I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Team Critical Hit @TeamCritHit Publisher, Developer Kiwiwalks @WitchSprings

This is released in the UK on the 29/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £32,99.

INTRODUCTION

Witch Spring R is a story driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, battling.

FEATURES

• Train Pieberry in all kinds of skills to make her more powerful! Your choices decide her future growth
• Collect and fuse various magic ingredients. Cook magical meals for Pieberry to increase her magic abilities
• “Feed” unneeded nutrients to Pieberry’s staff to upgrade it in the direction you choose.
• Magic tomes, recipes, and special items are hiding all over the world for you to discover.
• Train different types of pets for different types of help on your adventure;
• Choose your favorite magic attributes to train, designing your own battle strategy.

FAN ART

Enemies all have own look and all have own attacks to learn when to attack and are weak to certain abilities.

Art style is pretty and detailed very anime cell shaded look.

Characters that you meet on your adventure all have own look and own personality to them loved the sarcastic bird very funny.

Difficulty options are nice as can pick own difficulty to suit own style.

Stats are easy to understand and easy to know what they do.

Training is fun and has weird minigames that can attempt to do yourself where you can gain extra bonuses or can just auto do them where you 100% them but get no bonuses.

Story is weird and confusing to follow all I know she loves pie which is different.

Clunky movement of character in the world and in menus on a controller.

Combat felt abit basic and not very exciting.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall enemies all have own look and all have own attacks to learn to defend against and has a cool art style that is pretty and detailed and the characters you meet on the adventure all have own look and own personality with nice difficulty options to suit own style and easy to understand stats and fun training minigames. However for £32.99, there is a alot of dialogue and story is weird and hard to follow alot of mentions to wanting pi made me hungry also has clunky movement of the character and menus on a controller and the combat felt abit basic and not exciting.

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Enemies own look and attacks to learn.
Art style is nice and detailed.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Difficulty options nice suit everyone.
Stats easy understand what they do.
Training fun has weird minigames. 

Story is weird, confusing, hard to follow.
Clunky movement of character in world and menus on controller.
Combat felt basic not exciting.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/coxPawSilrE?si=TSLGAnDz-bxE_uwJ

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPxY5Gh0DFMJMSBV2I83xC4l&si=i1TztMh9HuqYH71d

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Press Engine @press_engine Publisher Fireshrine Games @FireshrineGames @SamMckie5 Developer Pugstorm @pugstormgames

This is released in the UK on the 27/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £15.99.

INTRODUCTION

Awaken as an explorer in a long forgotten cavern where you harvest relics, resources, craft advanced tools, build your base and explore a dynamically evolving world waiting to be unearthed.

FEATURES

• MINE RESOURCES – Delve deep to harvest precious resources and unearth hidden gems. Craft tools to help you survive, from pickaxes, fishing rods, and shovels to traps, bombs, and mortars. Upgrade your arsenal and equipment with advanced tools like the mighty Obliteration Ray, and automated machinery to streamline mining, smelting, storage, and more. Level up your skills and unlock powerful weapons to conquer the depths.
• DISCOVER AN ANCIENT WORLD – Explore diverse biomes with unique ecosystems and long-forgotten lore. From the living walls of the Clay Caves to the crystal caverns of the Shimmering Frontier, discover more about this mysterious world as you uncover the secrets of the Cavelings. Build a boat to set sail across the Sunken Sea, race across the Desert of Beginnings, and encounter the remnants of ancient civilizations.
• BUILD, CRAFT AND GET CREATIVE – Create a totally unique base using a variety of different materials and customizations. From the ultimate adventurer’s lair to a cozy underground cottage, shape the underground your way. Customize your character’s appearance and choose from an array of powerful armor and unique outfits to suit the moment.
• BATTLE TITANS – Ace legendary Titans that hold the secret to this long-forgotten world. Sharpen your combat skills against a variety of monsters and mini-bosses, spend talent points to level up your abilities, and plan your strategy to conquer these colossal creatures of the underground. Discover rare and powerful loot to help you on your journey and power up the Core.
• EXPLORE WITH FRIENDS – Enjoy the adventure solo or team up in 2-8 player drop-in/drop-out online co-op. Play your way and explore at your own pace — celebrate the seasons, trade with merchants, hatch your new best friends, design the ultimate base, automate resource gathering, host your own dedicated server, create music on playable instruments and discover an unforgettable sandbox adventure.

