Monthly Archives: April 2025

Hegzis is a puzzle game from Turkish developers Clazz Apps who seem to have more of an avionics background than one making games but here they are with a six-sided spin on Tetris. The core gameplay here is pretty straightforward. You have to place shapes on a board and if they form […]

Hegzis – PS5 Review

April 28, 2025 in PS5 tagged clazz apps / eastasiasoft / hegsiz / puzzle / tetris by Richie

Remakes and remasters give me the opportunity to plug any gaps in my gaming knowledge, particularly when it comes to the PC. Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy originally saw daylight in 1999. Based on a 1986 comic by Benoit Sokal, it saw some critical success, although had the usual limitations of […]

Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy – PS5 Review

April 27, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged amerzone the explorer's legacy / benoit sakal / exploration / microids / point and click adventure / puzzle solving / south america / unity by Mike

Steredenn: Binary Stars is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from Pixelnest Studio, a two-person team based in France. It follows on from 2015’s original Steredenn but rather than being a whole new game, this is more of an enhanced version of the original. On the face of it, this is a pretty […]

Steredenn: Binary Stars – PS5 Review

April 23, 2025 in PS5 tagged horizontally-scrolling / pixelnest studio / shoot em up / steredenn binary stars by Richie

Steel Seed is a third-person action/adventure game from Italian developers Storm in a Teacup and it tells the story of Zoe, a woman who finds her consciousness has been downloaded into a robot body by her father in his efforts to enable her to save the planet a millennia after […]

Steel Seed – PS5 Review

April 22, 2025 in PS5 tagged action / adventure / double-A / ninja / parkour / stealth / steel seed / storm in a teacup / third-person by Richie

Fighting games are a tricky thing to get right. In many ways, the audience is well-served by the big guns. Indie efforts are there but, without the backing behind them, they can flounder a little. Pocket Bravery by Statera Studio is a retro-inspired fighting game that has been around for […]

Pocket Bravery – PS5 Review

April 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / brazilian / combos / fighting game / local multiplayer / online multiplayer / pocket bravery / statera studios / story mode / survival by Mike

Atomfall then. The lazy back of the fag packet description could well be Fallout in the Lake District. Only unlike Bethesda’s bloated behemoth that’s currently in GAAS purgatory with Fallout 76, Atomfall is unashamedly British coming from Oxford-based dev and publisher Rebellion. Given their previous with the Sniper Elite games, […]

Atomfall – PS5 Review

April 16, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged atomfall / hanging on the telephone / in the shadow of the mushroom cloud / no nukes please we're british / oberon / peace sells but who's buying / rebellion / windscale by Ian

S. Prism Destroyer is a run and gun style shooter from a small studio called MaidsWithGuns which was originally launched on Steam last year but was picked up by eastasiasoft for the console launch. In the game you play as Amor, a “cute girl that fell in love with a boy […]

S. Prism Destroyer – PS5 Review

April 14, 2025 in PS5 tagged contra / eastasiasoft / run and gun / s. prism destroyer by Richie

I can be in the mood for a 2D platformer. Shadow of the Orient is Spacelab Games is a small Canadian developer and this is their first release. It’s been out on mobile platforms for a few years but now a console port has brought to the Playstation 5. The […]

Shadow of the Orient – PS5 Review

April 11, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d platforming / China / collecting / gems / Pixel art / retro aesthetic / shadow of the orient / spacelab games / speedrun by Mike

From Shanghai based Pollard Studio we have KARMA: The Dark World, a narrative-driven psychological horror game, bringing to mind the film depiction of 1984 in some ways as well as Terry Gilliam’s masterful Brazil. Set in an alternate version of East Germany, you play as Daniel McGovern, a Roam Agent […]

KARMA: The Dark World – PS5 Review

April 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cronenberg / dark world / dasein / east germany / horror / karma / pollard by Ian

Sociable Soccer ’25 is an arcade football game which has a genuine lineage that traces back to not only one of the best football games of all time but one of the best games generally, Sensible World of Soccer. If you were gaming in the ’90s, there’s a good chance you lost […]

Sociable Soccer ’25 – PS5 Review

April 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged football / jon hare / sensible soccer / sociable soccer / swos by Richie

I know these type of games have existed in the past but Pets Hotel offers me a different realm of management. Games Incubator originally brought the game to Steam almost two years ago and now it’s seeing a Playstation 5 release. Whilst the game does try to keep you busy, […]

Pets Hotel – PS5 Review

April 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged animal care / cats / dogs / fish / game incubator / human resources / management / mini games / pets hotel / rabbits / walkies by Mike

What a weird thing Sorry We’re Closed is. Coming from al a mode games, this homage to survival horror coats it in a vibrant palette with a story heavily focused around love. It almost teeters into chaos but there’s enough craft on display to result in something unique. It’s stylish, […]

Sorry We’re Closed – PS5 Review

April 1, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged al a mode games / androgyny / dutch angles / fetish / fixed perspective / killer7 / lgbt / loud aesthetic / love / romance / sorry we're closed / valve puzzles by Mike