Game Reviews5.1/10
Tank! Tank! Tank! Review: Arcade Hit, Wii U Flop
A tale of a tank, a vast arsenal of arms, and a city laid waste—this arcade shooter's home port suffers a grave fall.
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Tag: arcade shooter
Game Reviews7/10
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Review — Solid Shooter, Weak Story
A soldier fights a wave of giant bugs and machines in a ruined city, destroying buildings at will to save the world.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Inversus Review: Othello With Guns, and a Grid That Does the Talking
Inversus review: a minimalist black-and-white tile-flipping shooter that plays like real-time Othello with guns, scoring 7.8/10 across 8 outlets.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Graceful Explosion Machine Review: A Sharp, Small Arcade Shooter That Runs Out of New Tricks
Graceful Explosion Machine review: Vertex Pop's Switch shooter with a quad-weapon array, dash combos and jewel-hued worlds, scored 7.4 out of 10.
Forgotten PlayStation Gem Is Officially Free on Epic
A forgotten gem once bound to PlayStation consoles is now free to claim upon Epic's store, a gift worth seizing ere the hour expires.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Huntdown’s Cyberpunk Bounty Hunters Still Earn Their Paychecks Six Years On
Huntdown review: Easy Trigger's grimy arcade run-and-gun bounty shooter, its three hunters, four gangs and Shimamoto betrayal, scored 8.2 of 10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Velocity 2X Review: Two Genres, One Teleport, and a Score That Holds Up
Velocity 2X review: FuturLab's 2014 shooter-platformer hybrid still holds up, braiding top-down flight with on-foot teleporting platforming.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Housemarque’s PS4 launch shooter Resogun still holds up 13 years on
Resogun, Housemarque's 2013 PS4 launch shoot 'em up, reviewed: five voxel cylinder levels, keeper kills, human rescues, and why it outlasted the launch.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Earth Defense Force 5 asks one thing of you: stand and fight for humanity
Earth Defense Force 5 review: Sandlot's arcade shooter delivers 110 missions, co-op hordes and a new 2022 timeline, but the 4.1 loop wears thin. Score: 6.7/10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Matterfall’s arcade shooting is tight, but the game around it runs out of ideas
Matterfall review: Housemarque's 2017 PS4 side-scroller mixes arcade shooting with platforming and Smart Matter powers, landing at a mixed 6.8/10.
Game Reviews7/10
Section Z: Capcom’s Alphabet-Shooter and the Two-Button Idea That Still Holds Up
Capcom's 1985 arcade shooter Section Z sends one astronaut through 26 alphabet corridors to Section Z. A retro review of its directional aim and L Brain finale.
Game Reviews6.7/10
1943: The Battle of Midway Review: Capcom’s Fuel-Meter Shooter
Capcom's 1987 arcade sequel 1943: The Battle of Midway gave players one life and a draining fuel meter across 16 stages and scored 6.7/10.