Sentry City is a cyberpunk-style side-scroller with gameplay that is part trial-and-error, and part reaction time-based. Traverse the city using the motorcycle overworld map, blast and think your way through the levels, and fight tough bosses to uncover who is behind the city's AI disruption.
25 Sept 2023
Sentry City Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster π€ @CrashableStudio #IndieGame #GameDev
Sentry City is a cyberpunk-style side-scroller with gameplay that is part trial-and-error, and part reaction time-based. Traverse the city using the motorcycle overworld map, blast and think your way through the levels, and fight tough bosses to uncover who is behind the city's AI disruption.
22 Sept 2023
Soulvars Nintendo Switch Review 7/10 "a mobile port that’s actually worth playing" π₯ @ShueishaGamesJP #IndieGame #GameDev
SOULVARS is that rarest of things – a mobile port that’s actually worth playing. It’s got clear JRPG roots, with turn-based combat, and a pixel art style providing a nostalgia hit for the old-timers.
The game is the work of Ginolabo, a solo developer, which results in the double-edged sword of it being an impressive feat for one person (self-taught, too), but having some areas of the game where collaboration might have polished it up a little.
21 Sept 2023
NASCAR Arcade Rush Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster "1 Million Miles Per Hour!" π️π¨ @GameMillEnt #IndieGame #GameDev
The thrill of NASCAR meets the rush of arcade racing in a new NASCAR Arcade Rush game that puts you in the driver’s seat of a completely new NASCAR experience with re-imagined, iconic racetracks in unmatched high-speed, wheel-to-wheel action!
Atelier Marie Reamake Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster "Cauldron Troubles" π§♀️ #ateliermarie #AtelierMarieRemake @koeitecmoeurope @GustAtelierPR @gust channels
20 Sept 2023
Alaskan Road Truckers PC Ten Minute Taster "Mother Trucker!!" π @alaskantrucksim #IndieGame #GameDev
Stray Xbox Series X Review "A Purrfect way to spend an evening" π @HKdevblog #IndieGame #GameDev
It was only a few weeks ago on my movie-centric podcast that I was discussing emotional manipulation with my co-host. He was more bothered by it than me, but I still find that overtly sentimental forms of media that aim purely to tug at the heartstrings irk me somewhat.
This ties into my initial – misjudged – thoughts on Stray. When it was released last year on PlayStation, the positive reviews that it received – and more so the comments surrounding it – I found actively off-putting in the comparisons to games of a more ‘cinematic’ vibe.
After receiving it for review purposes and playing it through in two straight sessions I really do recommend it, if you were - like me – put off by the thought of a saccharine gaming experience. This is Tokyo Jungle territory.
19 Sept 2023
The Life Of A Magical Circle PC Ten Minute Taster "I wandered lonely as a circle..." ⭕️ @solideo_games #GameDev #IndieGame
Rainbow Skies Nintendo Switch Review 6.5/10 “One For The Die Hard Fans” π @RainbowSkiesRPG #GameDev #IndieGame
I was a bit sad that I wasn't picking up my dusty old Vita and bringing it out of retirement, but instead, I picked up the Nintendo Switch and set out to see what I had been missing out on for a number of years.
18 Sept 2023
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales PC Review 7/10 "Prepare to be tossed into the narrative deep end" π @bookwalkergame #IndieGame #GameDev @PixelHunted
The Bookwalker takes place in a world very much like our own, with the teensy difference that writers can not only conjure up entire worlds within books but travel into them and interact with their characters as if they were real people.
You play writer Etienne Quist, a writer serving a 30-year sentence (geddit?) of writer’s block for a mysterious crime. Etienne hopes to reduce his sentence by taking on “bookwalking” gigs, i.e. diving into various books to retrieve powerful items. For example, you’ll head into a fantasy world to swipe an Immortality Potion or venture into a gloomy robotic take on Norse mythology to get your hands on Mjolnir.