FAN ART

Story is cool and interesting.

Enemies are impressive as lot of them and all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Difficulty options are nice as can suit own playstyle which is nice.

Character starting classes are nice as off good starting bonuses but also nice as doesn’t affect game massively just more start with better gear.

World is huge and fun to explore with loads to find and loads of different biomes which all have own look and vibe to them and can easily loose hours just exploring around.

Skills are awesome as can level them up and all have own tree to level to suit skills but not restricted as in use a ranged weapon to level it up or just fish and so much more just nice as playing it all levels up no requirements such as need be certain class or level is nice.

Easy pick up and play and easy to understand not super complex or alot of buttons to remember.

Fun solo and fun with friends.

Alot of buildable stuff from tools to weapons and stations that all have own look and own stats and upgradeable and fun to use such as incubators to grow eggs to hatch companions to fight with you and can upgrade them and so much more to them and can dismantle stuff to get resources back.

Can be daunting as alot to learn and alot to do can make you not sure best order to go about things such as top priority.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall can be daunting as alot to do and alot to make can be hard to figure out best thing to do first as in top priority. However for £15.99, the story is fun and easy loose hours in the world exploring and seeing all the own biomes with own resources and huge amount of enemies that all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them and is very fun solo and with friends with nice difficulty options to suit and nice starting classes that offer own equipment to help such as better tools for mining or better sword for fighting and skills are impressive as all have own feel and just level up while playing so not any skills restricted because of starting classes or level which is nice and tons of buildable stuff such as tools, weapons and so much more and can dismantle for resources and can upgrade alot of stuff and so much more to this game. I LOVE THIS GAME.

I RECOMMEND THIS GAME.

Story is fun and interesting. 
Enemies own look, attacks to learn.
Difficulty options nice suit everyone.
Character starting options nice suit style.
World is huge feels alive, fun to explore.
Skills level up make own build.
Easy pick up and play, understand.
Fun solo or with friends.
Alot of buildable objects, tools, weapons, more all with own stats, look, feel, upgradeable.

Can be daunting as alot to do, make.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/cRhoLCiY9Ow?si=0Y7nPusffPsU0i9R

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPwXBUpYzJ40Eu77UxOLhrUK&si=u0d5i-HVY-HqOZhL

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Streamers Connected @STRECONN Publisher Wired Productions @WiredP Developer Angry Demon Studio @AngryDemonGames

This is released in the UK on the 29/8/2024 and in the UK is priced at £17.99.

INTRODUCTION

Humanity has been destroyed and its up to GORI along with wisecracking sentient hoverboard F.R.A.N.K. and AI companion CH1-P to stop the evil adorable Army.

FEATURES

• PLAY AS A BADASS CAT – One of the last prototype synthetic pets, smuggled out of Cool-Toyz Inc before destruction, Gori is cute, cuddly, yet extremely deadly.
• WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE… – Save the galaxy with a team of the unlikeliest heroes, from F.R.A.N.K and CH1-P to a host of unexpected allies, with a script packed with heart and adult humour that’s as razor-sharp as F.R.A.N.K’s blades!
• SLAY WITH STYLE – Battle the blood-thirsty hordes of the Adorable Army in fast-paced combat where your hoverboard is your weapon! Power slide, grind and spin to cause MAXIMUM carnage and high combo scores.
• LEVEL UP – From neon-drenched city streets and toy factories awash with deadly toxins, to twisted carnivals and the insides of arcade machines – each level is filled with lethal environmental hazards and mutated toys to push your combat and platforming skills to their limits.
• LOCK AND LOAD – This cat has claws… and a devastating arsenal of explosives, razor-sharp weaponry and unlockable moves to lay waste to the Adorable Army in the most brutal and stylish way possible.
• HUNT FOR SECRETS – Use your extreme hoverboard parkour skills to explore every corner of the level for collectables that unlock radical new filters, outfits and fur-styles for Gori!
• PACKED WITH GORE – Paint the town red with F.R.A.N.K’s blades as you slice and dice with gratuitous amounts of dismemberment – body horror and the most twisted toy designs you’ve ever seen!
• EXPLOSIVE AND SOUNDTRACK – Skate and slay out to an original bone-crunching soundtrack bursting with energy across multiple genres.

