Excessive Trim | PS5 Review

Panda Indie Studio, the developer known best for their retro inspired shmups, returns to the scene with an isometric roguelike that is truly out of this world. Featuring a pot smoking alien in a flying SAW-cer "Excessive Trim" has you harvesting weed and other psychedelic drugs as you mow over cattle, angry farmers, and tractors. It is this HIGH score fiasco that has the player seeking that sweet leaderboard fix as they progress level by level upgrading their lethal spacecraft for the platinum prize.

Air Twister | PS5 Review

Famed 1980's arcade game developer Yu Suzuki returns to bring to us what might be the most magical, and artistically designed rail shooter ever to grace a gaming console. It is a blend of oldschool 3D rail shooter gameplay like that seen in Space Harrier, Out Run, and Afterburner. Gameplay that is backed by the most wonderful rock opera soundtrack from Valensia. An experienced composer known for their work with QUEEN's greatest hits over the span of a few decades. 

All of this comes at you for a fair price, and includes the addition of mind blowing modern visuals that are utterly awe inspiring, in and of themselves. It's a full-on feast for the senses and an easy to pick up and play experience, that while challenging in it's own right, is equally as chill if not casual enough to enjoy. If you fancy short bursts of shoot 'em up style gameplay with enemy waves, and epic end bosses set to various sci-fi and fantasy themes then keep your wallet or purse ready for the release of this upcoming masterpiece!!!

MWII | Closing Thoughts

 As MWII's final season comes to a close, and MWIII is ushered in I find myself both anxious, and curious once again. Having stuck with MWII for the seasonal grind and updates I saw a once humble game turn slowly into something better. It may not have been the best experience, but it definitely got better. 

In this final Halloween themed season we saw the best battle pass offerings yet. Stuff worth buying into. Even at the Black Cell tier level. It featured staple Spawn characters, themed comic book weapons, baubles, and customization options that made Spawn's creator, Todd McFarlane, proud. As a Spawn fan it was the cherry on top of the cake. It sealed the deal, and made for some noteworthy additions to the carry over collection that will be usable in MWIII.

Zombie Town | PS4 Review

FunBox's "Zombie Town" is more or less a mobile game ported to console. It is a mission based brawler style zombie survival game in which selected survivors fight or survive against waves of zombies and zombie bosses on lane based streets. It's very much a rinse and repeat experience with several different mini-game types serving as missions with objectives in tow. 

You have accessible through a map a barricaded defense challenge, a run challenge, a hunt a target challenge, a fight a boss challenge, and a challenge set to a time limit. All encapsulated in a little block of street. As you complete each mission or challenge they will increase in difficulty with the zombie threat ramping up, and the need to upgrade becoming increasingly important. What carries you through is health power-up drops, ammo resupplies, and coins which can be spent later on hero and weapon upgrades.