Grizz

About Grizz

Grizz writes for us because Sonic Country hasn't been invented. He likes his retro, his indie and his full retail.

Out of ammo is a veteran VR experience at this point. Originally released in September 2016 for the PC VR platforms, it has sat on Steam as one of the premier first experiences for headset owners to get a grip with. The game is a novel mix between RTS and […]

Out of Ammo – PSVR Review

January 29, 2018 in PS4 / PSVR / Reviews tagged Out of ammo / PS MOVE / PSVR by Grizz

I always wondered why more developers haven’t attempted the high-speed formula of Sonic games before. Judging by Sega’s documented difficulty with translating speed and momentum to modern mechanics, some would possibly correctly assume that it cannot be done convincingly enough. But there is always hope that someone could take up […]

Defunct – PS4 Review

January 24, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged defunct / nah / ps4 / review / Sonic by Grizz

As VR concepts go, the idea of stepping into a surrealist fever dream conjured by the minds of Rick and Morty and The Stanley Parable is almost too tempting to pass up. Accounting+ is described on the PSN store page as being a “Nightmare Adventure Comedy” and it lives up […]

Accounting+ – PSVR Review

December 20, 2017 in PSVR / Reviews tagged Accounting / Justin Roiland / Squanchtendo / This is my review world by Grizz

You could pretty much see how this was going to go when both Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces were announced under the same breath in 2016. We all know how well Mania did, a game that was made by fans for fans and launched to positive praise across the […]

Sonic Forces – PS4 Review

November 21, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Buy Mania instead please / ps4 / review / Sonic Forces by Grizz

There are many experiences that seem like a perfect fit for VR, whether that be cockpit based shooting games, adventure titles or simulators. In all the bluster and spectacle of typical VR experiences, I overlooked the possibility of an out of the box scenario which could bring more retro game […]

Bloody Zombies – PSVR Review

October 21, 2017 in PS4 / PSVR / Reviews tagged Beat em up / Bloody Zombies / Streets of BRAINS / vr by Grizz

I have said a lot about indie games that use retro aesthetics in the past. To save you going through the rest of my reviews on this site, the consensus from me is that there is little point to imposing limitations on yourself when the gaming world has moved […]

A Hole New World – PS4 Review

October 11, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged A Hole New World / A New fantastic point of view / ps4 / review by Grizz

Minimalism and Independently developed retro style games go together like Peter Molyneux and over promised gameplay features that never make the cut. Not a month goes by without us seeing some kind of promise for a retro revival or charming 2D aesthetics with a core gameplay gimmick to mix things […]

INK – PS4 Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Ink / platformer / ps4 by Grizz

I have a love/hate relationship with survival games. On one hand they can be interesting, with extra considerations taken into mundanities that would otherwise be glossed over in other games in the name of accessibility. On the other hand, they can often be laborious and downright petulant regarding how […]

The Solus Project – PS4/PSVR Review

October 1, 2017 in PS4 / PSVR / Reviews tagged Project / ps4 / review / Solus / vr by Grizz

One of the most annoying things for me in the previous generation of consoles was the advent of ‘realistic’ first person shooters. I mean fine, they have a place and a lot of people prefer boots on the ground warfare, but for me, first person shooters shine when they […]

Lawbreakers – PS4 Review

August 31, 2017 in PS4 by Grizz

It may never be known, but I will always wonder if Christian Whitehead and his legion of fan game designers knew what they were getting into when pitching Sonic Mania to Sega. Not only were they presenting a love letter project, they were also carrying the burden of two […]

Sonic Mania – PS4 Review

August 19, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2 / 3 / Knuckles / Mania / Sonic by Grizz

On paper, a deep-sea adventure title set in a bathysphere sounds like a pretty good fit for VR. That pitch alone suggests you will be encountering shipwrecks, relics of the past and aquatic life as you plunge through the deep blue depths. Or in this case, the dingy green […]

Neptune Flux – PSVR Review

August 8, 2017 in PSVR / Reviews tagged Flux / Neptune / Not so much better down where its wetter / PSVR / take it from me by Grizz

CastleStorm is nothing new at this point. Originally releasing in 2013 for the previous generation and later mobile, it blended real time strategy action with a ballista mechanic that aped Angry Birds with pleasing results. The definitive edition of CastleStorm arrived on PS4 originally in 2014, which featured all the available […]

CastleStorm VR Edition – PSVR Review

August 5, 2017 in PSVR / Reviews tagged castlestorm / edition / standalone / vr / zen by Grizz