PSN Weekly: Week of 11/21/2016

Special Mentions For Our Audience

Alchemic Jousts – PS4 Digital

The 2D Strategy Game is a genre that we don’t see too many examples of on consoles these days. They certainly appear on Steam quite often, but gone are the days where Worms was being played as a spectator sport. This new indie game seems to bring a lot of that spirit back but with the interesting addition of using alchemy to combine your units in interesting ways.

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition – PS4 Digital, Retail

I do not often feature remastered games of recent generations on this list, but I have to with Darksiders. I absolutely love both games in this series and I’m far more concerned about seeing a new entry in this franchise than I am every other former THQ property. To be frank, I loved Darksiders 1 and 2 far more than I did The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess or The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Both series are similar, but this is my new favorite Zelda series.

Laser Disco Defenders – PS4 Digital

Even getting past that epic name, there is a lot of interesting ideas here. It’s a bullet hell shooter with a disco aesthetic and randomly generated levels. That could be a lot of fun, and yes even with the disco. I still like a lot of disco, so get off my lawn you damn kids.

Samurai Shodown VI – PS4 Digital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB91t7-ifs4

We live in a world where we are getting arcade perfect translations of the classic SNK arcade fighting games. For a (very) old school fighting game community gamer like myself this almost brings a tear to my eye. Samurai Shodown VI is the next of that lineup to get the PS4 treatment, and I sincerely hope they keep them coming, even if it is making my PS4 library of owned games rather large.

Slain: Back From Hell – PS Vita Digital

I already featured this game when it was released on PlayStation 4. But this combination of Metroidvania design with Heavy Metal music and aesthetic is so awesome that I couldn’t help featuring the fact that it’s available on the beloved PS Vita now. Metal! \m/

Stranded: A Mars Adventure – PS Vita Digital

I am not the largest fan of autorunner games, especially on mobile platforms with their dreaded free-to-play hooks. But this one looks interesting enough that it might be worth a shot, and on PS Vita you may have a lot better control of your actions than you would on a touch screen. As long as they allow you to use the actual buttons.

Other Releases

Amnesia: Collection – PS4 Digital

Gary the Gull – PS VR Digital

Holoball – PS VR Digital

I, Zombie – PS4 Digital

Iron Sea Defenders – PS Vita Digital

Proton Pulse – PS VR Digital

VirZoom Arcade – PS VR Digital

We Sing – PS4 Digital

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