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.

From Vancouver-based developer and publisher Buffalo Buffalo we have the latest rhythm action game on PS5, in this case Fresh Tracks. We have to confess, we hoped the dev name was in fact the grammatically correct sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” but sadly not. To quote […]

Fresh Tracks – PS5 Review

September 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged buffalo buffalo / norse mythology / planks of wood / rhythm action by Ian

core.sys, rather than an critical Windows system file, is a nifty little puzzle game from dev nipobox and publisher eastasiasoft. Ostensibly you’re hacking a security system across sixty-four levels. The first few levels are more of an orientation than anything else, just to get you used to the basic movement. […]

core.sys – PS5 Review

August 29, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged core.sys / eastasiasoft / hacker / nipobox / puzzle by Ian

From Polish developer Kautki Cave and publisher Untold Tales comes a game originally released on Switch in 2023, in this case Flame Keeper. There’s a rogue-lite element to the game too. You play as the titular flame keeper, in effect an ambulatory ember. In the game lore, they’re known as […]

Flame Keeper – PS5 Review

August 16, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged burning down the house / firestarter / flame keeper / i am the god of hellfire / polska / switch port by Ian

God of Weapons developed by Hanoi-based dev Archmage Labs and published by Ultimate Games is an autoshooter set in a D&D style dungeon. Ostensibly you go up floors of a tower tackling waves of enemies as you go, though one murky dungeon is indistinguishable from another if we’re honest. It […]

God of Weapons – PS5 Review

August 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged archmage labs / autoshooter / god of weapons / ultimate games / vietnam by Ian

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

ANTRO comes to us from Barcelona-based developer Gatera Studio, the studio itself being founded in 2022 specifically to develop and release ANTRO. Depending on context, antro can mean cave, den or dive. In this case it’s a mix of the first two. Self-described by Gatera as a rhythmic video game […]

ANTRO – PS5 Review

July 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged antro / barcelona / gatera studio / post apocalyptic by Ian

From yer man Keita Takahashi’s studio uvula and publisher Annapurna, we have to a T. The uvula being the fleshy bit at the back of the throat. You play as a thirteen-year-old boy, who’s shaped like a T, across eight episodes of steadily increasing whimsy. Bearing in mind Takahashi’s previous […]

to a T – PS5 Review

June 12, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged keita takahashi / T / uvula by Ian

Another month, another hidden cat game from our pals at Silesia Games, subdeveloped by the excellently named Sleepwalking Potatoes from Rzeszów in southeast Poland. This time the setting is the Wild West and the game is Hidden Cat Outlaws. Something of a departure from the other hidden cat games we’ve […]

Hidden Cat Outlaws – PS5 Review

June 5, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / silesia games / the same but different / wiki wiki wah wild wild west by Ian

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is the latest game featuring Eastman and Laird’s 1984 pizza loving reptiles. Owned by Nickelodeon since 2009, this was originally released on Apple Arcade in 2023, then Switch the following year with it being deemed successful enough to release on PS5 as well. We […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Splintered Fate – PS5 Review

May 31, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Dull / moba moba moba mobile fpsmmaidgaf hd hd dd / roguelike / splintered ip / tepid / tmnt by Ian

Knight’s Night! is the latest release from our friends at eastasiasoft, being a lovely double dip PS4 and PS5 for those who partake in the perceived easy platinum boogie. Us here at PSC, we prefer to judge a game on its own merits, trophies be damned. At first glance you’ll […]

Knight’s Night! – PS5 Review

May 31, 2025 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged 1-bit / eastasiasoft / knights night / platformer by Ian