Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival is a disappointing football game that has tried to embrace its roots but simply doesn’t play very well. I really wanted to like this game but the gameplay issues and lack of detail makes it a chore to play.

Empire TV Tycoon is a solid built but poorly executed management sim with little thought to real life values of a TV station. Its disregard for diversity and insistence on forcing reruns of old movies into your schedule are odd omissions that force the game to grow old quickly. Its core works just fine, but just like its schedule Empire TV is a shallow entry without enough top quality trimmings.

Zero Reflex is a game that offers fun for a couple of hours. With the Black Eye edition, the game has more visual eye candy and more content but ultimately still suffers from the flawed punishment system which becomes repetitive and frustrating.

The challenge presented may be of interest to a select few, but most gamers will pass on Heart & Slash. This is a shame, as I am a huge Indie game fan. But I don’t see myself venturing back into this title.

Overall I thought that the idea behind the game was interesting but unfortunately the uninspired visuals, repetitive gameplay and lackluster soundtrack was a bit of a let down.

Arcade Archives Ikki is not the best the era or the collection by HAMSTER has to offer. It is a well-made game and a decent enough port. But it does not compete with so many other titles from both the era and this collection.

What Song of the Deep does have in heart, it just can’t quite make up for it’s wonky physics and sloppy mechanics.

I just personally don’t find a dating simulator about Pigeons all that fun.

Lifeless characters and generic planets feel disconnected from the Metroid universe with only really combat reeling it back in.

Overall Cricket Captain 2016 is a game that will appeal to a small minority of people, if you have the patience and knowledge, you can really see the potential this game holds with its deep simulation and micromanagement, however for the casual Cricket fan this game is far too convoluted and menu heavy to recommend. Couple that with a career mode that lacks any real direction and you get a simulation game that just doesn’t quite fit the bill for me.

It’s slow pace won’t be for everyone and a great deal of patience is required and while the gameplay in Lifeless Planet definitely isn’t great, it’s passable. The greatness lies in the mystery and exploration of this planet.

Arcade Archives: Solomon’s Key is one of those games that actually did age pretty well. At least as far as gameplay is concerned. It’s challenging, yet fair and long enough, but not so long that it feels like it drags on. Outside of gameplay though, it’s a pretty average game, but if you like old games, it’s one of the better ones to check out in the Arcade Archives collection.

If you want to be frustrated for several hours then A Velocibox Ultimate Bundle is definitely worth your time, well at least a couple of hours of your time.

There is some fun to be had here. But you have to search hard for it. If this were a school report we’d probably end it by saying Quantum Rush: Champions has potential but could do better.

Ultimately, there’s enough crafting to make things interesting even if it’s linear, lacks intuitive flexibility and most of all refinement for this genre.

No Time To Explain is a fun and mechanically sound experience, but everything else about it is average at best for a price that’s just too high.

CLANNAD Side Stories was somewhat disappointing for me. I was expecting to see more of the characters, and these stories do not extend the main story either.

Yes, it’s better than last years’, Carmageddon: Reincarnation, but a bit of polish and a few extra game modes can’t save was is a fundamentally flawed video game.

At £1.59 Goodnight Butcher doesn’t break the bank and is an interesting curio if you’re looking for a quick fix, but there are far superior horror games out there that are more deserving of your time and money.

Rock Zombie ironically tries to revitalize a tired gaming genre from the past by throwing hordes of undead into the mix. An interesting premise and a bold palette isn’t enough to stop this gnarly brawler from being booed off stage due to lifeless animations, repetitive gameplay and overall inconsistency of the game.

Zombies on a plane offers nothing new or innovative for the zombie survival genre. With mediocre gameplay riddled with a variety of bugs and game crashes; Players will be left struggling to justify the steep buying price for a game that feels broken and offers no replayability beyond the first hour or two.

There are so many technical barriers to enjoying this on the Wii U I unfortunately can’t recommend you playing it on Nintendo’s machine. It’s such a sloppy conversion with so many frustrations, you’re better off letting it rest in peace.