FAN ART

Controls are easy to pick up and play.

Enemies have alot of variety to them and all have own attacks to learn and own weaknesses to kill them such as overhead slam for enemies in bubble shields.

Difficulty options are nice to suit everyone and still challenging even on easy setting.

Skills can be upgraded to suit own style and has everything from more health to even extra lives and changes look of your attacks aswell.

Story is (CRAZY) and fun and interesting.

Detailed and fun levels with secrets to find.

Alot of moves and all have own feel and own uses to them.

Alot of humor to the game and alot of jokes.

Humor can be tiresome as alot of chatting and jokes and humor might not always land.

Lock on and camera can be fiddly when dealing with multiple enemies in combat.

No reason to replay the levels again as easy to 100% everything first try.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall has a crazy story with cool enemies and a easy pick up and play controls, nice difficulty options and still challenging even on easy with nice skills to learn and upgrade and alot of moves all have own feel and alot of humor to the game. However for £17.99, the lock on and the camera can be fiddly especially in combat with multiple enemies and no reason to replay the levels again as can 100% them on first try and the humor can be tiresome and alot of chatting and humor might not land everytime.

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Controls easy pick up and play.
Enemies own look, attacks to them.
Difficulty options suit own style.
Skills can be upgraded suit style.
Story is fun ( CRAZY ) interesting.
Alot of moves all own feel, uses.
Alot of humor and jokes.

Humor can become tiresome alot  of chatting and humor might not always land.
Lock on, camera can be fiddly when multiple enemies in combat.
No reason replay as can 100% levels on first try. 

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/y9ljgHueAjY?si=A2_C3ym4o-AA68cQ

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPw-UJFDlwKQXwcQ4j-w4Tg2&si=w6dETV6NzqHQmw3M

I was given a PS5 code from Publisher UBISOFT @Ubisoft_UK @Revalationn_ Developer Massive Entertainment @UbiMassive

This is released in the UK on the 30/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £69.99.

INTRODUCTION

Play as KAY VESS in a open world Star Wars action adventure in both new and iconic locations as a scoundrel seeking freedom and means to start a new life.

FEATURES

• DISCOVER A GALAXY OF OPPORTUNITY
  Explore distinct locations with bustling cities and cantinas. Race across sprawling outdoor landscapes on your speeder. Each location brings new adventures, unique challenges, and enticing rewards if you’re willing to take the risk.
• EXPERIENCE AN ORIGINAL SCOUNDREL STORY
  Live the high-stakes lifestyle of an outlaw. Turn any situation to your advantage with Nix by your side: fight with your blaster, overcome enemies with stealth and gadgets, or find the right moments to distract enemies and gain the upper hand.
• EMBARK ON HIGH-STAKES MISSIONS
  Take on high-risk, high-reward missions from the galaxy’s crime syndicates. Steal valuable goods, infiltrate secret locations, and outwit enemies as one of the galaxy’s most wanted. Every choice you make influences your ever-changing reputation.
• JUMP INTO THE PILOT SEAT
  Pilot your ship, the Trailblazer, as you engage in thrilling dogfights with the Empire and other foes. Find the right opportunities to chase, evade, and attack to get the upper hand.

FAN ART

Story is fun and interesting.

Characters that you meet all have own look and all have own personality and agendas.

Nix is very awesome and very cute and surprisingly useful as can do alot of things like distracting people and can attack and rob people and flip switches and more.

Worlds are cool as all have own vibe to them and all have own stuff to do on them such as collectables, races, side missions and more.

Controls are easy to pick up and play which is always nice as not very complex or alot of combos to learn.

Difficulty options are nice as can adjust to suit own style and is still challenging even on easy setting.

Accessibility options are great as can fine tune to sort you and even remove some of the minigames such as lockpicking so instead of being a rhythm game you just press the trigger twice to unlock it and so many other options very good.

