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.

Ultimate Fishing Simulator from developer Bit Golem in conjunction with joint publishers Console Labs and Ultimate Games is pretty much exactly what it says. It’s a fishing simulator in a variety of locations where you… fish. The well used Unity engine does a fair job of depicting the locales in […]

Ultimate Fishing Simulator – PS4 Review

January 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged chubb / does the fish have chips / how much is the fish / muzak / perch / sturgeon / trout / ultimate fishing simulator by Ian

Freddy Spaghetti is daft. Joyfully, wilfully daft. In the best possible way. In this, Freddy Spaghetti, from Playful Pasta (aka Tom Mulder) and published by Ratalaika. The setup is Freddy is a sentient strand of spaghetti, living out a serene existence in suburbia until he realises his true purpose. The […]

Freddy Spaghetti – PS5 Review

December 30, 2020 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged fuck jar sauces / pasta / ratalaika / spaghetti by Ian

Unto The End from developer 2 Ton Studios and publisher Big Sugar, ported to consoles by Stage Clear Studios. It’s a cave-em-up with its own unique challenges. As the disclaimer at the outset of the game says “Unto The End is different. Set aside any expectations or assumptions. Combat is […]

Unto The End – PS4 Review

December 22, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged caves / combat / dark / misery by Ian

Ponpu from developer Purple Tree and publisher Zordix is a classic example of never judge a book by its cover. Similarly, never judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover. On the face of it, Ponpu is yet another PS4 indie game. What sets it apart is the execution. It’s all very […]

Ponpu – PS4 Review

December 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bombs on / ducks ahoy / ponpu by Ian

Our man Mike reviewed the PS4 iteration of this not that long ago, back in September in fact. We were hoping he’d follow up with the PS5 launch redux, but it wasn’t to be as he didn’t manage to snag a console yet. As luck would have it, I was […]

WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship – PS5 Review

December 10, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged excellent port / kylotonn / nacon / notkyloren / wrc9 by Ian

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is what Sonic Team do now instead of, you know, Sonic games. Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 2 (to use Sega’s official trademark acknowledgements) is a sequel to 2014’s fantastic puzzle game that straddles two titans of the arcade puzzle genre. This reviewer played the first game to […]

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 – PS5 Review

December 9, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged absurd difficulty / puyo puyo / puyo puyo tetris 2 / sega / tetris by Ian

From North Carolina-based two man developer Infuse Studio and publisher Merge comes Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition. Originally released last year on PS4 and earlier this year on PC, from what we can tell, this is the original PS4 release with the higher res PC assets. We didn’t review […]

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition – PS5 Review

November 26, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Fox / infuse studio / north carolina / raleigh / spirit of the north / vulpine by Ian

From Austin developer Ragtag Studio who also double up as publisher, comes Ray’s The Dead. The titular Ray is a luckless individual in both life and death. Across five distinct chapters you’ll unravel the events that led to your untimely death. Ray’s The Dead was first unveiled in 2013 at […]

Ray’s The Dead – PS4 Review

November 21, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ragtag studios / ray's the dead / zombies by Ian

From developer Abrakam and publisher Versus Evil comes Faeria: Chronicles of Gagana, to give its full name. When we first got tipped off about Faeria on PS4 prior to reviewing it, we thought it sounded familiar. Sure enough, we’d already snagged it on PC via the Epic Store freebies we’ve […]

Faeria – PS4 Review

November 16, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged abrakam / ccg / faeria / versus evil by Ian

Vera Blanc: Full Moon is the latest from Ratalaika. It’s another visual novel using the same RenPy scripting language we’ve encountered on multiple occasions already. This time it’s from Italian developer Winter Wolves aka Celso Riva. This originally came out in 2010 anyway… Unlike some of the others this is […]

Vera Blanc: Full Moon – PS4 Review

November 14, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged forza italia / ratalaika / visual novel by Ian

From developer Blacklight Interactive and publisher Team 17, comes Golf With Your Friends. We freely admit that this is our first sight of the game that initially came out in May 2020, reaching us courtesy of Team 17 to publicise the new DLC of three additional courses penned the New […]

Golf With Your Friends – PS4 Review

November 9, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged blacklight interactive / team17 / the escapists / worms by Ian

From Bristol-based indie developer The Polygon Loft and publisher Apriori Digital comes Double Pug Switch. The elevator pitch is an auto-runner with pugs. However, there’s a bit more to it than that. You’re a pug in a laboratory. All is well until an accident involving a fellow occupant of the […]

Double Pug Switch – PS4 Review

October 30, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged autorunner / cats maybe cats operating in gangs / dimension hopping / pugs not drugs by Ian