Review by Jim S. Dogos is a new SHMUP that has a classic gameplay style. These games are an acquired taste, but for the genre’s fans, the difficulty and sense of rewards are equal drawcards, as is the sheer action that the best examples of the genre are able to…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. With each copy of 2K and the development group behind Mafia 3 comes a pristine recreation of 1968 New Orleans. This is a city at a crossroads between the Civil Rights movement and the remnants of the Confederate Deep South; a city reverberating with freeform jazz,…
Read MoreReview by Mikhail M. This generation we’ve seen a ton of indie games release on consoles. The increasingly open platforms have allowed developers to expand their own horizons and also allowed those that only play on consoles to experience some of the finest independently developed games out there. PlayStation has…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Party Golf is to the sport of golf as foosball is to soccer, and beer pong is to table tennis. It takes the universally understood core of the sport – get a ball into a hole – and makes it accessible, fast paced and competitive. While…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. River City Ransom has long held a special place in my game-loving heart due to its unique mix of brawling combat and RPG elements. Enter the recently released River City: Tokyo Rumble, and I found myself sucked into a nostalgic joyride, reminding me why I loved…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I honestly hope that Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters gets a better look in this time around, for what is effectively the “remastered” edition of the visual novel/ JRPG. Arriving on the PlayStation 4 for the first time, there are some basic updates and some new content…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Despite being a game that first released back in 1999, but it never received a western release. Finally having the chance to play it, The Silver Case, as one of Goichi Suda’s first projects as an independent developer, is an interesting game because it certainly shows…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You know how children think it’s funny to take something good, and then put something ridiculous over the top? Or take something serious, and then apply hyperbole or sarcasm to the point where it’s ridiculous, and they then think it’s funny? Most people grow out of…
Read MoreReview by Matthew C. Did you ever play the original Karateka? A Bastard’s Tale feels like a modern take on that concept, albeit with a medieval European setting rather than Japanese. Both games are side-scrolling beat-’em-ups in a sense, but with a focus on slow, methodical one-on-one combat instead of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Rise of the Tomb Raider does not get off to a good start. Utterly obsessed with hurling its infamous hero, Lara Croft, into rockfaces, having avalanches drop on her, and throwing her into perilous positions where she needs to desperately run across platforms crumbling from underneath…
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