Stealth sections while not my favourite part in games appear alot and can be punishing if you are caught as some of the checkpoints can be far back and can be annoying.

Lockpicking and Slicing (hacking computers) minigames can be hard to figure out and get the timing and can be annoying slightly frustrating.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall story is fun and the characters all have own look and own personality and agendas to them with easy to pick up controls and fun and pretty worlds that all have own look and own vibe to them with loads to do such as collectables, races and NIX is so cute and useful and great accessibility options to suit everyone. However for £69.99, the punishing checkpoints if caught in stealth sections can be annoying and the lockpicking and slicing minigames can be hasrd and annoying to get used to.

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Story is fun and interesting.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Nix is awesome, cute, useful.
Worlds pretty loads to do side missions, races, collectables, more.
Controls easy pick up and play.
Difficulty options nice and challenging even on easy.
Accessibility options great as perfect suit own style.

Stealth sections hard as checkpoints can be punishing if get caught.
Lockpicking, Slicing minigames can be hard and annoying.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/SAzx4HeTv-E?si=fN19FRq6pGKCY5H_

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPzZTrzlUmHeiwjHkqy4q68V&si=YYzi07XeugWdPY3r

I was given a PS5 code from Publisher Forever Entertainment @ForeverEntert Developer Makee Games @MakeeGames

This is released in the UK on the 22/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £7.99.

INTRODUCTION

Rise Eterna War tells the bloody tale of Arthbane, a great general who led the last stand to reclaim hes homeland ARS RARE from foreign invaders.

FEATURES

•  Play as Arthbane – Take control of the tragic antihero faction from the original Rise Eterna as he leads a desperate last stand 10 years prior.
• Innovative Gameplay – Fuses real-time strategy with deck building and resource management in over 40 story-driven missions.
• Rally your Troops – Collect 16 diverse units and 11 legendary heroes, including returning favorites to march on to victory!
• Upgrade and Evolve – Multiple levels of upgrades for your units and mounted ballista bolts to gain an advantage on the battlefield!
• Manage Resources – Buy meals and collect coins to feed and strengthen your forces.
• Emotional Storytelling – Experience the dramatic, character-focused backstory to the original rebellion over hours of dark and brooding narrative.

FAN ART

Enemy skills is impressive as alot of them and all have different feel and uses to learn in order to beat them.

Story is interesting and fun.

Food is cool as all have own look and own bonuses and can only take 1 per mission which adds a layer of strategy to it.

Art style is cool and detailed nice hand drawn art style.

Units are cool as all have own look and can upgrade them to make them survive better and all have own strengths and weaknesses.

Different tactical feel as you have to keep an eye on your resources and make sure your miners are alive and have units to survive.

No tutorial made it hard to understand what needed to do to survive.

Challenging as very easy to loose as no difficulty options and easy to get rushed and not have enough units to defend.

No direct control over your units can be annoying as would of been nice to have some of them stay at base to defend me and the miners from getting attacked.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall the story is interesting and has a cool detailed art style with a different tactical feel as you have to manage your resources to summon units and the food options are cool and all have own look and own bonuses to them and all the units are fun as can be upgraded and all have own look and stats. However for £7.99, no tutorial made it hard to understand what to do and very challenging and easy to loose and have to redo the level and no direct control of your units such as setting them to defend can be annoying.

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Enemy skills all have own feel, uses.
Story is fun and interesting.
Food is cool offer own bonuses only take 1 per mission.
Art style is nice and detailed.
Units can be upgraded own look, feel to them.
Different tactical feel as have keep resources up for summoning units.

No tutorial made it hard understand what to do.
Challenging very easy to loose.
No direct control of units as in set them to defend.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/2z3-KfUtEWk?si=ek4PhGxqx4WUfgGm

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPzl7gsmoYxYa8OTwvNVtjKs&si=SYztuntU4SV9W5F6

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Guillotine @HelloGuillotine @TheOnlyJakeEver Publisher Kepler Interactive @Kepler_Interact Developer The Gentlebros @TheGentlebros

This is released in the UK on the 8/8/2024 and in the UK is priced at £15.99.

INTRODUCTION

Play as a swashbuckling purrivateer in this 2.5D open world action RPG set in a fantastical pirate themed world.

