Day: 14 August 2020

PlayStation Reviews

Cuphead – Don’t Deal with the Devil

Cuphead is the first and only game developed and published by the Canadian indie developers StudioMDHR.  Founders and brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer tried to make a game like Cuphead in 2000 but lacked the tools to do so.  Following the success of indie game Super Meat Boy in 2010, the brothers decided to give it another go and so development on Cuphead had begun.  It was first announced in 2014 and gained instant fandom and admiration for its difficulty and art style.  Cuphead was released 3 years later on Xbox One and PC.  It later appeared on Switch, and now it's on PS4, despite StudioMDHR saying "there will be no PS4 version".  Cuphead is certainly a novel looking game, does it feel as old as its 1930s aesthetic? Gameplay The story, in a nutshell, is that two happy little cu...
Fairy Tail – A Tale of Fairy Tail
PlayStation Reviews

Fairy Tail – A Tale of Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail was released on the 30th July 2020. It was developed by Gust and produced by KOEI TECHMO. Fairy Tail writer and illustrator Hiro Mashima worked closely with the developers to produce an RPG faithful to the Fairy Tail Universe. He was consulted on various aspects of the game, and they have been given his seal of approval before Gust moved forward with this game. There have been previous Fairy Tail games that were released on the PSP between 2010 and 2012. Fairy Tail is a turn based role-playing game released on the PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC. It is compatible with the Nintendo Switch Lite. Gameplay Various difficulty modes are available in this game and difficulty does not affect Jewels and other obtainable items. The difficulty can also be changed at any point in th...