Yearly Archives: 2025

Secret Paws – Cozy Offices is the latest from eastasiasoft, in this case a take on the hidden cat genre developed by Sagitta Studios aka Alexandre. Quite possibly a solo dev, but that’s all good. As opposed to the usual isometric fixed view that you pan around, Secret Paws is […]

Secret Paws – Cozy Offices : PS5 Review

July 28, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / hidden cats / meow meow meow by Ian

Somber Echoes comes to us from Tønsberg based developer Rock Pocket Games, their location being known to us having flown into Sandefjord to the south with Ryanair last year. For the rest of you, it’s roughly 100km southwest of Oslo and was an ancient capital of Norway. Never mind that […]

Somber Echoes – PS5 Review

July 27, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged greek myth / metroidvania / norway / somber echoes by Ian

From Void Interactive comes Ready or Not, a SWAT-em-up for want of a better description. Not a Fugees story-based affair then. Tch. After a rather involved tutorial in which you’re shown the commands to subdue, apprehend and restrain suspects, you’re also shown how to queue up actions for your squad. […]

Ready or Not – PS5 Review

July 24, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged acab / lauryn hill / los suenos / pras michel / swat / wyclef jean by Ian

I feel like I missed all those 3D platformers back in the 90’s. At that time, I had a PC and most of them lived in Nintendo town. Approaching them as an adult makes me wonder if I’ve missed the boat. Ruffy and the Riverside, from Zockrates Laboratories is a […]

Ruffy and the Riverside – PS5 Review

July 21, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d platformer / collectibles / colours / letters / mischievous rubik's cube / number puzzles / ruffy and the riverside / swapping / zockrates laboratories by Mike

Perhaps the biggest no-brainer in gaming was when Activision commissioned the remaster of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games back in 2020 (WAIT! It was FIVE YEARS AGO?!). Two of the most-loved games of all-time lovingly recreated for modern audiences. It was a big success and while it wasn’t perfect, […]

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 – PS5 Review

July 21, 2025 in PS5 tagged extreme sports / skating / tony hawk's pro skater by Richie

I’m going to assume in the bowels of the Steam store there are simulators for everything. Not all of them find their way to console and I was surprised to see Drug Dealer Simulator make its way to Playstation 5 years after its initial release. Despite the age and the […]

Drug Dealer Simulator – PS5 Review

July 18, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged byterunners / clarky cat / cocaine / dead drops / drug dealer simulator / e's and whizz / ecstasy / heroin / ilicit substances / stop and search / the nightmare of cake by Mike

Stunt Flyer is, as you might expect, a flying game and it comes to us from Australian studio Torus Games who, when they’re not pumping out licensed kids’ games like PAW Patrol and Ben 10, were responsible for the reasonably decent World War Z. But this game sees them not only going back to their […]

Stunt Flyer – PS5 Review

July 17, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged flying / stunt flyer / stunts / torus games / wii by Richie

It’s not often an indie series undergoes a change of a developer. The original Wizard of Legend gained a passionate following, partly due to the immense variety that was on offer. For the sequel, Dead Mage have taken the reins. The variety has taken a hit with the new visual […]

Wizard of Legend 2 – PS5 Review

July 13, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcanas / dead mage / earth / elemental magic / fire / ice / magic / overhead isometric perspective / roguelite / run-based / skeletons / wind / wizard of legend by Mike

Irem Collection Volume 3 is a collection of three arcade shoot ’em ups from Irem, the classic coin-op company. And this one offers up three arcade-perfect ports, as well as a Turbografix/PC Engine one, and they’re all shoot ’em ups, which is a running theme for these collections so far. As […]

Irem Collection Volume 3 – PS5 Review

July 9, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / irem collection volume 3 / shoot em up by Richie

Exo-Calibre is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from London-based one-man studio, Vampixel Games. It’s also published by eastasiasoft, one of many shoot ’em ups they’ve put out. And this one is pretty typical of the genre and gives you pretty much exactly what you’d expect at this price point. Set across […]

Exo-Calibre – PS5 Review

July 8, 2025 in PS5 tagged eastasiasoft / exo-calibre / vampixel / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Crime Boss: Rockay City originally came out in 2023 and was a co-op heist-based stealthy shooter and it was put together by a group of Czech coders known as Ingame Studios. And when it came out we basically ignored it because of a few reasons. It had a middling reception (it […]

Crime Boss: Rockay City (Update 16 and DLCs) – PS5 ...

July 7, 2025 in PS5 tagged bank / crime / crime boss / heist / payday / rockay city / stealth by Richie

It’s always dangerous for developers to take direct inspiration from something so distinctive. Star Overdrive is an open-world adventure from Caracal games. With a bright an airy location, it looks to evoke The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild quite directly but it falls short with on-foot traversal and […]

Star Overdrive – PS5 Review

July 5, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action adventure / caracal games / crafting / hoverboarding / keytar / melee combat / open world / platforming / star overdrive / trick system by Mike