Hugo | Video Review

Developer: ITE Media

Publisher: ITE Media

Reviewed on: PlayStation

Available on: PlayStation

Released: 1998

This is a Halloween special video review for a PlayStation game I've owned since I was a kid, I've never been a fan of. People often call Bubsy 3D the worst game on PS1 (or ever) but I disagree, this is one of the few games I consider to be worse.

If you give the video a watch, let me know what you think! Any feedback is appreciated!

Mistigri | Review

Developer: Benjamin Soulé

Publisher: Benjamin Soulé

Reviewed on: PC

Available on: PC

Released: 29^th May 2016

Mistigri is a game developed using a game making toolkit called PICO-8, the toolkit offers budding game creators a few preset assets and tools they can use to affordably and easily make a short game that can be played for free in web browsers. The games all have a retro inspired pixel art aesthetic and controls can consist of only six buttons which harkens back to the days of arcade machines and the NES.

This particular game is heavily inspired by Bubble Bobble (which just so happens to be one of my favourite NES era platformers) so I was immediately drawn to it. The level structure, visual style, weapon upgrades, music and some of the gameplay elements are very similar to Bubble Bobble, but does Mistigri do enough to set it apart from the very game that inspired it?