climbing a tower of guns

On 05/05/2015 at 03:06 PM by transmet2033

Upon finishing up Bloodborne I dived right into Shovel Knight, and finished that game up almost instantly. I was excited for Shovel Knight to finally be on the Vita, but I found myself playing it on the PS4. Typically when I enjoy games on the Vita, I have the volume turned down, but not so when I play on the PS4. This meant that a lot of the music from Shovel Knight got stuck in my head. That soundtrack is so good. Anyway, I finished the game fairly quickly and went trophy hunting until I let frustration get the best of me.

Having set Shovel Knight aside, I found myself in an odd position of not knowing what to play next. So I have bounced between Jamestown+, Resogun and Tower of Guns. All three of the games are a blast and have arcadey elements, which makes jumping between them all the more easier.

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood comes out today and I am definitely looking forward to that game. The only problem is that I want to keep playing Tower of Guns. There isn't much else on the horizon that I am looking forward to so far this year. The Witcher: Wild Hunt is at the top of my list, but all the other AAA games don't really have my interest. That's fine though because I have a bunch of indies to play. Games like Axiom Verge, Bastion, and more Tower of Guns.

On a side note, I should probably read the massive pile of trade paperbacks that I have picked up over the past couple of months.

mothman

05/05/2015 at 05:00 PM

I would love to play Tower of Guns and Shovel Knight but no PS3. I guess I can play Shovel Knight on PS TV while I'm PS3less though.

Not sure I'm interested in Witcher 3. Haven't played 1 or 2 except for an hour or two

transmet2033

05/06/2015 at 11:09 AM

I have not played the Witcher, but I did play 2 on the 360. I picked up 2 and played it for a couple hours and put the game down for nearly a year. I came back to it because I didn't have anything else I wanted to play. Everything clicked at that point and I could not put it down.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

05/05/2015 at 05:41 PM

I've finally decided to work through my trade paperbacks too. Last night I re-read Arkham Asylum by Morrison, and tonight I'm gonna read Court of Owls by Snyder. I finally ordered the first trade of Batman Incorporated too.

daftman

05/05/2015 at 06:26 PM

I read the Night of the Owls trade last year, which collects the stories from all the different Batman lines that occur during a large centralized event. I didn't like the Batman Incorporated story. Maybe it's better when read as a series

05/05/2015 at 06:37 PM

I should be getting Batman R.I.P. and the Black Casebook today. Trying to overdose on Grant Morrison.

05/05/2015 at 11:41 PM

Those are the two I tried to read when I first got into Batman comics and was totally lost! O_O I need to read the Morrison run in order.

05/06/2015 at 01:09 PM

I still have to pick up and read Snyder's Batman. I have The Wake by him sitting on my shelf at home just waiting to be read.

05/05/2015 at 06:18 PM

Tower of Guns does look pretty cool. Guess I should give it a try. I just wish it was co-op.

I played Shovel Knight earlier this year and just loved it. That soundtrack by Jake Kaufman is so good! I need to go buy that somewhere so I can listen to it anytime.

05/06/2015 at 11:10 AM

It looks as though the only place for the soundtrack at the moment is on YachtClubGames website.

Cary Woodham

05/05/2015 at 07:14 PM

I got the CD soundtrack to Shovel Knight at PAX. That's how much I liked it. It's great.

Sometime in May, another game is coming out that you might want to look into if you enjoyed Shovel Knight. It is very similar: retro gameplay, made by ex-WayForward employees, music by the same guy. It's called Adventures of Pip.

05/06/2015 at 01:08 PM

I just looked at Adventures of Pip. That game looks amazing. I am just having difficulty finding the platforms it is releasing on. I have difficulty willing myself to play games on PC.

05/06/2015 at 10:38 PM

Pip is releasing on all platforms. That's what they told me at PAX anyway.

05/07/2015 at 11:03 AM

Heck yes. That is awesome... Thank you for the heads up, I am sure to enjoy it.

KnightDriver

05/07/2015 at 04:51 PM

I keep hearing so much about Shovel Knight. I may have to try it even though platformers aren't my thing.

I am so jealous of anyone playing Wolfenstein Old Order this week. I don't have a new system yet. If I didn't have to also get a new TV to use the new systems (HDMI ports), I might have one by now.

NSonic79

06/09/2015 at 02:17 PM

Tower of Guns!

sounds like my kind of game!

PixlBit

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