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.

We knew as soon as we saw a gameplay trailer for Milo’s Quest that it was the work of lightUP AKA Juliano Lima. Very graphically similar to his previous games Wiloo and Box Land, Milo drops the Super and Demake prefix and suffix. For illustrative purposes, Super Milo’s Quest Demake […]

Milo’s Quest – PS4 Review

February 3, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged lightup / milos quest / ratalaika / super demake by Ian

Journey to the Savage Planet is the debut title from Typhoon Studios, founded by industry veterans Alex Hutchinson, Yassine Riahi and Reid Schneider. Their respective softographies span Spore, Army of Two 40th Day, Arkham Origins and the early Battlefield games among many others. The studio was acquired by Google Stadia […]

Journey to the Savage Planet – PS4 Review

January 31, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cucumber shitwater / metroidvania / moba moba moba mobile fpsmmaidgaf hd hd dd / savage planet / typhoon studios / whither canada by Ian

Red Bow is the latest Ratalaika joint. Coming from London-based solo dev Stranga Games, this follows My Big Sister and Just Ignore Them graphically as well as thematically. Sadly, the title of their last game Just Ignore Them proved strangely prophetic as we’re beginning to see diminishing returns from Stranga. […]

Red Bow – PS4 Review

January 29, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ratalaika / red bow / spooky / stranga / stranga things by Ian

We reviewed Foxyland literally two months ago, so we were a little surprised to see Foxyland 2 on the UK Playstation blog so soon. To call Foxyland 2 a sequel is a bit of stretch if we’re perfectly honest. The graphics are effectively identical to those of the first game, […]

Foxyland 2 – PS4 Review

January 27, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bad sequel / bug studio / foxyland / ratalaika by Ian

There isn’t a lot to be said about Untitled Goose Game that hasn’t been said before. Developed by Melbourne-based developer House House, it was initially a Switch-only joint with regards consoles which I found while researching what game pays real money initially. It felt like being a 360 owner during […]

Untitled Goose Game – PS4 Review

January 15, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Anser anser domesticus / goose / house house / melbourne / middle england by Ian

Heroland is a turn based RPG from two big hitters of the genre in Takahiro Yamane and Nobiyuki Inoue (of Fantasy Life and Mother 3 respectively). In addition, the music is by Tsukasa Masuko (of Shin Megami Tensei and many other games besides) so on pedigree alone, it should be […]

Heroland – PS4 Review

January 8, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged furyu / heroland / jrpg / mother3 / xseed by Ian

We’re not one for end of year lists at PSC. They smack a bit too much of self-indulgence and struggling for copy in print media. In this case though, a long established multi-format UK print magazine tipped us off with a review of this. No doubt we’d likely have missed […]

Kine – PS4 Review

December 31, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indie / instruments / kine / puzzle based by Ian

Cardpocalypse is brought to you by Irish developer Gambrinous and publisher Versus Evil. However, the setting is resolutely elementary school America despite the Gaelic connection. You’ll be reminded initially of Parker and Stone’s marionette farce Team America in the absurdly catchy theme tune. Bombastic and stylistically similar it’s only a […]

Cardpocalypse – PS4 Review

December 12, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged card battler / elementary my dear watson / gambrinous by Ian

Foxyland is the latest and greatest from Ratalaika Games. OK, that’s maybe pushing it a little bit but it’s a return to what certain sections of their audience expect. The developer is Bug-Studio, who have previous form in recent run and gunner Deep Space Rush. Foxyland is a fun enough […]

Foxyland – PS4 Review

December 5, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bug studio / foxyland / ratalaika by Ian

From Kaigan Games by way of Wales Interactive comes Simulacra. Originally released a couple of years ago as an iOS game, Simulacra is a faithful port even down to how it is presented on PS4, though it’s not exactly pushing the envelope presentation-wise. Your view into the game world is […]

Simulacra – PS4 Review

December 3, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ghost in der machine / kaigan / mobile by Ian

From Romanian indie developer Breadcrumbs by way of publisher Versus Evil, comes action RPG Yaga. Having the publisher of the Banner Saga games onboard has definitely helped in terms of the additional polish with a fully voiced complement of varied NPCs as well as a sumptuous art style. Yaga is […]

Yaga – PS4 Review

November 24, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged pagan / romania / witch / yaga by Ian

From Polish dev Varsav Games comes Bee Simulator, published by BigBen. However the title is something of a misnomer. Sure, you go around collecting pollen and exploring a simulacrum of Central Park. But for most part Bee Simulator is broken down into a series of disparate minigames. There’s a story […]

Bee Simulator – PS4 Review

November 14, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged central park / minigames / omgbees / varsav / why did it have to be bees by Ian