Schildmaid MX is the latest shoot ’em up from our prolific publishing pals Eastasiasoft and it comes to PSN a couple of years after its initial PC release.  And this is quite an unusual take on the genre as while it does look like your standard low-budget horizontally-scrolling shooter, there are […]

Schildmaid MX – PS5 Review

I can see the appeal of truck sims. There’s a meditative quality to long drives through a gorgeous landscape, all while keeping an eye on your precious cargo. Truck Driver: The Dutch Connection attempts to coalesce the mercenary jobs into a cohesive narrative. That largely succeeds but the act of […]

Truck Driver: The Dutch Connection – PS5 Review

Sektori is a twin-stick shoot ’em up which comes to us from solo developer Kimmo Lahtinen.  That name might not be familiar to everyone but if we tell you that Kimmo was one of the original founders of Housemarque, best known for Returnal but also responsible for the PS4’s best game, Returnal, […]

Sektori – PS5 Review

This reviewer’s kid used to love this book by a writer called Julia Donaldson called What The Ladybird Heard, most of the fun of reading as a parent being really enthusiastic doing the animal noises. If you read a book to your kid in excess of twenty times, you make […]

Cat God Ranch – PS5 Review

Of all the things I expected to review this year, an interactive musical was not on my bingo card. Coming from small Dutch studio, Bonte Avond this charming tale arrives on console almost two years after the PC release.  Once Upon a Jester might not resonate with everyone, but I […]

Once Upon a Jester – PS5 Review

When it comes to shoot ’em series, there are few as legendary as R-Type.  Sure, Space Invaders was the OG (but as a series, most of the games are pretty dull – although we’d kill for a PSN remake of Infinity Gene) and the Galaga, 194x and Gradius franchises took the genre to new heights but, if […]

R-Type Delta HD Boosted – PS5 Review

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Hidden Cats in Rio de Janeiro is the latest from Silesia Games and in this case, Nukearts, they of the last but one hidden cat game we reviewed, that being in Tokyo. You know the drill by now. Look at images, find the cats. It does away with the largely […]

Hidden Cats in Rio de Janeiro – PS5 Review

Sometimes a small package can hold some interesting ideas. Twins of the Sun attempts to pack environmental variety in their simple brawler. Commando Panda have at least tried to keep a short adventure relatively fresh but I find the basic combat a little too loose and not especially satisfying. The […]

Twins of the Sun – PS5 Review

Instruments of Destruction is quite the nostalgia trip. Gamers of a similar vintage to us will surely recognise a little shared DNA with Rare’s 1997 N64 game Blast Corps. In that you drive various vehicles at buildings with the aim of affecting their integrity sufficiently that they fall down. Or […]

Instruments of Destruction – PS5 Review

We’ve been playing Halls of Torment pretty solidly since we reviewed it last month and those German devs, Chasing Carrots, certainly did deliver an enjoyment and addictive game but one that’s quite the time sink.  We’ve put in countless hours already and so we’re not all that convinced there needs to be […]

Halls of Torment: Boglands DLC – PS5 Review

Another day, another nautical game to sail the seas on. Republic of Pirates aims to give your strategic and city-building sea legs a stretch. Crazy Goat Games have done a serviceable job but it doesn’t quite reach great depths. There’s a degree of polish and some lovely touches that give […]

Republic of Pirates – PS5 Review

There’s been a few indie efforts playing off nostalgia for the old survival horror format. Fixed camera angles, puzzle solving and limited resources used to be the norm. I get why people clamour for it but the end results aren’t always desirable. The Order of the Snake Scale certainly falls […]

The Order of the Snake Scale – PS5 Review