Yearly Archives: 2021

Panorama Cotton continues the recent series of Cotton ports that have been hitting the PS4. We’ve seen Cotton (as Cotton Reboot!) and, more recently, Cotton 100% get the port treatment but this game is a little different. Where most of the other Cotton games are 2D horizontally scrolling shoot ’em ups, this one is an […]

Panorama Cotton – PS4 Review

November 5, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cotton / into the screen / megadrive / panorama cotton / port / retro / shoot em up / space harrier by Richie

Sometimes, while I’m playing games, I wonder about what could work if the developers took their vision in another direction. This can range from the likes of wondering what the Starfox series would be like as a racer or Parappa the Rapper becoming the platform game it deserved to be […]

BPM: Bullets Per Minute – PS4 Review

November 4, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged BPM / Bullets per minute / Hellsinger / of rain / rhythm action by Grizz

I’d have to look back to Farmville for the last time I took a farming game seriously. I’ve always seen them as games without concrete objectives and, whilst that is slightly true, there’s something to be said about their no-pressure approach. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town can be […]

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town – PS4 Review

November 2, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alpaca / chickens / cockfighting / Cows / farming / fishing / home improvement / livestock / marriage / marvellous / mining / sheep / story of seasons friends of mineral town / time management by Mike

Carrion is a 2D Metroidvania style title with a fun reverse horror/sci-fi theme. It comes to us from Devolver Games and was coded by Polish developers Phobia Game Studio. Originally released for all the other systems in 2020, PS4 owners have had to wait over a year to get their […]

Carrion – PS4 Review

November 1, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / carrion / horror / Pixel art / retro / the thing by Richie

It’s the season for spooky tales and what better way to close out October than with a visual novel with some heavy supernatural leanings? Hermitage: Strange Case Files is a detective story that puts a heavy emphasis on the bizarre goings on. I feel the genre needs no excuses to […]

Hermitage: Strange Case Files – PS4 Review

October 30, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arrowiz / hermitage strange case files / japan / lovecraft / monsters / mystery / narratively-driven / supernatural / visual novel by Mike

I’ve been aware of Corpse Party for many years now. It’s a pretty famous series in Japanese horror visual novels but I’ve never played it. I’m not a fan of visual novels in general but I have played games like Danganronpa and Virtue’s Last Reward in my own time. Is […]

Corpse Party (2021) – PS4 Review

October 28, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 16-bit / 2d / adventure / corpse party / gory / horror / japanese / school / visual novel by Gareth

It’s fair to say quite a lot has gone down since the precursor to Bouncy Bullets 2 came out on PS4/Vita two years ago. 2020 happened for a start. Covid happened and remains very much in the foreground. The government voted in favour of not penalising water companies for draining […]

Bouncy Bullets 2 – PS5 Review

October 27, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged bouncy bullets / more of the same / petite games / ratalaika by Ian

BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad, aside from being a credible name for an ’80s thrash metal band, is a 2D run and gun/hack/slash action title from Californian coding crew The MIX (Media India eXchange). Set over five short-ish levels, the game sees you playing as a squad of vampires as they […]

BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad – PS4 Review

October 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / BATS / bloodsucker anti-terror squad / hack and slash / metroid / run and gun by Richie

2001 was one hell of a year for Sega as many will know. After fighting the good fight with the Dreamcast, the company finally called time on their eighteen-year long console crusade and had instead, moved to becoming the software company it is now. This was both a troubling time […]

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania – PS5 Review

October 23, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 1 / 2 / Ball / deluxe / Monkey / Super / yakuza by Grizz

From fantastically named developer Kyle Thompson and publisher Top Hat Studios we have, in their own words, a quirky metroidvania platformer about a shape-shifting sheep-thing. Right, we needn’t bother extrapolating any further. OK, we kid. Along with Kyle, there’s Eric Thompson who composed the music, though unlikely anything to do […]

Sheepo – PS5 Review

October 22, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged metroidvania / shapeshift / sheepo / thompson by Ian

I’ve got a taste for roguelite games right now and I also enjoy turn based games. So when Evertried dropped into the PlayStation Country inbox I gladly accepted reviewing duties. Although it has similarities to something like Into the Breach it’s very different to anything I’ve played before. You play […]

Evertried – PS4 Review

October 22, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged evertried / GRID / into the breach / modifiers / rogue-lite / skills / strategy / turn-based by Gareth

There’s plenty about games development that fascinates me. Even working in small teams, there’s an air of luck and circumstance that comes together that bring a game to fruition. I’ll never be technically gifted enough to make something myself but there’s tools available to give me just a taste of […]

Probe: A Game Dev Experience – PS4 Review

October 21, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged artificial intelligence / educational / lighting / modelling / probe a game dev experience / ps talents / voxel labs / vr support by Mike