There is an intensity to Soul Sacrifice that makes its minimalist plot and single-note theme feel more compelling than it has any right to be. I’m not sure if that intensity was a consequence of the developers being clever with a limited budget (Vita games don’t justify AAA-grade budgets, even…
Read MoreI don’t really know how to review VitaBounce, but it’s a very special game. It stands as a testament to what happens when people get on the industrial strength hallucinogens. It is by far the most memorable game in the entire games industry – what I’ve seen to review this…
Read MoreHere’s the danger with Sony’s strategy of throwing so much energy and resources at indie developers; on the one hand the strategy produces some incredible experiences (like Retro City Rampage) and it keeps a steady stream of games coming to the PlayStation Vita while the big publishers refuse to support…
Read MoreI’m the kind of person who like games with strong characters. Thomas Was Alone stars, literally, coloured shapes. Plain geometric shapes; they have no faces and in fact barely any animation, and yet I struggle to think of characters that I have connected with more in any game I’ve ever…
Read MoreIn the early days of game development, economic simulation games tended to focus in on one law of trading alone; buy low, sell high. Somehow, this incredibly simple (and often incorrect) economic theory drove dozens, if not hundreds of games, and turned many of them into genuinely compelling experiencing. Nostalgia…
Read MoreYesterday was a pretty busy day for games news – as usually happens when Nintendo hosts a Nintendo Direct show. But that’s not all. Over on the humble Vita console Sony quietly released a demo for the game that single-handedly kick started the console in Japan. Soul Sacrifice could have…
Read MoreIt seems like only yesterday that we were plugging an Ethernet attachment onto the backside of our PS2 consoles to head into the unique tactical online shooter warfare that is, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs. The original trilogy is by far considered to be the pinnacle titles for the franchise, with…
Read MoreIt initially struck me as a little strange that the first PlayStation Vita port of GUST’s superb Arland trilogy in the Atelier series is the second one. Atelier Rorona came first and yet Totori is what we’re now taking with us on commutes around the world. Once I started playing…
Read MoreI think I have played Hungry Giraffe four times now. Let’s count them; PlayStation Minis, iPhone, PlayStation Mobile, and now PlayStation Vita. Yep, four times. I was not the greatest fan of the game the first time I played it, and yet I keep coming back for more. Every single…
Read MoreValhalla Knights 3 from Marvelous AQL for the PlayStation Vita looks and sounds pretty good so far. The game sounds like a lot will be going on and these screenshots seem to support that notion. The number ‘seven’ will appear a lot as battles take place with up to seven…
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