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  • Cosmo Dreamer & Like Dreamer: The Double-D Collection review - Nintendo Switch

    Cosmo Dreamer & Like Dreamer: The Double-D Collection review - Nintendo Switch

    Shoot'em'ups come in all sorts of graphical flavours: fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk, modern day, wartime, or even the sexy kind, like Cosmo Dreamer and Like Dreamer, together known as the Double-D Collection.
    Or at least that's what the title and cover would make you think. Publisher Eastasiasoft created a suggestive aura around these games, probably to get more attention than they otherwise would have had, but you cannot judge a game from its cover: yes, there are a couple of gravity-defying...
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    Last edited by charlesr; 10-03-2024, 09:27.

  • Nintendo Swtich RoTATE review - a Tate mode gadget

    Nintendo Swtich RoTATE review - a Tate mode gadget

    The Switch's hybrid nature and the number of shoot'em'ups available on it created some interesting peripherals like Fangamer's FlipGrip, a plastic cradle to hold Switch's main body vertical with the Joycons attached to the sides; the FlipGrip kept Switch portable but is not compatible with the console's Lite or OLED iterations, and there are no signs of an updated version being studied. Enter Todd Gill, 3D printer extraordinaire. Under the name Retro Frog he designs, prints, and sells (and more o...
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  • Tsuri Spirits review Ace Angler review

    Tsuri Spirits review Ace Angler review

    Excerpt from the diary of Briareos Kerensky, newly appointed angler of the Oceanography Institute.
    Day 1. I don't usually write diaries, but I've decided to see for how long I can keep this up...not to mention this new job, I don't particularly care about fishing in any kind of incarnation, but there are no fixed hours or minimum time requirements. Got to meet my partners for this job today and they explained my tasks. We've got a supervisor from the institute, the ship's captain, an...
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  • Gal Gun Returns Review

    Gal Gun Returns Review

    Gal Gun is a light gun style game developed by Inti Creates which originally debuted on the Xbox360 in January 2011, with a PS3 version following one year after. Both titles remained the only ones available only in Japan till now. For the series’ 10th anniversary, Inti Creates, also celebrating their 25th anniversary, produced Gal Gun Returns, a remake featuring updated graphics and new game mode. This is a review of Gal Gun Returns.

    All Gal Guns start with you, the main charac...
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  • Hardcore Mecha Review - PC Steam

    Hardcore Mecha Review - PC Steam

    Rocket Punch were a small Chinese developer with no games under their belt when they launched the Kickstarter for the then-named Code: HARDCORE. Details were scarce, but the kickass art, and the promise of sidescrolling fast-paced giant robot action was enough to draw backers in, including myself. While still under development the game garnered several awards wherever it was shown, and after a change of title due to Japanese copyright laws, delays typical of Kickstarter projects, and Arc...
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  • Blaster Master Zero 2 Review - Nintendo Switch

    Blaster Master Zero 2 Review - Nintendo Switch

    The first Blaster Master landed in 1988 on the NES. It gave control over a nimble tank in sidescrolling stages and the tank's pilot in overhead stages, providing players with two distinct playstyles that mixed of exploration, platforming, and enemy killing, something that would be described as Metroidvania today. Blaster Master proved popular enough to receive multiple sequels, the last being re-imagining of the first game on the Wii in 2010. Fast forward to 2017 and Inti Creates released Blast...
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  • Anata No Yonkihime Kyodoutan Review - Nintendo Switch

    Anata No Yonkihime Kyodoutan Review - Nintendo Switch

    Good and bad games, at least from a reviewer's viewpoint, have one thing in common: they make for easy writing. It's easy to put in words what a game put you through when game mechanics, graphics, music, and story come together to form a pleasant experience or crash and burn like a vehicle from '80s action movies. Average games on the other hand are just what they are: they might have one or two standout points but even those never reach any tip of the scale and there aren’t many ways to say a...
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  • Brave Dungeon Review - Nintendo 3DS

    Brave Dungeon Review - Nintendo 3DS

    Inside System is a small team of Japanese developers that found their fame with the two Legend of Dark Witch games. Initially available only on the Japanese 3DS eShop, the first game gained enough momentum to be first translated for western markets, then ported to the Playstation Vita and Steam; the second game is following its predecessor's steps, without the Vita port. A third chapter is in the works, and in the meantime Inside Systems released Brave Dungeon, the first spin-off of the Legend of...
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  • 7th Dragon III Code:VFD Review - Nintendo 3DS