Defeat the Pirate King and hes hordes of Pi- Rats while on the quest for the Northern Star.

FAN ART

Story is fun and interesting and loads of puns such as Pawsome fun

World is fun and huge and feels alive with side quests different enemies and loads of chests to find and more.

Enemies are impressive as alot of variety to them with all having there own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Puzzles are cool and all offer own rewards to solving them.

Art style is great love the hand drawn art style and very detailed.

Weapons, Armor is impressive as alot of variety to them and all have own look and own stats and can be upgraded and swapped around to make own build.

Boat, Spells, is impressive as alot of variety to them and all have own look and own stats and can be upgraded and swapped around to make own build.

Characters that you meet on your adventure are awesome as all have own personality to them and own look aswell.

Fun solo and can be played with a friend.

Can be easy to get mobbed in harder areas and die when exploring the world.

OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall can be easy to go to hard areas when exploring and get mobbed and die. However for £15.99, the story is awesome and fun the world is huge and feels alive with loads of puzzles to find and solve with loads of build options for Weapons, Armor, Boat, Spells and can be upgraded and all have own look and stats to feel unique and cool characters that you meet on your adventures all have own look and own personality to them and is fun solo or with a friend and the enemies have big variety to them and all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them and so much more LOVED THE GAME.

I RECOMMEND THIS GAME.

Story is fun and interesting.
World is fun, huge and feels alive.
Enemies own look, attacks to learn.
Puzzles cool offer own rewards.
Art style is hand drawn, pretty, detailed.
Weapons, Armor can be upgraded own look.
Boat, Spells can be upgraded own look.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Fun solo or with a friend.

Can be easy go hard areas when exploring and get mobbed and die.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/FoNifCgOxm4?si=PE4EgFxrIGDUiRpj

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPwkRjM6g1DQJQBD2yibN1D8&si=Ahamz9GKrlzB-UNA

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Terminals @terminalsio @callmeshawnp Publisher, Developer Creepy Jar @creepy_jar

This is released in the UK on the 14/8/2024 and in the UK is priced at £19.99.

INTRODUCTION

GREEN HELL is an open world survival simulator set in the unique and uncharted setting of the Amazonian rainforest.

FEATURES

• Use of true survival techniques (including starting fires, camp building, animal traps construction)
• Sourcing and composing objects allowing survival (including weapons and tools)
• Food sourcing (hunting, cropping)
• Wound, disease and other injuries treatment, depending on the situation.

FAN ART

Story is interesting and fun.

Tutorial is detailed and explains alot and very nice and can be skipped after when you start new game.

Difficulty options are great as even on easy setting is challenging game and totally recommend using the custom difficulty option as can reduce or turn off certain options but enough that can suit everyone’s playstyle.

Detailed world that is fun to explore and feels very much alive and not friendly towards you.

Controls are easy to pick up and easy to understand.

Loads to build that is impressive as has everything from tools to weapons to bases and beds planting bed and so much more is awesome.

Fun solo or with friends to help survive or help with gathering and crafting.

Very challenging game as you die very easy and so many things affect you from dirty water to being poisoned to leeches and much more that even on easy difficulty can be frustrating.

Clunky trying to go through and highlight certain objects or going through menus on a controller.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall story is interesting and fun and the tutorial is detailed with alot of difficulty options to suit own playstyle definitely still challenging on custom difficulty but good as can suit own playstyle is very nice and the world is very nice and detailed and feels alive and is fun to explore and the controls are easy to pick up and absolutely loads of different stuff to build from weapons to beds buildings and much more and fun to play solo or with your friends. However for £19.99, is very challenging as even on normal and easy to die and can be frustrating and can be clunky on a controller when trying to highlight certain object or going through menus or trying to craft.

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Story is interesting and fun.
Tutorial is detailed explains alot.
Difficulty options awesome to suit own style.
Detailed world, feels alive, fun to explore.
Controls easy pick up and understand.
Loads to build and craft very cool.
Fun solo or with friends. 

