survival

It’s not very often I venture into survival games. The genre’s reliance on management and time constraints tends to put me in a difficult position, as someone who likes to take their time. Whilst elements do find their way into other games, I never quite gel with the complete experience. […]

Fade to Silence – PS4 Review

5 May, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged base management / black forest games / crafting / fade to silence / melee combat / survival / third person action by Mike

Sometimes it’s difficult to realise just how long an early access project can take to finalise. In the case of Subnautica, the ocean-based survival game has been in the works since it was introduced to gamers on steam in 2014. There is a danger of this kind of development lifecycle. […]

Subnautica – PS4 Review

16 Dec, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged aquatic games / minecraft / Subnautica / survival / under the sea by Grizz

Stay is an adventure game that is out now for PS4 and PS Vita and was developed by two-hombre Spanish dev crew Appnormals. Despite being on the two current PlayStation systems, the game is not cross-buy or cross-save. The PS4 version is published by PQube and the Vita version, which is […]

Stay – Vita Review

23 Sep, 2018 in Vita tagged feelings / horror / mental health / ratalaika / stay / survival by Richie

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a VR-optional title from Finnish VR specialists 3rd Eye Studios and is described as a “mysterious and atmospheric zero gravity thriller.” You start off in the titular Horus Station, floating around aimlessly with the station clearly operating on emergency power only. There’s no pre-game cutscene […]

Downward Spiral: Horus Station – PSVR Review

20 Sep, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged dead space / downward spiral / floating sim / horus station / space / survival / Walking sim by Richie

I can’t swim so the idea of being stranded under the sea is probably my ultimate nightmare. Narcosis, a narratively-driven horror from Honor Code, looks to deliver a claustrophobic tale of isolation and survival under the weight of many atmospheres of pressure. Sounds fun. Taking place exclusively underwater, a disaster […]

Narcosis – PS4 Review

28 Aug, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged honor code / horror / narcosis / narratively-driven / spider crabs / survival / underwater by Mike

Funded by Kickstarter, Kona is the first full game from Canada-based Parabole. The base game was actually released last year. This is a review of the VR add-on that’s just been released which lets you play the whole game with PSVR and with motion controls if you have them, but […]

Kona VR – PSVR Review

2 Jul, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR tagged adventure / canada / kona / private detective / survival / vr / Walking sim by Gareth

As VR concepts go, ARK Park should have been an easy win. All the elements are automatically in place. You have the nostalgic angle, which is provided by the loose association with the Jurassic Park concept. While for gameplay you have a myriad of opportunities that can be pulled from […]

ARK Park – PSVR Review

23 May, 2018 in PSVR / Reviews tagged Ark / evolved / Park / review / survival by Grizz

While I generally prefer games where I’m shooting things, there’s something nice about a chilled out game where you get to build things. From Minecraft to Stardew Valley, those kind of games can be insanely popular and so Spanish dev team Chibig have decided to resurrect Deiland, a farming/survival game that first came […]

Deiland – PS4 Review

11 May, 2018 in PS4 tagged building / deiland / mining / quaint / survival by Richie

From Polish developers Sleepless Clinic comes the new title Symmetry. A survival game that, using a few simple interactions, challenges you to help a crew escape a hostile planet. Challenge is a very suitable word as Symmetry is tough. After a brief storyboard you’re given three random characters to start […]

Symmetry – PS4 Review

2 Mar, 2018 in PS4 tagged bad weather / difficult / resource gathering / survival / symmetry by Gareth

Some games have pedigree and The Flame in the Flood is a very interesting proposition. It is made by a small developer called The Molasses Flood, made up of people who’d previously worked on such big titles as Bioshock, Halo 2 and Rock Band. This pedigree allowed the game to […]

The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition – PS4 Review

17 Jan, 2017 in PS4 tagged crafting / random / river / survival / the flame in the flood by Steven

There seems to be a bit of a correlation between summer jobs and indie game developers. Ever since Five Nights at Freddie’s appeared on PC there have been a slew of similarly themed games coming out, each trying to demonstrate their own twist on the haunted eatery experience and each with […]

Joe’s Diner – PS4 Review

1 Oct, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged horror / Joe's Diner / ps4 / retail / review / survival by Grizz

When Truant Pixel recently turned up on the PlayStation Europe Blog to talk about VEV: Viva Ex Vivo, my interest was definitely piqued. We need more interesting game concepts and VEV‘s microscopic exploration gimmick definitely looked interesting. And it kind of is. Remote piloting a microscopically tiny drone around various […]

VEV: Viva Ex Vivo – PS4 Review

19 May, 2016 in PS4 tagged biology / biology simulator / survival / viva ex vivo by Richie