Monthly Archives: September 2025

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

September 28, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d / adventure of samsara / atari / exploration / ilex games / magic / melee combat / metroidvania / parries / Pixel art / platforming / search action game by Mike

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

September 25, 2025 in PS5 tagged arcade / mamorukun recursed / port / remaster / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

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 […]

Extremely Powerful Capybaras – PS5 Review

September 23, 2025 in PS5 tagged auto-battler / extremely powerful capybaras / roguel-ike by Richie

Void Crew is a co-op focused space management/combat/survival game that comes to us from Copenhagen-based coders Hutlihut Games after a successful stint on Steam two years ago. The game sees you battling against a mysterious alien force known as The Hollow through a series of missions in a rogue-like manner. […]

Void Crew – PS5 Review

September 22, 2025 in PS5 by Richie

Hidden Cats in Tokyo is this month’s hidden cat game from our pals at Silesia Games. This time it’s coded by Brazilian dev Nukearts who have previous hidden cat game form with jaunts to Paris, London and Berlin amongst others. If you ever played one of these sorts of games […]

Hidden Cats in Tokyo – PS5 Review

September 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / nihon / silesia games by Ian

From Puppygames and Thalamus Digital comes the game formerly known as Basingstoke. Originally released on PC in 2018, it has made the move to PS5 and gained a Welcome to prefix, though we have to question quite why. The Basingstoke part could just as well have been any number of […]

Welcome to Basingstoke – PS5 Review

September 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged amazingstoke / basingstoke / geographical inconsistencies / rogue-like by Ian

Earthion is a 16-bit style horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up and it comes to us from Japan’s own Ancient Corp, a studio that has a history of, let’s say, unusual games that goes back to 1991. Founded by Yūzō Koshiro, the legendary video game composer behind soundtracks for games like Streets of […]

Earthion – PS5 Review

September 18, 2025 in PS5 tagged earthion / genesis / horizontally-scrolling / Mega Drive / shoot em up by Richie

Whilst art and craft aesthetics are not new, I still get a kick out of seeing them. Hirogami is the latest to give them a shot. A joint effort from Bandai Namco’s Singapore and Malaysia studios, it has an enchanting look and charming presentation. Whilst it’s not short on ideas, […]

Hirogami – PS5 Review

September 17, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d platforming / animals / arts / bandai namco singapore studio / craft / folding / hirogami / malaysia / origami / paper / transformations by Mike

ZOE Begone! is a shoot ’em up that’s about as far away from a traditional shooter as you can get. Forget your militaristic skirmishes or epic space battles, because this game comes from Retchy (Graeme Hawkins), a solo dev/animator from Scotland and he’s not looking to make the next R-Type or 1942. Instead, this […]

ZOE Begone! – PS5 Review

September 17, 2025 in PS5 by Richie

I can find it really hard to say much about games that keep themselves simple and to the point. Pic-A-Block is one of those games. A puzzle game from TreeFall Studios, it’s all about sliding and removing blocks. It holds very little mystery but it does work as advertised. Whilst […]

Pic-A-Block – PS5 Review

September 16, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged block sliding / cosy / grid based / pic-a-block / puzzles / relaxing / treefall studios by Mike

Hook: Complete Edition is, as the name might suggest, an amalgam of two separate titles. Hook and Hook 2 in fact. Penned as puzzle, casual and brain training on the PSN store, that’s a fair description. OK, review done. This is alright, go play it. Hours of mild diversion. Seriously […]

Hook: Complete Edition – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Casual / hook / hook ce / puzzle / rainbow train by Ian

From Vancouver-based developer and publisher Buffalo Buffalo we have the latest rhythm action game on PS5, in this case Fresh Tracks. We have to confess, we hoped the dev name was in fact the grammatically correct sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” but sadly not. To quote […]

Fresh Tracks – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged buffalo buffalo / norse mythology / planks of wood / rhythm action by Ian