Very challenging die very easy even on normal can be frustrating.
Clunky trying highlight certain objects or going through menus on a controller.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/E7l2QRNQUCo?si=PvFme6jBV-D3fHVq

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPy-WHnnKO913EXdpT0evd23&si=N57jmGopiTGtPKUJ

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company PR Hound @pr_hound Publisher ININ Games @ININ_Games Developer Tengo Project @TENGO_PROJECT

This is released in the UK on the 29/8/2024 and in the UK is priced at £19.99.

INTRODUCTION

After 33 years Tengo Project is remaking the cult classic and bringing it back looking and playing better than ever.

FEATURES

• An arsenal of deadly weapons:
  Caltrops, shuriken, and more!
• Jungle of concrete and steel:
  5 completely recreated stages featuring devious traps and challenging platform puzzles. Plus, a 6th entirely new stage!
• Two ninjas are better than one:
  Grab a friend and get ready for the critically acclaimed couch co-op!
• A fresh new look:
  Beautiful modern sprite art as a faithful update to the 8-bit original.
• A Star-Studded, Rockin’ Soundtrack:
  Play along with the legendary Hiroshi Iwatsuki’s and Iku Mizutani’s electrifying guitar riffs and fast-paced retro melodies.
• The Lethal Tools of the Trade:
  Use your hard-earned points in the tool shop and customize your loadout for the next play session.

FAN ART

Enemies all have own look and alot of variety to them and own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Characters that you can play as have own look and own feel to them.

Nostalgic vibes very old school feel to it reminds me of old SNES or Mega Drive style games.

Items that you can pick up and use all have own look and own feel to them.

Challenging old school difficulty easy to die.

Controls are easy to pick up and easy to play.

Easy to understand and suitable for all players of all skill levels.

Can be frustrating as easy to die especially in boss fight you die alot trying figure out how to beat them.

No reason to replay after you finish game as no collectables or secrets to find.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall enemies all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them and characters you play as have own look and feel to them and has big nostalgic vibes very old school and is challenging and easy to understand the game and has easy controls and pick up and play style. However for £19.99, can be frustrating as easy to die especially in boss fights and no reason to replay after you finish the game as no collectables or secrets to find.

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Enemies own look and attacks to learn.
Characters own look and feel.
Nostalgic vibes old school retro fun.
Items pick up use, all own look, feel.
Challenging game easy to die.
Controls easy pick up and play.
Easy understand suitable for everyone.

Can be frustrating as easy to die especially in boss fights.
No reason replay after finish as no collectables, secrets to find.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/HLrQ26GhyKg?si=c7V806Tm6_9lrlYu

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPzlJmLcUakQK0wfG_Ly3CEI&si=L6QrdIta3Kmym5Ri

I was given a PS5 code from Publisher Developer Itzy Interactive Inc @IncItzy

This is released in the UK on the 13/8/2024 and in the UK is priced at £13.99.

INTRODUCTION

Mad devils is a 1990s throwback retro co-op arcade shooter set in a twisted World War 2 setting.

FEATURES

• The roster of playable demon soldiers expands from six to eight, each with unique abilities and weapons. Fight side-by-side with either a friend or AI squad mate.
• 1990’s Retro Co-op Shooter Action.
• Enjoy a rich story campaign penned by UK author, Dr. Greg Buchanan, whose credits include No Man’s Sky: Atlas Rises, Paper Brexit and Metro Exodus.
• Elemental weapon upgrades have been boosted, unleashing devastating new effects and strategies against the demonic hordes. Fire, ice, and light and dark will bend to your will.
• Use upgradeable demonic powers and WWII inspired weaponry as you wage war against Nazi Monsters.

FAN ART

Story is interesting and weird.

Controls are easy to understand and easy to pick up and play by everyone.

Difficulty options are nice and suit everyone as even on easy setting is challenging.

Enemies are cool as alot of variety to them and all have own attacks to learn to avoid and all have own look to them.

Nostalgic vibes very old school feel to the game.

Elements are cool as can make own build and swap it out to try new builds on your weapons and all clear and easy to understand.

Fun playing solo as you get an AI companion which you can swap to play as and they can be given own upgrades and elements to benefit your abilities and skills and very fun with friends as just nostalgic and fun.

Weapons, abilities don’t have alot of feedback or impact when used makes them feel not very special to use.

