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.

Not many indie games would open with a five minute cutscene. But then, not all indie games are from the fantastic Capy Games. Six years in the making, Below was a timed exclusive on Eggsbox and Win 10. It was with more than a little surprise that we noticed Below […]

Below – PS4 Review

April 8, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged below / capy / klaus von below / labyrinth / you remind me of the babe by Ian

Other than being a gag on From Software’s masochist-em-up series, Duck Souls+ is yet another Rata release. This time developed by Green Dinosaur Games AKA Brazilian chap Mateus Sales. As is by now typical you can go with the Ratalaika checklist: PS4/Vita crossbuy, lo-fi platformer, trophies thrown at you like […]

Duck Souls+ – PS4 Review

April 3, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged frustration gauntlet / green dinosaur / ratalaika by Ian

From Finnish developer Snowhound via publisher 1C Entertainment we have Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition. Originally released on PC in September 2018, DSD has made the leap to current gen consoles with this Definitive Edition. This comprises the original game along with both sets of DLC in its entirety. What […]

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition – PS4 Review

April 3, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged card battler / comic book / dsd / rng by Ian

From Rainy Frog aka Martin Magni, comes Mekorama released by Ratalaika. Subsequently you get PS4 and Vita ports into the bargain. If we were in the business of elevator pitches, we’d go with a small but perfectly formed puzzle platformer. Mekorama is very relaxing and would be the perfect game […]

Mekorama – PS4 Review

April 2, 2020 in PS4 tagged mekorama / rainy frog / ratalaika by Ian

From French Canadian dev Paper Cult comes assuredly not family friendly action brawler Bloodroots. So much so, that this reviewer was unable to play it with his kid present. You see, Bloodroots is gory. You don’t so much as kill your enemies as wholly eviscerate them. Where an enemy once […]

Bloodroots – PS4 Review

March 26, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bloody as hell / grumpy old man / kill kill kill kill / weird west by Ian

Initially we were a little confused when Ubisoft sent us their 2016 release UNO for review. Thankfully it transpired what we actually had was Uno Ultimate Edition featuring all the DLC to date. That being the winter theme, Rayman and Just Dance 2017 rulesets and new in January, the UNO […]

UNO Ultimate Edition – PS4 Review

March 25, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged busta rhymes / flipmode squad / ubisoft / UNO by Ian

Dead or School is that rare beast, at least on Western shores, that is a Japanese indie game. Coming from Studio Nanafushi following a 2016 indiegogo crowdfunder, we have here is a 2.5d hack and slash brawler with RPG elements. Notably that fell well short of its target and it’s […]

Dead or School – PS4 Review

March 18, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged metro / nanafushi / tokyo / waifu my dads doctor by Ian

Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet is the latest Ratalaika joint, playable once again on both PS4 and Vita. It’s a visual novel of sorts, but one with a childlike innocence thankfully. No sketchy anime characters with heaving bosoms here. Originally created for a game jam in the visual novel scripting […]

Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet – PS4 Review

March 16, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged candy girl / ratalaika / sweets by Ian

Townsmen: A Kingdom Rebuilt will be immediately familiar to those slightly longer in the tooth players who remember Blue Byte’s pre-millenium Settlers games. Heck, we’d not be surprised if some of the devs were Blue Byte veterans, so similar is the game in feel to the hoary old series that […]

Townsmen: A Kingdom Rebuilt – PS4 Review

March 6, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged handygames / mobile conversion / settlers / thq nordic / townsmen by Ian

From Melbourne-based solo dev Rese aka Rubén Garcia, comes Ganbare! Super Strikers. To crib from his own press release, GSS is borne of his love of tactical RPGs and Japanese sports-based manga like Captain Tsubasa. No, we’ve not heard of it either. Oddly, this is the second turn-based football game […]

Ganbare! Super Strikers – PS4 Review

February 25, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged boring / can't tackle / crap vita port / own goal / ratalaika / rese by Ian

Reed Remastered is, as the name may suggest, a remaster by Oleg Kosovtsov AKA PXLink of a mobile game featuring the titular Reed. Coming to consoles as it does from Ratalaika, you’d be forgiven for writing it off on that basis alone. Instead what you have in the case of […]

Reed Remastered – PS4 Review

February 18, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews / Vita tagged meoww / pxlink / ratalaika / reed remastered by Ian

When an unknown game comes into us here at PSC, this reviewer likes to check out a gameplay trailer beforehand to see if it’s our thing. In the case of Pandaball – Welcome to Pamuria our initial impression was FIFA Street with pandas. Our esteemed editor Richie & myself like […]

Pandaball : Welcome to Pamuria – PS4 Review

February 12, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged five a side / lemon / local multiplayer / not very good / pandaball by Ian