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Destroy All Humans! – One Giant Step On Mankind!

28Jul

By BrianNo Comments

Destroy All Humans! – One Giant Step On Mankind!

Right now, you are thinking one of three things. You are either thinking "is this the latest game about a particular epidemic", "Destroy All Humans! - hmm, where have I heard that before", or you are thinking "oh my god, DESTROY ALL HUMANS! - they finally remade the game". If you're thinking the third option, then you are dead right with the game being released on 28/07/2020 on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. Destroy All Humans! it's a remake, not a remaster, of the cult classic game of the same name released in 2005. The original game was developed by the now-defunct Pandemic Studios, so development has been handed over to a team of 60 people over at Black Forest Games who are noted for their work on the Giana Sisters games. THQ Nordic have taken the publishing reigns again since...

SNK Gals’ Fighters Review – Girls Just Wanna Have Fights

12May

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner

SNK Gals’ Fighters Review – Girls Just Wanna Have Fights

It's hasn't always been the easiest road for SNK. Despite creating some legendary titles and systems, they've typically found themselves in second place to something else. Fighting games - Street Fighter was top dog, and no matter how good the Neo Geo Pocket was, it just couldn't match the behemoth of a system that was the Gameboy. Fortunately, in today's digital age, cult classics and oddball titles stuck to one system have a second (or third, fourth, fifth...) chance to reach an audience they couldn't before. SNK Gals' Fighters is one of these oddball titles, which unless your Mastermind specialist subject is fighting games, the chances are you won't know anything about. Originally released in 2000, this title brought together the ladies of SNK Fighting games to duke it out in your po...

Streets of Rage 4 Review – Floor Chicken Is Back On The Menu

29Apr

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews, Retrogaming Corner

Streets of Rage 4 Review – Floor Chicken Is Back On The Menu

It's been a long 26 years for fans of the classic beat 'em up series, but finally, Streets of Rage is back! Constant rumours and rebooted projects have given plenty of hope for a fourth title, but it just never materialised. Now that's all changed. Published and developed by Dotemu (alongside Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games), Streets of Rage 4 hits PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Steam on April 30th. As some of my earliest gaming memories involved taking every chance to shun my Super Nintendo, sneak into my brother's room and take down Mr X as many times as possible, you better believe I jumped at the chance to dive back into the city. The all-time classic Streets of Rage, known as Bare Knuckle (ベア・ナックル Bea Nakkuru) in Japan, is a trilogy of beat ‘em up known for this timeless...

Panzer Dragoon Remake Review – Remake To The Skies

16Apr

By CraigNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner

Panzer Dragoon Remake Review – Remake To The Skies

The year is 1995. Sega was gearing up to release their newest home console in the U.S., The Sega Saturn. Much like modern-day console launches, The Sega Saturn only launched with a handful of games available. Some of them would go on to spawn hugely successful franchises, while others faded away. There was one particular game in the launch library however, that attained a near cult-like following and had a few sequels. That one game was Panzer Dragoon. Spawning several sequels on later consoles, Panzer Dragoon was a unique game, in that there wasn't anything else like it on the market at the time for home consoles. 25 years later, thanks to developers MegaPixel Studio, Panzer Dragoon has been remade for the Nintendo Switch and published by Forever Entertainment S.A. as a timed exclusive...

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Review – Zero or Hero

8Apr

By DanNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner, Switch Reviews

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Review – Zero or Hero

Last month Capcom released Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection. This epic collection consists of 6 titles, 3 Zero titles and 3 ZX titles. I have been a Mega Man fan since my introduction to it on the NES. I remember returning to it over and over again. Despite knowing exactly what this re-release entails, I was hyped to get playing. This review is for the Nintendo Switch edition of the collection, however, it is available on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Gameplay For those who are new to this franchise, let me introduce you to Mega Man (Originally known as Rockman). He was created as a part of an experiment converting a human into a fighting robot. Many people will recognise Mega Man in his original form, from the series. However, he has taken on many different looks throughout the titl...

