platformer

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

Pinkman+ is the latest offering from Finnish Platinum purveyors, Ratalaika Games and is a 2D platformer which comes from one-man dev team, Green Dinosaur Games. The obvious inspiration, both in terms of gameplay and visuals, is Super Meat Boy and N+ but with the twist that the titular Pinkman has a jetpack which […]

Pinkman+ – PS5/PS4 Review

March 19, 2021 in Reviews tagged 2d / easy platinum / easy trophies / pinkman++ / platformer / ratalaika / super meat boy by Richie

Sometimes I’m in the mood for some bite-sized and simple. More Dark by HugePixel fits that bill. With dozens of relatively quick puzzles, this teaser looks to put players’ problem solving to the test. With a couple of tricks up its sleeve, this cheap platformer is enjoyable to play through […]

More Dark – PS4 Review

December 1, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged hugepixel / more dark / platformer / puzzle / ratalaika / retro aesthetic by Mike

It might seem odd reviewing a game that comes free with a new console, after all it’s not going to cost you anything to try it yourself, but is Astro’s Playroom worth your time when you could be playing one of your other shiny games that actually cost you money? […]

Astro’s Playroom – PS5 Review

November 21, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged astro's playroom / bot / collectible / dualsense / free / nostalgia / platformer by Gareth

I quite like the time based platformer genre. Super Meat Boy is the best example, but I’ve enjoyed Shio on the PS4 and 10 Second Ninja X is a good example of a game that isn’t just about platforming but disposing of enemies in a timely fashion too. Damsel has […]

Damsel – PS4 Review

October 29, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 10 second ninja x / 2d / comic / damsel / difficult / leaderboards / platformer / shio / timed / vampires by Gareth

If you’re going to put ‘Jet Set’ at the start of your game’s title, you’d better come correct given the proud history of that prefix (we’re thinking Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Willy) but here we are with Jet Set Knights, the latest Ratalaika release. The game is a curious mix of hack and […]

Jet Set Knights – PS4 Review

September 28, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / easy platinum / jet set knights / one screen / platformer / ratalaika / retro by Richie

Exp Parasite is not an RPG like the name might suggest. Although I couldn’t see it anywhere in the game apparently the ‘Exp’ is short for ‘Experimental’ rather than ‘Experience’ as you play as a parasite who can control mechanical objects and must do so to progress through ten challenging, […]

Exp Parasite – PS4 Review

September 25, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / difficult / exp parasite / flappy bird / gravity / platformer / super meat boy / vvvvvv by Gareth

Many Faces is a single-screen platform shoot ’em up from the recently prolific Eastasiasoft and continues their recent trend for basic shoot ’em ups with very easily obtained platinum trophies. In this game you play as an egg-shaped being (very reminiscent of the ZX Spectrum character Dizzy) who can walk […]

Many Faces – PS4 Review

June 1, 2020 in PS4 tagged dizzy / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / many faces / platformer by Richie

When a game comes in from Finnish publishers Ratalaika Games, we usually know what to expect. And that is a platinum trophy within thirty minutes. But Thy Sword is that rarest of unicorns, a Rata joint where you have to put some time in. Obstensibly, this is a rogue-lite platformer/hack and slasher […]

Thy Sword – PS4 Review

May 15, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / hack and slash / platformer / ratalaika / thy sword by Richie

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