Graphically, the game looks extremely bland, and whilst the animations look fairly good, the character models look awful with almost no texture to them or any facial details at all. It just doesn’t feel finished at all, and that’s not just the visuals, the entire game feels rushed with bland graphics, bland combat, and no story.

At the price of £15.99, I would suggest that you wait for a sale if you really want it that badly in your collection. As it stands, there are far better games out there worthy of your money.

A fun game to play but it doesn’t take too long before it gets repetitive.

It represents a lot of the things that a wrong with the videogames industry and we as consumers shouldn’t stand for it.

As it stands it’s a bit of a mess.

It’s fun for five minutes and if you were excited about playing online like I was then that is shattered immediately. The idea for the game is good and it had potential, unfortunately that potential was not met.

A cool concept for what could have been a really fun title. Sadly, lack of content and a single player component just has this game come up short.

They were bad on last-gen consoles, but on the PlayStation 4, their array of faults are all the more unforgivable. You might be getting two games for the price of one, but in this instance, that’s not necessarily a good thing.

After graphics the rest of inSynch kind of just falls apart. It’s more a game to be experienced then taken seriously for play.

Arcade Archives: MAGMAX is a good game. It’s a well done port and I was happy to play it. But it’s just not worth paying $8 for.

R.B.I. Baseball 16 seems like a game specifically designed for fans of the sport and nobody else, but due to some questionable gameplay mechanics and a total lack of respect for the person wielding the controller, it turns out to be a game that only gluttons for punishment will find appealing. A challenge is all well and good, but the player needs to be given the tools to succeed first.

Each entry is an experiment, one that may crash and burn or possibly be an overall improvement. For now, the series would be fine exclusively being RPGs, and I doubt anyone would blame them for playing it safe.

Mighty No.9’s development was a complete disaster so the final product being one as well should come as no shock.

Fans of retro gaming will find something to like amidst its addictive core premise, but for modern gamers used to more consistent design, City Connection is a trip you can afford to avoid.

There’s a lot of potential in here, gasping for air – I’m hopeful for whatever they turn their hands to next. But Animal Gods is merely a demo, a testing-ground for Still Games to learn their trade.

It had been reasonably entertaining, although not challenging in the slightest. However the fact it was so short was a major drawback.

Bomb Jack is not a bad game and this is an excellent port. But it’s certainly not worth what HAMSTER is charging for it. It’s definitely fun a few times but ultimately I wouldn’t pay more than a few dollars for this small amount of gameplay.

It’s just not the best game from that era or even that series.

Zotrix is a bit of a rough ride that turns to cinders under scrutiny.

Drift Streets Japan is a game brimming over with disappointment. From its PS2-era visuals and its inconsistent physics, to the complete lack of direction and/or rewards system, it offers nothing but unfulfilled potential.

They made a boring, heartless, poor excuse for an action game.

When I take in to consideration this was developed by one man, I want to like this game. Sometimes I do. But most of the time, I do not. This game is the video game equivalent of marmite, with people both loving and hating it. Nonetheless, I think the price of the game is too high considering what you are being given, so if you are to play it yourself, I recommend catching it on sale.

The biggest problem is that Orbit restricts itself far too much. By focusing on local multiplayer, the game offers no online alternative whatsoever. Worse still, there’s absolutely zero opportunity to play solo in the game either.

Longevity is the main issue however with only 14 levels and the lack of variety. The challenge of later levels just become frustrating while the boss levels are particularly disappointing, the first tank boss level was so poor I actually laughed out loud.

Overall, Castles fails to deliver on the key mechanic to that makes us all play video games, gameplay. As charming as the game’s visuals are, the gameplay is just not on point and in a puzzle environment.

Dragon Fin Soup isn’t very good. If time was left to polish and optimize the game for each platform then it would have been actually decent, although more than a polish will be needed to fix the interface.

TRIZEAL Remix is up your alley if you love old school arcade games. For everyone else I am not too sure. I think it would be an acquired taste for everyone else.

It reminds me a lot of those choose you path Goosebumps books I used to read when I was a kid except for those books didn’t suck.

I want Phantasmal to be amazing, the idea behind it is wonderful. However, the game simply fails and does not live up to the promise.

