Our secret as shmup players is that we usually don’t crave innovation. While many other players want their games to be constantly taking leap forwards, […] Read More
Author: Alex
Have you ever dreamed of being a fish in a fish-tank, controlling a robot whilst embarking on a metroidvania style quest to recover the stolen […] Read More
The RPG genre is one with so much room to incorporate new experiences. Taking the traditional building blocks of turn-based battles, character progression and story […] Read More
Ahh the good ol’ SNES days. An era where the internet wasn’t as prevalent as it is now and the success of a game hinged […] Read More
It is very easy to tell which games I will be interested in playing. If they look anything like the SNES games I loved, then […] Read More
As much as I’ve enjoyed covering those classic arcade shmups, I’ve been dying to review a more modern approach to the genre. It’s hard to […] Read More
If there is one Castlevania game which I didn’t get to play over the years it is Lords of Shadow. I skipped most games from […] Read More
If there is one thing I love more than indie games paying tribute to NES games is indie games paying tribute to SNES games! This […] Read More
In my search for the best shmup games I stumbled upon this new title from the Sega Ages line: Lightening Force. Unlike most shmups, this […] Read More
2D, exploration, RPG and combat are among my favorite words to describe a particular game. They are usually reserved for Metroidvanias, which rank highly amongst […] Read More