platformer

If you look at the screenshots, you may already have an idea of how you feel about this one. The unfortunate side effect of reviewing games over an amount of time, is that you will inevitably encounter trends or tropes that just keep coming back and it becomes very difficult […]

Glam’s Incredible Run: Escape from Dukha – PS4 Review

April 21, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged challenging / Escape from Dukha / Formulaic / Glam's Incredible Run / platformer / retro by Grizz

Gunborg: Dark Matters is a 2D run and gun shooter-platformer from Swedish software specialists Ricpau Studios which is really just Rickard Paulsson, an animator who decided to learn how to make games, and some friends he’s made along the way. This is his first release and one that has quadrupled its […]

Gunborg: Dark Matters – PS5 Review

April 7, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / gunborg / matterfall / platformer / run and gun / shooter by Richie

What Lies in the Multiverse is a puzzle-based platformer from Santiago-based developer Iguanabee and Polish publisher Untold Tales. The prologue opens with the line “Multiple events, multiple possibilities, multiple consequences.” It’s a little more linear than that admittedly, but the storyline is occasionally intriguing. The gameplay on offer reminded us […]

What Lies in the Multiverse – PS4 Review

March 13, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged bill fucking murray / multiverse / platformer / quantum physics by Ian

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’ve got a pretty wide range of likes when it comes to video game genres. I’d say most have a common thread in that I like adventure which taps into RPGs, JRPGs, action games, open world games, survival horror games and metroidvania games. I also like a challenge within reason, […]

Aeterna Noctis – PS5 Review

December 23, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / aeterna noctis / bosses / difficult / metroidvania / platformer by Gareth

The PlayStation Talents initiative is a great idea. Helping Spanish creatives get off the ground is a worthy cause in theory, but in practise the prices given to them do not match the quality or amount of game you’re getting. Wukong, which is influenced by the ever popular Journey to […]

Wukong – PS4 Review

December 12, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 3d / collectibles / crash bandicoot / monkey magic / platformer / PlayStation Talents / spin attack / wukong by Gareth

Night Lights is described as a 2D puzzle platformer by its devs, Montreal-based Meridian4, and that’s kind of true but we’ve seen a lot of those from Ratalaika Games, the publisher here, and this one is a bit different. Indeed with its back-and-forth, linked-up levels, this is more of a […]

Night Lights – PS4 Review

December 1, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / metroidvania / night lights / platformer / ratalaika by Richie

Milli & Greg is the latest effort from Brazilian developers 2ndBoss and is best described as a 16-bit styled 2D retro platformer. Yes, we’ve had a lot of those recently, especially in the indie space, but can this one stand above the others or is it just another retro throwback? In […]

Milli & Greg – PS4 Review

November 7, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / 2d / milli & greg / platformer / retro by Richie

Dojoran is a “1bit platformer” from Brazilian one-man dev team Nautlander and is this week’s offering from Finnish publishers, Ratalaika Games. Presented in stark black and white, is an unassuming looking platformer but one that will soon get your cursing thanks to its surprisingly aggressive difficulty curve. You play as some […]

Dojoran – PS5 Review

September 27, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 1-bit / 2d / dojoran / easy platinum / platformer / ratalaika by Richie

This week’s offering from Ratalaika is Sun Wukong VS Robot, a bite-sized Metroidvania style game from the relatively unknown dev team, Bitca. Having just reviewed the brilliant Astalon, we were fully dialled in to this style of game and all the running, jumping, slashing and upgrading that it entails. So how […]

Sun Wukong VS Robot – PS4 Review

June 22, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged hack and slash / jump / metroidvania / platformer / sun wukong vs robot by Richie

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

There’s something to be said about how indie games of today and how diverse and unexpected games are, compared to the AAA efforts of recent years. I like to think of Indie efforts as a direct comparison to the bedroom coders of years past. The type that introduced impoverished gamers […]

World Splitter – PS4 Review

April 21, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged dimensions / hovva bovva / neo bird / platformer / puzzle / World Splitter by Grizz

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