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4 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | tokusatsu. Currently |Robert Allen

Bolder Games’ Virballs opens with one of those delightfully quaint cinematics that you would have found in a PlayStation 2-era game. Here, a scruffy scientist is confronted by a pair of space cops while rocketing through a solar system. With little warning, the authorities open fire, rupturing the suspect’s vessel, and inadvertently releasing Virball’s eponymous spheres across six different planets.

1 month ago | tech-gaming.com | tokusatsu. Currently |Robert Allen

This week, Atomfall sends players to verdant dystopia while Croc: Legend of the Gobbos permits players to revisit the 1997 platformer. Meanwhile, visual novel fans are in for a treat, between the releases of Mojika – Truth Rears Its Ugly Head and Love, Elections, and Chocolate (pictured).

1 month ago | tech-gaming.com | tokusatsu. Currently |Robert Allen

Our world needs more side-scrolling mecha action. For years, that essential was fulfilled by Tokyo-based Nippon Computer System (or NCS), the developer behind the Assault Suit series. If that franchise doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because early entries were retitled outside of Japan, with the first two games known as Target Earth and Cybernator in the States.  While the former was sold at a discounted twenty-dollar price, tough-as-nails difficulty likely constrained the game’s popularity.

1 month ago | tech-gaming.com | tokusatsu. Currently |Robert Allen

Since its 2005 debut, Rebellion Developments’ Sniper Elite franchise has been delivering delectable feasts of pure power fantasy. Across five mainline entries, protagonist Karl Fairburne has stalked World War II battlefields, habitually using long-range rifles to decimate unsuspecting platoons. Sure, a careless action would cause an infantry squad to come looking for Fairburne, but between the ability to hide and an ample supply of explosives, you always held an advantage.

1 month ago | tech-gaming.com | tokusatsu. Currently |Robert Allen

There are dozens of roguelike, twin-stick shooters on Steam. Although it’s still in Early Access, Odinfall is shaping up to be one of the subgenre’s better efforts. If developer Ember Paw Games can mend a few balancing issues and slow the tempo down a bit, those who appreciate chaotic action should be quite pleased. In Odinfall’s current state, the fundamentals are already achieved. Visually, the game’s employs a retro-art style, but the pixels aren’t big enough to sacrifice detail.