Monthly Archives: October 2020

Back in the day over on the other side, gamers looking for something cheap and experimental could pick up all manner of curios from Xbox Live Indie Games, a real showcase of homemade gaming. Most of it was trash but there were gems and one of those was MotorHEAT, a game […]

Street Racer Underground

October 16, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged average / Blaverage / dodging / poor / street racer underground / traffic / weaving by Richie

Monster Trucks look a lot of fun but I rarely see them make appearances in games these days. Teyon have answered the call with the unimaginatively titled Monster Truck Championship. Despite the dull name, what’s on offer is a tight bundle of fun that mixes tricks with raw racing. Can […]

Monster Truck Championship – PS4 Review

October 15, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged destruction derby / drag racing / freestyle tricks / monster truck championship / motorsport / racing / Teyon by Mike

From Runner Duck of prior game Bomber Crew, comes Space Crew. Published by now-parent company Curve Digital you’d be forgiven for perhaps assuming it was the same game as before, but in space. We didn’t play Bomber Crew personally, nor did PSC review it back when, so we can only […]

Space Crew – PS4 Review

October 12, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alien pricks / curve / phasmid / space crew by Ian

Reflection of Mine is a puzzle game from those proprietors of easy platinums Ratalaika Games and one that continues the prolific publisher’s pattern of putting out incredibly varied titles. This stylish puzzler uses a similar idea to games like Brothers in that you control two characters at the same time as […]

Reflection of Mine – PS4 Review

October 11, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged difficult / puzzler / ratalaika / reflection of mine / twin controls by Richie

Skatemasta Tcheco is a follow-up to Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio which was a simple 2D platformer that never made it quite as far as the PS4. Where that game was a screen by screen platformer, Skatemasta Tcheco is an auto-scroller that sees you playing as the titular Tcheco, […]

Skatemasta Tcheco – PS4 Review

October 11, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / NES / retro / runner / skateboarding / skatemasta tcheco by Richie

The source code for all three Panzer Dragoon titles is lost to time supposedly, but that hasn’t stopped the original Panzer Dragoon getting the remake treatment and now it’s landed on the PS4. There aren’t many Saturn games that get the credit they deserve nor do we generally see them […]

Panzer Dragoon: Remake – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged on rails / Panzer Dragoon / remake / Saga / Sega Saturn / shooter / short / Zwei by Gareth

Little Big Workshop has nothing to do with Little Big Planet or the excellent Little Big Adventure, unfortunately. Not because of its quality, I just miss that series. It’s a business sim, similar to the recent Two Point Hospital or even city builders if you’re into those. You’re put in […]

Little Big Workshop – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged buggy / business sim / factory / little big workshop / management / production / two point hospital by Gareth

It doesn’t feel that long ago I was reviewing Ride. In the five years since, Milestone’s iterated, added, chopped and changed a formula that is finally starting to feel complete. With more tracks, races and bikes, Ride 4 is close to overtaking Tourist Trophy as my go-to bike racer. Whilst […]

Ride 4 – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged harley davidson / honda / milestone / motorcycle racing / motorsport / online multiplayer / racing / ride 4 / sport / time trial / track day / yamaha by Mike

From Seattle based dev Aggro Crab by way of publisher Team 17, comes Going Under. Simply put, it’s an office based roguelike dungeon crawler. Your character Jackie is the newest intern to a hip startup subsidiary of the monolithic Cubicle company. Parallels to that Seattle based global retail behemoth aren’t […]

Going Under – PS4 Review

October 7, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged aggro crab / dungeon crawler / going under / roguelike / startup by Ian

I can’t say it’s often we get a game to review that’s been out since May. Monstrum has been out even longer on the PC but a sequel is on the way. Ahead of that impending release, the original has been sent our way from Junkfish. A very small package, […]

Monstrum – PS4 Review

October 6, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cargo ship / cat and mouse / escape plan / hide and seek / junkfish / monsters / monstrum / stealth / survival horror by Mike

Costume Kingdom from Irish developer Stratton Studio is at once familiar but also not. Hoping to perhaps capitalise on the similarly titled Costume Quest series from Double Fine. The similarities don’t end there, the setting is also a small town where your character trick or treats the inhabitants. Once again, […]

Costume Kingdom – PS4 Review

October 5, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ireland / less than the sum of its parts / not costume quest either / not pokemon by Ian

Birthday of Midnight is a follow up to Petite Games’ previous title Midnight Deluxe and like that game this is a mix of Limbo-esque presentation and golf. You play as a square little fairy called Midnight and the aim of the game is to get them from each level’s start point to […]

Birthday of Midnight – PS4 Review

October 5, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 36 fragments of midnight / birthday of midnight / easy platinum / feelings / golf / indie / midnight deluxe / ratalaika by Richie