It is hard to justify paying money for this when there are far better free options on the mobile market.

Pixel Hunter seems to hedge its bets by taking various aspects from other games in order to entice players from all generations of gaming into it’s blocky 2.5D world. Simple to play, there’s some initial fun to be had with the title before poor level design, frustrating controls and annoying enemies start to chip away at your patience.

Unless you have a deathly allergy to ASCII interfaces, modding, and money, it is very difficult to recommend Gnomoria, even though it is perfectly functional and enjoyable in the short-term.

Arcade Archives: TwinBee is fun. It’s good old classic shooting with no drama, in true arcade style. Probably one of the better Arcade Archives titles I’ve played so far, but by no means the best one. Great for collectors but I say hold out for a price drop before grabbing this one.

It’s simply impossible to recommend to anyone but the staunchest of shmup fans and even then I’d suggest that you dial back your expectations. Vita fans and shmup fans deserve better.

The gameplay is sluggish on heavily populated arena’s, the music and voice overs feel like they are harassing you towards the end and the maps and ships just feel really repetitive.

Space Hulk has a good story, great graphics, sound, narration, and missions. What ruins all of that it is overly difficult then what it needs to be, and gameplay.

The gameplay mechanics alone were refreshing, but I honestly can’t recommend the game if you’re looking for something substantial. Calendula feels like a game that on the outside is full of ideas, but the story lacks the detail to be impactful.

After 8 hours, over 650 deaths and having to physically leave my computer, I finally finished. With it’s linear story, that only included a total of 2 puzzles, there isn’t any replay ability. Although there are a few albeit weak points that could redeem itself, I wouldn’t recommend this game.

Arcade Archives: Shanghai III is just as hard as I remember it being as a kid, but it hasn’t aged well overall.

Arcade Archives: Kid’s Horehore Daisakusen is not a bad game but it’s also not really a memorable one. It’s a game that I think only the most dedicated of collectors need to own. It’s not very long and while challenging, the gameplay has very little variety in all reality. It’s a well-made piece of software, but for $8 you can get something much better even within the same collection of games. I say pass unless it’s on sale for considerably less money.

With a premise such as the one we have here, Lost Sea could have been a fun hack n slash survival game. Sadly it’s neither, and apart from the nice looks, solid controls and great soundtrack it deserves to be left where its name implies.

To sum it up, Mr. Spook has all the fun in this game. It is so unbalanced, playing as Charla is a chore. Playing as Mr. Spook is great, but it is not scary. Playing as Charla is scary, but not great. There is not much replay value in the game, once you have played it about five times, it is enough. If they made a Sanatory Hallway 2, and tweaked these controls, making them game more fun for Charla, this game could be something great. But until then, do not bother.

Between the weak combat, poor visuals, awkward controls and the generally poor gameplay, Cube Life: Island Survival is every bit the awful clone that you might expect to see on iOS or the Xbox 360’s Indie Game library.

This game was a valiant effort in trying something new. I think fundamentally there was a good idea behind this game, it just wasn’t put into practice well.

Justice Chronicles managed to impress me in some aspects and really let me down in others. In terms of a role playing game, I do feel a lot of features were missing and the overall quality of gameplay was lacking. I’m glad I had the opportunity to give this new comer a shot, but personally, it just didn’t satisfy.

Overall, there may be a surprising amount of content to unlock, but the gameplay just isn’t diverse enough to really hold a player’s attention for long. It’s a game that would perhaps be enjoyed more thoroughly by younger players, but for the rest of the gaming community, Catlateral Damage is one that’s probably better off played in short bursts.

Enemy Unknown Plus feels like a game behind schedule, rushed to the finish line after the success of the sequel to take and garner the positivity coming from it. It is a poor excuse for an XCOM game, pulling down the pedigree while hiding its best features.

There are enough issues with the game play that just make much too hard to enjoy. While the progression is good, what you are doing to progress isn’t.

After a couple of hours creeping through the darkness looking for the my hundredth battery, and getting stuck to a desk and inexplicably paralysed just as the all-powerful red floating ball of death silently rounded the corner… I suddenly realised – this is crap.