15 Sept 2023
The Making Of Karateka | PC | Ten Minute Taster "Oozing Class!" π₯ @DigitalEclipse #Karateka #IndieGame #GameDev
14 Sept 2023
Blue Fire OST Vinyl Review "This is the best soundtrack release I’ve heard in a while" π₯ @TheMangoMage #VideoGameVinyl #Vinyl #VGM #OST
13 Sept 2023
Starfield Running On Steam Deck Using XBOX Game Pass & Cloud Gaming π #Starfield
How well does Starfield run on Steam Deck using XBOX Game Pass Cloud Gaming? Well, we are about to find out in a quick and simple test as Rich launches Starfield from his Steam Deck using the Game Pass App on the Steam Deck. The test seems to work pretty well, so it works well as a backup to PC play assuming you have a decent internet connection.
12 Sept 2023
90 Minute Fever PC Ten Minute Taster "The Special One?" ⚽ @90MinuteFever #IndieGame #GameDev
11 Sept 2023
Abandonware: The Horror Collection PC Preview π± @Fossil_Games #IndieGame #GameDev
Fossil Games’ Abandonware is a collection of retro-styled mini-horror games that pack a great horror punch. The story that connects this collection is quite captivating.
The development team found an old 3.5-inch internal hard drive, and after cleaning up the hard drive, they found a custom operating system and this collection of mini horror games. After investigating, the team grew concerned and, with the police bringing no help, they released it to the public to see if we could uncover the secrets of the mysterious hard drive.
8 Sept 2023
TAD THE LOST EXPLORER NINTENDO SWITCH TEN MINUTE TASTER "Indiana Stones?" π€ @GammeraNest #IndieGame #GameDev
Your favourite explorer, Tad Stones is back in Tad The Lost Explorer On The Nintendo Switch! Watch Rich embark with Tad and his friends on a new journey through different cities where you will encounter challenging puzzles in your quest to get the emerald tablet.
Starfield PC Ten Minute Taster "Can My Creaky RTX 2080 GPU Handle The Starfield Experience?!" π #Starfield
7 Sept 2023
Legend Bowl Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster Gameplay "HAIL MARY!" π @KingJavo_SH #GameDev #IndieGame
Rich takes on Legend Bowl and struggles to get a decent pass into any receiver he aims at but this game seems bloody lovely! If you like your John Madden retro-style games from the 90s then you're in for a treat with Legend Bowl on the Nintendo Switch and every other console known to man.
6 Sept 2023
Mordhau Xbox Series X 8/10 “Fun and frustration” ⚔️π‘️ @mordhaugame #IndieGame #GameDev
I'm going to start my review by admitting that although I thoroughly enjoyed Mordhau, god I suck at it. The expression ‘as useful as a chocolate teapot’ really does sum me up when it comes to this genre! The first thing I did when I loaded up the game was to laugh at the idea of playing through the tutorial, and instead jumped straight into a large battle. Within the first thirty seconds, I had pressed the button to un-equip your weapon, and had swapped my sword for my fists - I was in trouble, but luckily I only had that problem for about forty seconds before a kind person stabbed me in the gut and put me out of my misery. Instead of re-spawning, I decided that it was probably best to quit out and actually play the tutorial.
5 Sept 2023
Death Becomes You PC Game Review 2/10 "Perhaps I’m just not the right person to be writing about anime magical lesbian teenagers" π§ @pixelhunted @quill_studios #IndieGame #GameDev
Perhaps I’m just not the right person to be writing about anime magical lesbian teenagers.
As I sat on the London Underground playing Death Becomes Her on my Switch I became intensely aware of the passengers on either side of me. Before this moment I’d never been self-conscious about gaming in public - why the hell should I care what some random strangers think of me? But I realized a glance at my screen would show two canoodling cartoon schoolgirls. Let’s face it, this is a powerfully bad look for a middle-aged man.
4 Sept 2023
ZX Nightmares by Graeme Mason – Book Review "The funniest, most quotable book about gaming that I’ve ever encountered" π @Retro_Fusion #Retrogaming
As someone who spent far more time with the C64 and Amstrad computers during the 8-bit wave, I’ve always voyeuristically enjoyed the love that others have for the ZX Spectrum and its idiosyncratic sound and visuals. I do actually own a ZX Spectrum, but – whilst I have amassed a few dozen games for it – I’ve yet to sit down and really get hips deep, my only knowledge of it mainly comes from the many incredible Kim Justice videos that I’ve watched over the years, and game reviews in magazines that I’ve read through– in terms of actual hands-on action, I’ve probably spent less than an hour actually playing one myself in my entire life, not for any reason other than I simply wasn’t around any when I grew up.