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Kromaia Ω – Review

Kromaia Ω – Review

On paper, Kromaia Ω, the latest effort from indie coders Kraken Empire, sounds pretty good. I’m always up for an arcade shoot ‘em up, and when you add Rez-style aesthetics and the promise of emergent AI behaviour, along with different weapon systems, that’s…

Under Defeat HD – Review

Under Defeat HD – Review

Under Defeat HD is a port of a little-known (outside of shoot ‘em up communities) vertically-scrolly shooter that previously emerged on the Sega Dreamcast, right at the end of the console’s commercial lifespan (it was originally a coin-op too). It wasn’t available over here but…

Akai Katana – Review

Akai Katana – Review

It looks sexy and isn't gash... Sine Mora take note Some of you regular readers may remember our scathing review of Sine Mora, a horizontally-scrolling shoot ‘em up that was visually quite impressive but lacking in pretty much every aspect of the gameplay. Despite the…