In some aspects I can see where The Perplexing Orb could have been a challenging, fun, little puzzler. Unfortunately, it never catches it’s stride. Lack of variety and difficulty begin to damper the experience all too quickly. Some good ideas are hidden in the foundation, but overall it feels like it most likely needed a few more months in the development-oven to cook.

The hacker theme actually hurts it overall because it really doesn’t live up to the term as far as quality or difficulty. If anything it should be called “Entry Level Coder’s Beat”.

Commander Cherry’s Puzzled Journey has a limited fun value but it can be entertaining for an hour or so but that is dependent on how flexible you are, how much space you have in your living room and how much lighting you have.

This is the entire level up and RPG system. It is quite simply pathetic.

140 is a game that offers little else to keep you playing once you finish the levels. Even mirror mode wont entice you to come back for more. Unless you are a glutton for punishment, or determined to see everything to game has to offer you.

Hot Rod Racer does not deserve its place on console as it skids off the track to crash and burn.

Overall, this game is not good. Do not waste your time, or your money. If Milky Tea want to make another racing game, they have a lot to work on before they will interest me again. It is up to you whether you let it tarnish your PS4, but in my case, I have already deleted the game off of my game library.

There’s 1000 gamerscore up for grabs and it’s certainly worth trying the game for yourself before saying it’s awful. Because who knows, it may just be my poor skill dragging my score down!

There is plenty of content here for those that learn to live with the awkward control scheme, but even for those especially eager for a new off road racer, this ugly and uncooperative return will provide an unwelcome reminder of just how far this series has fallen from grace.

With poor presentation, horrendously awkward controls and what feels like a generally lazy approach to porting the game from its mobile beginnings, Line of Defence Tactics is a game that is outperformed by games twenty years older.

Ultimately, Murasaki Mist: Akara’s Journey fails to do anything more than irritate, and it does so far too well.

Thirsty Xbox soda simulator fans are in for an ice-cold treat, but everyone else should think twice before taking a sip.

Linear, vacuous and superfluous.

Graphically speaking Krinkle Krusher has that modern cartoonish freemium style we see way too much of these days. The enemies you face in the first few rounds all look the same.

Rugby World Cup 2015 isn’t completely without merit, but with so many issues, it’s all but impossible to recommend this overpriced, under-featured and often flat-out broken game of virtual rugby.

A disappointing package. Taken on its own merits, playing the game is a bland exercise in mediocrity. Fun, but fleeting.

Defense Dome has a number of major flaws that remove any real fun that might of saved it from being a simple throwaway title. Unfortunately, dull graphics, sloppy gameplay and lack of care and attention guarantee it is definitely a title you’ll be glad to see the back of.

The first game was quirky and so bad it was funny and enjoyable while this sequel just isn’t. It’s repetitive, boring, has dull dialogue and isn’t fun. I found myself using the fast-forward button more than once – and frankly if a game feels the need to include a fast-forward button I think it says a lot about what the developers expect from the players.

This doesn’t even come close.

Miko Mole lacks thought, heart, and soul. A mobile game seemingly ported over to the PS4 with awful design through-and-through, I’m happy to delete the game from my harddrive and put my short time with it in the past.

This is not the worst game, but when there’s so much better out there, there really is no reason to play it.

A predictably shallow experience that would probably please those who have exhausted the ever growing population of games of this ilk but if you want an engaging, fun puzzler with lots of variety look elsewhere.

Bus Simulator 16 is a lifeless, soulless lie of a simulator; and I use the term ‘simulator’ in the loosest possible way. The buses handle like jumbo jets and the business management side of things is a complete joke.

The battles get boring after a while, even more so when the game stops you being able to choose any of the cards and you have to restart the game, which happened a lot.

I don’t enjoy crapping on video games, but this really is a stinker of undeniably epic proportions.

Arcade Archives: Scramble is not a great game. It’s in no way the fault of HAMSTER Corporation, because the port is not the issue. It’s just a very dated game.

INVANOID is simply a bad game, being very poorly designed and almost unplayable as a result. There are countless other fun indie titles available on the Wii U eShop; pick one of those instead.