Pumpkin Flavored Reviews!
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 On 11/02/2025 at 09:50 PM by Cary Woodham See More From This User » |
In the fall you get a lot of food with pumpkin flavors. I liked pumpkin flavored stuff before it was popular. But most of it now is just pumpkin spice. I really prefer just the plain old pumpkin flavor because pumpkin spice just tastes like nutmeg and cinnamon. Anyway, here are some pumpkin flavored reviews for you all. Please read as many as you can, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. OK let’s begin!
Back in the 90s, there was a series of popular 2D vertically scrolling shooters called Sonic Wings in Japan. When they were brought to the US, they were renamed Aero Fighters, so since that’s what I know them as, that’s what I’m going to be calling them from here on out. Anyway, Aero Fighters had three main arcade games, two of which were on the NEO GEO. They had some home ports on the SNES and PlayStation, and finally a 3D game called Aero Fighters Assault on the N64, which was more like Ace Combat. And now, nearly 30 years later, there’s a brand new game in the series with Sonic Wings Reunion. It returns to its 2D roots, and just like the others, I really like this one, too. It may seem fairly normal, as you pilot real life fighter jets over real world locations. But it has hidden aspects of goofiness, too. For instance, the pilots in these games include characters like a Japanese idol pop singer, a baby, and even a dolphin!
In Spindle you play as the newly appointed Grim Reaper. But you soon discover that the souls of the nearly departed aren’t where they’re supposed to be, and a mysterious black substance has been appearing, making animals and monsters more aggressive. So it’s up to you and your faithful talking pig to figure out what’s going on. This game plays a lot like a 2D Zelda title. Attack enemies with your sickle and solve puzzles in dungeons to regain your powers so you can explore more areas. This is actually one of the better indie games I’ve played in a long time.
A vampire, witch, mummy, werewolf, and more have taken Jack O Lanterns from a pumpkin head man’s shop. Now you must play as that pumpkin head guy and get them back in this arcade style throwback that plays like a mishmash of titles such as Donkey Kong, Bomb Jack, Arabian, and more.
Asfalia: The Cranky Volcano (Switch)
Charlie is a young boy who wants to play with his dog after he gets home from school. But when she doesn’t want to play with him, he gets mad and storms off to his room. Once there, Charlie is transported to a fantasy world where he must calm a grumpy volcano and help out other crazy creatures along the way. Asfalia: The Cranky Volcano is a simple point and click adventure that kind of reminds me of those Humongous ones back in the 90s (Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, etc.).
Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion (Switch)
Young boy Charlie is in the park playing with his new puppies (I’m guessing this is the sequel to the last game I reviewed). But all of a sudden, a storm brews in and scares the puppies away. Charlie gives chase, only to find himself lost in a forest that leads him to a fantasy world. He sees puppy tracks leading to a huge mansion, so now he must find a way in and help out a bunch of crazy creatures along the way.
What happens when you mix Scrabble with an RPG? You get Criss Cross Castle, that’s what. Help a wizard cast spells to defeat monsters by spelling words in turn-based battles.
Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer (Switch)
Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a 2D horizontally scrolling shooter. It’s been previously available on other systems in the past, but now you can play it on Switch.
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading my reviews and posting ‘likes’ and comments on them. I do appreciate it. Later! --Cary
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