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When 10TonsLtd, who have long been our favourite purveyors of twin-stick shooting action, dropped Tesla vs Lovecraft on us last year we were very happy with its mix of bold, colourful visuals and insanely hectic gameplay and continued to play it all the way to the platinum long after we […]

Tesla vs Lovecraft: For Science! PS4 Review

April 27, 2019 in PS4 tagged 10tonsltd / dlc / tesla vs lovecraft / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

I Hate Running Backwards is an endless runner/shoot ’em up from Croatian coders Binx Interactive and was formed around an idea or rather just a quote. “I hate running backwards” was uttered by Serious Sam in the game of the same name. Now I played Serious Sam back on the PC when […]

I Hate Running Backwards – PS4 Review

June 1, 2018 in PS4 tagged i hate running backwards / serious sam / shoot em up / shooter / top down by Richie

JYDGE is the latest in the unofficial trilogy of distopian twin-stick shooters from 10TonsLtd and comes hot on the heels of their previous one, Time Recoil. Borrowing heavily from both that game and Neon Chrome (which we really learned to love after we reviewed it), JYDGE follows is a mixture […]

JYDGE – PS4 Review

October 5, 2017 in PS4 tagged 10tonsltd / jydge / neon chrome / shoot em up / top down / twin stick by Richie

Sometimes fate, and the games release schedule, align in strange but perfect ways. A week ago I reviewed Grand Prix Rock’N Racing which I gave 1/10. I didn’t enjoy doing that. The game wasn’t cheap and cynical, it had some kind of heart behind it. But it was so abjectly […]

Mantis Burn Racing – PS4 Review

October 14, 2016 in PS4 tagged arcade / driving / manits burn racing / racer / super sprint / top down by Richie

Storytelling in games is notoriously difficult, with many a criticism being the lack of interactivity within the tale being told. Stories: The Path of Destinies aims to solve this by offering dozens of stories within the one adventure. Even though many of the stories will result in you failing to […]

Stories: The Path of Destinies – PS4 Review

April 18, 2016 in PS4 tagged indie / multiple endings / rpg / stories / top down by Steven

Good parody in any medium is a tough act to accomplish. The subjective nature of humour and the subject of your affection can make this a tricky minefield to navigate. Retro City Rampage: DX arrives on the PlayStation 4 having attempted to do this on numerous platforms since its initial […]

Retro City Rampage DX – PS4 Review

December 4, 2014 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d shooter / arcade / retro city rampage dx / retro revival / top down by Mike