Casey Jones is a cool lad vigilante who carries all his weapons (mostly different kinds of sports stick) in a golf bag on his back, which makes him a pretty versatile fighter, and a very good boy. He’s an unlockable character, mind, so you don’t get him from the jump. The six-player co-op, meanwhile, looks absolutely bonkers. I really like the art style of Shredder’s Revenge - love a bit of nice pixelart, me - but that is a lot going on at once on a small screen. I get confused by Super Smash Bros. My elderly eyes cannot tell what is going on with six people at once whacking things in Shredder’s Revenge. If you made me play that I would have a headache. Luckily if I was playing and needed a lie down I could, ‘cos we’re told it’s drop-in, drop-out. The deliberately and fondly old school side-scrolling beat ’em up is inspired by your favourite ninja-reptile cartoon, plus the old 80s and 90s games developed by Konami. This new game is coming from Tribute Games and is being published by DotEmu. Hayden, who has much more youthful eyes than I do, gave it a go a few weeks back, and found it pretty and nostalgic, but a bit samey. He said that “the simplicity of the combat in Shredder’s Revenge isn’t inherently bad - it’s an enjoyable emulation of its arcade predecessors - but it soon grows repetitive”. Maybe Casey’s bag of sticks will liven it up a bit? Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in our E3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up of everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with our summer games stream schedule.
