Video Game Reviews, Articles
Alien Pixel Studios’ Unbound: Worlds Apart is one damn fine-looking side-scroller. Of course, looks aren’t everything. Question is, does this title have substance? In short, yes, and it’s well worth a try — certainly so on the Switch. Set in…
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Developed by Storybird Games and published by PixelHeart, Golden Force is now available on the Xbox One. The King of Demons and his nefarious army are after the luscious Muscle Island, and have commenced an invasion. The game’s band of…
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Dystopian-themed video games are about as common as cereal, and tend to feature the usual tropes that you’d expect from the genre. Liberated is no different in a lot of ways, to the point where it might as well be…
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What is it? Guns of Mercy: Rangers Edition is a side-scroller, and a phone app-to-console port. Beneath the Earth lies an army of aliens. Rangers have been called in to solve the problem. Equipped with a deadly weapon and a…
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Back to the nineties we go (sort of) with this throwback side-scroller. Wallachia: Reign of Dracula is bound to make you sweat bullets with its exceptionally challenging gameplay akin to the titles of yesteryear, but there’s a lot of merit…
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What is it? Hayfever is a side-scroller by Pixadome and Zordix AB. Poor Thomas the Mailman suffers from some serious allergy problems. After sneezing away the mail he was supposed to deliver, the sniffly gent decides to put use his…
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Throwback titles like Tanuki Justice aren’t merely there to emulate the look of old-school side-scrollers. Games like this one will, for better or worse, try their utmost best to pay homage to these golden oldies from decades ago right down…
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Created by Sokaikan and published by PixelHeart, Okinawa Rush is an action/adventure game set in medieval Japan. Play as one of three martial arts masters and fight through hordes of ninjas, warriors or demons in order to destroy the evil…
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Developed by Storybird Games and published by PixelHeart, Golden Force is an explosive action side-scroller set for release in Q1 of 2021. The King of Demons and his nefarious army are after the luscious Muscle Island, and have commenced an…
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What is it? Sir Eatsalot is a side-scroller adventure game by Behind The Stone. The titular protagonist is a well-respected knight with a hankering for anything sweet and sugary. The evil sorceress Hysterica has poisoned the rivers of Gluttington Kingdom…
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As part of GOG’s Made In Poland sale, the 2016 side-scroller Butcher by Transhuman Studios is free to download for a very short while. It describes itself as a ” fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to…
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What is it? Save The Astronaut is a side-scroller by Open Maw Productions. You must guide an astronaut through numerous dungeons, all the while avoiding traps and keeping an eye on his oxygen levels – he always starts off with…
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Apogee Software was a pioneer in the PC gaming world in the nineties. When it came to side-scrollers specifically, you were spoiled for choice. The Commander Keen and Duke Nukem games were best-sellers for the publisher, though there were numerous…
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With Shantae dancing through the danger in three games on the Switch, it was only a matter of time until WayForward decided to port another title in the series. Originally released on the DSi in 2011, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge –…
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There are some pretty damn good games out there that’ll cost you less than a few quid, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find them unless they’re on sale. If you love eighties-inspired sidescrollers, then Save The Astronaut might be just…
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