, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Beat em up / brawler / chinese / kung fu / martial art / pak mei / revenge / sifu / sloclap 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

Okinawa Rush is a 2D beat ’em up from London-based Sokaikan Limited. Released on Steam back in May 2021, it garnered decent reviews before reaching a wider audience thanks to a Switch release in October the same year. But now it’s here on PS4 and we have to say, we […]

Okinawa Rush – PS4 Review

February 7, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Beat em up / coin-op / fighting / karate / okinawa rush / shinobi / street fighter 2 by Richie

WarDogs: Red’s Return is an old-school 2D beat ’em up in the tradition of games like Renegade, Double Dragon and, most notably, Final Fight. It comes to us from QUByte Interactive and Brazilian coders Mito Games. In it you play as Red, an anthropomorphic fighter (human body, dog’s head) as he returns home […]

WarDogs: Red’s Return – PS4 Review

May 13, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / arcade / Beat em up / final fight / too much story / wardogs by Richie

We’ve reviewed Netherrealm’s spectacularly gory fighting game, Mortal Kombat 11, previously, along with its Aftermath DLC but both have made it across to the PS5 as part of this, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate. What you get for your money is the original game, the DLC and the two Kombat packs which add a […]

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate – PS5 Review

November 28, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Beat em up / fighting / gore / mortal kombat 11 / netherrealm by Richie

Shing! is a side-scrolling hack and slasher very much in the grand tradition of games such as Golden Axe and, more recently, Castle Crashers. This is a genre that doesn’t make as many appearances these days as others. We’re forever reviewing top-down shooters and 2D platform games but, clearly, the golden […]

Shing! – PS4 Review

August 28, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / Beat em up / hack and slasher / shing! / sword by Richie

When we cast our minds back to nineties gaming, it’s hard not to think of the early battlegrounds of the console wars and the many versus scenarios that faced us back then. You couldn’t simply sit on the fence; you either had a Mega Drive or Super Nintendo, you either […]

Streets of Rage 4 – PS4 Review

April 29, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Axel / Beat em up / Blaze / Cherry / Floyd / ps4 / streets of rage / Yuzo Koshiro by Grizz

As massive fans of Mortal Kombat X, the first Mortal Kombat game since Trilogy on the PS1 that we’ve actually loved (although we did like the spin-off Shaolin Monks), we’ve had a lot of our hopes and expectations pinned on Mortal Kombat 11, the latest in the long-running series of […]

Mortal Kombat 11 – PS4 Review

April 30, 2019 in PS4 tagged Beat em up / fighting / get over here / mortal kombat 11 / netherrealm by Richie

Iron Snout is a beat ’em up from Lithuanian coders SnoutUp and they describe the game’s genre as “arcade wolf fighting” which is a fair assessment of what the game asks you to do. It is published by Ratalaika Games and so comes in PS4 and Vita versions as you […]

Iron Snout – PS4/Vita Review

April 21, 2019 in PS4 / Vita tagged arcade / Beat em up / easy platinum / game and watch / iron snout / pig / ratalaika by Richie

Old-school arcade genres are always popular with indie developers and so Crazyant games have teamed up with prolific PSN publishers Ratalaika Games to give us I Am The Hero which is a take on the side-scrolling beat ’em up genre and it is out now for PS4 and Vita as a […]

I Am The Hero – PS4 Review

November 26, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged Beat em up / fighting / final fight / i am the hero / ratalaika by Richie