Save the Ninja Clan is a low priced release on the Vita and PS4 (but not cross buy). It promises a less sadistic Super Meat Boy style platformer and a couple of ways to approach the game. That’s a high bar to aim for but how close does it get? […]
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Minimalism and Independently developed retro style games go together like Peter Molyneux and over promised gameplay features that never make the cut. Not a month goes by without us seeing some kind of promise for a retro revival or charming 2D aesthetics with a core gameplay gimmick to mix things […]
INK – PS4 Review
Before I get into talking about 36 Fragments of Midnight go and make yourself a brew have a sit down, get comfy. Chances are that if you had to walk to your kettle get the milk leave the tea bag to brew for a minute or two it has taken you around six […]
36 Fragments of Midnight – Vita Review
Whilst a vast swathe of modern indie games enjoy using the retro aesthetic of 8-bit pixel art, there are many other periods of retro gaming available. Pankapu has action which harks back to the 90s platform games of old but manages to catapult the graphics into the present day. Pankapu is a story […]
Pankapu – PS4 Review
Bleed was released over four years ago on the PC and now it has made its way to the PS4. It checks all the boxes for an indie game, but does its simplicity work in its favour? The world has shown its gratitude to its heroes with a Hall of […]
Bleed – PS4 Review
RobotRiot is a 2D arcade shoot ’em up/platformer hybrid that has you playing a small debt collecting robot called SLUG who is tasked with raiding space ships. Each ship has multiple levels that require you to fight your way through the ships’ defences in order to blow up reactors. I […]
RobotRiot: Hyper Edition – PS4 Review
There was a time when the phrase indie game would immediately bring to mind Limbo and as a result there was a rash of similar 2D puzzle platformers. Nowadays though what is more immediately brought to mind are pixel art looking rogue likes. It therefore feels oddly refreshing, in a throwback […]
Toby: The Secret Mine – PS4 Review
Speedrunners is a new release on PS4 from DoubleDutch Games and allows you to put your platforming skills to the test against other players. If you’ve enjoyed Super Meat Boy or N+ at any point then you’ll feel right at home here. This is strictly a competitive game. You do […]
Speedrunners – PS4 Review
If blue skies were prohibited in gaming, then Sumo Digital would be the revolutionary upstarts who were spraying walls with rainbows and murals of sun soaked beaches. Since Outrun 2, Sumo have made a habit of making sure the day remains pleasant within a virtual world. Daring to tread […]
Snake Pass – PS4 Review
88 Heroes has a gimmick. The plot sets it up – it’s 8:08 AM on August 8, 1988, and the evil Dr. H8 has brought the world to the brink of total annihilation. His demands are simple: pay $88 octillion within 88 minutes, or Dr. H8’s 88 thermo-nuclear warheads will […]
88 Heroes – PS4 Review
Platforming games used to be great, didn’t they? They once stood tall as the industry standard, with colourful mascots appearing out of the woodwork, all competing to be the new big thing. Hell, at one point it was the most subscribed genre, like how FPS games are now. With […]
A Pixel Story – PS4 Review
Typoman was originally a Wii U exclusive released in the later half of 2015, given that no one owned a Wii U this game may have slipped under your radar. This rejigged and revamped release on the PlayStation 4 is a chance for a wider audience to experience the game […]