rhythm action

From developer Wildboy Studios and publisher Untold Tales comes a comedy romp through the halls of the Norse gods. Rather unexpectedly, Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is a point and click adventure with a script worthy of LucasArts at the height of their powers. Only kidding, it’s a generally […]

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree – PS4 Review

February 17, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged freya / loki / norse / odin / rhythm action / sexy dancer / ygdrassil by Ian

A Musical Story is a rhythm-action game from French coders, Glee Cheese. With its focus on firmly on its emotive story, this isn’t like other games in the genre although you could make parallels with Parappa The Rapper but only if Parappa was an acid-fueled Jimi Hendrix clone and the music was less about […]

A Musical Story – PS5 Review

March 2, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged 70s / a musical story / indie / music / rhythm action by Richie

Sometimes, while I’m playing games, I wonder about what could work if the developers took their vision in another direction. This can range from the likes of wondering what the Starfox series would be like as a racer or Parappa the Rapper becoming the platform game it deserved to be […]

BPM: Bullets Per Minute – PS4 Review

November 4, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged BPM / Bullets per minute / Hellsinger / of rain / rhythm action by Grizz

While Beat Saber continues to enjoy its considerable success Harmonix, the granddaddies of the modern rhythm action genre, have put out Audica which shares a fair bit of a DNA with its lightsaber inspired peer but comes at it from a more hardcore aspect. What does that all mean? Well, […]

Audica – PSVR Review

December 4, 2019 in PSVR tagged audica / harmonix / PSVR / rhythm action / shooting by Richie

Aaero is a rhythm action game from two-man English dev crew Mad Fellows. It was released elsewhere back in April but European gamers finally got the chance to pick it up earlier this month which led to it showing up on our radar and we’re glad it did. Like many […]

Aaero – PS4 Review

December 31, 2017 in PS4 tagged aaero / dubstep / music / rez / rhythm action by Richie

Starship Disco is a rhythm action title from Richard Stenson of one-man development studio Solus Games and it is, in many ways, a very typical PSVR game. Behind the simple hit the fire button on time gameplay, what you get here is an into-the-screen VR title that sees you destroying […]

Starship Disco – PSVR Review

December 31, 2016 in PSVR tagged PSVR / rhythm action / space / starship disco / vr by Richie

VR lends itself more readily to certain types of games. Anything where you don’t need to move around too much is usually well suited which is why Rez and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood are two of our favourite VR games so far. Thumper is one of those, placing you […]

Thumper – PSVR Review

October 25, 2016 in PSVR tagged bleak / moody / PSVR / rhythm action / thumper by Richie

As far as genre crossovers go, LOUD on Planet X, is possibly the weirdest given that it matches rhythm-action and whatever genre you want to classify Plants Vs. Zombies is. Instead of dropping down defences in a tower defence kind of way, you hold off the waves of attacking by […]

LOUD on Planet X – PS4 Review

April 25, 2016 in PS4 tagged defence / indie / loud on planet x / music / rhythm action by Richie

A few years ago, rhythm action games were hugely successful. The Rock Band and Guitar Hero series spawned countless iterations before the public lost all interest and while both series recently debuted on the PS4, no one particularly cares anymore. Before that, Harmonix (the developers of Rock Band and the early […]

Amplitude – PS4 Review

January 7, 2016 in PS4 tagged amplitude / harmonix / rhythm action by Richie

The rhythm action genre has always been well-served on handhelds and on the Vita, the most popular one is DJ Max Technika and some of the devs from that game have now reformed under the name of Nurijoy to carry on doing what they do best and the product of that […]

Superbeat: Xonic – Vita Review

December 18, 2015 in Vita tagged j-pop / music / rhythm action / superbeat: xonic by Richie

It’s time to enter the wacky world of Senran Kagura again but this time instead of fighting with swords and fists, you’re fighting with sushi and noodles. Yes its Senran Kagura Bon Appétit and the game answers the often asked question of what would happen if you crossed boobs, ninjas […]

Senran Kagura Bon Appétit – VITA Review

November 11, 2014 in Vita tagged boobs / cooking / japanese / rhythm action / Senran Kagura Bon Appétit by Steven

As some who dabbles with mixed success in music and fighting, a game that combines the two should be right up my alley. Kickbeat attempts to do that by using beat matching gameplay in a brawl setting. You play as Lee, or later Mei, who stands in the middle of […]

Kickbeat – PS4 Review

September 18, 2014 in PS4 tagged kickbeat / rhythm action by Richie