April 2020

April 24, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Cloudpunk

With Phoning Home and now Cloudpunk, ION Lands has proven to be a developer worth paying attention to. This Blade Runner-esque delivery game shows what it's like to live on the margins in a futuristic...
April 22, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Ancient Enemy

Grey Alien has a good thing going with this solitaire RPG series, and Ancient Enemy is their best game yet. While I prefer the storytelling and visuals found in Shadowhand, there's no question that th...
April 21, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: PONG Quest

Who knew that there would be this much material to mine out of the classic game Pong? Although it's a bit repetitive and isn't as ambitious as I would have liked, the developers have done an exce...
April 20, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis)

Episode #93 - The countdown is on for Streets of Rage 4. After a twenty-six-year hiatus, Axel, Blaze and the rest of the Bare Knuckle gang are back with the sequel we've been waiting a quarter-century to play, and ...
April 17, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Can Androids Pray: Blue

I'm not saying that Can Androids Pray: Blue is a bad game, but it's definitely not for me. The scenario these two mechs find themselves in is interesting, but the conversation is too preachy and the w...
April 17, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Pity Pit

Even with the added complexity of crafting and collecting, Pity Pit gets old quickly. The five-dollar asking price is about right for something like this, since you'll tire of its repetition quickly a...
April 17, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Archaica: The Path of Light

Archaica: The Path of Light is the kind of puzzle game that focuses on one specific thing and gets it right. Even though I got a little sick of moving around mirrors after a while, I absolutely love t...
April 15, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Freakout: Calamity TV Show

After being pleasantly surprised by the story and setup, Freakout: Calamity TV Show ultimately disappointed by being an ugly, frustrating and toothless exercise in repetition. The bland texture, awful...
April 13, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Kaze Kiri - Ninja Action (PC Engine)

Episode #92 - If you wonder why we talk about so many ninja games in this series, it's because a certain Ryu Hayabusa set the bar real high. The 1980s and '90s were filled with sword fights and shurikens, and thank...
April 10, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Mask of Mists

If you love role-playing games but don't have 60 hours to spares, Mask of Mists is a great alternative. This is a fast-paced journey that is both thrilling and compelling, not only giving us a gorgeou...
April 09, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Galaxy Warfighter

Galaxy Warfighter makes the unforgivable sin of being a boring shoot 'em up. With far too many stages and only a few bosses, this is a game that beats you over the head with relentless repetition and ...
April 07, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Rise of Insanity

Even if the Switch actually was hurting for horror games, Rise of Insanity would be tough to recommend. It's little more than a first-person scavenger hunt through a haunted house, which is never as f...
April 06, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Low-G-Man: The Low Gravity Man (NES)

Episode #91 - I think we can all agree that a cool nickname can make a big difference. Just try to imagine a world where Frank Sinatra wasn't the Chairman of the Board, Michael Jackson wasn't the King of Pop and An...
April 03, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Wenjia

Even with the power to jump between two different worlds, Wenjia feels awfully familiar. You've seen these obstacles, enemies and puzzles before, and not enough is done with the admittedly cool specia...
April 03, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: PandaBall

Without the bugs, I probably would have given PandaBall a tepid recommendation. Although it doesn't do much with the theme, it's still a fast and enjoyable game of soccer. I like that it's easy to con...
April 03, 2020 Reviews au Courant

Review: Track Mayhem

What I quickly discovered is that I could only play this game in short doses. There's something about the repetition that got to me after a while, forcing me to take a break and recharge. But even wit...
April 01, 2020 Game Over

Story Breakdown: NARC (Arcade)

Episode #90 - Oh, hello there. Welcome to a very special episode of Game Over where I talk about one of the most influential games of all time. No, it's not Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II or even Final Fantas...