Yearly Archives: 2025

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

October 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged games incubator / hammer / handsaw / hypnotic ants / job / Metal / power tools / recycling / salvage / scrap / ship graveyard simulator 2 / shipwrecks by Mike

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

October 11, 2025 in PS5 tagged sonic wings reunion / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

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

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / it comes from camberwell and looks like a carrot / noobzilla / once you gone you stay gone or you be gone / polska / silesia games by Ian

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

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged gloomy eyes / ian astbury / mons / wallonia / zombies by Ian

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

October 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged co-op / king of meat / platform / puzzle / pve by Richie

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

October 6, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged baby steps / bennett foddy / comedy / donkeys / failure / gabe cuzzillo / hiking / maxi boch / open world / physics-based / walking simulator / wilderness by Mike

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

October 3, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged combos / extinction rifts / first-person shooter / monoliths / nihilists / qubyte interactive / ranking system / superpowered gauntlet by Mike

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

September 30, 2025 in PS5 tagged eternal edition / match-three / puzzle / puzzle quest / rpg by Richie

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