Review: Thunder Paw (PlayStation 4)

Thunder was out playing with his ball in the fields when he suddenly heard a loud explosion near his house! He rushed home, worried about his parents, only to find no one was there. Just a single letter that said his parents had been kidnapped! It’s up to Thunder to rescue his parents.

Pros:

  • Pixel art graphics.
  • 61.03mb download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • Stackable Platinum trophy list.
  • Cross-buy with Playstation Vita.
  • Two difficulties-easy and hard.
  • Chiptune soundtrack.
  • Platform shooter gameplay.
  • Goal-kill all enemies and exit.
  • Hidden secret pickups.
  • Kickback when shooting.
  • Enemies drop health.
  • Boss fights.
  • Checkpoints aplenty.
  • Hud shows kills/enemies left and then the exit.

Cons:

  • Difficult boss fights.
  • No replay values.
  • Music never changes.
  • Outside of boss fights its easy.
  • Little trophy difficulty.
  • Basic level design.

  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Sound - 6/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
6.8/10

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!