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.

Murderous Muses is another FMV infused game from D’Avekki Studio after their previous release two years ago, Dark Nights with Poe and Monroe. This isn’t quite as FMV heavy as their previous game, the video mainly cropping up in the form of interview footage with the six suspects of the […]

Murderous Muses – PS5 Review

April 14, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged d'avekki / fmv / gallery / murderous muses / nightwatchman / not cluedo / there's been a murderrr by Ian

From first party Sony dev San Diego Studio and published by Sony themselves, we have MLB The Show 23, just in time for the opening day of the Major League Baseball season on 30th March. Somewhat unusually, we notice this is included on Xbox Game Pass on day one, but […]

MLB The Show 23 – PS5 Review

April 12, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged baseball / beisbol / los marineros / mitch garver is from new mexico / mlb the show 23 / negro leagues / rawr rawr like a dungeon dragon / san diego studio / SeaUsRise / the di-dawg is first up to bat by Ian

From Shenzen-based developer Fabled Game Studio & publisher Blitworks Games we have card battler Pirates Outlaws. Best described as a pirate themed take on Slay The Spire it’s hard not to draw parallels to MegaCrit’s 2019 masterpiece. One thing that immediately becomes apparent is the sheer scope of Pirates Outlaws compared […]

Pirates Outlaws – PS4 Review

April 6, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged blitworks / card battler / Derivative / not slay the spire / pirates / pirates outlaws / R by Ian

FATAL FRAME : Mask of the Lunar Eclipse had us genuinely excited that we were being blessed by Koei Tecmo with a brand-new instalment, the first since 2014’s Maiden Of Black Water in fact. No, in fact Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is a remake of the previously Japan-only 2008 […]

FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse – PS5 ...

March 23, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged aztec camera obscura / fatal frame / Mask of the Lunar Eclipse / now just plain zero / project zero / spirit in the sky / weeb / wiimaster by Ian

From developer 9Finger Games and publisher Jandusoft Games comes Zapling Bygone. Self-described as a “twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls.” That’s true to a certain extent, more you have to beat bosses in some cases, others you find the skulls after […]

Zapling Bygone – PS5 Review

March 16, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged infection / metroidvania / sewers / skulls / vermin by Ian

Blood Bowl III comes to us from Cyanide Studio and is published by parent company Nacon. Despite that, this is very much a work-for-hire project for Nottingham based Games Workshop aka Warhammer. The first Blood Bowl was released in 2009 with the sequel, the imaginatively named Blood Bowl 2 coming […]

Blood Bowl III – PS5 Review

March 2, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged blood bowl / cyanide studio / dice roll / Games workshop / nacon / no fun league / turn-based / Warhammer by Ian

From developer Wildboy Studios and publisher Untold Tales comes a comedy romp through the halls of the Norse gods. Rather unexpectedly, Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is a point and click adventure with a script worthy of LucasArts at the height of their powers. Only kidding, it’s a generally […]

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree – PS4 Review

February 17, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged freya / loki / norse / odin / rhythm action / sexy dancer / ygdrassil by Ian

Yuppie Psycho : Executive Edition to give its full title, chronicles the first working day of a guy called Brian Pasternak at a company called Sintracorp. Developed by Baroque Decay and published by Neon Doctrine, this is ostensibly a survival horror game, though it’s very dialogue and plot heavy. His […]

Yuppie Psycho : Executive Edition – PS4 Review

February 9, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged brians of the world unite / job for life / sintracorp / survival horror / yuppie psycho by Ian

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion could well have been a Ratalaika effort for the almost generic title. Though we’re glad we didn’t dismiss it out of hand as it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Coming from Massachusetts-based dev Snoozy Kazoo and publisher Graffiti Games, as increasingly seems to […]

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion – PS4 Review

January 27, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged rip it up / rutabaga / snooty kazoo / steckrübe / tax evasion / turnip boy / wee papa girl rapa / you little ripper / カブ by Ian

The Legend of Tianding comes to us from Creative Games & Computer Graphics Corp in conjuction with Taiwan Tech (aka National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) and Taiwanese publisher Neon Doctrine. So far so Taiwanese! According to Wikipedia, this is a fleshed out version of a 2004 Flash game which […]

The Legend of Tianding – PS5 Review

January 22, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged chives / les / liao tianding / period piece / taiwan / you wouldn't let it lie by Ian

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is a game we didn’t necessarily expect to see. Coming from Spanish developer Pendulo Studios and longtime French publisher Microids, this is a mystery adventure with occasional QTEs based on the premise of Hitchcock’s film. Rather than closely following the plot of the Jimmy Stewart 1958 […]

Alfred Hitchcock : Vertigo – PS5 Review

October 14, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged collywobbles / hitchcock / lets get ready to rumble / microids / pendulo / psych / vertigo by Ian

Little Orpheus from semi-indie dev The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode, tells the story of the hapless Ivan Ivanovich as he’s interrogated by an incredulous general after the event. You see, Ivan is somehow being held responsible for the loss of the titular nuclear device in the centre of […]

Little Orpheus – PS4 Review

September 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged apple arcade / chinese room / episodic / little orpheus / nuclear wessels / prokofiev / secret mode by Ian