‘DELTA’ Review: Oculus Trip
Stuff like hermitgames’ DELTA1 should really come labeled with a pair of warnings. The first is good news, right up front; the game is a fully-addictive arcade racer, has that ‘one more try’ quality...
View Article‘Nandeyanen!? – The 1st Sûtra’ Review: Japanese Idols
It’s not every day your Bullet Hell stars a super long-nosed demon that’s been asleep for a few thousand years, only to be immediately thrust into a long-brewing battle upon waking. Oh, and your lady...
View Article‘Recall’ Review: Should Be Totally Recalled
Looking past all the various skin on display in the image above (and throughout the entirety of the game, for that matter), Golconda‘s latest, Recall1, is actually a comprehensive treatise on lost...
View Article‘DeadKings’ Review: Game of Bones
The game of Checkers is an old one, possibly the oldest. It’s rules are relatively simple; two sides, two sets1. Men can make diagonal moves on the board, only going forward, while King pieces—having...
View Article‘Amazing Princess Sarah’ Review: Castle of a Thousand Corpses
For years now, the 2D Castlevanias (and, of course, all the Castlevania-likes) have been struggling with a pretty significant part of their gameplay— how to make the constant overworld battles with...
View Article‘Fat Dragons’ Review: On a Diet
Fat Dragons is the Nintendo classic Balloon Fight, nothing more, and probably a little less. There’s generally two things you can expect whenever you play a game by developer Nostatic Software1; some...
View ArticleMore Mighty Moments from ‘Mighty No. 9’
. A month after releasing its first extended gameplay footage, Keiji Inafune and developer Comcept have dropped another gameplay video for their upcoming Mighty No. 9, which is… you know… I mean, come...
View Article‘STRACO: Purge and Conquest’ Review: How It’s Done
… a leaner, meaner hybrid of twin-stick shooter and Tower Defense. Few XBLIGs have undergone the kind of ‘night and day’ transformation that the first episode of STRACO did, changing drastically (and...
View Article‘Magic Thighs & Slightly Phil’ Review: Jazzercising To The Oldies
Like it or not, the ‘indie updates to sort-of-popular classic games’ train continues to roll right along. Magic Thighs & Slightly Phil Save Japan1— I don’t care who you are, you gotta love that...
View Article‘Super Time Force’ Review: Getting Your Clock Cleaned
‘Good things come to those that wait’, so the saying goes. It’s true, and certainly says something about patience and working hard, but there’s another quote I like in this instance, one that probably...
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