Video Game Reviews, Articles
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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What is it? Random Heroes: Gold Edition is a side-scroller by Woblyware. Formerly a Flash game on websites from over a decade ago, it was ported to the App store, and then eventually remade for modern consoles. Cyborg-alien-mutants are invading…
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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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What is it? Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche is a shoot-’em-up side-scroller by Wayforward. The intergalactic cat-eared bounty hunter Kebako and her squeaky-voiced chum Squiddie fly and shoot their way through space in order to chase down the galaxy’s most…
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What is it? Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a Metroidvania platformer developed by Game Atelier and published by FDG Entertainment. It is a spiritual sequel to the Wonder Boy series. Our hero, Jin, discovers his wacky Uncle Nabu…
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Independent development studio WayForward has recently announced that, due to popular demand, two entries from the action-adventure-platformer Shantae series are making their way to consoles later this year. Shantae was released on the Game Boy Colour in 2002 in very…
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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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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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What is it? Down to Hell is a side-scroller slasher by Red Dead Studio S.A. In it, you are a knight who’s really good at killing supernatural creatures. Your goal is to liberate a godly entity that previously saved you…
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What is it? Songbird Symphony is an adventure game developed by JoySteak Studios and published by PQube. In this sidescroller, you play as Birb, a chubby little bird who loves to dance and sing. He goes off on a musical…
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What is it? Super Mutant Alien Assault is a side-scroller developed by Cybernate and published by Fellow Traveller. Your spaceship is under attack by aliens, and you need to take them out while completing other objectives, like powering up a…
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What is it? Zombotron is a side-scroller by Ant.Karlov Games. A lone space marine finds himself stranded on an alien planet swarmed with the undead. He’ll need to overcome them in order to escape. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons The art…
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It may look like a seemingly-random jumble of words turned into some sort of pseudo-title for a video game, but it’s legit! Originally conceived as an April Fools joke back in 2013, WayForward (famously known as the creators of the…
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Anime schoolgirls fighting monsters! Yes, it’s a trope that’s been done to death, especially in Japan, but they never stop cropping up every so often. It’s understandable to be skeptical, considering some rely on the trope, alongside blatantly obvious fanservice,…
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