Easy to get lost and be not sure best way to get to the objective as would of liked a waypoint or navigation marker to help.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall story is weird, interesting and controls are easy to understand with nice difficulty options that are nice and challenging even on easy setting and enemies all have own look to them and alot of variety and all have own attacks to learn to avoid them and has alot of old school nostalgia and elements are fun as can make own build to suit own playstyle and the game is fun solo or co op with friends. However for £13.99, the weapons, abilities don’t have alot of feedback or impact when used which makes them feel not very special to use and easy to get lost as not sure best way to get to the objective as needs a way point system or navigation system to get to objectives.

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Story is interesting and weird.
Controls easy understand, pick up and play.
Difficulty options nice suit everyone.
Enemies own look, attacks.
Nostalgic old school vibes.
Elements cool make own build.
Fun solo or with friends, easy play understand.

Weapons, abilities don't have alot of feedback or impact when used.
Easy get lost and be not sure best way to get to objective.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/3VInl-8QVEg?si=7hHj8-woB5VeZvTi

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPxf3PpN-5H4eSpdtyM0WnQn&si=sph1jW_LvIfqvW0g

I was given a PS4 code which I played on my PS5, Code from Press Engine @press_engine Publisher Valkyrie Initiative LLP @ValkyrieInitai1 Developer 70 Strike @Skelethrone1

This is released in the UK on the 07/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £9.79.

INTRODUCTION

Assume the role of Derek Ericona, a lord who was destined for Death by treachery, who avoided it in favor of a more grim fate.

FEATURES

•  Metroidvania – Unlock unique upgrades for movement and combat to expand the world. Maintaining the game’s progression requires you to use different relics, items and abilities.
• hallenging bosses – Test your skills against multiple bosses and other creatures from the Dark Ages. The game will constantly test your patience as you face challenging battles that require their own unique approach.
• Combat galore – You must use an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons and equipment to repel a wide variety of enemies. Put your courage, skills, and resolve on display for them.
• Exploration – The game features a huge world represented by a variety of hand-crafted levels. From fog-shrouded ruins, where undead corpses cling to any living being passing by, and shambling figures emerge. To the Sun-city that hides in the labyrinthine of an ancient tomb where an unspeakable evil lingers, long forgotten by mankind.
• Non-linear exploration – Play through levels and bosses, discover side areas with more secrets and enemies to defeat.
• Weapons and Equipment – Your character can be armed with bows, scythes, longswords, whips, pistols, rifles, and many more traditional weapons. More exotic weapons will also be available to you, so use any means to achieve success.
• Multiple Endings – Make key decisions along the way to determine Ericona’s fate as you progress through the story.

FAN ART

Story is interesting and fun.

Enemies have alot of variety to them and all have own look and all have own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Difficulty options are nice as suits all playstyles and is still challenging even on story mode.

Level up options are nice and explained well and giving you the option to make your own build to suit your own playstyle.

Controls are easy to understand and easy to pick up and play.

Characters that you meet on your adventure all have own look and own personality to them.

Nice detailed art style and pretty areas to explore.

Challenging game easy to die as get mobbed often and no health bars on enemies makes it hard to see how much health they have left.

Combat not have alot of feedback when killing enemies as don’t have any weight or impact to attacks.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall story is interesting and the enemies all have own look, attacks to them and the difficulty options are nice to suit everyone, level up options are nice as can make own build to suit own playstyle with easy to learn controls and detailed nice art style with characters that all have own look and personality to them. However for £9.79, is a challenging game where you die easy as get mobbed often and no health bars on enemies make it hard to see how much health they have left and not alot of feedback or weight/impact on attacks in combat hurt combat enjoyment.

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Story is interesting and fun.
Enemies own look and attacks.
Difficulty options nice suit all playstyles.
Level up options good make build to suit own playstyle.
Controls easy understand pick up.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Nice detailed art style, pretty.

Challenging game easy to die, no health bar on enemies.
Combat not have alot of feedback when killing enemies dont have any weight/impact.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/03_AvdOVmlU?si=QGYPA_7cduN9PM0F

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPynTqqYmJlZlJuV23Ylyk2j&si=qwf7ojv_7MzY_rYX