Ken McKown writes: paper Project Root sounds genius. Mix a twin-stick shooter with a shoot ‘em up and reap the rewards. Both concepts lend themselves to enjoyable twitch game play that would seem to be the ideal matchup for a genre mixer. As I said, it sounds good on paper. Project Root is the latest downloadable title for our shiny new consoles and its mesh of the two genres is commendable. However, the parts that weigh it down are its punishing difficulty and obtuse direction.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.
Aqua Kitty DX (PS4) – 7/7/7/7 [28/40]
Aqua Kitty DX (PSV) – 7/7/7/7 [28/40]
Astral Breakers (Wii U) – 5/6/6/7 [24/40]
Dark Souls III (PS4) – 9/10/9/10 [38/40]
Dark Souls III (XBO) – 9/10/9/10 [38/40]
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (PS4) _ 8/8/8/9 [33/40]
Elite Quest (Wii U) – 7/7/8/8 [30/40]
Project Root (PS4) – 6/6/7/6 [25/40]
Project Root (PSV) – 6/6/7/6 [25/40]
Project Root (XBO) – 6/6/7/6 [25/40]
Republique (PS4) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PS4) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PSV) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Toki Tori 3D (3DS) – 7/8/8/6 [29/40]
Rich at GameSpew writes: "Whether it’s because of terrible controls, boring gameplay or even just downright ugly graphics, a bad game is a bad game. Unfortunately, I’ve been subjected to quite a few over the last couple of years on the PS4, and so I thought I’d point out the worst of the worst; my top 10 worst games on PS4 in fact.
Hopefully you’ll heed my words and stay away from this ragtag bunch of putrid excuses for video games. I’ve played them so you don’t have to!"
Neil writes "The Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale takes centre stage once more as we power into 2016. What bargains await the good people of Xbox One and Xbox 360 land this time round?"
