Ian

About Ian

Ian likes his games weird. He loves his Vita even if Sony don't anymore. He joined the PS4 party relatively late, but has been in since day one on PS5.

Find My Frogs is a departure from the usual Silesia Games fare, inasmuch as it’s amphibian focussed. Not one cat to be found. It’s still a hidden object game though, so you’ll know what to expect. In addition to the three hundred plus frogs and toads, you’re tasked with finding […]

Find My Frogs – PS5 Review

April 14, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged caribbean amphibian / cute / frogs / gnomes / insects / instruments / relaxo / silesia / toads by Ian

Starfield from Bethesda Game Studios by way of Bethesda Softworks, is the first new setting from the studio in more than two decades, being set in 2330. You play as an unnamed miner who for reasons that remain unclear finds themselves thrust into a grand space opera. Said space opera […]

Starfield – PS5 Review

April 7, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2330 / bethesda / crimson permanent assurance / herr lipp / it's fun to charter an accountant / peter cetera / starfield / you are overencumbered / £24.99 from Argos by Ian

We reviewed the PS4 incarnation of this jolly platformer in late August 2020. Eeeh. When lockdowns were loosely interpreted and yer man Rishi Sunak had the Eat Out To Help Out initiative. Seems like a lifetime ago now. Heck, PS5 had yet to be released, but even when it was […]

New Super Lucky’s Tale – PS5 Review

March 24, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 4k 120hz upgrade / long time coming / new super lucky's tale / playful / to my man g.o.v. I remember how you used to be by Ian

From developer devotid and publisher Kwalee Gaming comes The Coin Game. The title tells you nothing, but what it is, in effect, is a compendium of all manner of ticket and carnival games in the grand US style. Think of any bowling alley where you can win tickets and exchange […]

The Coin Game – PS5 Review

March 19, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged b i n g o / butlins bognor regis / carnival / chuck e cheese / come on you rrrrs / dave and busters / drinks are free / I listen in with interest in the hope that I might catch the name Ben Shephard / super hoops / you say its your birthday by Ian

Continuing the theme of seasonal hidden cat games released out of sync with the expected time of year, we have Nukearts and Silesia Games most recent, being Hidden Cats in Spooky Village. Admittedly, not wholeheartedly Halloween themed, but definitely a close encounter of the spooky kind. Across its generous array […]

Hidden Cats in Spooky Village – PS5 Review

March 14, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged brasil / harsh times in umberstone covert / hidden cats / lime green spooky pills / nukearts / silesia by Ian

Sumerian Six from Warsaw-based developer Artificer and publisher Devolver Digital comes to PS5 some eighteen months after its PC release, the console port having been handled by fellow Poles Crunching Koalas. Artificer previously developed Showgunners, a turn-based tactics game and we have to confess, we thought that Sumerian Six was […]

Sumerian Six – PS5 Review

March 6, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged devolver / geiststoff / sumerian six / world war II by Ian

Under The Island from four-man dev team Slime King Games and publisher Top Hat Games is a fun pixel art island-based romp where you play as Mia, the daughter of a family on vacation. The island in question is peppered with caves and ancient ruins, the mystery of which aren’t […]

Under The Island – PS5 Review

February 21, 2026 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged hamburg / koality time / not zelda / Pixel art / under the island by Ian

Ship’s Cat comes to us from solo dev Daniel Caddy and self-published by him too as Caddy Computing, as opposed to one of the usual suspects like Silesia for example. The back of the fag packet description is Stray on a cruise liner. Just a bit more silly. You play […]

Ship’s Cat – PS5 Review

February 20, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ps ps ps / ship's cat / tabby / we are looking for nuclear wessels by Ian

While it might be February, it hasn’t stopped Nukearts and Silesia Games bringing us Hidden Cats in Christmas. We understand there was a bit of a delay with the PS5 port which explains matters in terms of timing. And we guess that a small publisher is a little more hand […]

Hidden Cats in Christmas – PS5 Review

February 18, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged brasil / hidden cats / it's chriiiiiiistmas / nukearts / silesia games by Ian

Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion is a roguelike match 3 puzzler from Starstruck Games. Unlike the likes of, say, Gems Of War, Puzzle Quest or our own personal favourite Grindstone, you also get to control your character, being a cute animal. Roguematch is animal themed into the bargain, with your […]

Roguematch: The Extraplanar Invasion – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cute animals / difficulty spike / dungeon crawler / match-three by Ian

Cats Around Us: Giant Cat is the latest cat-em-up from our pals at Silesia Games. The dev is noobzilla, they of the Cats and Seek subset. The price on the PSN store is £2.49, but even for one of Silesia’s games, this is slim pickings. You first have a stage […]

Cats Around Us: Giant Cat – PS5 Review

January 27, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged giant cat / meow meow / noobzilla / silesia by Ian

I Am Future or to give it its full name, I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival comes to us from developer Mandragora and publisher Tinybuild. Mandragora being based in Armenia with a globally spread team. That’s a thing now we guess. The full title is fairly descriptive of what to […]

I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival – PS5 Review

January 18, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged are you future too / cozy apocalypse / i am future / mandragora / no zombies thankfully / tinybuild by Ian