Castlevania is a series with some hits and misses that is none the less a household name. While today entries can be found across many platforms, it planted its roots on a Nintendo console. As the decades passed, there came many imitators with Citadale – The Legends Trilogy now hoping to achieve success with a…
When you start up a game that you have no idea what you are about to encounter there is a sense of curiosity but at the same time a sense of nervousness. Demon’s Crystals is not, by any means, a “new” game. The game originally released on PC back in early 2016. It is your…
The Binding of Isaac is a tough game to categorize and probably one of the strangest I’ve ever played. Brought to us from the same twisted minds that made Super Meat Boy this genre-bending game can be described as a “2D rogue-like dungeon crawler bullet-hell twin stick SHMUP” (what a mouthful). The story begins with…
This is one of those instances where I am glad that I always start my reviews off with the graphics. I found myself thoroughly enjoying the visual presentation. While Teslagrad is not a technical marvel, the attention to detail in the textures, lighting effects and shading mean the difference between a simple animation style and…
Back in the late 80s, my first gaming experience came in the form of a Commodore 64 home computer that my cousin owned. Many late hours were spent on it and thanks to all of the NES ports, we never really felt like we were missing out, except when it came to Super Mario Bros.…
Dig. Gather. Upgrade. That is how I would describe the concept behind Steamworld Dig and while it might sound simple, there is a lot more to discover just below the surface. The game opened up with our hero, a steam powered robot in a cowboy hat named Rusty, approaching the very small western town of…
As a fan of Super Metroid, I was really excited leading up to the release of Axiom Verge. Everything I had seen on it screamed that it was an effort to recapture the joy of playing that beloved SNES classic. It took only minutes within booting up the game to see that they knocked it…
I’m not even going to bother focusing on whether or not I enjoyed playing Xeodrifter. Spoiler alert, I did. So let’s dive right in by taking a look at the graphics. It’s pretty obvious that the developers went with retro for this game and I for one am always a fan. However, while the simple…
It is no secret that I am a fan of retro video games and because of that I was eagerly anticipating the release of Shovel Knight by Yacht Club Games. Were they able to capture the essence of playing an old school game from the SNES era? I can safely say that for better or…
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