Monthly Archives: August 2022

Originally released on PC in 2019, Rick Henderson is the latest porting effort from EastAsiaSoft. Described as an ‘endless horizontal-scrolling shoot ’em up’ the game combines 16-bit visuals and classic shoot ’em up gameplay in a package that is kind of traditional but not entirely lacking in its own ideas. You […]

Rick Henderson – PS5 Review

August 31, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged horizontally-scrolling / retro / rick henderson / shoot em up by Richie

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Cloudpunk, from Berlin-based developer Ion Lands and publisher Merge, is very much aping the neon lit vibe of Blade Runner. RIght, that’s done with. There’s another cinematic feel we got from the way traffic interacts with you and flies at multiple […]

Cloudpunk – PS5 Review

August 28, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cloudpunk / ion lands / nivalis / not blade runner honest by Ian

I missed the boat on the Destroy All Humans! series. I always wondered how much vocal support there was when Black Forest Games announced they were remaking the old games. I know the Playstation 2 era has a lot of undiscovered gems but the time has finally come for me […]

Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed – PS5 Review

August 28, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged aliens / anal probe / black forest games / cold war / destroy all humans! 2 reprobed / flying saucer / hippies / jack nicholson / kgb / russians / telekinesis / third-person shooter by Mike

It’s fair to say that we absolutely loved The Ascent when it dropped earlier this year. We were so impressed with Swedish software specialists Neon Giant and their debut title. Part Diablo-with-guns, part Cyberpunk 2077-but-good, The Ascent mixed strong storytelling, unbelievably gorgeous settings and some truly excellent gunplay and we’ve barely shut up about it […]

The Ascent: Cyber Heist DLC – PS5 Review

August 27, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cyber heist / dlc / the ascent by Richie

In a deleted scene in Pulp Fiction, Mia Wallace says that there are two types of people: Beatles fans and Elvis fans. You can like both, but you like one more than the other. We didn’t like either but the point kind of works for FIFA and PES. Back in the day we […]

eFootball 2023 – PS5 Review

August 27, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged efootball / football / iss / pes by Richie

I have to admit to never playing the first Dusk Diver. From reading it sounds like a short but decent approximation of a JRPG but made in Taiwan. Now we have Dusk Diver 2 which appears to be similar but with greater ambition. Bigger doesn’t always mean better however so […]

Dusk Diver 2 – PS5 Review

August 26, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged akiba's trip / deliveries / dusk diver / jrpg / real time combat / taiwan / yakuza by Gareth

Howdy, folks. We may be in the summer drought but with Gamescom happening this week. Here’s a round-up of some of the incoming titles and news stories that have been announced. Callisto Protocol Asterix & Obelix XXXL Fallen Legion Collection Layers of Fears F1 Manager 2022 Deliver Us Mars I […]

PlayStation Country News: Gamescom Special (26/08/2022)

August 26, 2022 in News tagged incoming by Richie

Cursed to Golf is a pretty good back of a napkin description really. You’re trapped in golf purgatory after having been sent to limbo having been struck down in your prime. From dev Chuhai Labs and publisher Thunderful we have an arcade golf game with a cute exterior that belies […]

Cursed to Golf – PS5 Review

August 24, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged chuhai labs / golf / my god this is hard / ooh stick you your momma too / sainsbury's security like I'm dead scared / sticking it to you / thunderful by Ian

Yars: Recharged is the latest in a series of classic Atari title remasters that has already seen Gravitar, Asteroids and Breakout getting the ‘Recharged’ treatment. This one is, of course, an update to Atari’s quirky shoot ’em Yar’s Revenge, the famously odd Atari 2600 classic. Here’s the thing, we’re not American and therefore we never much […]

Yars: Recharged – PS5 Review

August 22, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged atari / recharged / twin stick shoot em up / yar's revenge / yars: recharged by Richie

I’m a big fan of Shin Megami Tensei games and their spin offs. I started with Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer’s Call (aka Nocturne) as it was described as an adult Pokemon at the time. This really sold it short and the Persona series has since gone from strength to strength. […]

Soul Hackers 2 – PS5 Review

August 21, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Collection / demons / elements / jrpg / persona / shin megami tensei / soul hackers by Gareth

Management titles feel like a niche that’s been squeezed even tighter over the years. The major developers have either been scattered to the wind and it leads to the older games seeing community-led support. From the remnants of Bullfrog, Two Point Studios have attempted to pick up where they left […]

Two Point Campus – PS5 Review

August 20, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged academia / cheeky british humour / clowns / college / knights / management sim / school / two point campus / two point studios by Mike

GigaBash is a multiplayer-focused action brawler from Malaysian studio, Passion Republic. Mainly melee-focused (albeit not exclusively), this crazy party game feels like a mix of Smash Bros. and Powerstone but with a satisfying cast of Kaiju and Kyodai archetypes stomping around creating chaos in deliciously crumbly environments. With the influence clearly […]

GigaBash – PS5 Review

August 17, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged brawler / couch multiplayer / gigabash / kaiju / party game by Richie