A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Spam Attackers With a visual presentation sort of reminiscent of Another World and horde mode-style gameplay that mixes Gauntlet with a hint of TowerFall, Warlocks vs Shadows is a grind-heavy spammers dream. While this 2D brawler has a decent foundation, the repetitive combat and soundtrack is a slog and a lesson in boredom. After releasing […]
A Casualty of War Valkyria Chronicles was a cult favorite on PS3 and played even better with the Remastered version on PS4. When a new entry was announced for the series, fans like myself immediately got excited for another quality hybrid tactical action RPG. Unfortunately, Valkyria Revolution is a total slog at best, marred with […]
Shadows of Hurt Fire Emblem Echoes – Shadows of Valentia is the third Fire Emblem game to appear on the 3DS. While not as good as the stellar Fire Emblem Awakening, I did enjoy this title more than Fire Emblem Fates, the second 3DS title that was spilt across two games and DLC with the […]
Old Dog’s Old Tricks Still Plays Well Originally starting as a freeware PC game made by a one-man team – Daisuke Amaya, aka Pixel, Cave Story has been ported to many platforms over the last decade. In fact, Cave Story was the first WiiWare game I downloaded back in 2010. Luckily, Cave Story is a […]
Emotionally Charged On its surface, RiME is an environmental puzzle platformer that puts players into the shoes of a shipwrecked youth with no memory of what happened. Although this set up is a video game cliché, RiME separates itself through its presentation, an emotional story, and an unforgettable ending. There is no HUD, spoken language, […]
Punching Yourself In the Face Back in the PS2, original Xbox, and Gamecube era, Sony was and Nintendo were flourishing in the platformer genre with Jak and Daxter, Super Mario, and Ratchet & Clank while Microsoft struggled by testing out Blinx and Voodoo Vince. Never receiving recognition to the level of the competition, Microsoft’s platformers […]
Lacking Options For only $4.99, it is not fair to be harsh on Demon’s Crystals especially since the arcadey twin-sticker shooter gameplay is relatively smooth and offers a moment of mindless fun if you can gather four local players in one room. But the lack of options and gameplay elements ultimately results in a big […]
The Best of Both Worlds It is probably safe to assume that most people have either heard of or played Tetris. Puyo Puyo on the other hand has more of dedicated cult following and never received the recognition that Tetris created despite seeing iterations on most consoles since the 16-bit era. While puzzle game compilations […]
Cat And Frog Created by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya, best known for his work on Cave Story, Kero Blaster is a retro styled run and gunner that calls back to the 8-bit era. Now available on PS4, ported from iOS and Steam, this action platformer is sorta Mega Man-ish but with some grinding and RPG leveling. […]
Now On Sony’s Handheld Originally released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop at the end of 2014 via Circle Entertainment and Skipmore, Fairune, a sleeper hit gem, has been ported to Playstation’s Vita thanks to QubicGames. For more on Fairune, check out my review of the 3DS version as everything there still holds true for this […]
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