19Mar

By JasonNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews, Retrogaming Corner

Double Dragon & Kunio-Kun Retro Brawler Bundle Review – DNR?

Wow, well here is a blast from the past! Thanks to devs Arc System Works, you are now able to play nearly every Double Dragon and Kunio-Kun vintage game as well as a few others taking you right back to the '80s and '90s! So basically the era when I was a carefree child regularly playing on my Atari St with my dad and my neighbourhood friends. It's time to don those garish Bermuda short and T-shirt combos, strike up a bit of jive bunny and the master mixers and go back in time with the Double Dragon & Kunio-Kun Retro Brawler Bundle. Gameplay Do you love 8-bit side scrollers, kicking and punching your way through levels, defeating big bosses and also having the option to play with a mate both offline and on some titles up to 4 players online? Well, let's see what Arc System Work...

Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review – Speeding Fine!

3Mar

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner, Switch Reviews

Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review – Speeding Fine!

Yes, you read right... this is a review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, to be more precise. For the uninitiated, a little history... Back in 1991, when Sony made stereos and Microsoft made operating systems for PCs which would make your grandma's egg timer look fancy and cost the same as a small car, a fledgeling Sega was looking to challenge Nintendo in the console wars. Sega had struggled with the Master System, their attempt to replicate the success of the NES. Part of the reason for this was that Nintendo had an ace in the hole; (Super) Mario; a man whose chief personality traits to this day are having a moustache, wearing a hat and eating suspicious fungal things which fall out of the blocks he punches. Sega had nothing. Or, to be more accurate, they h...

Sega Ages: Puyo Puyo 2 Review – Retro Puzzling Fun

3Mar

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner, Switch Reviews

Sega Ages: Puyo Puyo 2 Review – Retro Puzzling Fun

What is a puyo? Collins dictionary defines it as a coarse woollen poncho, native to the southern cone of South America. Students of Korean history, meanwhile, may recognise Puyo as the name of an ancient kingdom centred in Manchuria. In Sega Ages: Puyo Puyo 2, a Puyo is er...a slimy blob of something. Fortunately for the gamers amongst us, this review will focus on the slimy blobs and not Argentinian outerwear (although if Thumbculture does offer up ponchos for review, I will be on them faster than a Clint Eastwood impersonator with cold shoulders). Anyway, enough small talk - Sega Ages: Puyo Puyo 2 is another release by developers M2 of a classic game from the past. So how does it hold it up after a couple of decades in the attic? Let's find out! Gameplay Honestly, there have ...

Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Review – Heaven or Hell?

26Feb

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Retrogaming Corner, Switch Reviews

Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Review – Heaven or Hell?

Fans of the hack and slash genre have enjoyed a slew of games over that last decade and now, icons such as Bayonetta are inherently linked with the genre. However, over the last year, Capcom decided to re-introduce the architect of the genre: Dante. On the back of the success of the fantastic Devil May Cry 5, Capcom has re-released the classic, and long considered the best hack and slash game: Devil May Cry 3, but will it evoke the inner demon or should have it been left back in 2005? Gameplay Acting as a prequel to Devil May Cry, this makes the game easily accessible to new fans of the franchise. Although the narrative isn't the game's selling point, it does tell an engaging story with incredibly slick action sequences and one-liners that have been taken straight out of a classic...

The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition PS4 Review – Beat Your Vegetables

4Apr

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition PS4 Review – Beat Your Vegetables

Hate vegetables? rather smash one up than devour it? The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition may be right down your street. Brought to you by publisher Merge Games Limited and devs Still Running, The Walking Vegetables is an action-packed game available on PC, Nintendo switch, Xbox One and PS4 Gameplay You're a beat cop style guy who looks very much like Walter White with a DeLorean (every guy in the '80s had them right ?) yet you're less law-breaking and more helping the city and trying to not get mauled by giant mutated vegetables, The main aim of the game is to go through the levels to free the city from them. Using either sofa co-op (or if you're a lone ranger like myself) head out and beat the baddies solo. Multiple enemies cross your path, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes and many ...