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Stellatum is the latest addition to the PS4’s large roster of shoot ’em ups and comes to us by way of Satur Games. As ever, the plot is paper thin in these sort of games but involves you facing off with different races of aliens, all of whom coming in […]

Stellatum – PS4 Review

October 17, 2019 in PS4 tagged arcade / stellatum / twin stick shoot em up / upgrading / vertically scrolling by Richie

Angerforce: Reloaded is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic 1942/Dodonpachi style that comes to us as the debut from Beijing based coders Screambox Studio and it is out now on PSN. When creating games in this genre the recipe for success is no secret and yet often indie […]

AngerForce: Reloaded – PS4 Review

May 5, 2019 in PS4 tagged angerforce / bullet-hell / roguelite / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

We get to review quite a lot of shoot ’em ups here as the genre is still popular with indie developers on the PS4 but for it’s history alone Fast Striker stands out from the rest. Sure, on the face of it this is just another vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up […]

Fast Striker – PS4/Vita Review

October 16, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged cross buy / fast striker / neo geo / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

It’s not everyday that you get a bullet hell shoot ’em up inspired by Korean mythology but Shikhondo – Soul Eater is one such game thanks to it coming to us from Korean developers DeerFarm. They recently introduced the game on the official PlayStation blog which really set up it up as […]

Shikhondo: Soul Eater – PS4 Review

August 27, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / bullet-hell / shikhondo / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

As PlayStation Country’s resident shoot ’em up fan (ie – I’m the oldest and therefore I actually played the classics in arcades when I was a kid), I’m always happy when a legit shoot ’em up shows up on the PS4. We seem to get lots of twin-stick shooters (such […]

Caladrius Blaze – PS4 Review

August 23, 2016 in PS4 tagged arcade / caladrius blaze / japanese / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie