A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Super XYX, published by EastAsiaSoft, is a ridiculous, fluidly fast vertical eye-scorcher of a shooter. This ten-dollar action-heavy download is impressive for two main reasons. First, its visual fidelity never gets old and remains consistently awesome throughout. Secondly, with just a little practice, you’ll be thinking to yourself “how I am still alive” with so […]
Released a year ago on PC, multiplayer online shooter Starship Troopers: Extermination is now available on consoles. It is interesting because players will be hunting multiple types of bugs in this licensed offshoot. It doesn’t take much to see this was designed as a PC game shoehorned into a console experience. Using the analog stick […]
Published by EastAsiaSoft, Purpose 1951 is the exact definition of a “walking simulator.” Without combat, interactivity, or a way to lose, the player simply uses the left stick to move at one slow unchangeable pace and the right stick to adjust viewing angle. Unfortunately, the uneventful, one-note experience leaves much to be desired. Apparently, this […]
The Smurfs: Dreams, by Ocellus Studio and Microids, is a surprisingly enjoyable, highly competent, licensed platformer about tiny poisoned, topless blue creatures who live in the forest. Strangely, there is no movie or cartoon marketing tie-in. Stranger yet, does anyone even care or know about the Smurfs, especially in late 2024? But do not let […]
Rogue Sentry is not a rogue, roguelite, or roguelike. No, the name is a literal description of the playable protagonist, a robot sentry that has gone rogue. Gameplay is a twin-stick Metroidvania, outfitted with PlayDate-like 1-bit visuals that are letterboxed within the widescreen. Two quickly summarize, it is a wonderful and highly entertaining three-hour romp. […]
Created by Deck13, the same team that released Crosscode and Chained Echoes, have released Drova, a 6-year passion project, to modern consoles and PC. To summarize, Drova is an atmospheric open-world action RPG set in a brutally dark Celtic, magic-filled world. It doesn’t take much to see this is a role-playing game made by enthusiastic […]
Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden recently re-released Aero the Acrobat and Aero the Acrobat 2 on modern platformers. Rounding out this obscure trilogy is the re-release of Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel who was an antagonist in the Aero titles. However, playing as the bad guy results in the most polished and playable of the three titles. […]
Damikira is a chaotic action platformer geared around dark humor and bloody violence. The fluid pixel art is never anything overly gross and not super impressive but it definitely has a morbid sense of personality to match its “just one more run” gameplay. As it turns out, human DNA has been crossed with crazy animal […]
Published by Ratalaika Games, They Came From The Sky 2 is a fun, score based 2D side scrolling action game that reminds me of arcade classic Rampage only with aliens instead of giant monsters. Playing as an alien in a side shuffling walker, it is your job to kill, abduct, and destroy as many humans […]
Published by RedDeer.Games, Dros is an adventurous platformer mainly based around environmental puzzle solving. The gameplay gimmick comes from controlling two unique characters at once. Captain, a knight that can swing a sword but cannot jump, and a Dros, a blob of black goo that can double jump but cannot attack. Together, they make an […]
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