Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter first came out PC in 2004 and then PSP in 2006. Western audiences didn’t get it until XSeed did a localisation job of the PSP edition in 2011 and even then it passed many by, including us. It even came out on Vita a […]
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There’s a danger with job simulators where they could venture too close into feeling like work. Some manage to avoid it with simplified mechanics, an interesting toolset or bizarre narratives. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 is certainly playing it straight. Whilst that does lead to a methodical time, the dismantling of […]
Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 – PS5 Review
Sonic Wings Reunion is a sequel to the original Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters in Western markets), a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Tecmo that was originally released in arcades back in 1992 (with a popular conversion hitting the SNES a year later). Several sequels followed, with Aero Fighters 2 and 3 being released on the Neo […]
Sonic Wings Reunion – PS5 Review
Cats & Seek: Kyoto is the latest from Silesia Games, this time developed by noobzilla. Sharp eyed readers might remember this dev also did Cats & Seek: Dino Park and this is very much more of the same in that regard. As it happens that was the first hidden cat […]
Cats & Seek: Kyoto – PS5 Review
Gloomy Eyes was originally a VR movie released in 2020 featuring that fella Colin Farrell as the narrator aka the gravekeeper. This is the game of the movie if you will, using many of the assets from the pre-rendered movie for the game. It shares the same scenario broadly as […]
Gloomy Eyes – PS5 Review
King of Meat is a co-op focused mix of platforming, puzzling and hack and slash action from Guildford-based games developers Glowmade. But have Surrey’s squad of software specialists been able to combine those genres into a cohesive game? Let’s find out. The first thing that you’ll see when firing up […]
King of Meat – PS5 Review
Back when browser games were king, QWOP tested your ability to operate a runner by triggering the muscles of their legs. It was hell and, unfortunately, someone gave Bennet Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch more money to realise this horrifying ambition on a larger scale. Baby Steps is slightly […]
Baby Steps – PS5 Review
It’s safe to say retro shooters aren’t quite done yet. Whilst these games are traditionally fast-paced, Extinction Rifts attempts to take it further. Coming from QuByte with a budget price tag, this short experience doesn’t quite live up to the promise. Despite a short list of levels, the pull of […]
Extinction Rifts – PS5 Review
Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is a remake of the original Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. That game came out in 2007 and had success on quite a few formats (PSP, DS, PS2, Xbox 360) thanks to its clever mix of addictive match-three puzzling and RPG-style mechanics. It was smarter […]
Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition – PS5 Review
2 Atari have been doing a lot with their old properties. We’ve seen Yars Rising transplant the gameplay of Yars Revenge into a search action game and now it’s Adventure’s time to get a modernised effort. Adventure of Samsara bears very little resemblance to the 1980 classic. Ilex Games have been […]
Adventure of Samsara – PS5 Review
Mamorukun ReCurse! is a remaster of Mamorukun Curse! a shoot ’em up that was released in Japanese arcades only back in 2008. Developed by G.rev for Sega NAOMI hardware, it never really had much of a profile over here aside from a 2013 release on the PS3 in North America (us Europeans/ex-Europeans […]
Mamorukun ReCurse! – PS5 Review
Next up with their shot at the autoshooter/roguelite genre is Brazil’s own Studio Bravarda with Extremely Powerful Capybaras. It launched a couple of years ago on the PC back at the height of Vampire Survivors mania and offered its own cuter spin on the genre. You play as one of […]