Monthly Archives: January 2019

I’d class myself as quite a Resident Evil fan. I’ve played all the mainline entries and got the platinum on the majority that offer it as well. To this day I’d rank the 1998 release of Resident Evil 2 up there with the best of them. The setting, music, multiple […]

Resident Evil 2 – PS4 Review

January 31, 2019 in PS4 tagged 2 / claire / horror / leon / mr x / police station / resident evil / zombies by Gareth

Sticking to their usual modus operandi, Finnish publishers Ratalaika Games are back with another cross-buy, two-platinum trophy rinse with Heroes Trials, which is best described as an adventure game although it does dip its toe into RPG, arcade combat/shooter and exploration genres. It tells the tale of siblings Elia and […]

Heroes Trials – PS4/Vita Review

January 30, 2019 in PS4 / Vita tagged cross buy / easy trophies / heroes trials / ratalaika / rinse / RPG-lite by Richie

From two-man Ontario based developer Milkbag Games comes FutureGrind and we’re immediately reminded of the SNES game Unirally (AKA Uniracers) in terms of the side-on view. Similarly, comparisons can be had to any number of autorunners where the screen inexorably scrolls from left to right. It’s also done in Unity, the game […]

FutureGrind – PS4 Review

January 30, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged extreme sports / futuregrind / grind / oh canada / unity by Ian

Genre mashups and Rogue-likes are nothing uncommon currently. In fact, it’s almost become a challenge to find a genre that doesn’t mix with the harsh die/ restart with previous unlocks loop in some way. This has been explored in several ways; Hybrid platformer/ RPGs like Rogue Legacy come to mind, […]

Genesis Alpha One – PS4 Review

January 29, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alien / Genesis Alpha One / Lost in space / never tell me the odds / ps4 / review / so many variables by Grizz

There’s a lot you can infer from a title. At Sundown: Shots in the Dark is an apt descriptor of Mild Beast Games’ multiplayer arena shooter with a delightful gimmick. You see party games like this come and go but, with this one offering a level-based progression and plenty of […]

At Sundown: Shots in the Dark – PS4 Review

January 29, 2019 in PS4 tagged arena shooter / at sundown shots in the dark / darkness / deathmatch / local multiplayer / mild beast games / online multiplayer by Mike

A Fisherman’s Tale from Innerspace VR has arrived on PSVR and is a story based puzzle game. You’re going to need two Move controllers for this one and a decent helping of spatial awareness. You play from the perspective of a puppet version of a lighthouse keeper. A brief tutorial […]

A Fisherman’s Tale – PSVR Review

January 23, 2019 in PSVR tagged a fisherman's tale / french / portal / puzzle / scale model / statik / story by Gareth

From Solar Sail Games comes Smoke and Sacrifice to PS4. Classed as a survival RPG by the developer, what you’re actually getting is a game that revolves around crafting and where every item has a limited life span or durability. You play as Sachi, a mother whose first born has […]

Smoke and Sacrifice – PS4 Review

January 22, 2019 in PS4 tagged 2d / crafting / durability / exploration / smoke and sacrifice by Gareth

8-Bit Hordes is a fantasy real-time strategy title from Vegas-based dev team Petroglyph Games who are best known for being what was left of Westwood Studios, the creators of the legendary Command and Conquer series, after EA took them over and ultimately disbanded them. With a large catalogue of strategy […]

8-Bit Hordes – PS4 Review

January 18, 2019 in PS4 tagged 8-Bit armies / 8-bit hordes / command and conquer / real time strategy / RTS by Richie

Io Interactive’s been working on the Hitman series for 18 years now. With Hitman 2 hitting stores late last year, they’ve also used the uptake in interest to re-release two of the series’ older titles. The Hitman HD Enhanced Collection bundles together fan-favourite Hitman Blood Money with black sheep Hitman Absolution in […]

Hitman HD Enhanced Collection – PS4 Review

January 16, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged absolution / bald murder / blood money / disguises / hitman hd enhanced collection / io interactive / stealth by Mike

Smash Hit Plunder is the debut PS4 game from Cornish developers Triangular Pixels and is a VR-only title. It does require the use of at least one Move controller, but is better with both, and is out physically in North America and now on PSN in North America and Europe. […]

Smash Hit Plunder – PSVR

January 15, 2019 in PS4 / PSVR tagged damage / loot / minecraft / PSVR / smash / smash hit plunder by Richie

From Staffordshire-based UK indie Lightwood Games, a remarkably prolific specialist puzzle game developer, Pic-a-Pix Pieces is a puzzle game with surprising longevity. We have to confess we’d never heard of them before, but that’s mainly due to their output being mostly on 3DS and mobile. Pic-a-Pix Pieces is a logic […]

Pic-a-Pix Pieces – PS4 Review

January 14, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged logic puzzles / pic-a-pix / picross / pixels / puzzle by Ian

There has long been a debate as to whether the video game medium can be considered art. There are certainly a lot of games out there that could be considered artistic and when the Indie development scene isn’t working on another ‘2D platformer with pixel in the name™,’ there is […]

Nubla 2 – PS4 Review

January 13, 2019 in PS4 tagged not art / Nubla 2 / platformer / ps4 / puzzle by Grizz