One of my favorite games on the 3DS eShop is a game called Witch And Hero and its sequels. Not only is the pixel art super adorable, the gameplay is insanely addicting. Why is this important here? Well, developer Draw Distance took the overall gameplay mechanics of Circle Entertainment’s title, only layering it with a…
Category: Reviews
Game and gadget reviews here.
REVIEW – Earthfall: Alien Horde (Switch)
Most easily described as Left4Dead with aliens, Earthfall: Alien Horde is a mindless co-op experience on Switch. This FPS has players controlling one of four characters as they move from one location to the next, being constantly swarmed by alien invaders just like the zombies in the L4D. Unfortunately, the lack of progression and overall…
REVIEW – Door Kickers Action Squad (Xbox One)
Released in 2018 on PC, Door Kickers Action Squad is now available on current consoles. With side-scrolling 2D pixel-based SWAT style gameplay, this action game is best played co-op but offers some stiff and unfair challenges when played solo. You can check out my stream of the original PC version HERE. Pretty much everything said…
REVIEW – Tracks – The Train Set Game (Xbox One)
Excalibur Games, the team that brought us the glitchy but oddly experimental car driving and maintaining sim Jalopy, is now focusing their attention to another form a land travel with Tracks – The Train Set Game. Nothing more than a digital toy, Tracks suffers from many of the same problems of their other titles. There…
REVIEW – Lornsword Winter Chronicle (Xbox One)
Designed with a home console controller in mind, Lornsword Winter Chronicle is a RTS mixed with slight elements of tower defense. It is a single player story-driven campaign with a larger emphasis on narrative. The slow hour long introduction is essentially one big tutorial but explains the foreign gameplay mechanics and controls well. Playing as…
REVIEW – Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan (Switch)
Looking and playing like an unreleased 8-bit NES game, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan is a 2D pixel sidescroller that mixes a bit of Metroidvania with Mega Man. With an Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom visual theme, this game carries plenty of personality and retro platforming pleasure. An homage to…
REVIEW – Haunted: Halloween ’86 – The Curse of Possum Hallow (Switch)
Originally released on an actual NES cartridge in 2016 thanks to the dedicated group at Retrotainment and Mega Cat Studios, Haunted: Halloween ’86 – The Curse of Possum Hallow is now available as a Switch eShop download. This is a new 8-Bit Nintendo game, programmed using the NES programming language, which is something pretty special…
REVIEW – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Switch)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is the perfection example of how far the Mario and Sonic rivalry has come. Even though they were mortal enemies in the 16-bit era, these fan favorite characters are the biggest buddies here in this Olympic mini-game compilation and it will warm the hearts of fans…
REVIEW – Creepy Brawlers (Switch)
Originally released in 2017 on a legit NES cartridge, Creepy Brawlers is now making its way onto consoles as a low cost digital download. Mega Cat Studios, also responsible for the new old school beat’em up Coffee Crisis, programmed this title using original Assembly language making this an honest to goodness new original Nintendo game….
REVIEW – PING REDUX (Xbox One) with stream
Positioned as a sibling game to PING 1.5, PING REDUX is a one part puzzle game and one part Arkanoid. Unlike the numerous Break-Out/Brickles clones out there, the goal isn’t to make a bouncing ball bump into all the pieces on the board. Instead, the player needs to have the ball touch an orange sphere…