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.

Wayward Strand, from developer Ghost Pattern, takes part during a very specific window of three days in early 1978. Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January in fact. It’s also very very Australian. It’s not quite the stereotypical Joe Mangel “you little ripper, let me get the ute!” levels of […]

Wayward Strand – PS5 Review

September 18, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged flying hospital / rack off you dag / straya / wayward strand / you flaming galah by Ian

We originally reviewed Biomutant from developer Experiment 101 in May last year, now we’ve a PS5 version to cast our eye over. Though we wish we’d just waited and got the free PS5 upgrade that all other owners have now got too. Due to our having played the EU version […]

Biomutant – PS5 Review

September 18, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged biomutant / experiment 101 / ps5 port by Ian

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Cloudpunk, from Berlin-based developer Ion Lands and publisher Merge, is very much aping the neon lit vibe of Blade Runner. RIght, that’s done with. There’s another cinematic feel we got from the way traffic interacts with you and flies at multiple […]

Cloudpunk – PS5 Review

August 28, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cloudpunk / ion lands / nivalis / not blade runner honest by Ian

Cursed to Golf is a pretty good back of a napkin description really. You’re trapped in golf purgatory after having been sent to limbo having been struck down in your prime. From dev Chuhai Labs and publisher Thunderful we have an arcade golf game with a cute exterior that belies […]

Cursed to Golf – PS5 Review

August 24, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged chuhai labs / golf / my god this is hard / ooh stick you your momma too / sainsbury's security like I'm dead scared / sticking it to you / thunderful by Ian

Voyage is the latest from Ratalaika, developed by Swedish brothers Johan and André Steem, otherwise known as Venturous. Originally known as Yonder, Voyage is a game with a long gestation having been around since at least 2015, if not longer. Voyage is something of a departure from Ratalaika’s usual fare […]

Voyage – PS5 Review

August 11, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged desireless / obtuse / ratalaika / voyage by Ian

South of the Circle is, as its name might suggest, a narrative-led adventure set on Antarctica for the most part. Originally developed for Apple’s heavily moderated Arcade service by State of Play and published by 11 Bit Studios on consoles, South of the Circle is very much the well-crafted thing […]

South of the Circle – PS5 Review

August 5, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged anotha day anotha baller / cel shading / cold war / nuclear wessels / south of the circle / state of play by Ian

Two Hundred Ways from Sunlight Games is the imaginatively named sequel to the XBox and PC only One Hundred Ways. That game had a hundred levels, so have a guess how many levels are in the sequel! This is something of a belated release on PS4, coming some months after […]

Two Hundred Ways – PS4 Review

July 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged boring / crap trophies / puzzle / two hundred ways to leave your lover by Ian

From boutique Brazilian dev Naoka Games and prolific publisher eastasiasoft, we have Rayland. It’s a very simple concept and we wish we could say it’s been fully fleshed out to a bigger game. You see, Rayland is another bite sized effort with just forty two levels from start to finish. […]

Rayland – PS5 Review

July 19, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / naoka games / ray of light / rayland yutani by Ian

From Lowtek Games and Ratalaika comes Parasite Pack. As the name might suggest, this is a couple of smaller games that being thematically similar, made sense to release together. The two games in question are Flea and Tapeworm Disco Puzzle. Flea was originally coded in the Nesmaker game engine with […]

Parasite Pack – PS5 Review

July 8, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged flea / lowtek games / nesmaker / not the rhcp bassist / pull the tapeworm out of your ass / ratalaika / tapeworm disco puzzle by Ian

From longtime developer Rainbow Studios and publisher THQ Nordic, comes the latest iteration in the venerable MX vs ATV series that we first encountered back in the Xbox 360 days. We guess that they’re running out of suffixes as we’re greeted by MX vs ATV Legends this time. At least […]

MX vs ATV Legends – PS5 Review

July 2, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged bink video / buggy mess / mx vs atv legends / rainbow studios / thq nordic by Ian

Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover is the latest bite-sized effort from our pals at eastasiasoft. As is becoming increasingly familiar, what we’ve got here is a seemingly slight effort, though with more polish than the itch.io stuff punted out by Ratalaika. It’s a sequel to Drunken Fist, oddly enough. That […]

Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover – PS5 Review

June 25, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged billy butcher / drunken fist 2 / eastasiasoft / why is it always zombies by Ian

From developer 24Frame and original publisher Kadokawa Games by way of western publisher PQube, we have METAL MAX Xeno Reborn. That’s the branding, so we’ll go with Metal Max otherwise. This is actually the sixth game in the mainline series, just not one we’ve seen in the Occident otherwise. Metal […]

Metal Max Xeno Reborn – PS4 Review

June 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged best boi / even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch / jrpg / metal max xeno reborn / pqube / tanks for the memories by Ian