    7th Dragon III Code:VFD Review - Nintendo 3DS

    The original 7th Dragon came out on the DS hot on the heels of Etrian Odyssey, and just like Atlus' game it was a dungeon crawler. Despite its moderate success, Sega never ported it to western shores; its sequel landed on Sony handhelds shifting tone and focus, the fantasy setting replaced with a mix of modern and magic, less dungeon crawling and more RPG-ing, the cutesy character design changed to a more edgy approach. 7th Dragon Code: VFD sees the series return to the 3DS while keeping what are...
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  • Fortnite Battle Royale Review - Microsoft Xbox One

    Fortnite Battle Royale Review - Microsoft Xbox One

    Fortnite comes in two flavours: The PVE campaign mode against Zombies (in paid Closed Beta at the time of publishing) and the PVP Battle Royale mode, which is available to all for free. This is a review of the Battle Royale portion of Fortnite. It's free to play and updates to graphics and gameplay are still coming thick and fast (at time of publishing) with substantial changes to gameplay, but don't let that put you off - it's worth putting some time into. It's a third-person shooter with 100 players,...
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  • Cosmo Dreamer & Like Dreamer: The Double-D Collection review - Nintendo Switch
    by Briareos Kerensky
    Shoot'em'ups come in all sorts of graphical flavours: fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk, modern day, wartime, or even the sexy kind, like Cosmo Dreamer and Like Dreamer, together known as the Double-D Collection.
    Or at least that's what the title and cover would make you think. Publisher Eastasiasoft created a suggestive aura around these games, probably to get more attention than they otherwise would have had, but you cannot judge a game from its cover: yes, there are a couple of gravity-defying...
    10-03-2024, 09:20
  • Nintendo Swtich RoTATE review - a Tate mode gadget
    by briareos_kerensky
    The Switch's hybrid nature and the number of shoot'em'ups available on it created some interesting peripherals like Fangamer's FlipGrip, a plastic cradle to hold Switch's main body vertical with the Joycons attached to the sides; the FlipGrip kept Switch portable but is not compatible with the console's Lite or OLED iterations, and there are no signs of an updated version being studied. Enter Todd Gill, 3D printer extraordinaire. Under the name Retro Frog he designs, prints, and sells (and more o...
    15-10-2023, 07:48
  • Tsuri Spirits review Ace Angler review
    by briareos_kerensky
    Excerpt from the diary of Briareos Kerensky, newly appointed angler of the Oceanography Institute.
    Day 1. I don't usually write diaries, but I've decided to see for how long I can keep this up...not to mention this new job, I don't particularly care about fishing in any kind of incarnation, but there are no fixed hours or minimum time requirements. Got to meet my partners for this job today and they explained my tasks. We've got a supervisor from the institute, the ship's captain, an...
    16-08-2021, 14:34
  • Gal Gun Returns Review
    by briareos_kerensky
    Gal Gun is a light gun style game developed by Inti Creates which originally debuted on the Xbox360 in January 2011, with a PS3 version following one year after. Both titles remained the only ones available only in Japan till now. For the series’ 10th anniversary, Inti Creates, also celebrating their 25th anniversary, produced Gal Gun Returns, a remake featuring updated graphics and new game mode. This is a review of Gal Gun Returns.

    All Gal Guns start with you, the main charac...
    15-02-2021, 15:57
  • Hardcore Mecha Review - PC Steam
    by briareos_kerensky
    Rocket Punch were a small Chinese developer with no games under their belt when they launched the Kickstarter for the then-named Code: HARDCORE. Details were scarce, but the kickass art, and the promise of sidescrolling fast-paced giant robot action was enough to draw backers in, including myself. While still under development the game garnered several awards wherever it was shown, and after a change of title due to Japanese copyright laws, delays typical of Kickstarter projects, and Arc...
    18-07-2019, 16:01
  • Blaster Master Zero 2 Review - Nintendo Switch
    by briareos_kerensky
    The first Blaster Master landed in 1988 on the NES. It gave control over a nimble tank in sidescrolling stages and the tank's pilot in overhead stages, providing players with two distinct playstyles that mixed of exploration, platforming, and enemy killing, something that would be described as Metroidvania today. Blaster Master proved popular enough to receive multiple sequels, the last being re-imagining of the first game on the Wii in 2010. Fast forward to 2017 and Inti Creates released Blast...
    22-04-2019, 08:10
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