No game can simply live on the nostalgia that comes with retro visuals and a catch soundtrack, but it can certainly serve as a good place to start. Zotrix is a decidedly simple game with some good ideas to keep you coming back for more, but that’s only assuming that…
Read MoreThe Earth Defense Force games have been running for a couple of generations now, but rather than being a truly new game, Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair is more akin to a HD remake of the older Earth Defense Force 2025 that released several years ago.…
Read MoreThe latest collection of tables to the Zen Pinball 2 platform are based on some “modern classics” of American animation; Family Guy, American Dad, Bob’s Burgers and Archer. This is both a blessing and a curse. Related reading: Another Zen Pinball pack well worth considering is the Iron & Steel…
Read MoreWhen I think of the roguelike genre, I think of dungeon crawling experiences. So it’s nice when a game breaks away from that expectation to offer something different. At its heart, Sublevel Zero is still very much a roguelike, but dressed up as a science fiction shooter by way of…
Read MoreIf there are any naysayers out there (I’m looking at you, Australian government), who still can’t see that Australian developers produce an amazing standard of video games, they only need to look at Assault Android Cactus, the latest in a very long line of quality, made in Australia, titles that…
Read MoreCastle Crashers Remastered gives us an excuse to take a look back at the original game from several years ago, and it proves to be a worthwhile visitation. If you were a fan of the game when it released several years ago, this updated take on things will surely please…
Read MoreBrave Tank Hero is a distressing affair. On one hand, arena-based tank combat games ought to be explored on consoles and Natsume deserves serious props for publishing one at all. On the other, this game is the embodiment of everything that could possibly go wrong with the untapped subgenre. Related…
Read MoreTribute Games is one of those developers that can reinvent the mundane on a whim. One of its earliest efforts, Wizorb, appeared to be another clone of the classic Breakout arcade game, but injected peculiar JRPG elements to craft arguably the most inspired spin on the formula out there. Tribute’s…
Read MoreWhen I think of Natsume, pocket racing games do not immediately spring to mind. Not when it’s got the Harvest Moon franchise going strong. That being said, Gotcha Racing does a fine job of creating a simple racing title that performs well on the tracks, but also provides an interesting…
Read MoreIf you want an example of a rhythm game that could never really work in the west, it’s surely Taiko no Tatsujin V Version. With huge tracklist that could only ever be relevant to the Japanese, Taiko is also ridiculously colourful and has an energy to it that can only…
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